Chinese Porcelain during Ming and Qing Dynasties

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Chinese Porcelain during Ming and Qing Dynasties

• Presented by
• Si Hongbo

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Contents

• A Brief History of Chinese Ceramics and the
  Development of Porcelain in Ancient China.
• The Techniques, Skills and Secrets in Designing
  and Producing Porcelain Wares during Ming and
  Qing Dynasties.
• The Culture and Influence of the Chinese
  Porcelain during the two Dynasties.

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Overview

• Once-fired
• High temperature
• Mainly blue-and-white
• First made in China

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A Brief History

• Chinese ceramics were invented during the
  Neolithic Period.
• True development began in
• Tang Dynasty --- tri-color pottery.
• Believed that under-glaze
• blue and white porcelain was
• first made then.
• Potters of the Ming dynasty perfected the quality
  of the porcelain.

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A Brief History

• Jingdezhen is the capital of Chinese porcelain.
• The quality of Ming porcelain is
• definitely superior among all time.
• Porcelain was enriched with
• the innovation of five-colored
• wares during the Qing Dynasty.
• The quality of Chinese porcelain began to decline
  from the end of the Qing Dynasty.

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Techniques and Skills

• Porcelain is made from kaolin and petuntse.
• Glasslike, translucent, and strong ceramic
• Blue pigments are from
• cobalt oxide.
• Under-glazing

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Techniques and Skills
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Techniques and Skills

• Chinese porcelain is distinctively different from
  the pottery made in Europe during the same
  period.
• It is admired for its
• whiteness and
• clearness.
• Thinner but harder
• Glaze does not wear or fade away with use.

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Techniques and Skills

• Significant developments in porcelain production
  during the Ming dynasty
• Wide usage of multicolor
• glaze
• Practice of putting the
• artisan's signature, kiln's
• title and the year the piece
• was made at the bottom of
• each piece

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Techniques and Skills
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Culture and Influence

• Blue and white porcelain reached the height of
  its technical excellence during the later years
  of the reign of the Kangxi emperor.
• This tea caddy was
• produced during the
• Kangxi period.
• Translucent body lakes
• and mountains with
• blazed rocks

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Culture and Influence

• In English, the word china has become
  synonymous with high-quality porcelain.
• In ancient China, high-quality
• porcelain wares were not
• commonly seen in peoples
• houses. Most were used in
• royal families.
• Nowadays, traditional styles are being
  reproduced, and modern elements are being added
  into the design and production.

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Culture and Influence

• Chinese porcelain had influence in Asia and
  Islamic world as well as in Europe.
• The plate shown was
• made in England.
• Willow pattern was
• an entirely European
• design

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