{"product_id":"yoseka-ceramics-ink-series-tang-mi-se-blue","title":"Yoseka Ceramics Ink Series - Tang Mi Se Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eProduced in collaboration with Ink Institute and ceramic artist Li Yan Xun, our Yoseka Ceramics Ink Series showcases 8 unique colors inspired by ceramic glazes from the Yuan, Ming, Tang, Qing, and Song Dynasties, spanning 10 centuries of Chinese color and history. We worked closely with Li to select these 8 colors from his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eYan Cai\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e color project, in which he used chemical experimentation to revive the formulas of over 60 historical glazes, to represent the brilliant and splendid history of Chinese ceramics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe porcelain industry reached its height during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), which was best known for “blue-and-white” wares — fine Persian cobalt met ice-white Chinese pottery in high-temperature fires to produce porcelain in this iconic tradition. In the southern Zhejiang province, a type of ceramic called Yue-ware celadon was particularly popular. This type of porcelain was often praised in the poetry of the time; for example, writer and tea master Lu Yu likened Yue ware celadon to both jade and ice in his monograph “The Classic of Tea” [茶经] (780 AD). These celadon pieces were also called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003emi se ci\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, or “secret color porcelain,” a poetic description of the subtlety and nuance of the color. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis “secret” blue-green glaze is quiet and elegant. It evokes the saying: “when the wind blows and the dew thickens in the late autumn, the Yue ware kiln opens up and wins a pool of lush.” (Lu Guimeng, “Secret Color Yue Ware”)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1717\/0621\/files\/tang_mi_se_blue_480x480.png?v=1651868595\" alt=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1717\/0621\/files\/tang_mi_se_blue_480x480.png?v=1651868595\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eYue-ware eight-ridged lotus leaf lidded jar (ca. Song Dynasty [960-1279])\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNational Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTang Mi Se Blue (唐代秘色青\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e – grey-green with hints of blue\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e30ml\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDye-based\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA portion of the proceeds from the sale of Yoseka Ceramics Inks will fund the Yanshan Art Museum to support the work of Li Yan Xun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvailable as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/yosekastationery.mom\/products\/ink-sample-yoseka-ceramics\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/yosekastationery.mom\/products\/ink-sample-yoseka-ceramics\"\u003eInk Sample - Yoseka Ceramics\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMore \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/yosekastationery.mom\/collections\/yoseka-ceramics-ink-series\"\u003eYoseka Ceramics Inks\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMore\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/yosekastationery.mom\/collections\/yoseka-special-projects\"\u003eYoseka Special Projects\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout Li Yanxun:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.liyanxun.net\/about\"\u003e Li Yan Xun\u003c\/a\u003e is a ceramic artist and the founder of the Yanshan Art Museum \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e in Jingdezhen, China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. Hailing from a family of ceramic artists, he received formal training at the renowned Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute before starting his own ceramics studio. In addition to inheriting the “watercolor glaze” techniques pioneered by his father, Li Xiaocong, Li Yan Xun spent almost a decade researching and cataloguing the glaze pigments used in Jingdezhen during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Experimenting with chemical methods like glaze reduction tests and pure reagent analyses, he revived more than 60 historic glazes and documented each formula. Through this color project, titled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eYan Cai\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, Li pursues the notion that an artist can be involved in every phase of their art-making process, from the development of the medium, to the physical craftsmanship, to the firing and completion of the object.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GwcL2QIWZHQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nYvCy-EOfyI\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"rikaichan-window\" lang=\"ja\" style=\"all: revert !important;\" data-mce-style=\"all: revert !important;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Yoseka Stationery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43134406230229,"sku":"Z\/","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1717\/0621\/products\/DSC_2146_8be9d6b3-95f3-490c-8bfa-e2f0311e63fd.jpg?v=1653936887","url":"https:\/\/yosekastationery.mom\/products\/yoseka-ceramics-ink-series-tang-mi-se-blue","provider":"Yoseka Stationery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}