爐火純青：嘉靖及萬曆官窯瓷器 The Fame of Flame：Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods

香港大學美術博物館與本地十位私人藏家合作，展出逾一百二十件明代官窯瓷器。本書是為配合是次展覽而出版的圖錄。展覽主題圍繞嘉靖至萬曆年間所生產的官窯瓷器，藉以突出晚明瓷業在工藝與技術上的輝煌成就。景德鎮的製瓷工藝在明代早期即已迅速發展。晚明嘉靖及萬曆年間，青花瓷器的工藝水平步入另一繁榮階段。嘉靖帝崇尚黃老之術，諸如 "壽" 字圖案，閒雲野鶴、八卦八仙等圖案均反映其虔誠奉道之心。至於青花以外的五彩及單色釉瓷也在嘉靖以後漸臻成熟，更於景德鎮的窯場中成功燒製色彩豔麗的珍品。

An exhibition of late Ming ceramics is held in the University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU. This exhibition features over 120 pieces of imperial wares, chosen from the collection of the Museum and local private collectors to demonstrate the technical innovations and refinements of the porcelain industry of that period. This book is the catalogue of the exhibition. In the Ming dynasty, blue and white porcelain was the mainstream genre for porcelain production. By late Ming, the quality of such porcelain made another surge during the reign of Jiajing and Wanli. Because of Jiajing's fascination with religious Daoism as a means to longevity, motifs from Daoist symbolism such as the auspicious shou character, the cranes and the eight immortals were frequently used as decorative elements. Simultaneously, the quality of polychrome porcelain filled with colourful patterns known as wucai improved and was also successfully produced at the Jingdezhen kilns.