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Enter Chinese ceramics. Fragment by fragment.

A bilingual review of mosaic and ceramic aesthetics. And, in autumn 2026, a first collection of objects shaped in the same vocabulary.

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梅瓶 méi píng — Cizhou plum vase, Jin dynasty

芒口 máng kǒu — Ding bowl with metal-rimmed lip, Northern Song

瓷枕 cí zhěn — Cizhou pillow with child on a hobby horse, Jin dynasty

瓷枕 cí zhěn — pillow shaped as a young child, Ding porcelain, Northern Song

白瓷 bái cí — Ding bowl of Xing type, ivory glaze, Five Dynasties

文會圖 wén huì tú — “literary gathering,” painted scroll, Northern Song

鈞窯 jūn yáo — Jun bowl splashed with copper purple, Northern Song

龍泉 lóng quán — Longquan tea bowl, celadon glaze, Southern Song

汝窯 rǔ yáo — Ru narcissus basin, blue-green glaze, Northern Song

兔毫 tù háo — Jian “hare’s fur” tea bowl, Southern Song

越窯 yuè yáo — Yue bowl with celadon glaze, Five Dynasties

邢窯 xíng yáo — white stoneware drinking bowl, Xing type, Tang dynasty

兔毫 tù háo — Jian tea bowl, iron glaze streaked “hare’s fur”, Southern Song

剪紙 jiǎn zhǐ — Jizhou bowl with paper-cut decoration, Southern Song

蓮瓣 lián bàn — Ding bowl with lotus petals, “guan” mark, Northern Song

卵白 luǎn bái — stem cup with “egg-white” glaze, shufu mark, Yuan dynasty

金襴手 jīn lán shǒu — tea bowl with gold over green enamel, Ming dynasty

青花 qīng huā — covered bowl with iron-red dragons, Ming Xuande

紫砂 zǐ shā — Yixing purple-sand teapot, Qing Qianlong

粉彩 fěn cǎi — covered bowl in famille-rose enamels, Qing Yongzheng

绞胎 jiǎo tāi — marbled-clay cup, Gongxian kiln, Tang dynasty

绞胎 jiǎo tāi — marbled-clay tripod cup, Gongxian kiln, Tang dynasty

绞胎 jiǎo tāi — marbled-clay pillow, yellow glaze, Tang dynasty

镶嵌绞胎 xiāng qiàn jiǎo tāi — pillow with marbled-clay veneer, Tang dynasty

绞胎 jiǎo tāi — marbled-clay basin with black accent, Tang dynasty

当阳峪窑 dāng yáng yù yáo — small through-body marbled bowl, Dangyangyu, Northern Song

绞胎 jiǎo tāi — through-body marbled dish, Northern Song or Jin

笔洗 bǐ xǐ — peach-bloom brush washer, Qing Kangxi

天藍 tiān lán — “clair de lune” brush washer, Qing Kangxi

印泥盒 yìn ní hé — seal-paste box with eight horses, Qing dynasty

笔筒 bǐ tǒng — brush pot with King Wen, underglaze blue, Ming dynasty

汝窯 rǔ yáo — Ru-type brush washer, Northern Song

笔架 bǐ jià — Guan-type brush rest, Southern Song

靈芝 líng zhī — lingzhi-shaped brush washer, Qing Qianlong

德化 dé huà — brush pot with pierced peonies, Dehua, Qing dynasty

水丞 shuǐ chéng — peach-bloom water pot, ivory lid, Qing Kangxi

水滴 shuǐ dī — squirrel-shaped water dropper, Song dynasty

水滴 shuǐ dī — porcelain water dropper, Yuan dynasty

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Lives of objects

The leys jar: a name of refuse, kilns of the elite

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Beneath a name of refuse, a word that once meant luxury.

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Grammar of motifs

The mark at the foot of the vase: reading an imperial signature as a motif

On the base of the vase, a script that changes with the reign.

Techniques & narratives

Mending porcelain: why China saw fraud in it

The same mend, revered in Japan, suspect in China.

Three entries into the review 工艺 · 纹样 · 器物

Techniques & narratives

The history of gestures, materials, kilns — and the anecdotes hidden within.

Grammar of motifs

The signs painted on ceramics form a language. This Journal offers a reading of it.

Lives of objects

What becomes of a cup, a vase, a fragment in daily use, from yesterday to today.

The Cabinet

One ceramic, one card at a time.

Each day, the Cabinet draws three cards — an object, a motif, a glaze. You keep one; the other two go back into the deck.

A new draw each day.

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The cabinet, to date

The cabinet, to date

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