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Reproduction Porcelain After 1980
Economic reform
in the 1980s, bringing with it increased general affluence, has
promoted a revival of interest in antiques and collecting. Antique
porcelain sold by auction houses fetch ever-higher prices, and this
has stimulated demand for reproduction ware as well. The sheer variety
of reproduction ceramics available has reached a historical record,
with every style copied, from the colorful pottery of the Neolithic
age to porcelain produced in the republican period. The most frequently
seen examples replicate the celadon of the Six Dynasties, the Lushan
porcelain of the Tang dynasty, the tricolor glazed earthenware of
the Tang dynasty, the celadon from the kilns of Yaozhou, Cizhou,
Jianyao and Jizhou in the Song dynasty, the shadowy blue porcelain
from Jingdezhen, the porcelain produced in the kilns of Ruyao, Guanyao,
Geyao, Dingyao and Junyao in the Song dynasty, the porcelain of
the Liao dynasty, the porcelain from the Dehua kiln in the Ming
dynasty and the porcelain produced in Jingdezhen in the Yuan, Ming
and Qing dynasties.
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| Three-color glazed tripod fou, Tang dynasty
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| Green celadon vase with carved decoration, Yao ware, Song dynasty |
| Green-glazed bowl with design of carving flowers, Yao ware, Song dynasty |
| Small cup, Jian ware, Song dynasty |
| Tripod Zun, Ru ware, Song dynasty |
| Laver, Ru ware, Song dynasty |
| White-glazed pillow in a boy form, Ding ware, Song dynasty |
| White-glazed bowl with impressed decoration of flower sprays, Ding ware, Song dynasty |
| White-glazed large circle dish with carved Lily flower design, Ding ware in Song dynasty |
| White-glazed large circle dish with carved lotus decoration, Ding ware in Song dynasty |
| White-glazed sculpture of Bodhidharma, Ding ware, Song dynasty |
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