ABC to Chinese Porcelain
Part I Historic Review
Section I The Origin and Development of Pottery
1. The Origin of Pottery
2. The Appearance and Prospering of White Pottery and Hard Porcelain with Stamped Designs
3. Achievement in Pottery Technique
4. Differences between Pottery and Porcelain
Section II The Appearance and Maturity of Primitive Porcelain
1. The Development of Porcelain Technology
2. Features of Primitive Celadon
3. The Earliest Color Glaze
Section I Features of Eastern Han Porcelain
1. Features of Eastern Han Porcelain
2. The Earliest Black Porcelain
Section II Porcelain Kilns of Eastern Han
Section I Porcelain of the Three Kingdoms Period
Section II Porcelain of Jin Dynasties
Section III Porcelain of the Southern and Northern Dynasties
1. Unique porcelain of the south and the north
2. Swift development of white porcelain
3. Buddhist influence on porcelain
Section I Celadon and White Porcelain
1. Celadon
2. White porcelain
3. Porcelain technique and forms
Section II Porcelain Manufacturing in the North
Section I A Landscape with the south producing celadon and the north white porcelain
1. Celadon by the Yue Kiln
2. White porcelain by the Xing Kiln
Section II Development of Porcelain with Other Glazes
1. Yellow porcelain of Shouzhou
2. Black porcelain
3. Tang porcelain with dappled glaze
4. Porcelain of colored glaze
5. Porcelain made of mixed clay
Section III Advancement of Porcelain Technique
1. Improvement of kilns
2. Evolution of Moulding
3. Ornamental features
Section IV Blue and White Porcelain of Tang
1. “Mi” color porcelain of the Yue kiln
2. Celadon of Yaozhou Kiln in the north
Section I Five Famous Kilns of Song
1. Ru kiln replaced Dingzhou kiln
2. Jun kiln products and Genyue hill
3. Porcelain from official kilns and Song Imperial court moved to the south
Section II Popular Tea Drinking and the Use of Porcelain
Section I Porcelain of Liao Dynasty
Section II Porcelain of Jin Dynasty
Section III Porcelain of Western Xia Dynasty
1. Blue and White
2. Underglazed Red
3. Glaze of Goose Egg White
4. Bluish White Porcelain
5. Blue Glaze
Section I Porcelain of Hongwu Period
1. Blue and White
2. Underglazed Red
Section II Porcelain of Yongle Period
1. Blue and White
2. Sweet White Glaze
3. Wares in Fresh Red
Section III Porcelain of Xuande Period
1. Blue and White
2. Underglazed Red
3. Ruby Red
4. Blue and White with Other Colors
5. The Development of Blue Glaze
Section IV Porcelain in the “Blank Period” of Ming
Section V Porcelain of Chenghua Period
1. Blue and White
2. Underglazed Red
3. A Blend of Under-glazed Blue and White with Colored Glaze
4. Thin Porcelain of Chenghua
Section VI Porcelain of Hongzhi Period
Section VII Porcelain of Zhengde Period
Section VIII Porcelain of Jiajing Period
1. Blue and White
2. Five Colors
3. Assignment on Civilian Kilns
4. Emperor Jiajing and Porcelain with Taoist Patterns
Section IX Porcelain of Longqing Period
Section X Porcelain of Wanli Period
1. Blue and White
2. Wanli Five Colors
3. Wanli Three Colors
4. A Porcelain Dragon Vat Produced in the Jiajing Period that Was Buried with Emperor Wanli
5. Clark Porcelain
Section XI Porcelain of Tianqi and Chongzhen Periods
Section I Porcelain of Shunzhi Period
1. Blue and White
2. Five Colors
Section II Porcelain of Kangxi Period
