Yuan Dynasty Ching Pai  Ceramics

Chinese potters at times imitated shapes of Middle Eastern wares, although they always decorated them in the Chinese taste like double gourd and chinese lotus leaf.

During the test of the firing of cobalt blue could turn out to be dullish grey or even almost black and other times a pure utlra marine blue. By middle of 14^th century, the potters able to control the behavior of the blue to a greater extent.

While some Yuan potters chose to decorate the porcelain in underglaze blue and others experienced with decoration in underglaze copper oxide.

At best this produced a bright cherry red color but copper proved harder to control than the cobalt often form a russet color even ugly brown.

Heavily potted, clearly intended for robust use typical of many storage jars were exported to Middle and Near East during the 14^th century Yuan Dynasty. Dark blue is boldly applied in 14-15th century wares shown ‘heaped and piled’. Potters find difficulty in grinding the imported cobalt and found particles of ungrounded cobalt at end of each brush stroke. Too heavily applied have frequent outburst through the glaze and form minute rust spots on the body of the ceramic ware.

The glaze, unlike bluish white of the earlier ching pai is milky white and uneven texture forming a frequently called an ‘orange peel’ effect.

Examination under powerful lens reveal myriads of bubbles in glaze cause the uneven effect. Base of jar in 14^th and earlier 15^th  centuries is unglazed.

Yuan dynasty ceramics is never loved by the native Chinese.

Links to Yuan Dynasty Ching Pai Wares

• Yuan Dynasty Ching Pai Cover Jar
  
  Early 14th Century Yuan Dynasty Ching Pai Blue and White Round Covered Jar decorated with Chrysanthemum Flowers and chrysanthemum sprays
• Yuan Dynasty Ching Pai Blue White Jarlet
  
  Yuan dynasty Ching Pai Blue White Jarlet - amongst the first generation of blue and white ceramics dated back in the 14th century
• Yuan Dynasty Blue and White Ching Pai Ink Holder Jarlet
  
  Yuan dynasty Ching Pai Blue White Ink Holder Jarlet - amongst the first generation of blue and white ceramics dated back in the 14th century. With earloop to serve as holder.
• Yuan Dynasty Blue White Ching Pai Small Vase
  
  A small blue and white Yuan dynasty Ching Pai Vase - amongst the first generation of blue and white ceramics dated back in the 14th century Undulating surface and rough drawn design
• Yuan Dynasty Art Spotted Ching Pai Cow
  
  Yuan Dynasty Art Ching Pai Ware is the first cross over from Sung Dynasty Yuan Dynasty Spotted Ching Pai Cow
• Yuan Dynasty Spotted Ching Pai Spout
  
  Yuan Dynasty - A white bluish glazed Ching Pai spotted spout amongst the first generation of glazed ceramics after Sung Dynasty
• Yuan Dynasty Spotted Ching Pai Cover Jar
  
  Yuan Spotted Ching Pai Cover Jarlet With an obvious unglazed Early 14th Century Yuan Dynasty Ching Pai Covered Jarlet decorated With Brown Iron Spots.
• Yuan Dynasty Brown Iron Spots Ching Pai Vase
  
  Yuan Spotted Ching Pai Jarlet with earloops as holders to tie to the scholar belt. You can see the finger prints to grip ..
• Yuan Dynasty Brown Iron Spots Ching Pai Ink Holder
  
  Another piece of Yuan Spotted Ching Pai Ink Holder with earloops as holders to tie to the scholar belt. An uncommon design.
• Yuan Dynasty Spotted Pear Vase
  
  Common Spotted Ching Pai Pear Vase With Brown Iron Spots. An early 14th Century coated with a tinge of bluish white cast glazed. This could be an evoluted from raw ching pai as now the base is now being glazed.
• Yuan Dynasty Spotted Pear Vase Similar
  
  Common feature in this early 14th Century Yuan dynasty which is coated with a tinge of bluish white cast glazed. - more refined piece.

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