Oriental Pottery
The first Oriental pottery in China was the civilization of contemporary Rome. It is one of the oldest in the art of the Far East and a consistent development is to the nineteenth century of our era.
The cultural background of China, and knowledge of the customs, rituals and religions should be understood to fully appreciate this art and what does it mean.
The symbolism of the Chinese decoration is inexhaustible. It is a story up in every piece of ornament, intelligible only to the students wrapped the art. A bunch of books, for example, is a symbol of learning.
Ribbon in bow-knot tied to books, wooden frame (http://www.ferche.com/) and baskets of flowers to these emblems of a religious character to give. The dragon, a monster of great importance, is a symbol of divine power. The Chinese are by nature fond of flowers and all natural beauty.
The styles of pottery in China by the name of the reigning dynasties named, of which the last two, the Ming and Ch'ing, are the key the decorator of today because they are virtually the only styles, the examples are still available for the general public. The earlier productions are only in museums found or valuable in private collections. The most important dynasties in which are produced ceramics and porcelain, as follows:
960-1127: North-Sung: Literature and pressure.
1127-1280: Southern Sung: Golden Age of landscape painting and pottery. Oldest porcelain made to imitate bronze form.
1280-1368: Yuan-Mongol follows: Tradition.
1368-1643: Ming: art follows past, especially models T'ang Dynasty.
1644-1851: Ch'ing: Manchu Emperor – Great Age of porcelain, Jade and cut stones.
The last two Chinese dynasties were those that influenced the Western art to a large extent in the eighteenth century. These two are the Ming (1368-1643) and Qing (1644-1851) known.
During the Ming Dynasty all the arts were strongly encouraged. In the manufacture of porcelain a wide variety of colors used, single-color glazes, which created up to that time, the chief decoration of engraved picture frames (http://www.ferche.com) was less popular as a monochrome decorative patterns were developed.
It was the time of the blue and white porcelain, where floral design in various shades of blue in traffic were placed on a cream-colored box and covered the whole with one of a very faint bluish glaze.
Occasionally the colors were reversed and white Flowers were on a blue background. In the late Ming period, we find some variation in the technique of decoration and color of the pattern and the beginning of polychrome decoration.
In the Qing Dynasty Emperor Kangxi (1662-1722) and grandson Ch'ien Lung (1736-1795), took a great interest to the manufacture of porcelain, and an extensive Trade was carried out in European countries. The pottery from this period reached its greatest height in the technical skill.
A large Variety of porcelain were made, including the previously mentioned blue-white pattern, typical of the jar was the famous hawthorn, hawthorn flower shows on a background, a pattern of imitation ice crackled.
The design symbolizes the passing of the winter and the coming of spring. These glasses were as Gifts with the Chinese New Year, which presented a little later in spring than ours. They were filled with sweets, tea or preserved ginger.
Polychrome decoration enamels of various shades on the original glazed porcelain painted picture frames resulted in the most magnificent creations. The paint colors were applied to the glazed surface of the original and made more permanent by re-firing at a lower temperature than the initial firing, the enamel colors are not as could not stand the high degree of heat required for burning the body of the piece itself.
The pottery in this period created the porcelain known to us in terms of French "Famille Noire", "Famille Verte" and the "Famille pants" with which the porcelain enameled with the color Ornamentation applied to be the predominant background color, or black to name, are green, and rose.
Such a variety of designs and amazing Colours have never been reached, and the decorations are placed a variety of floral patterns in their natural colors on the background colors described above.
Other patterns were scenes of domestic life, court scenes, historical and mythological themes, the famous dragon and phoenix of the most magnificent plumage, Landscapes, sacred mountains, butterflies, insects, the Buddhist emblems and many others too numerous to mention.
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