ZHANG Sancong 1, SAMPUL 2
(Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen 333403, Jiangxi, China)
Abstract:In Ming and Qing Dynasties, China was the biggest ceramic producer in the world with its advanced ceramic technology and vast production scale. It exported numerous ceramic products abroad, including the well-known blue and white wares. In its neighboring country,Japan, porcelain traditionally decorated in underglaze blue is known as sometsuke, and blue and white porcelain from China, highly valued by people from all walks of life in Japan, has assumed a significant role in the country’s ceramic industry and culture. The studies of the existing literature and ceramic specimens reveal Imari sometsuke manufactured in Arita bears on itself a clear trace of Chinese influence in terms of its shape, decorative pattern and painting technique.
Key words:blue and white porcelain; sometsuke; Arita; Imari; effect