Born in China，porcelain becomes widely loved by people from all over the world due to its elegant shapes and exquisite...
Chinese porcelain
Chinese painting and calligraphy occupies a special status in the world painting art, as it is able to create almost...
Porcelain and Chinese Culture The evolution of porcelain，which is one of the most unique handicrafts of China，always re-flects indispensable influence...
After setting up the Imperial Kiln Workshop at Jingdezhen，the Qing court sent supervisors there to oversee porcelain firing.These supervisors usually...
Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.Since its emergence in the Song dynasty，official kilns were always accompanied with a...
Official kilns, in contrast to the civilian kilns, refer to the official kilns which exclusively produce porcelain for the court....
Jingdezhen-the Porcelain Capital of China The name of Jingdezhen（Jingde town）naturally reminds people of delicate porcelain wares and scalding kilns.For hundreds...
While in fervent pursuit of the luxurious and magnificent style, the porcelain made in Ming and Qing also manifests strong...
Fencai (fammille rose) is a new variety of porcelain color based on five-colors (wucai), created under the influence of falangcai....
Falangcai or cloisonne originated from France and cloisonne ware, as one of fine and precious porcelain categories in the Qing...
Wucai and Doucai, as their names indicate, boast fabulous polychrome decorations. Then, what are the differences between them? Wucai ware,...
Rich and Varied Color Glaze Porcelain with color glaze appeared as early as in the Yuan dynasty. Unlike blue-and-white and...
In 1644, the Manchurian army conquered Beijing aftersweeping across the arduous Shanhaiguan Pass. Before their arrival, Chongzhen, the last Ming...
The economy of the early Ming dynasty was still recovering from the over two decades of war in the lateYuan...
During its rule of China over two centuries by sixteen emperors, the Ming dynasty had the imperial power pushed to...
The period between the Ming and Qing dynasties was another golden age of China's porcelain development. The solid national strength...
Concurrent with the popularity of blue-and-white wares in Yuan dynasty was the development of underglaze red wares. The two porcelain...
Compared with the monochrome glaze and plain decoration of Song wares, the sudden outburst of decorations on the Yuan dynasty...
As mentioned in the previous section, our awareness of Yuan dynasty blue-and-white ware owed to the effort made by the...
The origin of Sumali blue, as its exotic name suggests, was from outside of China. Some experts believe it was...