1. Blue and White
2. Underglazed Red
3. Kangxi Five Colors
4. The beginning of Porcelain with Painted Patterns
5. Porcelain with Enamel Pigment
6. Three Plain Colors of Kangxi
7. Cowpea Red and Red of Lang Kiln
8. Features of Moulding of Kangxi Porcelain
Section III Porcelain of Yongzheng Period
1. Blue and White
2. Under-glazed Red
3. Porcelain with Painted Patterns
4. Porcelain with Enamel Pigment
5. The Blend of Under-glazed Blue and White with Colored Glaze
Section IV Porcelain of Qianlong Period
1. Blue and White
2. Under-glazed Red
3. Porcelain with Enamel Pigment
4. The Blend of Under-glazed Blue and White with Colored Glaze
5. Porcelain with Painted Patterns
6. Emperor Qianlong with Lhama Buddhist Porcelain Wares
7. Emperor Qianlong with Porcelain Made of Special Technique
8. China’s Earliest Book on Porcelain
Section V Porcelain of Jiaqing Period
1. Blue and White
2. Porcelain with Painted Patterns
Section VI Porcelain of Daoguang Period
1. Blue and White
2. Porcelain with Painted Patterns
Section VII Porcelain of Xianfeng and Tongzhi Periods
1. Blue and White
2. Porcelain with Painted Patterns
Section VIII Porcelain of Guangxu and Xuantong Periods
1. Blue and White
2. Porcelain with Painted Patterns
1. “Hongxian” Porcelain and “Zhizhai” Porcelain
2. Porcelain with New Painted Technique
3. Paintings on Porcelain Plates
Chapter XIII An Outline of China’s Imitation of Antique Porcelain
Section I Historical Conditions for the Emergence of Imitation of Antique Porcelain
1. Definition of Imitation of Antique Porcelain
2. Historical Conditions for the Emergence of Imitation of Antique Porcelain
Section II Classification of Imitation of Antique Porcelain
1. Imitation and Faking
2. Classification of Imitation of Antique Porcelain
Section III History of Imitation of Antique Porcelain
1. Two Climaxes
2. An Overview of the History
Part II Kiln Sites
Chapter I An Overview of Kiln Sites
Chapter II Early Kiln Sites
1. Yue Kiln
2. Ou Kiln
3. Wuzhou Kiln
4. Deqing Kiln
5. Xiangyin Kiln
6. Qingyanggong Kiln
7. Guyi Kiln
8. Luohu Kiln
9. Hongzhou Kiln
10.Zaili Kiln
11.Zhongchenhao Kiln
12.Zibo Kiln
13.Nanshan Kiln
Chapter III Kiln Sites of Sui and Tang Dynasties
1. Cai Kiln
2. Yue Kiln
3. Xing kiln
4. Changsha Kiln
5. Ou Kiln
6. Wuzhou Kiln
7. Yuezhou Kiln
8. Shouzhou Kiln
9. Qionglai Kiln
10.Gongxian Kiln
11.Xiangyang Kiln
12.Anyang Kiln
13.Huainan Kiln
14.Chengdu Kiln
15.Guangyuan Kiln
16.Liulichang Kiln
17.Xicun Kiln
Chapter IV Kiln Sites of Song and Yuan Dynasties and Their Systems
1го Ding Kiln and Its System
2го Ru Kiln
3го Official Kiln
4го Ge Kiln
5го Jun Kiln and Its System
6го Yue Kiln and Its System
7го Longquan Kiln and Its System
8го Cizhou Kiln and Its System
9го Jingdezhen Kiln and the System of Bluish White
10го Yaozhou Kiln and Its System
11го Jianyang Kiln and Its System
12го Other Famous Kilns of Song and Yuan
Chapter V Kiln Sites of Ming and Qing Dynasties
1. Jingdezhen Kiln
2. Longquan Kiln
3. Dehua Kiln
Part III Basic Knowledge
Chapter I Classification of Porcelain
Section I Classification of Porcelain
1. Burning Time
2. Burning Place
3. Burning Features
4. Burning Kilns
Section II Classification of Glaze
Section III Classification of Colored Porcelain
Section IV Classification of Characteristics
1. Primitive Porcelain
