中国人文标识系列中国人文标识系列:青花瓷,青白间的中国瓷器史(英)

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