Chinese household simple color glaze kung fu tea set

Blue glaze is the name of porcelain glaze. Traditional blue glaze, with natural cobalt ore as the colorant, in addition to cobalt oxide, also contains iron oxide and manganese oxide.

Blue glaze was first seen in the tri-colored Tang Dynasty. But at this time or low temperature blue glaze, only beautiful sense, lack of calm tone.

The high temperature blue glaze appeared in the Yuan Dynasty. After entering the Ming Dynasty, especially in Xuande, blue glaze ware was abundant and beautiful, and was promoted as the top quality of Xuande porcelain.

To the Qing Dynasty Kangxi, there are more blue glaze, sky blue and other new varieties.

Blue glaze uses cobalt oxide as a coloring agent, first seen in Tang Sancai. In the Song Dynasty, Jun kiln used sky blue glaze as the main color tone. In the Yuan Dynasty, Jingdezhen fired high-temperature blue glazed ceramics, and in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, blue glazed ceramics such as Jilan, Salan, and sky blue peacock blue were also fired.

High temperature cobalt blue glazed porcelain is one of the new varieties of Jingdezhen kiln in the Yuan Dynasty, and it is the predecessor of Ming Dynasty blue glaze.

Sky blue is a high-temperature colored glaze. It evolved from sky blue glaze and was first fired during the Kangxi reign. The glaze color is light and blue, sparkling and elegant, like a blue sky, hence the name "sky blue".