| Russian porcelain is widely known and is
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| | decorating tableware with octagons
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| often used as a traditional gift.
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| | (ancient Slavs recognized eight parts of
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| The art of decorative painting on
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| | the world) and calendar symbols (the
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| porcelain is handed down by craftsmen
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| | twelve months).The three-leaf clover
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| from generation to generation. Few of us,
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| | symbolized a part of the tree of life,
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| however, have asked ourselves what
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| | procreation, and the connection between
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| exactly is depicted on a Gzhel teapot or
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| | the ancestors and future generations. The
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| a Lomonosov porcelain cup.
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| | symbol of the tree of life is very
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| The blue color, glazed cobalt, has a
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| | ancient and exists in the folklore of
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| long history.Majolica made in Gzhel, 60
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| | many peoples. D. Melchizedek wrote that
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| kilometers from Moscow, has traditionally
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| | this symbol includes all the formulas of
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| been decorated with glazed
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| | the creation of the world - every single
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| cobalt.Archeological excavations prove
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| | one of them.Let us, however, return to
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| that the craft of pottery has existed in
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| | the later historical period.During the
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| Gzhel since the beginning of the 14th
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| | Middle Ages, cobalt glazed decoration
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| century.It is possible White and Blue
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| | enjoyed especial popularity.Gzhel
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| undergalzed cobalt painting tehnology
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| | craftsmen like to say that there is no
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| appeared at Gzhel due to invasion of
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| | blue like the blue of their sky in
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| Mongols. Blue and White China was well
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| | Russia.So, the idea came to them to
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| known product of Chinisean Yuan and Ming
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| | transfer this blue onto white porcelain.
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| dynasties and Mongols could deliver
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| | The design is transferred to unfired
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| examples of that china to Russia at
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| | majolica or porcelain. After it is fired
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| 13-14th centuries.In the second half of
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| | at a very high temperature, the paint
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| the 17th century, Afanasy Grebenshchikov,
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| | acquires its famous deep blue color and
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| a merchant, built a manufacture where he
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| | becomes glazed over by the process. The
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| made various kinds of majolica
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| | design is very durable. The colors and
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| earthenware. For his ware, he used the
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| | the glaze shimmer. It looks delicate and
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| famous white clay (Gzhel), as well as the
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| | esthetically pleasing on white porcelain
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| experience of potters from Gzhel. Upon
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| | and porcelain with gold, and gives a
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| returning to their homes, the craftsmen
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| | delicate and elite character to the
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| began establishing their own majolica
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| | tableware.In the beginning of the 18th
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| manufactures.Traditionally, Gzhel
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| | century, porcelain was especially popular
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| porcelain has been decorated using flower
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| | in the Russian Empire. It was valued more
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| motifs, the Gzhel Rose, for example, and
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| | highly than gold. The French Imperial
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| fabulous creatures such as the Firebird.
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| | Plant was one of the main manufacturers
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| Gzhel porcelain often features octagonal
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| | of porcelain tableware. Porcelain items
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| shapes, shapes with eight radial points,
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| | were manufactured for the court of the
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| shapes with twelve or six radial points,
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| | Bourbons, and blue was the traditional
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| as well as a three-leaf clover.What do
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| | color for decoration, since it was the
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| these symbols represent?The Firebird is a
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| | color of the coat of arms of the
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| pagan, pre-Christian god of the ancient
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| | Bourbons.Soon, Russia acquired this
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| Slavs, the embodiment of the god of
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| | tradition - porcelain of that time was
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| storms. In Slavic tales, this is a fairy
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| | often decorated with blue and gold.
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| bird that flies from another kingdom (a
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| | Initially, this tradition was not as
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| faraway land).The Firebird is a very
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| | widespread, and the 'ancestor' of the
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| ancient pagan god that has survived only
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| | modern, world-famous cobalt mesh of the
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| in traditional Russian folk tales.The
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| | Lomonosov Plant, the set that belonged to
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| symbol of the Sumerian goddess Inanna
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| | the Empress Elizabeth, known for her
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| (Ishtar) denotes 'clear sky', which was
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| | passion for porcelain, was pink. (Cups of
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| ruled by Zeus. The late Scythians traced
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| | this design are still being manufactured
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| their origins back to Zeus. His third
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| | and are called pink mesh).
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| wife, Hera, was a co-ruler of the sky.
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| | Glazed cobalt, however, has become
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| Her symbol was a duck ('sunny' in
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| | characteristic of Russian porcelain, due
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| Sumerian), a golden bird or Zhar bird
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| | to the technology of its manufacture -
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| (Russian name of the Firebird, deriving
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| | the higher firing technology than that of
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| from the Scythian zar, gold).It is
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| | the French porcelain.Later, under the the
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| assumed that the Firebird of the ancient
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| | influence of Empire, the style that
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| Slavs came from the Zhar bird (Golden
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| | Catherine the Great was especially fond
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| Bird) of the Scythians.Flowers were the
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| | of, many buildings in St. Petersburg and
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| symbol of the sun among the ancient
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| | Moscow were decorated in blue and gold.
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| Slavs. Flowers were braided into the hair
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| | Glazed cobalt decoration of porcelain
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| of girls during celebrations of the
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| | items augmented by gold over glaze was
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| ancient festival dedicated to the god
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| | especially popular at that time.
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| the Sun.The bud of a flower symbolizes a
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| | These traditions may also be noted in
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| possibility.A flower in full bloom
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| | the world - famous cobalt mesh, blue,
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| represents development and fruition.The
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| | flower motifs of glazed cobalt - an
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| ancient Slavs often used ceramic jars for
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| | Empire - style tree of life, and gold
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| religious purposes, as well as calendars.
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| | over glaze that symbolizes the ancient
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| This gave rise to the tradition of
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| | Firebird.
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