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2023-06-25

A layer of glass covering the surface of porcelain is called a glaze.

In addition to the glaze layer can make the porcelain delicate, strong, anti-fouling, anti-corrosion, there is an important function: give the porcelain colorful color, is the glaze color.

Enamel has always been the main means of decorating porcelain, in the history of porcelain for more than 2000 years, in order to continuously improve the appearance of porcelain level, Chinese and Chinese unlocked countless colors: blue, white, black, green, yellow, red, blue, purple...

What is glaze? The firing temperature of different glazes is not the same, with 1250 degrees as the limit, can be divided into high temperature glaze (1250-1400 degrees) and low temperature glaze (700-1250 degrees).

According to the general idea, the higher the temperature, the more difficult the firing, the birth order of the glaze should be first low temperature after high temperature.

The result, however, was the opposite.

Earlier, it is precisely in our view that the high temperature glaze is difficult. The earliest porcelain born in China - the original celadon, is already a high-temperature glaze porcelain, its history can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty.

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High-temperature glaze

Coloured glaze