Chinese Porcelain: Art, Elegance, and AppreciationThese are some of the most exquisite and delicate works of art ever created, and the subject of intense admiration for generations of art lovers, collectors, and scholars. |
Contents
Introduction 23 | 2 |
Jade Snow and Ice 25 2 3 4 5 88 | 34 |
Purity and Brilliance | 40 |
Underglaze and Overglaze Porcelain | 57 |
Polychrome and Famille Rose | 80 |
Map of China | |
Common terms and phrases
became blue glaze blue-and-white porcelain blue-and-white ware bottles bottom bowls brown carved celadon ware Chenghua period China Chinese clay contending colors crackles Ding kilns dishes dragon design Eastern Jin Dynasty ewer famille rose firing flowers foot rim grayish green glaze Guan kilns Guan ware Hangzhou high-stemmed cups Hongwu Hongwu period Hongzhi periods human figures imitation impressed designs incised Jiajing Jiajing period Jingdezhen blue-and-white Jizhou Kangxi period kilns Longquan celadon lotus Ming Dynasty moonlight white mouth rim Northern Song Dynasty objects overglaze painted period of Ming phoenix polychrome popular Qianlong period Qing quiet tricolor red glaze regular script Ru kilns shapes Southern sprinkled blue style Sui Dynasty surface Tang texture Three Kingdoms period transparent glaze underglaze red ware unglazed vase Wanli period Western Jin Dynasty white glaze white porcelain Xuande period Xuande reign Yaozhou kilns yellow glaze Yongle period Yongzheng period Yuan Dynasty Yue kilns Zhejiang Zhengde Zhengde period