Hand Painted Blue and White Flowers, Tangled Branches, Lotus Patterns, Narcissus Basin, Fruit Plate Dinner Plate

Qianlong Blue and White
During the sixty years of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty, the feudal society in the Qing Dynasty was at its peak. Porcelain production had achieved unprecedented prosperity, and blue and white porcelain had reached its peak. At this time, Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory had a large scale. Under the management of the pottery supervisor, more than hundreds of thousands of porcelain were fired each year, and the porcelain fired had reached the level of perfection in both craftsmanship and decorative art.

A masterpiece of Qing Dynasty official kilns
Inherit the secret method of preparing domestic blue and white cobalt materials from the Qing Dynasty official kilns. On the moist and white plain body produced in Jingdezhen, use blue and white flowers to outline various lotus patterns, and then apply a thin layer of white transparent glaze through the glaze blowing method to make the porcelain cup more soft, clear and transparent. Blue and white are matched to each other, making it pleasant, crystal clear and bright, and beautiful for a long time.

Qianlong Blue and White Flower Features
Xu Zhiheng of the Qing Dynasty described the porcelain of that time in "Drinking from Liuzhai and Talking about Porcelain" as "as exquisite as Qianlong, almost as exquisite as the uncanny workmanship". Qianlong blue and white porcelain was still the mainstream of porcelain production at that time. It inherited the characteristics of Kangxi and Yongzheng blue and white porcelain, and continued to develop, innovate and improve on its basis, reflecting unprecedented achievements in production techniques.

Ornamentation
The decoration style of Qianlong official kiln is exquisite, with the style of palace painting and the interest of literati painting. As a kind of traditional Chinese auspicious patterns, it is mostly used to decorate porcelain. The pattern is mainly lotus flowers. It is a kind of lotus pattern, which is refined and changed from a kind of vine and grass. It is also called "Longevity vine", which means auspicious. Because of its continuous structure, it means "endless".

Foetal glaze
In the Qing Dynasty, it was known as "stable, vigorous and calm". It was painted with domestic blue materials, showing pure blue. The glaze is bright and clean, and the fetal bone is white and dense without impurities after thousands of fine washing.

Painting Techniques
The painting style of Qianlong blue and white patterns is similar to that of Yongzheng, which includes sketching flat painting and stippling after sketching and coloring.

Catering
The four character regular script of "Long Kiln Craft" in the bottom foot hand is painted in gold. The strokes are straight, uniform in thickness, vigorous and vigorous.

The book "Notes on Making Porcelain - Thinking, Thinking, and Living of a Porcelain Man", written by Mr. Tu Ruiming, the founder of Changwuju, was highly recommended by Laoshu for painting. As the only work of creative culture, it was selected into the theme book list of 2016 China's Most Beautiful Bookstore Week. The book is unique in its simple and true record, traditional and innovative beauty.

THE HISTORY OF BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN
• Blue and white porcelain began to be made in large amounts in Jingdezhen starting in the Ming(1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties,gradually becoming the most recognizable ceramic style in both the East and West.
• This blue and white vase can tell you a lot about China's international history.
• The story begins with the mineral known as cobalt,which the Persians used to make a unique pigment which turned blue when heated.
• In the 13th century when the Yuan Dynasty took over China, culture penetrated into Chinese territory.
• Blue was a favorite color of Muslims as it symbolized water-"the treasure of the desert".
Chinese masters worked the imported blue powder into floral scrolls on the stark white porcelain, so the style came to be known as Qinghua, which literally means blue flowers.
• Later in the Ming and Qing dynasties, Qinghua was made in large amounts in Jingdezhen and became the most recognizable style in both East and West.
• Vessels exported from China could be found all around the world, from national museums to private collections.
• Many cultures around the world have had their symbols etched in Chinese blue and white.

THE HISTORY OF JINGDEZHEN
Jingdezhen, a world-famous porcelain town in Jiangxi. In Chinese, the name Jingdezhen is virtually synonymous with ceramics,particularly porcelain.
• Historical records tell of Jingdezhen (then called Xinping) making porcelain in the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), while archaeological excavations have shown evidence of Jingdezhen firing porcelain in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (265-420).
• Jingdezhen Porcelain developed rapidly in the Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368), and a series of imperial factories was set up in Zhushan (a district of Jingdezhen) during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1912), making Jingdezhen the nation's porcelain center.
• Jingdezhen porcelain is characterized by its beautiful shapes, various varieties, rich decorations,and unique styles. It is quite famous for its white porcelain, which is known for being 'white as jade,bright as a mirror, thin as paper, and sounding like a rock'.
• Regarding Chinese porcelain's glaze, blue was traditionally taken as the most precious color.
• During the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127),Jingdezhen kilns imitated the tone and moist texture of blue and white jade, and creatively fired a kind of qingbai ware ('blue-white' ware).
• The production of blue-white ware made Jingdezhen Porcelain particular important and famous at home and abroad.

OUR CRAFTSMAN
• We have many Chinese masters of arts and crafts, Jiangxi masters of arts and crafts, as well as national first-class technicians and professional cooperation teams.
• These craftsmen have been employed for more than 20 or 30 years and were born in Jingdezhen's porcelain family.
• Their craftsmanship has also been passed down from generation to generation. We hope that through the efforts of the company and the craftsmen, the Chinese traditional ceramic culture as well as technology and aesthetics can be truly integrated into modern life, so that more people can feel, touch and use these artifacts.
• This is more like a dialogue with the ancients and the modern people.

• Porcelain transformed from the soil of nature
• It was once called "white gold" in western European countries
• Blue and white porcelain is the first global commodity
• The Ming Dynasty was at the beginning of global trade
• Witness the prosperity of porcelain trade between China and the West in the 17th century