Why Beauty of Ceramics?

We come from China — a country many people around the world have long associated with porcelain.

Our pieces come from Jingdezhen, a place known in China as the “Porcelain Capital.”
If you ever visit, you’ll find ceramics everywhere — in workshops, markets, studios, and daily life.

       

The history of pottery in Jingdezhen can be traced back to the Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD). According to local historical records, ceramic making in this area began as early as the Han period. In those early days, most wares were simple pottery: coarse in texture, muted in glaze, and mainly made for everyday use.

In 1004 AD, during the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Zhenzong gave the town the name Jingdezhen. He was deeply impressed by its bluish-white porcelain, which was praised as being “blue like the sky, bright like a mirror, thin like paper, and clear-sounding like a chime.” From that point on, Jingdezhen became the center of porcelain production in China. The famous qingbai porcelain made at Hutian Kiln also became a symbol of refined taste among Song scholars.

     

Around 1271, during the Yuan Dynasty, Persian cobalt material was introduced to China, helping Jingdezhen develop blue-and-white porcelain. This changed the history of ceramics, moving beyond plain wares and opening the door to a new era of colored decoration. Blue-and-white meiping vases from the Yuan period became important goods in trade between China and the rest of the world.

     

In the Ming Dynasty (from 1369 onward), the imperial kilns adopted a system that combined official oversight with private production. This led to the creation of new styles such as sweet white porcelain and linglong porcelain. Yongle sweet white porcelain was admired for its smooth, jade-like beauty, while the Chenghua doucai chicken cup later became known as one of the finest porcelains ever made.

                     

                   

By the Qing Dynasty (around 1661 and after), ceramic craftsmanship in Jingdezhen had reached its peak. New styles such as famille rose and enamel-painted porcelain were developed. Tang Ying, an important official and ceramic expert, wrote Illustrations of Pottery Making, a systematic record of ceramic techniques. At that time, the imperial kilns were producing more than a million porcelain pieces a year.

          

Over time, Jingdezhen grew from a local kiln town into the world-famous capital of porcelain.

But what matters to us is not only history.

Some of these works may have small imperfections.
Some may not look as perfectly uniform as machine-made products.
We choose them anyway — because in the moment we see them, we feel something beautiful in them.

That feeling is why we call it Beauty of Ceramics.

To us, beauty is both space and time.

China is beautiful.
Jingdezhen is beautiful.
Ceramics are beautiful.
What we hope to do is simply share that beauty with more people.

We also know that beauty is subjective.
Products need to keep evolving.
We have many ideas, and there are many more pieces we hope to discover.

That’s why we truly want to hear from you.
We hope you can be part of this journey with us, as we continue searching for and shaping this idea of beauty together.

Both pottery and porcelain are made from earth, but they are fired at different temperatures.
Pottery is usually fired at around 800–1100°C, while porcelain is normally fired at 1200–1300°C, sometimes even higher. When the technique is not strong enough, the chances of successfully finishing a piece — whether pottery or porcelain, beautiful or plain — are actually very low.

A true piece is one that can stand up to high heat and the passing of time.

What we hope to place in front of you are works that carry that kind of spirit —
pieces that are resilient, lasting, optimistic, and full of complex human feeling.

To us, that is what beauty means.