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182: 158: 170: 221: 197: 245: 209: 233: 54:. As with several previous changes of dynasty in China, this was a protracted and painful period of civil war. Though the start date of Qing rule is customarily given as 1644, when the last Ming emperor hanged himself as the capital fell, the war had really begun in 1618 and Ming resistance continued until 1683. During this period, the Ming system of large-scale manufacturing in the imperial porcelain factories, with orders and payments coming mainly from the imperial court, finally collapsed, and the officials in charge had to turn themselves from obedient civil servants into businessmen, seeking private customers, including foreign trading companies from Europe, Japanese merchants, and new domestic customers. 36: 981: 261: 989: 285: 273: 512: 297: 28: 111:
potted and painted, with a deep blue compared to "violets in milk". Many pieces have groups of figures in an extravagant landscape with mountains, clouds, and the moon. Although very much in the "Chinese taste", the pieces also appealed to buyers from Japan and Europe, and many were immediately exported. Other types of wares were made in the Japanese taste, such as the
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had become a civil war. From 1680 to 1688 the reconstruction of the industry was under the control of Zang Yingxuan from the Qing Board of Works. Organised production of court porcelain had resumed by 1683, and the institution of forced labour replaced by waged employment. Succeeding controllers were
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Palace-ware or imperial-ware has traditionally found many admirers in Europe and America. Kangxi reign marks on porcelain are few throughout the ceramic period, but a few can be identified with the pre‑1677 decades. Earlier Ming period marks can frequently be found. Their styles closely match
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and his use of western perspective. The influence of the artist Dong Qichang can be readily seen on ceramic ware of the period with its heavily accented light and dark tones. The change to Shen Shitung can be seen in generous vertical washes that create a definite foreground and background contrast.
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The term "transitional" is usually and most correctly used for one characteristic style made in the period 1620–1683, and arguably for some time afterwards. Other styles of porcelain continued to be made, including rather uninspired continuations of Ming styles. The true transitional style is finely
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regime took the capital in 1644. For those many intervening years, and for years after, a variety of porcelain wares were created in private kilns for domestic use and export to client markets such as Japan. Prior to the reinstatement of the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen the private use of the
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cobalt blue on white. A much more free approach was taken to painting, influenced by other Chinese genres of painting. Woodblock illustrations to books were often used as sources for images, or their style copied. An exhibition of porcelain from the period was called "The Liberated Brush".
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dynastic reign name on ceramics was officially forbidden in the 16th year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor in the Qing dynasty (around 1677).
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Detail of late Ming vase, 1627–1644, with battle scene from literature. Despite the Chinese subject, the vase was exported to Europe.
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The transitional ware of the early Kangxi decades witnessed a move away from designs and aesthetic standards of the painter
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The informality of design and shape appealed to Japanese taste and especially those involved in the
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appointed by the provincial administration up until 1726, when Beijing appointed Nian Xiyao.
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the few Kangxi marks that are found and aid in delineating Kangxi transitional porcelain.
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These new customers led to major changes in the style of porcelain, most of it painted in
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The start of the period is conventionally taken as being 1620, under the late
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is mostly used of these types for the Japanese market, from the
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Chinese Ceramics; Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644–1911
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Covered jar, 1620–1640, probably for the Japanese market
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This situation lasted from 1620 to 1683, when the new
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Kangxi vase, about 1700, showing the style living on.
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Index

Kangxi transitional porcelain


Jingdezhen porcelain
transition from Ming to Qing
underglaze
Qing dynasty
Kangxi Emperor
Revolt of the Three Feudatories
Ming dynasty
Wanli Emperor
Manchu
Qing dynasty
ko sometsuke
Tianqi porcelain
Tianqi Emperor
Dong Qichang
Shen Shitong
tea ceremony
Detail of late Ming vase, 1627–1644, with battle scene from literature. Despite the Chinese subject, the vase was exported to Europe.
Brush Holder, Jingdezhen, 1628
Brush pot with episode from the story of Sima Guang
Sima Guang
Hexagonal garlic-headed vase
Jingdezhen vase, c. 1625–1644
Jingdezhen, Plum Blossom Cup
Charger, 1644–1661
Early Qing vase, c. 1650 AD, wucai technique
wucai
Covered jar, 1620–1640, probably for the Japanese market

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