https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/jingdezhen-why-the-porcelain-capital-still-matters 2026-10-01T20:19:40+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/azureblanc-jingdezhen-porcelain-daily-ritual-tea-cup-hand-held_a475e939-08ca-4017-9324-e5ba70914916.webp?v=1780738462 Jingdezhen: Why the Porcelain Capital Still Matters https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/blanc-de-chine-and-the-modern-interior 2026-10-01T20:20:42+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/blanc-de-chine-sculptural-silhouette_42ef428d-b63f-4c65-b3db-346c3c53713c.webp?v=1780738430 Blanc de Chine and the Modern Interior https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/why-statement-vases-matter-in-contemporary-homes 2026-10-01T20:20:42+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/porcelain-vase-size-guide-console-tianqiu-1600.jpg?v=1786694830 How to Choose a Porcelain Vase for a Console, Cabinet or Floor Front view of an Azure Blanc nine-peach Tianqiu vase with a rounded body and tall neck https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/the-return-of-ritual-living 2026-10-01T20:20:42+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/minimalist-celadon-bud-vase-mindful-interior_79a6703a-e76d-4138-a32b-5bf0e4447dd8.webp?v=1780738388 The Return of Ritual Living https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/beyond-replicas-museum-informed-ceramics 2026-10-01T20:20:42+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/unglazed-ceramic-foot-ring-clay-density_191c5b31-1ea4-4a0e-8531-bc2d75537282.webp?v=1780738364 Beyond Replicas: Museum-Informed Ceramics https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/dehua-ware-blanc-de-chine-the-mastery-of-pure-luminous-white 2026-10-01T20:20:42+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/dehua-white-porcelain-vessel-silhouettes_241dfc7f-cd31-4809-bd8e-b8460a444063.webp?v=1780737407 Dehua Ware (Blanc de Chine): The Mastery of Pure Luminous White https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/the-weight-of-a-celestial-sphere-the-qianlong-famille-rose-vase 2026-10-01T20:21:05+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/qianlong-famille-rose-tianqiu-vase-spatial-presence_b72384f0-1099-435e-b660-1aabfe0d19df.webp?v=1780737386 The Weight of a Celestial Sphere: The Qianlong Famille Rose Vase https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/from-sotheby-s-to-the-shanghai-museum-the-fate-of-a-yongzheng-famille-rose-olive-shaped-vase 2026-10-01T20:21:05+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/Yongzheng-Famille-Rose-Olive-Shaped-Vase_1420a841-de01-49fa-91a4-fecbffdea2df.webp?v=1780737366 From Sotheby’s to the Shanghai Museum: The Fate of a Yongzheng Famille Rose Olive-Shaped Vase https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/decoding-an-imperial-benchmark-the-qianlong-five-dragon-meiping 2026-10-01T20:21:05+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/Qianlong-Blue-and-White-Five-Dragon-and-Wave-Meiping_ba10bc99-ee16-4380-9a5b-eeab6ca2bd7c.webp?v=1780737329 Decoding an Imperial Benchmark: The Qianlong Five-Dragon Meiping https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/the-qianlong-carmine-red-graviata-meiping 2026-10-01T20:21:06+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/Qianlong-carmine-red-graviata-famille-rose-meiping.webp?v=1780799803 The Qianlong Carmine-Red Graviata Meiping https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/what-is-blue-and-white-porcelain-cobalt-underglaze-and-kiln-fire 2026-10-01T20:21:06+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/What-Is-Blue-and-White-Porcelain.webp?v=1781064773 What Is Blue-and-White Porcelain? Cobalt, Underglaze, and Kiln Fire https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/from-tang-and-song-experiments-to-yuan-maturity-how-blue-and-white-porcelain-took-shape 2026-10-01T20:21:12+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/yuan-dynasty-blue-and-white-porcelain-jar.webp?v=1781181217 From Tang and Song Experiments to Yuan Maturity: How Blue-and-White Porcelain Took Shape https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/yuan-blue-and-white-porcelain-how-the-fourteenth-century-changed-chinese-ceramics 2026-10-01T20:21:12+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/yuan-blue-and-white-guiguzi-descending-the-mountain-jar.webp?v=1781267952 Yuan Blue-and-White Porcelain: How the Fourteenth Century Changed Chinese Ceramics https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/yongle-xuande-blue-and-white-porcelain 2026-10-01T20:21:12+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/yongle-xuande-blue-and-white-porcelain-comparison.webp?v=1781426668 