Here, more than 200 Quang Duc ceramic artifacts are displayed in an elegant space. Besides, there are some artifacts of Champa culture, Vietnamese ceramics, some unique artifacts and very special historical values, related to the land and people of Phu Yen as well as the process of expanding the territory to the South of our ancestors.
A unique ceramic line
According to antiquities researcher Tran Thanh Hung, Head of the UNESCO Club for Research and Conservation of Phu Yen Antiquities, Quang Duc pottery is a continuation of the famous Go Sanh pottery line (Binh Dinh) under the Vijaya Champa dynasty, in the land of Binh Dinh today. After this pottery line ended its golden age, at the end of the 16th century, a Nguyen family from Binh Dinh brought the pottery making craft to the foot of A Man mountain (in Quang Duc village, An Thach commune, Tuy An district today) to establish a village and make pottery.
Influenced by the Champa pottery line, but on this new land, where there is a source of very good green clay and yellow clay in An Dinh, there is firewood for firing pottery, there is O Loan blood cockles contributing to making the pottery have many unique colors, creating an unmistakable identity..., the artisan has created a unique pottery line - Quang Duc pottery.
As a son of Tuy An, Quang Duc pottery collector Tran Thanh Hung has a lot of “fate” with this type of pottery. In 1992, during a trip to the Western region of Phu Yen, he discovered a wine jar with a strange glaze color, the jar’s body was marked with many shell marks. After asking, he learned that the village elder here bought it from Quang Duc pottery village. Since then, he has spent a lot of time and effort collecting and learning about this type of pottery.
According to the researcher of antiquities Tran Thanh Hung: The typical Quang Duc ceramic line is glazed ceramic. Most glazed ceramic products are imprinted with seashells. In the world, the use of seashells and scallop shells to increase the temperature of the kiln has appeared since the 9th century in Italy, but Quang Duc ceramics is a unique coincidence. The late artisan Nguyen Thinh, one of the last artisans who knew the technique of making Quang Duc glazed ceramics, recounted: When firing ceramics, lime was combined with burning from clams, but at that time, there were countless blood clams in O Loan, no one waited to eat the clams before firing the shells. Some artisans put live clams between the ceramic embryo (unfired ceramic) and the firing bag. During the firing process, the blood of the clams flowed out onto the ceramic surface. The impact of fire, along with the phenomenon of fire transformation and regeneration during the firing process, created for Quang Duc ceramics many unique glaze colors, no two are alike...
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| Table stove and Quang Duc wine bottle. Photo: YEN LAN |
A place to meet people with similar passions
Phu Yen is one of the provinces in the Central Highlands region that was the first to establish the UNESCO Club for Research and Conservation of Antiques, under the Vietnam UNESCO Association. However, for a long time, collectors such as Mr. Tran Thanh Hung, Dr. Tran Anh Dung - Vice Chairman of the Club... have been very busy with their work. Therefore, the collections have all been lying dormant in the cupboard. Encouraged by the provincial leaders and the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to create more destinations for tourists, researchers, and enthusiasts of Vietnamese pottery..., from May 19, the Quang Duc Ancient Pottery Gallery under the UNESCO Club for Research and Conservation of Phu Yen Antiques opened its doors to welcome those interested in a unique pottery line, at 6 An Duong Vuong, Ward 9, Tuy Hoa City. This is the result of a meeting between Phu Yen people who are passionate about cultural heritage: Dr. Phan Ngoc Dung, Deputy Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Cultural and Religious Studies (Department of Heritage, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), collector Tran Thanh Hung and Mr. Bui Tan Hao.
At the exhibition room, more than 200 Quang Duc ceramic artifacts (glazed and terracotta) including large and small jars, jars, pots, lime pots, wine bottles...; bowls, bowls, flower pots, printing molds... are arranged in an elegant space. Besides, there are some artifacts of Cham Pa culture, Vietnamese ceramics, some unique artifacts and have very special historical value, related to the land and people of Phu Yen as well as the process of expanding the territory to the South by our ancestors.
The Quang Duc ancient pottery gallery is open to visitors, becoming a place for people who share a passion for a unique pottery line to meet and exchange. This will also be a place to organize activities related to cultural heritage, introducing Phu Yen products such as wine, Bo Chinh ginseng tea, Phu Yen Cau ginseng wine... Those who are devoted to their homeland wish to join hands to contribute to preserving Phu Yen cultural heritage in general, and Quang Duc ancient pottery in particular.
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