Jingdezhen Blue & White Porcelain Bauble, 'Winter Snowfall'

Jingdezhen Blue & White Porcelain Bauble

Thousands of tiny blue dots gather into flowers on white porcelain, like the first snowfall of winter. Jingdezhen, in China's Jiangxi province, has been the country's porcelain capital for more than a thousand years. Its fine white clay (the word kaolin comes from nearby Gaoling village) and its imperial kilns made Chinese blue-and-white, qīnghuā, famous around the world: designs painted in cobalt beneath a clear glaze, then fired at high heat so the blue glows from within the porcelain. Hung on a navy satin ribbon.

• Country / Region: China
• Artisan: Jingdezhen porcelain workshop
• Material: Glazed porcelain, satin ribbon
• Dimensions: 6 cm diameter; ribbon 14 cm
• Weight: 10 g