明末清初是一个政局动荡的社会变革时期,瓷业生产情况十分复杂,御窑厂的生产活动基本废停,民窑生产空前活跃,一大批优质青花瓷在民窑中生产出来,它们呈现出的共同特点:精良的胎釉质量、青翠淡雅的青花色调、新颖的绘画风格、精致的边饰、细腻的口足工艺以及独特的器物造型。具有这些特点的青花瓷器在明清之际绝非个别现象而是一个瓷器品类,我们把生产这类瓷器的历史时期称之 The late Ming and early Qing Dynasty was a period of political turmoil and social transformation. The production of porcelain was very complicated. The production of imperial kilns was basically halted. The production of civilian kilns was unprecedentedly active. A large number of high-quality blue and white porcelains were produced in civilian kilns. The common features: excellent quality of fetal glaze, green and elegant blue and white colors, innovative painting style, exquisite trim, delicate mouth and foot process and unique shape of the objects. The blue-and-white porcelain with these characteristics was not an isolated phenomenon in the Ming and Qing dynasties but a porcelain category. We call it the historical period of producing such porcelain