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KANGXI PORCELAIN
Most made at Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of China.
Favored Glazes
• Underglaze cobalt blue
• Underglaze cobalt blue and copper red
• Copper red monochromes
• “Famille Verte” or Wucai, five colors
• Powder blue
• Sancai-Susancai, three colors on biscuit wares
• “Famille Jaune and “Famille Noire”
• Paste, superbly well refined, noted for resulting
• In extremely smooth snow white feet.
• 1683 Zung Yingxuan appointed Imperial factory director.
Curiously official or Imperial wares meant for court
use were at times often indistinguishable from high quality
non-court porcelains.
