Blue and white porcelain was the invention of Jingdezhen porcelain workers during the Yuan Dynasty. Firing was already very mature at that time. By the Ming Dynasty, Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain was even more famous for its fine glaze, rich blue and white flowers, and diverse shapes. The achievements in blue and white porcelain firing during the Tang, Yong, and Qian years of the Qing Dynasty were even more remarkable. During the Ming Dynasty, Jingdezhen and other local kilns produced a large number of blue and white porcelain. Patterns and decorations have broken through the shackles of traditional standardization, and there have been a large number of freehand paintings of flowers and birds, people, landscapes and various animals. The compositions are ingenious, the lines are free and easy, sometimes the brushwork is carefree, natural and lifelike; sometimes the outlines are free and full of form and spirit. . Common patterns in the Tianqi and Chongzhen years, such as "Blowing the flute to attract the phoenix", "Dharma facing the wall", "Autumn River Ferry", "Dry Stone Cold Birds", "Lotus Egret" and other patterns, some are elegantly written, and some are simple and vigorous. It is subtle and strives to focus on the personality of characters and animals, making people think about it.
In the folk blue and white porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, we often see vivid and cute pictures of babies playing, such as "hide and seek", "flying kites", "fighting crickets", etc., with elegant colors and unrestrained writing styles. And beautiful.
In the creation of folk blue and white porcelain in the Ming Dynasty, porcelain painters often skillfully integrated painting and calligraphy. The auspicious symbols of "Fu", "Lu", "Shou" and "Happiness" are not originally painting themes, but ancient porcelain painters also expressed them on porcelain through ingenious conception and sublimated them into images with decorative beauty. For example, in the Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli periods, it was common to use pine branches to form the characters for "Fu" and "Shou"; during the Wanli and Tianqi periods, the Ganoderma lucidum engraving "Shou" and the Ganoderma lucidum engraving "Happiness" were even written directly on porcelain without any foil. The calligraphy of the character "Shou" appears to be full and fluent, giving people artistic enjoyment.