Blue and white porcelain / 青花瓷

Blue and white porcelain is a underglaze decoration which is originated from China to all around the world, it is often referred to as blue and white. It covers a wide range of white pottery and porcelain decorated under the glaze with a blue pigment, generally cobalt oxide. This porcelain is bright, shine, simple and generous, not only be the most influential porcelain before the industrialization, but also be regarded as the representative of the Chinese people's aesthetic concept.

青花瓷是源於中國、遍行世界的一種白地藍花的高溫釉下彩瓷器，常簡稱青花，是用含氧化鈷的鈷礦為原料，在陶瓷坯體上描繪紋飾，再罩上一層透明釉，經高溫還原焰一次燒成。這種瓷器清新明快，質樸大方，不僅是工業化之前影響最廣的瓷器，還被視為中華民族審美理念的代表。

Blue and white porcelain is blend into a famous oil painting of 16 Century : <<The Feast of the Gods>> . We can image that how popular was it.
16世紀名畫:<<諸神的盛宴>>, 畫中融入青花瓷元素, 可見其當時在歐洲非常流行。