中国第一个琉璃博物馆正式开馆

Inauguration of the 1st Colored Glaze Museum in China

上海琉璃工房琉璃艺术博物馆占地1000平方米。历时整整八个多月的日夜施工,光是各种琉璃砖就用掉两万余片,总投资超过两千万人民币,是中国及亚洲第一个全面展示琉璃艺术的行业博物馆。

The products of the colored glaze appeared in the Mesopotamian 5000 years ago.In the long historic process,the ancient people of diversified ethnic groups have added their wisdom and capability,making the manufacturing skill and the art take on a rich and colorful look.The archaeological excavation demonstrates that dating back to the historic period of Spring and Autumn(770- 476B.C.)and the period of Warring States(770-221 B.C.),China's craft of the colored glaze had already been highly-accomplished,making it prominent in the world arts and crafts.Since the Han Dynasty,with the exploring of the Silk Road and with the exchanges and the communications of the Chinese culture and the Western culture,China's colored glaze art has got new development. In the period under the rein of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty,an imperial institution for the manufacture of colored glaze was set up.By inviting western skilled workmen to come to the palace,the manufacture was revitalized for a time.In the later three hundred years,the colored glaze had been left out in the coldness.It was not until today that China's creative making of colored glaze leads to a remarkable situation in the world art history.The products of colored glaze have more and more become the fashion in our social life.