Lúlíng

Luling was the county attached to Ji'an, a city on the Gan River in central Jiangxi. The river joined its markets to the Yangtze basin and the routes south across the mountains. The district was renowned for its scholars and for the pottery made at the Jizhou kilns in nearby Yonghe.

Jizhou potters fired wares in a striking variety of glazes, combining techniques associated with northern and southern China. Their black-glazed vessels included leaf patterns and other delicate decoration. The kilns prospered under the Song and continued working into the later Ming. Boats on the Gan carried their wares away from the kiln town, placing the work of Luling's potters in the hands of buyers elsewhere.