Page 5 - Kangxi Porcelain, A Primer

KANGXI PORCELAIN

Famille Verte or “Wucai”, Famille Noire, Famille Jaune
• Five enamel colors; red, yellow, green, aubergine, blue.
• Replaced under glaze blue with over glaze enamel blue.
• The green enamels come in three shades.
• Finest quality made after 1683
• Often notable for thick white glaze before decorating.

• Colors usually outlined in black.
• Occasionally gilt highlights fired in muffle kiln.
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• 19 C. Albert Jaquemart coined the term Famille Verte
• “Famille Jaune” dominant yellow, “Famille Noire” dominant black.