Image credits
The pots on this site are museum pieces released under open licences, plus a few photographs from Wikimedia Commons. Here is every one, who made it available, and on what terms.
The arch-and-flame mark, the drawn tool illustrations and the rendered glaze swatches are Open the Kiln's own. Everything photographic is listed below. If a credit is wrong or missing, please tell us.
CC BY 2.0
Free to use with credit to the photographer.
Anagama kiln, first embers, University of Montevallo, 2008carmichaellibrary (Flickr). Wikimedia Commons, File:Anagama fire! (2516226429).jpg. Licence: CC BY 2.0. Used on the home page.
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CC BY-SA 2.0
Free to use with credit; altered versions must carry the same licence, so these photos are shown as they are.
Raku kiln with glowing chamberSalvor (uploader; no separate author named). Wikimedia Commons, File:Raku-pottery-kiln.jpg. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Used on the home page.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Free to use with credit; altered versions must carry the same licence, so these photos are shown as they are.
Peter Callas at his anagama, New Jersey, 1979TolneGGG. Wikimedia Commons, File:Njkiln.jpg. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Used on the home page.
An electric potter's wheelLomrjyo. Wikimedia Commons, File:Electric potter's wheel.jpg. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Used on the home page.
Potter at work, Jaura, Madhya Pradesh, India, 2010© Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons, File:Potter at work, Jaura, India.jpg. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Used on the home page.
CC0
Released into the public domain by the museums that hold the objects. No credit is required, and we give one anyway.
Tea bowl, Jian ware, hare's fur, China, 12th centuryArt Institute of Chicago 1924.326. Licence: CC0. Used on the home page.
Persimmon bowl, russet Yaozhou ware, China, Northern SongArt Institute of Chicago 2013.1131. Licence: CC0. Used on the home page.
Plum vase (maebyeong) with lotus motif, Korea, 12th centuryArt Institute of Chicago 1964.968. Licence: CC0. Used on the home page.
Shino-ware ewer, Japan, 17th centuryArt Institute of Chicago 1966.332. Licence: CC0. Used on /glazes/.
Bowl, celadon, Korea, Goryeo, 1100sCleveland Museum of Art 1918.442. Licence: CC0. Used on the home page.
Tea bowl, Jian ware, China, Song dynasty, 960 to 1279Cleveland Museum of Art 1942.132. Licence: CC0. Used on the home page.
Dish with design of plum trees, Shino ware, Japan, late 1500sCleveland Museum of Art 1967.38. Licence: CC0. Used on the home page.
Celadon bowl, Korea, Goryeo, 1200sCleveland Museum of Art 2025.179. Licence: CC0. Used on /fire/crazing/.
Tea bowl, iron-oxide glaze, Jian ware, China, 11th to 12th century. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, 1929The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Licence: CC0. Used on /glazes/.
Large storage jar (otsubo), Shigaraki ware, Japan, late 15th century. The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, 1975The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Licence: CC0. Used on the home page, /glazes/.
Dish with grasses, Mino ware, gray Shino type, Japan, late 16th to early 17th century. The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, 1975The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Licence: CC0. Used on /glazes/.
Storage jar (tsubo), Echizen ware, Japan, 12th century. Gift of Mary Griggs Burke, 1977The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1977.157. Licence: CC0. Used on /glazes/.
Deep bowl, Jun ware, China, about 13th century. Robert Lehman Collection, 1975The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Licence: CC0. Used on the home page, /glazes/.
Tea bowl, hare's-fur glaze, Jian ware, China, 11th to 12th century. Purchase by subscription, 1879The Metropolitan Museum of Art 79.2.1358. Licence: CC0. Used on /glazes/.
Tea bowl, Longquan ware, China, 13th century, with gold lacquer repairs. Rogers Fund, 1916The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Licence: CC0. Used on /glazes/.
Large jar (otsubo), Tanba ware, Japan, 14th to 15th century. Dr. and Mrs. Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2000The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Licence: CC0. Used on /glazes/.
Bottle in meiping shape with tortoiseshell glaze, Jizhou ware, China, 14th century. Gift of Mrs. Samuel T. Peters, 1926The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Licence: CC0. Used on /glazes/.
Foliated plate with lotus, Longquan ware, China, 15th century. Purchase, Ann Eden Woodward Foundation Gift, 1980The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Licence: CC0. Used on the home page, /glazes/.
Bottle vase with iron red glaze, Jingdezhen ware, China, early 18th century. Bequest of Bernard M. Baruch, 1965The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Licence: CC0. Used on the home page, /glazes/.
Tea bowl with hare's-fur decoration, Jian ware, China, 11th to 12th century. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, 1929The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Licence: CC0. Used on the home page, /glazes/.
Vase in meiping shape, iron-red glaze, Jingdezhen ware, China, 19th century. Purchase by subscription, 1879The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Licence: CC0. Used on /glazes/.
Shino tea bowl with bridge and shrine, known as "Bridge of the Gods", Mino ware, Japan, late 16th to early 17th century. Mary Griggs Burke Collection, 2015The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Licence: CC0. Used on the home page, /glazes/.
Tea bowl decorated with chrysanthemums and wavy lines, Mino ware, Shino type, Japan, about 1700. The Howard Mansfield Collection, 1936The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Licence: CC0. Used on /glazes/.
Black Raku tea bowl, Japan, early 17th century. Rogers Fund, 1917The Metropolitan Museum of Art 17.118.74. Licence: CC0. Used on /glazes/.
Red Raku tea bowl (chawan), Japan, 18th century. The Howard Mansfield Collection, 1936The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Licence: CC0. Used on /glazes/.
Six-lobed bowl, celadon, Korea, early 12th century. Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2009The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2009.417. Licence: CC0. Used on /glazes/.