golden ear

Chapter 288

Jack said sternly: "The Max family also has some porcelain factories. I have some knowledge about household porcelain. This is only in Japan, and there is also the United Kingdom. The production of daily-use porcelain in the UK accounts for a quarter of Europe. The original origin of bone china is in Britain. Our bone china is expensive, and a set of about 20 tableware from the famous brands Royal Doulton and Wedgwood costs 3000 pounds, and the products are beautiful and beautiful, which is amazing.”

"Followed by Germany, the production of daily-use porcelain accounts for a quarter of Europe's. Last year, the turnover of tableware porcelain was 10 billion euros. Sanitary porcelain, Britain and Spain accounted for one-third of Europe's total. The bone ash china they produce is of high quality. Very good. Although the price is high, it is competitive in the market and is very popular. Bone china coffee cups are 14.80 marks each, bone china cups and saucers are 23.9 marks, bone china tea sets with 15 cups are 1098 marks, and sculpture figures with a height of 25 cm are 2697 marks. Mark, at $1625, that's an astonishingly high price."

"France's daily-use porcelain ranks behind Britain, Germany, and Italy in terms of output in Europe. Its famous worldwide brands include: Hermes, Christofle, Ardaud, Taro, etc. Selim Company specializes in the production of ceramic equipment The company produces ceramic equipment with advanced technology, and even the British Royal Porcelain Factory uses the ceramic equipment produced by this company. An isostatic pressing machine costs 25 US dollars and can produce 130 products per hour."

"The last is Italy, which is also the first-class powerhouse of ceramics in the world today. Its daily-use porcelain production accounts for a quarter of Europe's production, architectural porcelain production accounts for about 50% of Europe's total production, and sanitary porcelain production is close to one-third of Europe's. "

Jack warned solemnly: "I don't know what your plan is, but if you want to develop the European market by relying on daily-use porcelain and industrial porcelain? I suggest you give up early!"

"Worthy of coming from a big family, even the porcelain is so rare, I admire it!"

Wu Tianyuan couldn't help applauding, and said with a smile: "Of course I know the embarrassing situation of China's porcelain. It was originally the ancestor of porcelain, but now there is no high-end brand that can be recognized internationally! I am ashamed to say it, so I am going to revitalize the national brand. , but not in daily-use porcelain and industrial porcelain, but in art porcelain!"

"Oh? Art porcelain?" Jack's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "Could it be the five famous kilns?"

"Almost, my next step is to try to reproduce many ancient porcelain varieties that have been lost in ancient times in China. On the premise of ensuring quality, I will increase production and strive to mass-produce them."

"Great! If it really succeeds, God will be shocked!"

Wu Tianyuan didn't say much, there is no result yet, and everything he said is false.When there are results, they will enter the European high-end porcelain market through the channels of the Max family and establish their own brand.

I still admire the little Japanese Wu Tianyuan. Their rigorous and pragmatic attitude made porcelain popular in Europe.The shape of Japanese export porcelain is similar to that of Chinese porcelain, but it obviously has a Japanese flavor. The biggest difference from Chinese porcelain is that the patterns and pictures of Japanese porcelain are very bright and bright, often in bright red and green, black and white, or with gold lines. Outlined, its teacups, wine glasses, bowls, plates and other daily-use porcelain are also mostly covered with golden glaze, which is very delicate.

In the 17s, a Japanese family named Kakiemon developed a milky white turbid porcelain with a white background and a luxurious gold inlay style, which was sought after by European princes and nobles.For a time, collecting Japanese porcelain became fashionable in Europe.A large number of Japanese porcelains from this period are now kept in European national royal collections or national museums.

The simplest example is a bowl. Japanese daily-use porcelain has many variations in the shape of the mouth of the bowl: straight mouth, extravagant mouth, narrow mouth, chrysanthemum mouth, rhombus mouth, embossed mouth, trapezoidal mouth, hexagonal, octagonal, etc. shape and so on.Taking pots as an example, the curvature of the pots is deep or shallow, with folded edges, flat edges, and flower-shaped edges.

General family sets come in sets of five, and there are also sets for one person and two people.The outer packaging is even more particular.Taking bowls as an example, the manufacturer carefully crafted matching wooden boxes. Each bowl is packed separately to avoid damage during transportation.

If you go to any Japanese restaurant to eat, you will find that the utensils of Japanese cuisine are very particular. Even in a very small noodle restaurant, the tableware is hard to put it down.In Japan, even low-income families have several sets of decent porcelain collections, and when it comes to entertaining guests, they must serve them with set tableware.

Those families with good economic conditions even collected several sets of good porcelain, and paid attention to the occasions for using the porcelain.On the occasion of festivals and wedding gift giving, the young people of the company will pool their money to carefully select a set and give it to the couple as a permanent souvenir.

Like flower arrangements and tea ceremonies, going to famous kilns to burn porcelain has become one of the Japanese leisure ways.Some housewives are willing to pay a lot of money to participate in porcelain firing training courses, and design and make their own porcelain at home. This lifestyle is increasingly sought after by young Japanese.

This is also the reason why Wu Tianyuan vigorously cultivated the Liu family. Liu Huasheng focused on tea ceremony, and Liu Meizi studied flower arrangement and incense ceremony, both of which are the most high-end art categories in Japan.Once you have a status, it is a living sign in itself.

Japanese daily-use porcelain and art porcelain are often used as gifts for high-ranking government officials. When meeting European royal weddings, Japanese porcelain is a must on the Japanese government's gift list.

In May 2010, the Spanish National Museum of Ceramics exhibited the works of the Japanese ceramic artist Sanmoto Ichiyo - he is the best inheritor of the modern Japanese Imari Kiln. The Japanese ambassador to Spain personally presided over the opening ceremony of the Sanbon Ichiyo Art Exhibition .

The National Museum of Ceramics in Spain is a world-renowned top porcelain art museum. Here you can see a few ceramic works by the master artist Picasso, and you can also see exquisite porcelain from the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China, but you can’t find one. Modern Chinese porcelain, what a shame!

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