Author name: Jianle Liu

Blue and white pine, bamboo and plum pattern jar

The piece is a jar, and Blue-and-white porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits under a…

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Pastel Drunken Portrait of Zhong Kui

This object belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a famille-rose (fencai) porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns…

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Blue and white bowl with colorful flower and bird patterns

The piece is a bowl, and Blue-and-white porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits under a…

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Blue and white Eight Immortals Jar

This jar belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a blue-and-white porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to glass.…

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Pale yellow ground pastel butterfly Baxi pattern plate

The piece is a plate, and Famille-rose (fencai) porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits…

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Colorful pheasant and peony vase

This vase belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a wucai (five-colour) porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to g…

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Doucai lotus and animal ear wall vase

This vase belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a doucai (contrasting-colour) porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface tu…

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Blue and white alum red colored sea water dragon pattern bowl

The piece is a bowl, and Blue-and-white porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits under a…

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Three-color vase with plum and magpie pattern on yellow ground

This vase belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to glass. the Imperial w…

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Enamel pomegranate flower picture and poem cup

The piece is a cup, and Painted-enamel (falangcai) porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour s…

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