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THE BRILLIANT ANTIQUE –LOOKING OFFICIAL-KILN PORCELAIN OF THE NORTH-SONG
China enjoys the reputation of the country of porcelain in the world.. In the varieties of China porcelain, the blue official kiln produced in North-Song is regarded as the priceless treasure for its most outstanding, beautiful and antique-looking.
The kiln is called official because it was run officially. Its products were solely for the use, of the royal family. Even the most powerful officials and great nobles could only look at them with longing eyes and watering mouths, but they had no right to have any for their own. So these products became rarities and difficult to get..
The shapes of products from the official kilns are generally simple and solemn. The color of the porcelain used is as beautiful and sleek as jade, and the grain looks just like dimpling wave. The hue around the mouth is slightly purple and that at the base is dark brown, somewhat like iron. They are quiet and harmonious and there is something unique and unconventional about them. All these made people happy, fondling them with admiration
As high-grade ornaments in the royal palace, the noble quality of the North-Song porcelain products was that they did not resort to fine carvings or flowery paintings to win admiration. They overpower people of all the world and of all times with admiration solely for the beauty of their simple and solemn shapes and the charm varnish expressed in their pretty color and fine grain.
The North-Song official kiln had but a short history and as it required high skill and its products were few. Now the pieces of the North-Song official porcelain collected in the palace museum have become treasures worth cities. The famous museums and collectors of the world yearn for them , but in vain. In our country though people had tried to imitate them in almost every dynasty, they seldom produced any masterpieces