The microstructure of multicolor hare’s fur glaze: the correlation between morphological and compositional characteristics and glaze color

Abstract The hare’s fur glazed Jian wares characterized by radial fur-like strips, as one of the typical representatives Chinese ceramics in 10th-13th century (A.D.), were famous for aesthetic values highlighting color sparkling effects tea soup, which indispensable culture. firing technology glaze not only played a crucial role development ceramic history, but also enlightened modern imitation technology. can be further grouped according to yellowish-brown (yellowish-brown matte strips), gold (golden shiny strips) and silver (bright silvery most representative types. Epsilon-Fe 2 O 3 , specific metastable crystal phase, has become research hotspot chromogenic crystals glaze, however, comparative analysis focused on correlation between ε-Fe macroscopic been barely reported. In our work, bright strips (hare’s area) black (black silver, morphologically compositionally analyzed SEM EDS, respectively. morphological features compositional differences three types samples summarized, indicated size, distribution coverage contents materials. It was speculated that high-level Fe CaO with low-level SiO Al may relate crystallization . This work helps laying foundation explanation technological glazes.