China Blue White Porcelain Early Development

Exactly when Chinese blue-and-white China Porcelain was first produced is still a subject of fervent debate among ceramic experts. Chinese tradition has it that blue-and-white was first developed in the Sung Dynasty (960-1279), then refined and put into commercial production in the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368) and finally reached its peak of aesthetic maturity in the early Ming period (1368-1644).

However, the current opinion among most Western ceramics experts is that Chinese blue-and-white was only started in the first half of the 14th century, some time just before the middle of the Yuan Dynasty between 1322 and 1330.

Ming Dynasty Blue White Plate

LARGE DISH, with a central decoration of peonies and a rock, surrounded by a narrow cloud
collar, a lotus scroll in the cavetto and a classic scroll on the flattened, foliate rim.

The outside decorated with a peony scroll. Base unglazed. Diameter 52 cms. Early Ming,
early 15th century.

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