Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2009 shows the profile of a colossal crock of blue and white porcelain, which stands at 1.36 meters in height, measures 6.8 meters in perimeter, with a caliber of 2 meters and a total weight of over 1,500 kg, in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province. It took local porcelain artisan master Xu Sijin more than a year to finish the facture and a group of painters to accomplish the pattern of the Yangtze River Three Gorges on the profile. This giant jar of black and white porcelain has been applied for requisition of the Guinness World Records. (Xinhua/Shi Weiming)
Four adults stretch out their arms to enfold a colossal crock of blue and white porcelain, which stands at 1.36 meters in height, measures 6.8 meters in perimeter, with a caliber of 2 meters and a weight of over 1,500 kg, in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province
Via: Chinaview
6 comments:
Looks like an incredible prop from "Honey I've Shrunk the Kids!"
I would like to see how that pot was made!
an absolute giant!
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wow, and I wonder how they fired it.
That is one awsome piece of history, Thanks for sharing, linda above wanted to know how the fired it, I want to know what wheel they threw it on.
I saw some big pots being made when I went to China. As I remember it, it is done on a slow wheel, with two people throwing. One person is actually touching the clay and the other is supporting the hand of the first.
The firing as slooooooooooooooow.
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