Blue and white porcelain, also known as white ground blue and white porcelain, is often referred to as blue and white porcelain. It is one of the mainstream varieties of Chinese porcelain and belongs to underglaze colored porcelain.

Blue and white porcelain is made of cobalt ore containing cobalt oxide, painted with patterns on the ceramic body, covered with a layer of transparent glaze, and fired in a high temperature reduction flame.

Cobalt material is blue after firing, with strong coloring power, bright color, high firing rate and stable color.

The original blue and white porcelain has been seen in the Tang and Song Dynasties, while the mature blue and white porcelain appeared in the Hutian kiln in Jingdezhen in the Yuan Dynasty. Blue and white porcelain of the Ming Dynasty became the mainstream of porcelain.

The development reached its peak in the reign of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it also created and burned varieties of blue and white, malachite green glaze blue and white, bean green glaze blue and white, blue and white red, yellow ground blue and white, Ge glaze blue and white.