孔家钧窑
| in China” by the National Committee of Development and Reform and another eight national departments at the Great Hall of People in Beijing. His product “Giant Zun” was selected as a sample pattern for commemorative stamps of the series of masters of Chinese industrial arts. And on February 16, 2007, a special two-volume program was broadcast by China Central Television Station introducing Jun porcelains and Master Kong Xiangqing. On March 8, 2007, Kongjia-Jun Kiln was named “the Demonstrating Base of Cultural Industry of Henan Province” by the Henan Provincial Cultural Bureau; and in October another batch of Jun porcelains named “Haiyan Ding” created by Kong Xiangqing were designated once again as state gifts to be offered to ten heads of state who were attending the 2007 Sino-ASEAN Exposition. On November 6 Master Kong Xiangqing was invited by his Japanese counterparts to participate in the Sino-Japan ceramic academic exchanges held in Mie, Japan; three pieces of works brought with him were collected by the museum of Mie.
As the largest manufacturer of Jun porcelains in China, Kongjia-Jun Kiln takes it as its work ethics “to carry forward Confucian culture and annotating classics”, strives to take the lead in developing Jun ceramic technics. Its products have been widely acknowledged in all walks of life for their distinguished glaze colors, exquisite craftsmanship and high quality. “Peace in the Country” is the magnum opus of Kong Xiangqing, a great master of Chinese industrial arts. It has been made by way of carbon heating through 74 processes and contained traditional Chinese artistic elements as follows: on the top is the dome which represents the welkin surrounded by four dragons; at the bottom lie mountains and seas which symbolize happiness and longevity; around the body are exquisitely-carved Green Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird and Bl |