Jun ware

Basic Introduction to Jun WareJun ware is one of the five famous kiln types of the Song Dynasty, a precious traditional porcelain craft of the Han nationality, and is known as a national treasure. It is renowned worldwide for its unique glaze transformation art and has long been hailed with the saying "Gold has a price, but Jun ware is priceless" and "A fortune is not worth a piece of Jun ware." It is a unique national treasure porcelain from Shenhoushen Town, Yuzhou City, Henan Province. With its primitive shape, exquisite craftsmanship, complex glaze formula, and the magical glaze transformation that yields myriad colors from a single color, along with the ever-changing patterns and colors resembling lakes, mountains, clouds, mists, people, beasts, flowers, birds, insects, and fish, it is acclaimed as the top of China's "Five Great Porcelains." After the founding of the People's Republic of China, under the direct care of Premier Zhou Enlai, work began on the restoration of Jun ware firing techniques, leading to rapid development of Jun ware. Especially since the reform and opening up, the production techniques and quality of Jun ware have seen epochal improvements, frequently being presented as state gifts around the world.In…