Ming Chinese Blue And White Porcelain

The blue cobalt oxide sourced from central asia particularly iran was painted onto the porcelain body and then covered with a glaze called yingqing.

Ming chinese blue and white porcelain.

During the ming 1368 1644 and qing 1644 1911 dynasties the blue and white ware industry became increasingly important because at this time blue and white porcelain was not only known within the borders of china it was also welcomed in the international trade market initiating its imitation throughout asia. In china the use of blue pigment on ceramics began as early as the late tang. When applied over a white porcelain body the glaze produces a greenish blue colour that gives the glaze its name. Antique chinese ming dynasty blue and white porcelain jar.

Blue flowers patterns covers a wide range of white pottery and porcelain decorated under the glaze with a blue pigment generally cobalt oxide the decoration is commonly applied by hand originally by brush painting but nowadays by stencilling or by transfer printing though other methods of application have also been used. Make offer antique chinese ming dynasty blue and white porcelain jar. The qingbai glaze is clear but contains iron in small amounts. Blue and white pottery chinese.

A brief history of villagers find ming dynasty porcelain while burying blue white chinese porcelain examples page two. Blue and white porcelain from the yuan dynasty 1271 1368 period brown glazed monochrome examples of chinese porcelain. Celedon blue white ginger jar pheonix ming longqing dynasty porcelain china. Rare yongzheng blue and white vase to be sold at the percival david collection.

In the first period of ming rule blue and white porcelain was the most highly prized as it had been under the mongol rulers of the yuan dynasty 1215 1368 ce. Qingbai in chinese literally means clear blue white. In the yuan 1279 1368 ming 1368 1644 and qing 1644 1911 dynasties in particular different types of cobalt ore and methods of application determined the distinctive feature of the shades of blue that appeared on blue and white porcelain ware.