What are the characteristics of blue and white porcelain in Yuan Dynasty?

Blue-and-white porcelain in Yuan Dynasty is full of composition, with many layers but not chaos.

Yuan blue-and-white porcelain (also known as Yuan blue-and-white porcelain), that is, blue-and-white porcelain produced in Yuan Dynasty. Blue and white porcelain was produced in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Yuan Dynasty. Mature blue-and-white porcelain appeared in Jingdezhen in the Yuan Dynasty. The most prominent feature of the pattern is that the composition is full and the layers are not chaotic.

Blue-and-white porcelain in Yuan Dynasty greatly changed the implicit and restrained style of traditional porcelain, giving people a simple pleasure and a clear visual effect. With its heroism and artistic originality, it pushed the art of blue-and-white painting to the peak and laid the foundation for the prosperity and long-term of blue-and-white porcelain in later generations.

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Yuan blue and white porcelain has a unique shape. From the point of view of production technology, at this time, huge bodies with heavy carcass appeared, such as large cans, large bottles, large plates and large bowls. But there are also exquisite works, such as,, Mu, Pan and so on. In the Yuan Dynasty, blue and white porcelain had not yet become a necessity for the court or people's daily life.

Except for wine vessels and funerary wares, the main products are exported to the outside world, so the modeling of Yuan blue-and-white porcelain has certain particularity, and the reason is to meet the needs of users in different regions and different living habits. For example, cauldrons, large bottles, large plates and large bowls are specially made to adapt to the habit of Muslims sitting on the floor and eating together in Islamic countries.

The small utensils produced in the Yuan Dynasty, such as small pots, small bottles and small pots, were mostly sold to the Philippines. According to archaeological data, many small pieces of blue and white porcelain were exported to meet the needs of Southeast Asians. In addition to export, Yuan blue and white producers also produced small and medium-sized bottles, stoves, pens, Gao Zuwan, benches, etc. to conform to the social customs of the Yuan Dynasty. Generally, it can be integrated into five categories.

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