The peak era of porcelain manufacturing is the Song Dynasty, why the Yuan Dynasty "blue and white porcelain" is more popular?

Equivalent to the Song Dynasty, the blue and white porcelain of Jingdezhen in the Yuan Dynasty was more perfect. Mature blue and white porcelain appeared in Jingdezhen during the Yuan Dynasty.

Yuan blue and white porcelain tires due to the use of "ceramic stone + kaolin" binary formula, so that the tire in the Al2O3 content increased, the firing temperature increased, the deformation rate in the baking process to reduce.

Most of the objects of the tire body is therefore heavy, thick and full of shape. Tire color is slightly gray, yellow, loose texture. The glaze on the bottom is greenish-white and ovoid-white, with a strong sense of milkiness.

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The most important feature of the Yuan blue and white decoration:

The composition is full, and the layers are many but not chaotic. Penmanship to a stroke is common, smooth and powerful; outlining rendering is bold and calm. The subject matter of the motifs include figures, animals, plants, poems, and so on.

The petals of the peony are often painted with white edges; the dragon has a small head, a thin neck, a long body, three or four claws, a ridge on the back, and a grid of scales, which are robust and fierce.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Yuan Blue and White Porcelain