Japanese Overglaze Enamelled Porcelains

摘要

JAPANESE POTTERY DATES BACK TO MORE than 12,000 years, to the first coiled pots of the Jomon era. Those skilful potters fashioned an inimitable approach to form; the wares that evolved from that foundation went on to establish impressive displays of colour and decorative style. The traditions of Japanese low fire and high fire ceramics flourished to include pit fired pottery, raku, earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The Japanese generated a variety of ware so unique, that the world became enamoured with their aesthetics and methodologies. The discovery of porcelain unearthed a white canvas for decoration that emblazoned their work with a shower of polychromatic design.