Blue-and-white ware, just as its gentle name indicates, though not as ornate as the polychrome porcelains of the Ming and...
Chinese porcelain
The Yuan dynasty was founded by the Mongolians. Its porcelain industry of itself, however, due to its nomadicorigin, was less...
The porcelain industry con-tinued to develop in the Yuan，Ming and Qing era，but great changes took place on its style compared...
The Liao and Jin dynasties were two regimes founded by ethnic minorities in northern China.Before they controlled Central Plains，they led...
Pillow boasts a long history in China.It is believed that the earliest pillow was just a natural stone block.As time...
Besides Ding kiln, Jun kiln and Longquan kiln mentioned above, the eight kiln types also comprise Cizhoukiln, Yaozhou kiln, Jian...
The wares of Jun kiln are the most colourful among products of the five famous kilns. Although considered as a...
The making of white porcelain had been a tradition in northern China since the Tang dynasty.By the Song dynasty，it was...
Ge kiln (literally meaning "Elder Brother's kiln'") is reputed for the production of special celadon wares. The unusual name of...
Guan kiln here refers to the two Song kilns, one for the Northern Song, the other for the Southern Song....
The prosperity of the Song porcelain industry was characterized by diversity.During that time，the simple distribution of“celadon in the south and...
The Song dynasty was divided into two distinct periods by the southward fleeing of its rulers and reestablishment of the...
The Song dynasty was characterized by its military weakness and cultural pros-perity. Though under constant threats from neighboring mighty regimes...
As the old saying goes，“A single flower does not make a spring."Besides the monochrome porcelain waresrepresented by celadon of Yue...
Compared with the time honored celadon industry of southern China, production of white porcelain in the northstarted a little bit...
Dharma Door Monastery, located in Fufeng, Shaanxi, was first built in late Eastern Han dynasty. It is one of the...
During this period, porcelain industry in the south, which experienced a slow pace in the previous era, accelerated in development,...
After suffering from severe wars in the Wei，Jin，Southern and Northern Dynasties，China was reunited in the Sui dynasty，which laid foundation forpeace...
Each and every period in Chinese history possesses its own unique style, which exerts inevitable influence on every aspect of...
Proto-celadon is no longer a kind of pottery.As laboratory tests reported，the attributes of proto-celadon，such as the paste and the glaze...