Taiping Gong Kiln · 太平宮窯
An old kiln carries the time of generations who have watched its fires. Stoking, tending, cooling and selecting cannot be reduced to a count of firing days. Choosing a kiln-fired work honours a making process that must be allowed its own time.
Between clay and fire
In Dehua, Fujian, Taiping Gong Kiln traces its history to the Taiping Xingguo years of the Northern Song. Its hillside structure guides heat upwards. XIANSU's Taiping Gong Kiln series offers a different firing choice for our porcelain forms.
A firing watched together
A long wood firing depends on a team tending fuel, heat and atmosphere. CCTV's Dehua programme describes seven or eight experienced kiln workers watching a firing continuously for approximately three days and nights. Continuous supervision is a team effort.
Firing is followed by natural cooling, unloading and individual inspection. A three-day firing is not a three-day delivery promise. Kiln scheduling, production and delivery timing are confirmed when you inquire.
The additional firing cost
As described by the XIANSU studio, large-scale wood firing requires fuel and sustained labour, and not every fired piece passes selection. The Taiping Gong Kiln firing option adds US$250 to standard versions; for the first ten Jin Mao Hou pieces personally made by Chen Liling, the premium is US$300. Please inquire about personalized, unpriced or unreleased pieces.
Jin Mao Hou's electric-kiln and Taiping Gong Kiln versions share one total edition of 99, including no. 00 retained by the house. The firing option does not create an additional edition.
Inquire about kiln-fired pieces
Fire together
Artists, ceramic studios and makers worldwide are invited to inquire about shared firings and kiln-space reservations. Please include the dimensions, quantity, materials and firing requirements of your work so we can discuss suitability and arrangements.
Email us for news of the next firing, available kiln space, fees and delivery arrangements. Reservations are subject to individual confirmation.
Firing arrangements vary by batch.
Kiln record
He Chaozong and Dehua white porcelain
A late-Ming Dehua Guanyin bearing a He Chaozong seal, recorded by Christie’s, offers another way to study this white-porcelain tradition.
