Qing Dynasty Guangxi Blue/White Porcelain Plate
AGE: – 19th- early 20th Century Qing Dynasty Guangxu mark & period (1875-1908AD)
HEIGHT: – 4.5cm
DIAMETER:– 26cm
WEIGHT: – 950gms
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Late Qing Dynasty Guangxi Blue/White Porcelain Plate. China has a long history of manufacturing porcelains for export to many countries in South East Asia.
Qing Dynasty porcelain manufacturers frequently manufactured porcelain for the Asian and European markets. Porcelain was frequently marked with a seal on the base of the reigning Emperor at the time of manufacture, although there is no guarantee that a seal mark on Chinese porcelain is of the period suggested, or that it was manufactured during that period.
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Porcelain shapes and designs also changed to suit the developing interest in Chinese Ceramics in Europe, which was attributed to the Jesuit missionaries visiting China during the 16th and 17th Centuries and trade with Holland.
The variations in blue and white pigments in Chinese porcelain are endless. During the early Ming period a vibrant blue cobalt pigment was imported from Persia, referred to as Mohammedan blue and much sought after. During the early Ming period, the blue pigments imported into China became more expensive, mainly because of the attempted ban on foreign trade by General Zhu Yuanzhang (1368-98).
Through necessity, due to the expense of this blue pigment and the ban on imports, the Chinese through experimentation perfected their own variety of blue pigments which varied in vibrancy. The cobalt blue pigments seen in many Kangxi blue and white ceramics came from Zhejiang province, it had a low iron and high manganese content.
A short interesting history of the Qing Dynasty
