Giang Ngọc Xanh loading his wheelbarrow of dried pots to transport them to the kiln in Quế An village

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:37 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen

Giang Ngọc Xanh loads the wheelbarrow with dried pots to take them from the courtyard to the backyard where the kiln is.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

Q42

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Giang Ngọc Xanh chất những nồi gốm khô lên xe cút kít để vận chuyển đến lò nung ở làng Quế An

Description alt

Giang Ngọc Xanh chất những nồi gốm đã khô lên xe cút kít để chở từ khu đất trống ra sân sau - nơi có lò nung.

Cultural group

Kinh

Participants

Giang Ngọc Xanh

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Quế An, Quế Sơn district, Quảng Nam Province

Materials

Mineral-clay, Ceramic-pottery

Materials alt

Đất sét (vietnamese for clay), Đất núng (vietnamese for pottery ; literal. "earth cooked")

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Courtyard

Temporality

The process of loading the kiln takes around 2h : 1h to bring the pots near the kiln and 1h to actually organise them in. It is usually undertaken in early afternoon (around 1PM).

Date of creation

2023-04-25

Unique ID

2020SG03-Q42-0040