潔素瑩然──景德鎮御窯博物館藏珠山出土永樂官窯瓷器展

永樂皇帝對白瓷特別鍾愛，據史料記載，永樂皇帝婉拒西域回回國王進貢一件玉碗時說：“朕朝夕所用中國瓷器，潔素瑩然，甚適於心，不必此也。”這裏所說的“潔素瑩然”就是指“永樂甜白”，是永樂時期創燒的一種白瓷。

享有“白如玉，明如鏡，薄如紙，聲如罄”美譽的中國瓷器，不僅在國內流行，而遠至西方亦爭先採購。

“潔素瑩然”這次展覽是民政總署繼2010年和2013年後，第三次與景德鎮御窯博物館合辦的展覽，展品包括：永樂時期甚富代表性的白瓷、青花瓷、高溫彩瓷、高溫釉瓷、釉上彩五大類，合共103（套）件展品，林林總總，形形色色，從修復和還原的展品器物上，了解明永樂時期瓷器的造型工藝和成就。

展期：2015年12月19日至2016年3月13日

時間：每日上午9時至晚上9時（公眾假期照常開放，免費入場）

地點：民政總署畫廊

主辦：民政總署、文化局、景德鎮御窯博物館

查詢電話：(853) 8988 4100

The Ming Dynasty marked the beginning of the golden age of Jingdezhen porcelain art. Lots of new crafting and decorative techniques emerged. Aside from inheriting the exquisite skills from the predecessors, the porcelain craftsmen even boldly brought innovation and reform, firing and creating Yongle sweet white, blue-white and underglaze red wares. This put an end to the situation in which Chinese porcelain mainly consisted of monochrome glaze and pushed porcelain decoration to a new era of underglazing, thus forming a distinguishing feature of Chinese porcelain.

The Yongle Emperor was particularly fond of white wares. According to historical records, when the Yongle Emperor tactfully declined a jade bowl offered by King Huihui of the Western Regions, he said, ‘ The Chinese porcelain I use on a daily basis is shining clean and really hit the spot, so I don’t really need this one.’ The ‘shining clean’ here refers to ‘Yongle sweet white’, which is a type of white ware created during the Yongle period.

Chinese porcelain, which enjoys the reputation of being “blue as the sky, white as jade, bright as mirror, thin as paper and soft as chime”, is not only popular in China, but western people also fight to purchase from far away.

This is the third time after 2010 and 2013, for the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau and the Jingdezhen Imperial Porcelain Museum to co-organise an exhibition. The exhibits include: the five representative types of porcelain in the Yongle period, which are the white wares, blue-white wares, high-temperature coloured wares, high-temperature glazed wares and on-glaze wares. There are a total of 103 (sets) exhibits in all shapes and sizes. Through the repaired and restored wares, we can understand the shaping techniques and achievements of the porcelain in the Yongle period.

Date: 19/12/2015 - 13/3/2016

Opening Hours: 9:00 - 21:00 (opened on public holidays, free admittance)

Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, Cultural Affairs Bureau, Jingdezhen Official Kiln and Museum

Enquiry: 8988 4100