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.
Ming dynasty blue and white porcelain.
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 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.
Tang period blue and white is more rare than song blue and white and was unknown before 1985.
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.
The main type of porcelain produced were blue and white.
The tang pieces are not porcelain however but rather earthenwares with greenish white slip using cobalt blue pigments.
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.
A selection of ming dynasty 1368 1644 ce blue and white porcelain.
Beginning with a saucer from the hongwu period she tells of the emperor who established the dynasty.
The blues were intense in tone but uneven.
Where the cobalt is more concentrated there are dark flecks giving what is called the heaped and piled effect.
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.
From chenghua reign 1465 1487 ce.
Dish ming dynasty hongzhi mark and period 1488 1505 met ny.
Yellow enamels and undeglaze blue decoration.
The ming dynasty 1368 1644 is famed for its blue and white porcelain.
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.
During yongle s reign the wares were very distinguishable from the later periods.
In this video curator jessica harrison hall takes us on a tour through five porcelain pieces.