Yongle and Xuande Blue-and-White Porcelain: Rich Cobalt and Early Ming Court Taste https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/sumali-blue-heaped-piled-cobalt 2026-10-01T20:21:12+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/yongle-xuande-blue-and-white-heaped-piled-vase.webp?v=1781526340 “Sumali Blue” and the Heaped-and-Piled Effect in Blue-and-White Porcelain https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/the-guiguzi-descending-the-mountain-jar-narrative-woodblock-prints-and-yuan-blue-and-white 2026-10-01T20:21:12+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/yuan-blue-and-white-guiguzi-descending-the-mountain-jar_761cfc6a-f204-430b-bfbe-dba352448079.webp?v=1781581385 The “Guiguzi Descending the Mountain” Jar: Narrative, Woodblock Prints, and Yuan Blue-and-White https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/kangxi-blue-and-white-and-the-five-shades-of-cobalt 2026-10-01T20:21:47+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/kangxi-blue-white-landscape-tonal-detail-met.jpg?v=1787047654 Kangxi Blue-and-White and the Five Shades of Cobalt Kangxi-period blue-and-white landscape vase detail with dark cobalt outlines and paler washes https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/jingdezhen-porcelain-industry-world-heritage 2026-10-01T20:21:48+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/jingdezhen-world-heritage-contemporary-yuhuchun.jpg?v=1787047653 Jingdezhen's Porcelain Industry on the World Heritage List Contemporary Jingdezhen blue-and-white Yuhuchun vase with pine, bamboo and plum decoration https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/reign-marks-on-contemporary-chinese-porcelain 2026-10-01T20:21:48+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/azureblanc-contemporary-qianlong-style-yuhuchun-vase.jpg?v=1786614594 What a Reign Mark Means on Contemporary Chinese Porcelain Contemporary underglaze-red Yuhuchun vase with a reproduced Qianlong-style mark https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/underglaze-vs-overglaze-porcelain 2026-10-01T20:21:48+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/underglaze-vs-overglaze-porcelain-hero.jpg?v=1787042745 Underglaze Blue vs Overglaze Enamel: Reading the Surface Contemporary blue-and-white meiping beside a famille rose Yuhuchun vase, showing underglaze and overglaze decoration https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/crackle-glaze-defect-or-deliberate 2026-10-01T20:21:48+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/azureblanc-crackle-glaze-double-gourd-featured-1600.jpg?v=1787133372 Crackle Glaze: Intentional Surface or Ceramic Defect? https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/meiping-yuhuchun-tianqiu-vase-shapes 2026-10-01T20:21:54+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/meiping-yuhuchun-tianqiu-vase-shapes-featured-v2-1600.jpg?v=1788230104 Meiping, Yuhuchun and Tianqiu: Three Vase Shapes Contemporary Meiping, Yuhuchun and Tianqiu vases shown side by side; images are not to scale https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/why-celadon-looks-blue-green-or-gray 2026-10-01T20:21:54+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/celadon-blue-green-vases-featured-1600.jpg?v=1788958488 Why Celadon Looks Blue, Green or Gray Deep Celadon and Sky Cyan Longquan meiping vases shown together https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/qingbai-vs-yingqing-porcelain 2026-10-01T20:21:54+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/qingbai-yingqing-begonia-tea-set-featured-1600.jpg?v=1789028969 Qingbai and Yingqing: Are They the Same? Pale Yingqing porcelain bail-handle teapot and two ribbed cups https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/what-size-gaiwan-to-choose 2026-10-01T20:21:54+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/gaiwan-size-millefleurs-featured-1600.jpg?v=1789525494 What Size Gaiwan Should You Choose? Blue-and-white Millefleurs gaiwan with its fitted lid and broad saucer on a wooden surface https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/three-friends-of-winter-porcelain 2026-10-01T20:21:54+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/three-friends-doucai-teacup-featured-1600.jpg?v=1790144863 Pine, Bamboo and Plum: The Three Friends of Winter A hand holding a contemporary porcelain teacup with green pine needles, slender bamboo leaves and orange plum blossoms https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/chinese-porcelain-met-portuguese-armorial-jug 