We sell Blue and White aswell as Famille Rose

Famille Rose: This group of Chinese porcelain wares are characterized by decoration painted in opaque over-glaze rose colours, mainly shades of pink and carmine. These colours were known to the Chinese as yang cai (“foreign colours”) because they were first introduced from Europe (about 1685).

In fact, the world was hooked on the array of forms, colours, and patterns that Chinese artisans had developed over hundreds of years. When a new palette evolved in the early 18th century adding pink to the rainbow of enamels, Europeans couldn't get enough of it.

The French classified the group as "famille rose" in the 19th century, and its export lasted into the early 20th century.

Although the vast majority of Chinese porcelain made for export over time was blue and white, famille rose survives in quantity because it was expensive to make and considered precious.

The first blue and white wares were made in China and in the early fourteenth century mass-production of fine, translucent, blue and white porcelain started .

Chinese blue and white porcelain was once-fired: after the porcelain body was dried, decorated with refined cobalt-blue pigment mixed with water and applied using a brush, coated with a clear glaze and fired at high temperature.

Production of blue and white wares has continued to this day. Our collection consists of high quality copies of Ming dynasty models and original pieces dated from the late Qing dynasty.