2. Primitive Celadon
3. Celadon
4. Pale Blue Porcelain
5. White Porcelain
6. Bluish White Porcelain
7. Black Porcelain
8. Porcelain with Plain Colors
9. Colored Porcelain
10.Blue and White Porcelain
11.Transparent Porcelain
12.Transparent Blue and White
13.Porcelain with Colored Glaze
14.Porcelain with Dappled Glaze
15.Sweet White Porcelain
16.Thin Porcelain
17.Porcelain Made of Mixed Clay
18.Porcelain with Mixed Glaze
19.Porcelain with Goose Egg White
20.“Mi” Color Porcelain
21.Porcelain with Its Opening Unglazed
22.Bone Ash Porcelain
23.Porcelain Made of Clay Mixed with Sea Shell Powder
24.Porcelain with Pattern of Images
25.Porcelain Pieces Inlaid on Furniture
26.New Colored Porcelain
27.Porcelain with Cracks and Veins
28.Glaze-less Porcelain
29.Porcelain with Themes of the Cultural Revolution
30.Porcelain with Images of Chairman Mao
31.Folk Pottery and Porcelain
32.Qimen Porcelain
33.Porcelain with White Glaze Painted with Colors
34.Porcelain for Export
35.Prior Yuan Porcelain
36.Contemporary Porcelain
37.Light Depositing Porcelain
38.Self-cleaning Porcelain
39.Transparent Porcelain
Chapter II The Embryo, Glaze and Color of Porcelain
Section I The Embryo of Porcelain
Section II The Glaze of Porcelain
1. Single Color Glaze
2. Blue Glaze
3. Plum Green Glaze
4. Bluish Green Glaze
5. Bean Green Glaze
6. Bluish White Glaze
7. Sky Blue Glaze
8. Light Bluish Green
9. Pale Blue
10.Imitation of Longquan Glaze
11.Under-glazed Red
12.Jun Kiln Red
13.Rainbow Red
14.Applied Red
15.Cowpea Red
16.Fresh Red
17.Lang Kiln Red
18.Bauxite Red
19.Flame Red
20.Rouge Water
21.Green
22.Turquoise Green
23.Water Melon Green
24.Apple Green
25.Parrot Green
26.Blue
27.Foreign Blue
28.Rainbow Blue
29.Blue with White Dots
30.Peacock Blue
31.Sky Blue
32.Yellow
33.Tender Yellow
34.Wax Yellow
35.Egg Yellow
36.Eel Yellow
37.White
38.Egg White
39.Sweet White
40.Ivory White
41.Black
42.Glaze of Tree Leaf Pattern
43.Oil Drop
44.Rabbit Hair Pattern
45.Hawksbill
46.Partridge
47.Black Gold
48.Mixed Colors
49.Soybean Source
50.Sesame butter
51.Purple
52.Eggplant Peel
53.Glass
54.Multiple Colors
55.Unpredictable Color Change in Kiln
56.The Glaze of Jun Kiln
57.Crystal
58.Minced Tea Leaves
59.Iron Rust
60.Low Temperature Glaze
61.Rouge Red
62.Peacock Green
63.Encaustic
64.Low Temperature Glaze imitating Jun Kiln
65.High Temperature Colors
Section III Colors of Porcelain
1. Color over Glaze
(1) Five Colors
(2) Blend of Under-glazed Blue and White with other Colors
(3) Painted Color
(4) Water Color
(5) Soft Color
(6) Enamel
(7) Green
(8) Gold
(9) Blue
(10) Yellow
(11) White Glaze with Red and Green Colors
(12) Purple over Yellow
(13) Red over Yellow
(14) Peacock Blue over White
2. Under Glaze
(1) Blue and White
(2) Blue and White in Ge Kiln Style
(3) Under-glazed Red
(4) Blue and White with Under-glazed Red
(5) Blue over Under-glazed Colors
(6) Five Under-glazed Colors
(7) Brown
(8) Black
(9) White Patterns over White
(10) White over Brown
(11) Soybean Brown over White
(12) Three Under-glazed Colors
(13) Three Plain Colors
(14) Under-glazed Black over White
(15) Tang Tri-colors
(16) Song Tri-colors
(17) Liao Tri-colors
(18) Under-glazed Colors over Green
(19) Pale Purple
Chapter III Moulding of Porcelain
Section I Terminology of Porcelain Moulding
1. Various kinds of opening
