18. May 2025
In addition to the common wucai palette of red, green, yellow, purple, brown, and turquoise, another noteworthy color in Chongzhen wucai is blue - a hue that merits further discussion and study. A few representative examples can be cited based on existing publications and extant pieces: The “Blue Enamel Dish with Mandarin Ducks” from the Butler Family Collection in the UK (published in Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection),