目录 Preface 01 Chapter I The Beginning of Porcelain Section 1 Country of Porcelain 002 Section 2 Jingdezhen Gets Name from the Title of an Emperor’s Reign 007 Section 3 Shadowy Blue Porcelain Lays the Foundations of Jingdezhen Porcelain 013 Section 4 Jingdezhen Thrives due to War 020 Section 5 Booming Export Trade of Song Dynasty Porcelain 023 Chapter II Legend in the History of Ceramics: Birth of Blue and White Porcelain Section 1 Kaolin Ceramic Clay and Samarra-blue 028 Section 2 Blue and White Porcelain Changing Color Aesthetics 034 Section 3 Shufu Porcelain Loved by the Upper Class 037 Section 4 The Birth of Blue and White Porcelain Giant 042 Section 5 Mysterious Blue and White Porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty 049 Section 6 The Maritime Porcelain Road 055 Chapter III Incomparable White and Blue Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty Section 1 Jingdezhen once again Wins the Favor of Ming Emperors 062 Section 2 Zheng He’s Westward Voyages Create Peak in the Blue and White Porcelain 069 Section 3 Other Masterpieces of Porcelain besides the Blue and White 076 Section 4 Xuande Blue and White Porcelain Ranks Top 081 Section 5 The Solely Petite and Exquisite Chenghua Porcelains 089 Section 6 Religions-Themed and Privately Fired Porcelain 097 Section 7 Rare Large Dragon Jar 102 Section 8 Ming Blue and White Porcelain Becomes Popular due to a Piracy Incident 107 Section 9 Advent of the Private Kilns 116 Chapter IV The World of Color Section 1 Twelve Flower God Cups: Historical Works of Imperial Kiln 122 Section 2 The Ruby of Ceramics—Lang Kiln Red 129 Section 3 Nian Xiyao’s Color Enamel Ware and Rouge Water 134 Section 4 Imari Porcelain during the Ban on Sea Trade in Early Qing Dynasty 138 Section 5 Tang Ying and the Kiln-Altered Glaze 142 Section 6 Color Enamel Ware Loved by Emperors 147 Section 7 Pastels Drawn from Needle Tips 153 Section 8 ‘Spring of Heaven and Earth’ of Cixi 157 Section 9 European Porcelain Industry Started by a Letter 160 Section 10 Royal Brushes of Chinese Light Crimson Porcelain Painting 167 Section 11 China’s First Set of Ceramic Tableware—Tongzhi Wedding Party Porcelain 170 Chapter V New and Old Ceramic Events Section 1 Thousand Years of Ceramic Appreciation 176 Section 2 Treasure in the Forbidden City 188 Section 3 Japan’s National Treasure 209 Section 4 ‘Platinum’ in Europe 213
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