Figur 32
Diagram of a ‘trumpet-shaped blast furnace’ used in Fujian in 1958. (Yang Kuan, Zhongguo gudai yetie jishu fazhan shi, Shanghai 1982, p. 195).

1. Iron bands. 2. ‘Face of Avalokitesvara’ (?). 3. Slag-tapping hole. 4. Iron-tapping hole. 5. Hearth. 6. Bottom. 7. Iron woks. 8. Iron tripod.


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