Dehua white glaze porcelain xiao

[Dehua white glazed porcelain xiao]

Dehua white glazed porcelain xiao, Ming Dynasty, 56 cm long
The flute is in the form of bamboo knots, with a blowhole at the upper end, five sound holes on the body facing up, one sound hole facing down, and the lower end out of the edge. It is decorated with hollow money patterns. The whole body is painted with white glaze
Xiao is a musical instrument and plays vertically. This Dehua porcelain flute has beautiful and exquisite shape, and its glaze is translucent and white, which can play a beautiful melody
The manufacturing process of porcelain xiao is complex. It requires not only the same shape as bamboo xiao, but also the pure sound quality. According to Lu Tingcan’s “South Village Essays” in the Qing Dynasty, the Dehua porcelain xiao in the Ming Dynasty “has no one or two in tune among the hundred branches, and if it is combined, its voice is bleak and loud, far from the bamboo”. It can be seen that Dehua porcelain xiao in the Ming Dynasty is a valuable musical instrument.

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