1995-2002 Year-Old Single-Color Glazed Porcelain Auction Catalogue. White Glaze

Author: Yachang Art Network
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: In recent years, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the popularity of collecting porcelain has been on the rise. Collecting interests vary greatly. While many appreciate colored porcelain such as blue-and-white,, Doucai, and Famille Rose, there is also a group of ancient ceramic enthusiasts who are particularly fond of colored glaze porcelain. Take colored glaze porcelain as an example—some prefer celadon glaze, others white glaze, some red glaze, some blue glaze, some yellow glaze, some purple glaze, and so on. This book introduces white glaze porcelain. White porcelain is one of the oldest categories of ancient Chinese porcelain. Advanced white glaze porcelain has been unearthed as early as the Northern Qi Dynasty during the Wuping era (575 AD). The white porcelain unearthed from Zhang Sheng's tomb during the Kaihuang era of the Sui Dynasty (595 AD) already achieved a level of purity and luster. Tang Dynasty white porcelain was primarily represented by the Xing kiln in Hebei. Tang Li Zhao's Historical Notes states: "White porcelain from Neiqiu and purple stone inkstones from Duanxi are universally used by people of all social classes." Tang Lu Yu's The Tea Classic also describes it as "similar to silver and snow." It formed the "South Green, North White" pattern alongside the Yue kiln in the south. In addition to the Xing kiln, the Dayi kiln in Sichuan also produced white porcelain during the Tang Dynasty. The great poet Du Fu composed a poem praising the Dayi kiln: "Dayi porcelain is light yet sturdy, its sound like jade resonating in the city. Your white bowls surpass frost and snow, quickly sent to my humble cottage, truly pitiful." Moreover, other kilns such as the Ding kiln in Hebei, the Gongxian kiln and Mi County kiln in Henan also produced white glaze porcelain during the Tang Dynasty.