Crackle glaze

[Stan]

Hi Peter, I have a small vase that has a spurious kangxi mark and a crackle glaze, I have talked to experts about the crackle glaze and when it first appeared on Chinese porcelain, I have talked to two experts and your self, both of the experts said that the Kangxi period did not have a crackle glaze period, I have several vase with a crackle glaze and they are late ching to early republic. Do you know when the first crackle glazes were made?

[peterp]

In the Song dynasty Ge wares and some Guan wares were specifically made with crackles as decoration. That is the earliest occurrance I know of.
Qing dynasty and othere later crackle items are generally called Fang-Ge wares, which means that they imitate Ge wares.
http://www.chinese-antique-porcelain.com/song-dynasty.html
http://www.chinese-antique-porcelain.com/glaze-crackles.html