2026-10-01T22:32:32+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/met-portuguese-arms-jug.jpg?v=1790864983 A Portuguese coat of arms, painted in Jingdezhen Jingdezhen porcelain jug with a flared neck, foot and inverted Portuguese coat of arms painted in cobalt blue https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/met-qingbai-bottle-carved-scrolls 2026-10-02T10:17:42+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/met-qingbai-bottle-23-182-1-featured-1600.jpg?v=1790907462 Following the Carving on a Qingbai Bottle Qingbai bottle with a short narrow neck, rounded shoulders and curling foliage carved across a pale blue-green body https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/small-porcelain-vase-twigs-greenery 2026-10-03T08:45:04+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/small-oxblood-vase-leafy-twigs-featured-1600.jpg?v=1790987895 A Small Vase for a Sprig of Green Small red porcelain vase held in two hands, with leafy twigs rising above its white rim https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/rijksmuseum-dehua-guanyin-porcelain-robes 2026-10-04T08:24:50+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/rijksmuseum-ak-mak-594-guanyin-featured-1600.jpg?v=1791073490 The Flow of a Robe in Dehua Porcelain White porcelain Guanyin with lowered eyes, overlapping hands and long robes above a curled base https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/cleveland-longquan-meiping-horizontal-rings 2026-10-05T20:45:35+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/cleveland-1957-52-longquan-meiping-featured-1600.jpg?v=1791204335 A Longquan Meiping, Ring by Ring Pale blue-green meiping with a short neck, rounded shoulders and horizontal rings around its tapering body https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/why-porcelain-foot-ring-is-unglazed 2026-10-08T10:19:41+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/porcelain-vase-unglazed-foot-ring-1600.jpg?v=1791425981 Why the Foot of a Porcelain Vase Is Left Unglazed White foot ring surrounding the glossy blue-green recessed base of a miniature vase https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/ru-ware-narcissus-basin-qianlong-display 2026-10-09T20:21:11+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/npm-017851-ru-basin-pac.jpg?v=1791548471 A Ru Ware Basin Through a Collector's Eyes Oval Ru ware basin with a pale blue-green glaze and low shaped feet, seen without its display stand https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/rice-grain-porcelain-translucent-windows 2026-10-11T16:02:50+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/azure-blanc-linglong-vase-illuminated.jpg?v=1791705770 How Does Rice-Grain Porcelain Let Light Through? Contemporary Azure Blanc linglong vase with blue scroll decoration and illuminated floral patterns against a dark background. https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/hand-painted-vs-printed-porcelain 2026-10-12T15:11:06+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/blue-white-lotus-gaiwan-decoration-detail.jpg?v=1791788887 Hand-Painted or Printed? Reading Porcelain Decoration Hands holding a blue-and-white gaiwan and lid decorated with flowers and curling vines. https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/cleaning-tea-stains-porcelain-cups 2026-10-15T21:38:43+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/blue-white-teacup-decorated-interior.jpg?v=1792071492 Cleaning Tea Stains from Porcelain Blue-and-white porcelain cup with a dense floral pattern inside and outside, standing on a woven mat. https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/met-ding-ware-chrysanthemum-plate 2026-10-16T09:36:40+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/met-ding-chrysanthemum-plate-copper-rim.jpg?v=1792114542 A Ding Ware Chrysanthemum Plate at The Met, New York Ivory-glazed Ding ware plate with two incised chrysanthemums, curling foliage and a narrow dark copper band around the rim. https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/why-are-some-gaiwans-so-expensive 2026-10-18T11:22:28+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/blue-and-white-floral-gaiwan-value.jpg?v=1792293463 Why Are Some Gaiwans So Expensive? Blue-and-white floral gaiwan with a zigzag border below the rim, held on a matching saucer. https://www.azureblanc.com/blogs/the-journal/displaying-porcelain-plates-at-home 2026-10-21T10:45:25+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0982/2663/5063/articles/blue-white-grapevine-plate-on-stand.jpg?v=1792550563 How to Display Porcelain Plates at Home Blue-and-white grapevine plate with a scalloped border, displayed on a wooden stand against a red wall.