China Shiwan Figurines

China Shiwan Figurines, also known as Shiwan Art Ceramics, are a kind of traditional ceramic handicrafts with special features. Produced in the famous town of Chinese ceramics in guangdong foshan city shiwan town, is in the high development of daily pottery, commercial circulation on the basis of active prosperity of the generation. Its artistic creation is rooted in the folk, each work is full of vigorous, rough, simple, frank aesthetic taste. Shiwan figures glaze unique, rich and gorgeous glaze, vivid shape. In terms of techniques, the human skin is expressed by the unglazed clay “fetal bone”, which has achieved the artistic effect of “more warmth and humanity than porcelain carving”. Since the Ming Dynasty, “Shiwan figurines” have gradually formed their own style, in the development process of eclectic, good imitation good creation, become a wonderful flower in the history of Chinese and even the world pottery. It is a kind of traditional folk art full of local flavor.