How old is blue and white porcelain?

It has been popular for more than 1300 years. From the earliest blue-and-white porcelain found in the Tang Dynasty, after the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the blue-and-white porcelain of each dynasty has its own characteristics.

Blue-and-white porcelain has developed gradually since the Yuan Dynasty. Anyone who collects blue-and-white porcelain knows that the blue-and-white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty was produced in the famous Jingdezhen, and both the material and the production technology have made a qualitative leap.

The fetal color of Yuan blue and white is slightly grayish yellow, and the fetal quality is loose. Glaze with white background is not pure white, but blue white and egg white, which is very opaque. The blue material used by Yuan Qinghua is not only made in China, but also imported. Domestic green materials are blue and gray-black, and imported green materials are better, green and brightly colored. At this time, the blue and white wares were mainly utensils, sacrificial vessels and tomb-robbing vessels, and the bottom was mostly sand bottom and flint red.

Extended data

Yuan blue and white decorative composition is full, and there are many layers without chaos. The brushwork is a stroke, smooth and powerful, while the contour rendering is heavy and steady. The decorative themes include historical figures, dragons and phoenixes, unicorns, mandarin ducks, swimming fish, peony, lotus flowers, orchids, pines, bamboo plums, ganoderma lucidum, flowers and leaves, melons and fruits, poems and so on, which are very rich.

Among them, the dragon pattern is the most distinctive. The dragon's head is relatively small, its neck is relatively thin, and its body is very long. Basically, it has three or four claws. The back is ribbed and the scales are mostly grid-shaped, and its image is vigorous and fierce.

Most of the auxiliary decorations beside the dragon pattern are rolled grass, lotus petals, ancient coins, seawater, palindromes, clouds, banana leaves and so on. Among them, the lotus petals are shaped like suspenders, and Taoist treasures are painted in the lotus petals; There are eight monsters in the sea, lotus with broken branches and tangled flowers in Ruyi Yunwen. The stalks in banana leaves are solid; The pattern of the sea is a combination of thick lines and thin lines.

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