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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Iouri, post: 4480358, member: 9683&quot;]Some interesting additional information about Glaze.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>Clair-de-Lune Glazed, jardinière, Yongzheng seal mark, and period (1722-1735)</p><p><br /></p><p>A high-fired soft, pale or lavender blue glaze with a low cobalt content (about 1%) first seen in the Kangxi period (1662-1722). <i>Clair-de-lune</i>-glaze was produced at the Imperial kiln for a limited number of shapes including some of the &#039;classic shapes for the scholar&#039;s table&#039; <a href="https://gotheborg.com/glossary/badama.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://gotheborg.com/glossary/badama.shtml" rel="nofollow"><i>ba da ma</i></a> or &#039;Eight Great Numbers&#039; as were the <i>peachbloom</i>-glaze, but are considerably more rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was one of the most successful monochrome glazes made at Jingdezhen during the Kangxi period (1662-1722) and the softest hue of <i>claire-de-lune</i> was reserved exclusively for Imperial porcelains. The Chinese call this hue of blue, <i>tian lan you</i>, &quot;sky after the rain&quot;. The name is the French expression for &quot;moon-white&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The <i>claire-de-lune</i> glaze is today usually referred to as &quot;pale blue&quot;. Some of these same shapes were also created with a white glaze or celadon glaze. Many people feel the paler the blue, almost a bluish white, the better. The color soon was used on other forms and continued to be seen throughout the Qing dynasty. A slightly darker shade is referred to as lavender blue and still darker, starch blue.</p><p><br /></p><p>For more information see: J. Ayers, <i>The Peachbloom Wares of the Kangxi period (1662-1722)</i>, T.O.C.S., 1999-2000, vol. 64. pp. 31-50, where a <i>Claire-de-lune</i> brushwasher in the Collections Baur, is illustrated p. 48, fig. 36(L). On p. 50, he proposes that rather than having been made for use, the peachbloom-glazed as well as the <i>Clair-de-lune</i> <i>ba da ma</i> examples, were more likely made to be given as presents to members of the court.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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