Ming Chenghua Doucai Porcelain Research

Doucai porcelain sprouted in Xuande period,developed in Zhengtong period,and matured in Chenghua.The porcelain production style of the Chenghua period was dominated by small-scale playware,beautiful in shape,light and bright,with bright colors.It was the top exquisite product among the imperial kilns of the Ming Dynasty.Chenghua Doucai's existing existence is very small,and some of it has been circulated in private hands for various reasons,and will be introduced in the appendix of this article later.Most of the collections in China are collected in the two Palace Museums in Beijing and Taipei,and most of the collections that have been exodus due to the war are collected in major museums in Europe,America and Japan.This article collects and arranges the pictures and basic information of Chenghua Doucai Porcelain collected at home and abroad,and counts and organizes Chenghua Doucai Porcelain from two parts: intact and residual.The domestic collections of Doucai porcelain are mainly concentrated in the Forbidden City in Beijing and the Palace Museum in Taipei.Other museums are also scattered,and most of the remnants are from Jingdezhen;the overseas collections of Chenghua Doucai porcelain are mostly concentrated in the United Kingdom and Japan.On the basis of the above statistical data,this article briefly analyzes the characteristics of Doucai porcelain in Chenghua period from the aspects of shape,decorative pattern and color.It can be concluded that Chenghua Doucai porcelain has no large wares and has a wide variety of colors.And the drawing technique has many similarities with the court style painting at that time.At the same time,the author in this article also made a systematic analysis and discussion on the reasons for these characteristics.