“enamel-colored tea washing bowl” from Jingdezhen. It is 16.5 cm in diameter and 8 cm in height, with a capacity of 1000 cc.

Details The tea washing bowl is a must-have on the tea mat. It can hold the waiting tea cups, wash the cups and remove dust. It can also be used to hold residual tea water and tea dregs. It is very practical. A textured tea washing bowl is also an ornamental piece that is pleasing to the eye and also enhances the style of the tea mat. Today, we recommend the “enamel-colored tea washing bowl” from Jingdezhen. It is 16.5 cm in diameter and 8 cm in height, with a capacity of 1000 cc. Porcelain shares the same English name “china” with China, which is enough to show its exquisiteness and beauty. However, among many porcelains, there are also different grades. Porcelain used by the royal family is surely of a higher grade and quality than ordinary folk kilns. If you ask what the most distinctive and most exquisite overglaze porcelain among the porcelains used by the imperial families of all dynasties is, the answer must be enamel-colored porcelain. This kind of porcelain that combines Chinese and Western charm and depicts the utmost nobility, luxury, and exquisiteness. Since its birth, it has transcended the category of traditional “tableware” and “tea sets” and has taken on the characteristics of artworks, bringing people aesthetic edification and artistic enjoyment. Enamel-colored porcelain, also known as “painted enamel on porcelain body,” is a new variety of colored porcelain created by the imperial workshop of the Qing Dynasty in the late Kangxi period under the instruction of Emperor Kangxi by transplanting the copper body painted enamel technique (i.e., cloisonn) onto the porcelain body. Since its birth, enamel-colored porcelain has not only been a practical utensil. It is inherently an art object for court enjoyment. It combines Western oil painting meticulous brushwork with oriental elegant shapes. It is a precious combination of poetry, calligraphy, painting, and printing. It is the harmonious unity of Eastern and Western artistic charm. Its meticulous materials and extremely high firing difficulty are unmatched by many other kinds of porcelains. However, after going through countless difficulties, the fine porcelain body, vivid colored materials, delicate brushwork, and magnificent appearance of the finished product all make its complicated and cumbersome materials and labor shine with incomparable magnificence and luxury. The difficulty of firing enamel-colored porcelain is far greater than that of many ordinary porcelains. It can be said that if a craftsman does not have considerable skill, enamel-colored porcelain is not a field he can set foot in.