2. Various kinds of handle
3. Kinds of shoulders
4. Kinds of midsection
5. Kinds of mouth
6. Kinds of bottom
7. Kinds of stand
Section II Moulding of Porcelain
1. Bowls
2. Cups
3. Vases
4. Pots
5. Jars
6. Wine Jars
7. Incense Burners
8. Plates
9. Boxes with cover
10.Wares for washing
11.Basins
12.Tools for study
13.Others
Chapter IV Inscriptions on Porcelain
Section I An Overview of Inscriptions on Porcelain
1. Classification of inscriptions
2. Artistic style of inscriptions
Section II Inscription on Timing
Section III Inscriptions on Marking the User or Collector
Section IV Inscriptions on Manufacturer
Section V Other Inscriptions
Section VI Inscriptions of Poetry or Sayings
Chapter V Ornamental Patterns
Section I Geometrical Patterns
Section II Animal Patterns
Section III Patterns of Plant
Section IV Patterns of Figures
Section V Mountain and River Patterns
Section VI Religious Patterns
Section VII Auspicious Patterns
Part IV Certification and Collection
Chapter I Certification
Section I Main Grounds for Certification
Section II Main Contents for Certification
1. Authentic or fake
2. Time of production
3. Production kiln
4. Appraisal of value
Section III Certifying Methods for Ancient Porcelain
1. Basic methods of discrimination
2. Dispute between eye judgment and scientific judgment
Section IV Traditional ways of discrimination
1. Moulding
2. The inner body
3. The marks
4. The bottom and stand
5. Ornamental patterns
6. Technique used
7. Earthen marks on prior Yuan porcelain
8. Exterior look
9. Discrimination on pieces
Section V Brief Introduction to Modern Scientific Certification
1. Porcelain certification by modern scientific methods
2. Imitation high-tech and traditional discrimination
3. Certification of the aging of glaze
Section VI Porcelain Certification Terminology
1. Deficiency
2. Repairing
3. Faking
Section VII Key Points for Certifying Official Kiln Products
Section VIII Key points for Certifying Civilian Kiln Products
Section IX Key Points for Certifying Blue and White Porcelain of Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties
1. Blue and white of Yuan Dynasty
2. Features of blue and white of Ming Dynasty
3. Features of blue and white of Qing Dynasty
Section X Key Points for Certifying Colored Porcelain of Ming and Qing Dynasties
1. Key points for certifying the plain tri-color of Kangxi period
2. Key points for certifying imitation of Song Dynasty Jun kiln products in the Yongzheng period
3. Certification of painted porcelain
4. Key points for certifying for low temperature imitation of Jun kiln products
5. Key points for certifying painted and enamel porcelain in Yongzheng period
6. Cautions for collecting porcelain plate paintings
Chapter III Appreciation and Collection
Section I An Overview of Appreciation of Porcelain and Appreciation of Famous Porcelain Pieces
1. Porcelain with colored glaze
2. Painted porcelain
3. Blue and white
Section II Basic Knowledge for Porcelain Collection
1. Principles for collection
2. Invest in prior Yuan porcelain when price is high
3. “One must and three nots”
4. Advice for fellow collectors
Section III Beginners and Porcelain with Defects
Section IV Valuation of Porcelain Collection
1. Porcelain with colored glaze
2. Painted porcelain
3. Products of official and civilian kilns
