Chapter 23 Section IX Qingbai Porcelain

A porcelain family represented by Jingdezhen, Jiangxi.It produces a kind of porcelain with a white body and a finer glaze, the glaze color is between blue and white.The thin part of the glaze is white, and the white is blue, and the thick part of the glaze is light green.Because of its thin body and moist glaze, it is called "shadow blue" porcelain by later generations.The Hutian kiln in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi is the largest. In addition, Jiangshan and Taizhou in Zhejiang, Dehua in Fujian and the vast areas of northern Fujian, Quanzhou, Tongan, and Anxi in southern Fujian, Fanchang in Anhui, and Xicun kilns in Guangzhou, Guangdong are all produced.Jingdezhen is rich in high-quality porcelain clay resources. During the Jingde period of the Northern Song Dynasty, great achievements were made in firing porcelain, which had an excellent impact. Therefore, the place name originally named Xinping was changed to Jingdezhen.

There are many types of blue and white porcelain, including cups, bowls, bottles, plates, cans, various wine utensils, hollowed incense, various small powder boxes, porcelain pillows, etc.Decorated with drawing, engraving, engraving and dot coloring, the patterns are lively and delicate.There is also a printing process, with rigorous patterns, similar to the brocade of the Song Dynasty, which contrasts with the glaze layer, elegant and beautiful.After the Southern Song Dynasty, they learned the over-firing technique of Ding kiln, which not only facilitated the inlay of gold, silver and copper edges, but also greatly increased the output.

The output of Qingbai porcelain is very large, and it and Longquan celadon belong to the kiln system with the largest output.Many excavations have been unearthed in domestic tombs and ruins.Among the Chinese porcelain found abroad, it ranks second only to the works of Longquan Kiln.