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Emperor’s reign, Tang wrote Taocheng jishi the Yongzheng Emperor’s desire for new colours, as
(Commemorative Stele on Ceramic Production). This lists well as his desire for porcelains which reflected the style
some fifty-seven different types of ceramics made for of wares from the revered classic of Chinese ceramic
the court, nearly forty of which were monochromes, production – the Song dynasty.
including the purplish pink enamel, which was described
as a ‘new purplish glaze after European style’. While Many of the glazes from the Song dynasty, which
some of the fifty-seven different types of ceramic inspired Qing-dynasty potters, were essentially celadons.
were inherited from the Ming dynasty and others Iron was the colorant used to produce Song-dynasty
were initiated during Kangxi’s reign, it is clear that a celadon glazes, and also the pale celadons of the Qing
significant number were developed as a response to dynasty, although it must be born in mind that the

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