Most people think that the blue, celadon and white color series Chinese porcelain are quite famous, while it is rare to see the porcelain with red color as the main tone. In fact, the history of the Chinese red porcelain can date back to ancient times. There are several stages of the development of the red porcelain: origination in the late Tang Dynasty, development in the Yuan Dynasty, flourishing in the Ming and Qing Dynasty and renaissance at the contemporary era.
In 1998, Chinese scientists overcame the problem that the red glaze was not high temperature resisting, and then successfully made out the bright red porcelains with lustrous color and pure surface. The centenary lost craft of the red porcelain revived eventually at the end of the 20 th century. This technique made both the domestic and abroad porcelain craftsmen's century-old dream about bright red come true. Moreover, it also filled in the gaps in the field of world porcelain history.
The firing of Chinese red porcelains is of great difficulty, and the technics are complicated. Generally, there are four firing steps: the first one is called porous firing, the second step is glazed firing, the third is red firing and the fourth is golden firing. The firing of red glaze uses rare metal—tantalum which is more precious than the gold. It can be said that, to some extent, the Chinese red porcelain is fired and made by gold! Since its date of birth, the red porcelain has the fame of “thin as the paper, transparent as glass, melodious as chime stone, pure as white jade”, the quality of the porcelain is fine and smooth, the shape is artistic and elegant, colors are lustrous and bright, and the patterns are many and varied. Its pure quality and sumptuous shape makes the porcelain having the double values of usage and artistic enjoyment. Hence, it is one of the best precious pieces as gifts and for collecting.
This set consisting four pigs is very rare. You can hear clear and melodious ring while you are shaking every pig. Collecting this red porcelain pig set means that you made a good choice. |
