Blue White Porcelain Phoenix Head Flask Yuan Dynasty

A 14th Century Yuan Blue and White Phoenix Head Flask drawn with  wings of phoenix features and scrolls of flowers enhancing the beauty of the flask.

Yuan Dynasty Blue White China Porcelain

It was only during the early part of the Yuan Dynasty that the underglazed blue technique was finally perfected at Ching-te Chen, possibly with the help of potters from nearby Chi Chou who had been using the underglazed decorative technique but based on brown/black iron oxide since the Southern Sung period. From early examples of Yuan blue-and-white it would  appear that the underglazed blue technique was initially used on a Ying Ch’ing or Shu Fu type porcelain body.

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