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Blue and white underglaze red, commonly known as "blue and white with purple", is a porcelain decoration technique that uses underglaze red with painted patterns between blue and white. Underglaze red is one of the traditional underglaze decorations in China. It uses copper as a coloring agent to depict various patterns on the body of the body, and then applies transparent glaze to be fired in a high-temperature reducing atmosphere, revealing red patterns inside the glaze, hence the name "underglaze red". Due to the difficulty in firing qualified products, their products are extremely valuable. There are individual decorations for underglaze red, but most of them are combined with blue and white for decoration and are called "blue and white underglaze red". Its characteristics include both the elegant and tranquil features of blue and white, as well as the richness and grandeur of underglaze red, enriching the color effect and forming an elegant and simple artistic style. Therefore, blue and white underglaze red porcelain has become one of the precious varieties in China.