Porcelain Rice-Ware Bowls with Chopsticks-Republic Of China, 1979-1992

Two porcelain single serving rice bowls with two pairs of stainless steel chopsticks. In great condition and no odors. Microwave and dishwasher safe and the chopsticks are also reusable.

The Chinese invented "egg-shell" thin but extremely durable pottery in the 14th century. What Europe and the USA refer to as ceramics, the Chinese call "porcelain" and they are the best at producing it. Most Chinese porcelain dinner-ware is made in Jingdezhen which today is known as the "Porcelain Capitol of the World". In 1915, former Emperor and acting as the Hongxian Emperor, Yuan Shikai ordered that the furnaces in Jingdezhen be formed as an "imperial depot" to manufacturer dinner-ware as well as for domestic needs and exported goods. Ever since and still today the world's best porcelain is made and shipped from Jingdeshen in the Republic of China.
The porcelain is patterned in Chinese traditional Qingbai (blue & white) which began in Chinese porcelain during the Song period (960-1279) of Emperor Taizu's rule, but truly became the most "prominent pattern" of dinner-ware in China during the Qing Dynasty from 1644-1912. Part of the Qingbai is to over-glaze complex and maze-like designs with expressions of art creating an enameled decorated shell. This was allowed during the Song period of rule as long as the traditional Chinese emblem of the DRAGON is depicted in the over-glaze. The DRAGON is HIGHLY respected in the Chinese culture. It is symbol of the Emperor's strong rule over the people (fear) and to the Chinese people it symbolizes luck and protection from their Emperor (hope). In the 1862, the term "enamel-ware" was first used by the French art historian Albert Jacquemart denoted that his artistic inspiration came from the "enameled" porcelain of the Qing dynasty that has been now nicknamed enamel-ware. After the completed and official establishment of the Republic of China in 1949, the porcelain manufacturing depot in Jingdezhen began producing porcelain Qingbai enamelware and exporting it everywhere who wanted it. Rice bowls or "rice-ware" was massed produced in restaurant supply quantities in Jingdezhen and exported to Chinese cuisine makers all over the world. In the beginning, porcelain was strong but still appeared "egg-shell" in density. Jingdezhen produced thicker porcelain by adding more kaolin clay , quartz, and feldspar to be more durable for export. This is also the difference from the traditional and thinner Chinese domestic porcelain they use (commonly mistaken as "Bone China") and the ones we see outside China.
The origin marking on bottom is written in Hanzi and English. In Hanzi it says "China Jingdezhen" which in Chinese refers to it being porcelain made in country. Under the Hanzi is "Made In China" meaning the same thing in English for exporting requirements.
These two bowls are restaurant supply model CX78 that Jingdezhen discontinued production in 1992. Each weigh 7.2 oz each and measure 4-7/16" X 2-3/8". Crafted and hand-painted in the Republic Of China.
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