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Preforming the pots on leather-hard clay in Quế An village. Step 4 : scraping outside kettles

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:36 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen
Giang Ngọc Xanh uses bamboo tools (cái khót) to scrape the outside of the pots. As kettles have a flat bottom, this action is performed only on the outside of the body (not the bottom), with the preform placed upright on the turntable.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

Q33

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Tạo hình nồi gốm trên đất sét da cứng ở làng Quế An . Bước 4: cạo bên ngoài ấm

Description alt

Giang Ngọc Xanh sử dụng dụng cụ bằng tre ( cái khót ) để cạo bên ngoài đồ gốm. Vì ấm có đáy phẳng nên thao tác này chỉ được thực hiện ở bên ngoài thân ấm (không phải đáy), với phôi gốm được đặt thẳng đứng trên bàn xoay.

Cultural group

Kinh

Participants

Võ Thị Sương

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Quế An, Quế Sơn district, Quảng Nam Province

Item/object

kettle (ấm)

Techniques of production

Pottery – preforming by shaving

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

Workshop

Temporality

This is the last step of the preforming on leather hard clay. It takes place after a drying time, when the clay is hard enough to be thin out. If not, the pot will crumble and crack while drying

Intent

The scraping thins out the walls to make the pot lighter

Date of creation

2023-05-04

Unique ID

2020SG03-Q33-0236

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