Jingdezhen ware
1723-35
During the Qing period, the imperial kiln produced dishes from a wide color palette. According to the archives of the Department of Manufacture in the Imperial Household Office, monochrome chrysanthemum-shaped dishes of twelve color schemes were commissioned in 1733. Cobalt oxide is the catalyst for achieving the dark blue hue under a reduction atmosphere (decreased oxygen in the kiln).
Porcelain with blue glaze
1 1/8 in. (2.86 cm)
: 4 1/2 in.
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
44.117.2
