Thirty Lectures on the Knowledge of Ming and Qing Color Porcelain

Author: Liu Li / Tang Hongquan
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: China is renowned as the "Land of Porcelain." In English, "China" and "porcelain" (CHINA) are often used together. As early as the Shang Dynasty three thousand years ago, primitive celadon appeared in China. By the Eastern Han Dynasty, porcelain-making techniques had reached maturity. Later, through the development of the Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, and Yuan periods, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi during the Ming and Qing dynasties became the center of porcelain production, earning the title of "Porcelain Capital." Especially the porcelain-making techniques of the Ming and Qing dynasties, building upon previous advancements, synthesized the great achievements of ancient Chinese ceramics, elevating the art of earth and fire to its pinnacle, creating magnificent and exquisite porcelain treasures that became renowned worldwide, becoming a dazzling bloom in the garden of Chinese national art.
This book poses thirty questions in sequence, providing a detailed introduction to how the magnificent and diverse colored porcelain came into being, the main varieties of Ming and Qing colored porcelain, when the underglaze red was first created, the characteristics of Yuan Dynasty underglaze red, what constitutes (five-color porcelain), which Qing Dynasty era produced the best porcelain, the varieties and features of Kangxi sancai (three-color porcelain), and common porcelain terminology, all with rich illustrations!