Ming Dynasty Blue And White Porcelain

The song dynasty 960 1279 marked a high point in the production of monochrome wares but artisans of this period regarded the use of cobalt blue as an impossibility.

Ming dynasty blue and white porcelain.

The ming dynasty can be considered as the golden age of blue and white porcelain. The first chinese blue and white wares were produced as early as the seventh century in henan province china during the tang dynasty although only shards have been discovered. The ming dynasty 1368 1644 is famed for its blue and white porcelain. Blue and white porcelain first appeared in the tang dynasty after the tang song and yuan dynasty are not fire why in the ming dynasty to the peak quickly.

It was not until the mongol ruled yuan dynasty that the manufacture of blue and white porcelain came to maturity which resulted in richer and more complex subject matter. During yongle s reign the wares were very distinguishable from the later periods. The ming dynasty is rightly famous for its fine ceramics and especially the cobalt blue and white porcelain produced in such towns as jingdezhen in. The main type of porcelain produced were blue and white.

In addition to the monochromes and the underglaze blue porcelains that continued to be produced among the official wares of the ming dynasty innovations appeared throughout the period such as jihong 磯紅 in the xuande 宣德 1426 1436 doucai 鬥彩 contending colors in the chenghua 成化 1465 1488 jiaohuang 嬌黃 in the. Where the cobalt is more concentrated there are dark flecks giving what is called the heaped and piled effect. The blues were intense in tone but uneven. Priceless blue and white porcelain superb craftsmanship and rich artistic charm.

The dish belongs to a series of rather heavily potted dishes with this decoration that originated in the xuande period 1426 35 and continued to be produced until at least. Dish ming dynasty hongzhi mark and period 1488 1505 met ny. Yellow enamels and undeglaze blue decoration. Beautiful blue and white porcelain bowl from the ming dynasty the exterior is painted with a continues lotus scroll in the interior peony spray with leafy branches surrounded by double border line with continues leafs attached to six flowers the bottom is marked with emperor xuande mark 1425 1435 a d.

The porcelain of the ming dynasty of china 1368 1644 ce benefitted as did other arts from the economic success of the 15th century ce in particular and the consequent surge in demand for quality handcraft production both at home and abroad. The tang pieces are not porcelain however but rather earthenwares with greenish white slip using cobalt blue pigments. Tang period blue and white is more rare than song blue and white and was unknown before 1985. In this video curator jessica harrison hall takes us on a tour through five porcelain pieces.