In the past five thousand years in China, porcelain has a history of more than 3,000 years
The earliest porcelain can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty, but the development of porcelain before the Song Dynasty was in an exploratory and immature stage
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The Song Dynasty was the prosperous period of the mainland porcelain industry, the Song people paid attention to details and heavy feelings, and the five famous kilns of Ru, Guan, Ge, Jun, and Ding were famous all over the world.
The Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties after the Song Dynasty were all at the peak of the porcelain industry. The Yuan Empire set up the "Floating Beam Porcelain Bureau" in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, and the Yuan Dynasty Jingdezhen also had a new breakthrough in the porcelain making process, the most representative of which was blue and white and glaze red.
Ming Yongxuan:
Yongxuan is a brilliant period of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Ware Factory, the blue and white of this period is known as the crown of the Ming Dynasty blue and white porcelain by posterity, not only that, the glaze of colors such as blue, bright red, sweet white and so on is also praised by future generations.
Ming Chenghua:
Chenghua is more common in small shape utensils, and among many porcelain varieties, it has the highest reputation for fighting color, among which the chicken bowl cup and the Coats cup Tianzi jar are all famous products of the population.
Qing Kangxi:
Kangxi Dynasty porcelain is one of the highlights of Jingdezhen porcelain in the Qing Dynasty. The porcelain type is tall and tough, and its characteristics are mainly reflected in the color. Developed domestic enamel pigments, and later created and burned pastels, which began to shine.
Qing Yongzheng:
The production of porcelain in the Yongzheng period reached the highest level in history, and the overall style was light and handsome, elegant and round. Influenced by the Yongzheng Emperor, the Jingdezhen Royal Kiln Factory reached a climax in imitation of the works of the former dynasty, especially the color glaze of the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty and the blue and white flowers of the Three Dynasties of Yongle, Xuande and Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty.
Qianlong:
The Qianlong Dynasty is the collection of porcelain firing period, porcelain color is bright and colorful, ornamentation and complexity, with a word to describe the porcelain of the Qianlong period, that is, - showmanship.
Unfortunately, in the late Qing Dynasty, especially after the Opium War, due to war and political turmoil, the mainland porcelain industry gradually declined, and the production of Jingdezhen porcelain was also seriously damaged, until the 1950s, the porcelain capital Jingdezhen began to slowly wake up.
Source: Zhijun Porcelain Factory