Porcelain with a thickness of less than one millimeter? Yes, it's the legendary egg shell porcelain.
NANCHANG, Oct. 19, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Egg shell porcelain, a renowned kind of traditional porcelain work produced in Jingdezhen of Jiangxi, is famous for its thin and transparent body which makes it special.
Wang Minhui, 40, is head of the egg shell porcelain making team called "Kuaixueshiqing". Wang and his two partners Du Xingyu and Liu Zhen, who take interest in porcelain, founded the team in 2010. The team, now having over 20 members, has insisted in striving for perfection in the craft, and has made in 2013 an egg shell porcelain bowl decorated with the famous Chinese painting "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", which boasts of a thickness of less than one millimeter and was painted all in reversed direction.
The making of egg shell porcelain requires over ten procedures and firing of three times, all made with hands. Members of the team spend at least two months in preparing a piece of porcelain work with a thickness of about one millimeter. Wang said his team is making efforts to apply the latest formula of porcelain to the making of antique ones, so as to create more porcelain styles.
A visitor views the egg shell porcelain bowl decorated with the famous Chinese painting "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" made by the team "Kuaixueshiqing" in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
The detail of the egg shell porcelain bowl decorated with the famous Chinese painting "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" is shown in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A member of the team "Kuaixueshiqing" checks the unqualified porcelain works in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A member of the team "Kuaixueshiqing" polishes an unburnt porcelain work in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A visitor views an egg shell porcelain tea cup made by the team "Kuaixueshiqing" in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A member of the team "Kuaixueshiqing" arranges newly-made unburnt porcelain works in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A member of the team "Kuaixueshiqing" paints on a piece of porcelain work in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A member of the team "Kuaixueshiqing" carves to make a piece of porcelain work in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A member of the team "Kuaixueshiqing" kneads mud to make porcelain works in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A member of the team "Kuaixueshiqing" prepares to paint on porcelain works in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A member of the team "Kuaixueshiqing" prepares for porcelain painting in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A member of the team "Kuaixueshiqing" puts porcelain works on display in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A member of the team "Kuaixueshiqing" takes out new porcelain works in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A member of the team "Kuaixueshiqing" dusts porcelain works in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A member of the team "Kuaixueshiqing" paints on a porcelain work in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A member of the team "Kuaixueshiqing" blows glaze to make porcelain works in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
The egg shell porcelain bowl decorated with the famous Chinese painting "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" made by the team "Kuaixueshiqing" is compared with a piece of paper for its thickness in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)■
