Imitiated Ming Dynasty Ch′eng-Huadouble-Cap Tea Pot with Blue and White Dragons and Phoenixes Intertwined with Branches and Lotus Patterns

Ming style blue and white double-cover ceiling jar

Caliber: 7.50cm
Belly diameter: 14.5cm
Bottom diameter: 10.5cm
Height: 13.5cm

Process: blue and white

Blue and white fish-algae covered pot: straight mouth, bulging belly, flat bottom. With flat top and inner cover. The whole body is decorated with blue and white, and the outer cover and inner cover are decorated with mandarin fish and algae, carp and aquatic plants respectively. The shoulder is decorated with tangled lotus patterns, the foot is decorated with banana leaf patterns, the main body of the abdomen is decorated with classic fish algae patterns, and the two large swimming fish in the center are lifelike, wandering among the algae. The whole vessel is white and blue, with simple color and strong contrast. The shape is thick and full, and the decoration is neat and exquisite.
Blue and white dragon and phoenix covered pot with tangled branches: straight mouth, bulging belly, flat bottom. With flat top and inner cover. The whole body is decorated with blue and white, and the center of the cover is decorated with phoenix pattern. The shoulders are decorated with two arcs, and the abdomen is painted with dragons, phoenixes and auspicious clouds, that is, dragons and phoenixes present auspicious patterns. It is said that the dragon is the chief of scale insects and the phoenix is the chief of feather insects. Where there is a dragon, there is a phoenix, and there will be peace and prosperity. Dragons and phoenixes are auspicious animals and birds in people's minds. The auspicious clouds have auspicious meanings and are painted together as auspicious and auspicious symbols. The glaze of the pot is smooth, and the blue and white hair color is elegant and pure. The dragon pattern is well drawn, the dragon claw is dancing, the scales are clear, and the power is very powerful; The phoenix pattern is exquisitely painted and its lines are sharp and unrestrained. It is also made lifelike by setting off the twig pattern and echo pattern. The whole vessel is white and blue, with simple color and strong contrast. The shape is thick and full, and the decoration is neat and exquisite.
Blue and white covered pot with tangled branches and flower patterns: straight mouth, bulging belly, flat bottom. With flat top and inner cover. The whole body is decorated with blue and white patterns, the neck is decorated with flower patterns, the shoulder is decorated with lotus petal patterns, the belly is decorated with lotus petal patterns, and the bottom is decorated with lotus petal patterns. The center of the cover is decorated with lotus patterns. The shape of this utensil is thick and full, and the decoration is neat and exquisite.

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, Islamic 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