Jingdezhen Porcelain Arts

Mining and Clay Sourcing

Porcelain stone is selected, crushed, washed, and refined into dedicated porcelain clay. The quality of this prepared clay decides whiteness and firing stability.

Washing and Purification

The mined material is washed, screened, and purified to remove coarse sand, iron, and other impurities that would disturb the body or glaze.

Settling and Aging

The refined clay slurry is settled, dewatered, and aged. Time makes the body more even, more plastic, and easier to control by hand.

Hand Wedging

The clay is wedged by hand to expel air pockets, align texture, and build a body that can withstand shaping, trimming, and firing.

Wheel Throwing

On the wheel, the artisan raises the wall and opens the form by touch. Diameter, shoulder, lip, and foot are all decided in motion.

Trimming and Refining

After partial drying, the body is trimmed and refined. This stage corrects proportion, sharpens the profile, and gives the vessel its final discipline.

Underglaze Blue Painting

Blue-and-white brushwork is painted directly onto the body. The line has to be confident, because once it enters the kiln there is no second chance.

Glaze Application

A clear glaze is applied over the painted surface. Thickness must stay even so the image remains lucid and the fired surface carries depth and light.

Kiln Loading and Firing

The piece enters the kiln and faces its decisive test. Temperature rise, soaking, and atmosphere all shape the final body, glaze, and color response.

Kiln Opening and Inspection

After cooling, the kiln is opened and the finished work is inspected. Form, ring, glaze, and painting are judged together before a piece is accepted.

Gallery Presentation

The final work leaves the workshop and enters a space of display. At this point, craft becomes collection, and utility becomes culture.

Jingdezhen Porcelain

Jingdezhen, China

Fired at 1,300°C

Jingde Hall of Fame

Crated Worldwide

From tea cups to collector vases.

Porcelain Plaque

Start with approachable Jingdezhen pieces.

Shoutao Zizai Teapot

Lotus Window Lu Cup

Doucai Lotus Yashou Cup

Tea Set

Lotus Vase

Brush Pot

Landscape Incense Burner

Floral Meiping Vase

Lotus Porcelain Plaque

Success Horse Plate

Sanyang Kaitai Vase

Vase

Eleven Representative Stages of Jingdezhen Porcelain