1. Glossary

  1. Glossary
  2. The Classification Number, The Classification Tables, The Artwork Number
  3. The List of the Classification Number
  4. Caption
A porcelain that is blue paintings on a white body, is described in different terms, depending on the country or the era from which it came. The terms used on this website and the porcelain descriptions are as follow:
 
  • Blue & White
    English. All porcelain in general that is blue paintings on a white body.
  • Blue Flowers（青花 Seika）
    Chinese. (The meaning of Chinese character written in English.) Blue & White porcelain made in Jingdezhen, China.
  • Sometsuke（染付）
    Japanese. Blue & White porcelain that is called by that name in Japan.
  • Ko-Sometsuke（古染付）
    Japanese. One Blue & White porcelain group that was made in Jingdezhen, China, in the early 17th century for the Japanese market.
  • Shonzui（祥瑞）
         Japanese. One Blue & White porcelain group that was made in Jingdezhen, China, in the early 17th century for the utensils used in Japanese Chanoyu. Shonzui is Blue Flower that was made in Jingdezhen, China and it is also one type of Sometsuke.