Chinese Kang Xi Period Ceramics

Transitional porcelain is jingdezhen porcelain manufactured at china s principle ceramic production area in the years during and after the transition from ming to qing as with several previous changes of dynasty in china this was a protracted and painful period of civil war.

Chinese kang xi period ceramics.

Chinese ceramics range from construction materials such as bricks and tiles to hand built pottery vessels fired in bonfires or kilns to the sophisticated chinese porcelain wares made for. The meaning is rather abstract but can perhaps be translated as jade trinket or antique porcelain as fine as jade. Among kangxi s achievements were military victories over taiwan russia tibet and russia. Two of the most copied apocryphal reign marks hail from the xuande period 1426 1435 and chenghua period 1465 1487.

The mark first appeared in kangxi but has been used well into the 20th century. Highlights include an exceptional underglaze red and famille verte rose. China antique blue white enamels relief peony children urn with lid kangxi sea. He also initiated the compilation of a dictionary of chinese characters the compilation of poetry the invention of a chinese calendar as well as the proliferation of the famed qing hua blue and white porcelain.

Assembled by a private collector who started acquiring chinese art in the 1970s a group of imperial kangxi period porcelain will be offered this september many of which were formerly owned by esteemed and influential collectors of chinese art such as e t. Wanyu appears on chinese porcelain from the kangxi period and onwards. The collection largely consists of chinese porcelain and works of art from the han through to the qing dynasties with a particular emphasis on ming ceramics kangxi blue and white porcelain famille verte porcelain and famille rose porcelain. Porcelain from the kangxi period 1662 1722 is one of the most recognisable and ubiquitous areas of chinese ceramics ceramics from this reign are found in collections and museums all over the world so it is well worth familiarising oneself in the shapes decoration and marks on pieces of this prolific period of porcelain production.

For example it is not uncommon to find 15th century ming dynasty reign marks on qing dynasty blue and white porcelain made in the kangxi period 1662 1722. Fine blue and white water dropper. Chinese ceramics show a continuous development since pre dynastic times and are one of the most significant forms of chinese art and ceramics globally. Kangxi took particular interest in.

Though the start date of qing rule is customarily given as 1644 when the last ming emperor hanged himself as the. Guest gray also deals in antique japanese porcelain lacquer metalwork and ivory. Antique chinese qing dynasty wucai kangxi period porcelain dragon censer bowl located in portland or a good antique chinese transitional porcelain wucai five colors censer from the great kilns of jingdezhen and dating from the reign of the kangxi emperor 1662 1722. Large antique chinese kangxi mark period mirror black glazed tianquiping vase.

The first pottery was made during the palaeolithic era.