Colors of White
September 20, 2002 - November 2, 2002
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Author: Edith Frankel
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WHITE GLAZES FROM CHINA, THE FOUNTAINHEAD OF CERAMIC ART
NEW YORK --- Often misunderstood as merely plain, simple and empty, white is actually far more complicated, multifaceted and rich; white light is, after all, the full spectrum of colors viewed simultaneously. E&J Frankel’s upcoming fall exhibition, “COLORS OF WHITE”: Tang Dynasty through the Eighteenth Century,” will explore the various shades and shapes of white glaze porcelain, and its versatile uses in Chinese art. The show willtrace the development of porcelain vessels and figures from their very origins in the early white wares up through their culmination in the transcendent, and often translucent, blanc de chine.
Up through the l950s, it was thought that porcelain originated in China duringthe Song dynasty (960-1279). By tracing silver forms Carl Kempe, a friend of King Gustav of Sweden, postulated that white wares emulating silver date back to China’s Golden Age, the Tang dynasty (618-906). This earliest such ware was called xingyao. We will be showing a rare kendi, a Buddhist ceremonial form in xingyao of the Tang dynasty. White monochromatic glazes required supreme technical excellence, beyond that of decorated wares, as flaws could hardly be masked. Thus the Song Imperial court...
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