Thin-Neck Eggshell Porcelain Vase 细口薄胎瓷瓶

Thin-bodied porcelain is a renowned traditional craft product from Jingdezhen, also known as "Buotai Porcelain" or "Eggshell Porcelain". The walls of this porcelain are only 0.5 millimeters thick. It is said to be "as thin as a cicada's wing, as bright as glass, and as light as a floating cloud."

Jingdezhen has a long history of producing thin-bodied porcelain. As early as the 10th century, Yingqing porcelain fired in Jingdezhen had already achieved the level of being thin and lightweight.

The manufacturing process of thin-bodied porcelain involves more than 40 steps, from ingredient preparation, throwing, trimming, glazing, painting, to firing, all done by hand and fired three times. The trimming and artistic processing are particularly delicate. Trimming requires coarse trimming, fine trimming, and precise trimming, repeated hundreds of times to reduce the thickness of the rough body from 2-3 millimeters to about 0.5 millimeters. The varieties include bowls, cups, plates, saucers, wine cups, lamps, vases, stationery, and wine sets.

Jingdezhen thin-bodied porcelain developed from the Northern Song Dynasty's Yingqing porcelain. It began during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, achieved significant success during the Chenghua period, and produced famous products like the "Eggshell Cup" and "Flowing Haze Cup" during the Wanli period. During the Longqing and Wanli years (1567-1620) of the Ming Dynasty, a famous porcelain craftsman from Jingdezhen named Hao Shijiu, who called himself "Old Man Hu Yin," made an "Eggshell Cup" that was "as thin as a cicada's wing."

In addition to Jingdezhen, places like Liling in Hunan, Fengxi in Guangdong, Tangshan in Hebei, and Jiangyin in Jiangsu also produce thin-bodied porcelain. Chinese thin-bodied porcelain is renowned worldwide, especially the thin-bodied porcelain produced in Jingdezhen, which is famous and exported to more than 60 countries and regions.

薄胎瓷是景德镇久负盛名的特种工艺传统产品，又名“脱胎瓷”、“蛋壳瓷”，胎壁只有0.5毫米。 薄似蝉翼，亮如玻璃，轻若浮云。 

景德镇烧造薄胎瓷历史悠久，公元十世纪烧制的影青瓷，有的就达到了薄而轻巧的水平。 薄胎瓷的制作工艺从配料、拉坯、利坯（修坯）、上釉到绘画、烧制，须经四十多道工序，全部采用手工，分三次烧成。尤以利坯和艺术加工最为精细。利坯要经过粗修、细修、精修等反复百次的修琢，才能将二、三毫米厚的粗坯修至0.5毫米左右。品种有碗、杯、盘、碟、盅、皮灯、花瓶、文具、酒具等。

景德镇薄胎瓷是在北宋影青瓷基础上发展起来的。始于明永乐时，成化时已有较高成就，万历时有卵幕杯、流霞盏等著名产品。在明代隆庆、万历年间（1567－1620年），景德镇有个自号"壶隐老人"，名叫昊十九的制瓷名家，其所制"卵幕杯""薄如蝉翼。

除景德镇以外，湖南醴陵、广东枫溪、河北唐山、江苏江阴等地也能生产薄胎瓷。中国薄胎瓷器享誉全球，特别是景德镇生产的薄胎瓷器，更是声名远扬，现远销60多个国家和地区。