Celadon Bowls, particularly centred on Collected Finds of

Twante whose old name is Tala or Dala is situated 20 miles southwest of Yangon, southern Myanmar. It was a prominent town as ancient earhtern ware tradition in Myanmar history until present time. There are found unglazed ware with various designs, opaque white glazed wares, white and green glazed ware, and celadon ware as surface finds along the tributary stream and on the bank of Tuntay canal and also found until around the adjacent regions of its vicinity. Among them, the most finds are celadon wares, and it could be found the materials of celadon kilns as surface finds. More than hundreds kilns were discovered in Twante and the region of its vicinity. Two kiln sites were excavated in 999. The two kilns of TTE and TTE 2 which situated in Kyauk-pyar-san- Kangyigone of Tuntay had yielded from layer 2 a considerable number of celadon wares and consisted of different sizes of plates and bowls and toys, by numbering altogether more than 2300 pieces. Plates and bowls were made by potter-wheel, and toys were made by hand (Myo Thant tyn, 999). One more site of Payargyi kiln was excavated by Daw Baby and group, Department of Archaeology, Ministry of Culture and with the collaboration of Japanes