Why does the culture of "blue and white porcelain", the treasure of the porcelain country, fascinate the world?

Blue and white porcelain, also known as white ground blue and white porcelain, often referred to as blue and white, is a treasure of Chinese ceramic crafts. It is one of the mainstream varieties of Chinese porcelain and is a type of underglaze colored porcelain. Blue and white porcelain is made by depicting patterns on the ceramic body, then covering it with a layer of transparent glaze, and firing it with a high-temperature reduction flame. Primitive blue and white porcelain appeared in the Tang and Song Dynasties, while mature blue and white porcelain appeared in the Hutian kiln in Jingdezhen in the Yuan Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, blue and white became the mainstream of porcelain. It developed to its peak during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, derivative varieties such as blue and white multicolored, peacock green glazed blue and white, bean green glazed blue and white, blue and white hongcai, yellow ground blue and white, Ge glazed blue and white were also created and burned.

The blue and white porcelain of the Tang Dynasty was in the origin period of blue and white porcelain. The specimens that people can see include more than 20 blue and white porcelain fragments unearthed in Yangzhou in the 1970s and 1980s. By studying the body, glaze and color of the porcelain pieces unearthed in Yangzhou, and analyzing the material and technical conditions of the Gongxian kiln in the Tang Dynasty, it was preliminarily concluded that the origin of Tang blue and white was the Gongxian kiln in Henan.

There are too few standard blue and white utensils from the Song Dynasty so I won’t introduce them to you, so let’s start with the Yuan blue and white. The Yuan blue and white were sold at high prices at auctions and were sought after by the majority of enthusiasts. They are also among the Tibetan artifacts. A coveted collection. The blue and white fired in the Yuan Dynasty have significantly improved from the porcelain body technology. A binary formula of porcelain stone + kaolin is used. The green material uses domestic high-manganese and low-iron green material and imported low-manganese and high-iron green material. There is a difference in the color of green materials. Domestic materials are blue to gray and black, while imported materials are bright blue and have rust spots. The brushwork is one stroke at a time.

In the early Ming Dynasty, domestic materials were mostly used, and a small amount of imported materials could not be ruled out. The blue and white hair color was light blue and gray, with halo. The decorative pattern has not changed much from the legacy of the Yuan Dynasty, but some more details have been paid attention to. The base is mostly flat-cut and unglazed with kiln red. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the material used was Sumali blue cobalt. The blue and white hair color is black and blue, deep and elegant, with a natural halo effect, more like a Chinese ink painting. ?

The blue and white flowers of the Qing Dynasty are exquisite in shape and novel in pattern, which can be said to be breathtaking. No matter the materials, craftsmanship or patterns and decorations, it has reached the pinnacle of porcelain, and it has obvious characteristics from the early, middle and late stages.