1995-2002 Year-Old Monochrome Glazed Porcelain Auction Catalogue. Blue 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. In addition to favoring polychrome porcelain such as blue-and-white, (wǔcǎi -), 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 showcases celadon glaze porcelain to the (guǎngdà táo cí àihào zhě -). Celadon glaze porcelain is the "forefather" of colored glaze. It can be traced back to the primitive celadon of the Shang Dynasty over 3,000 years ago. From the Shang Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, the production of celadon glaze porcelain dominated China's porcelain industry. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, celadon glaze porcelain was fired to maturity in places like Shangyu, Ningbo, Yongjia, and Cixi in Zhejiang. During the Three Kingdoms, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties periods, celadon glaze porcelain experienced rapid development. By the Tang Dynasty, Yue Kiln represented the highest level of celadon glaze porcelain, described as "resembling jade and ice." Tang Dynasty poet Lu Gengmeng () used the lines "Nine-province wind and dew open Yue Kiln, seizing the green of a thousand peaks" to praise the celadon glaze porcelain of Yue Kiln. It formed the "South Celadon, North White" pattern alongside Jing Kiln in Beijing. In the late Tang and Five Dynasties periods, Yue Kiln also fired the exquisite "secret color porcelain" (), known for its fine body and lustrous, crystal-clear glaze.