Bone China: Fingers visible when held against the light

Close-up of a bone china cup, shot with backlighting: the porcelain body is extremely thin and contains a high proportion of bone ash, making it translucent, so the silhouette of fingers behind can be seen through the cup wall. The rim of the cup is less than 1mm thick, edged with a hand-painted gold line, with subtle manual variations in the line's thickness. The glaze on the cup body is a warm milky white rather than a cool white, with a smooth, non-porous surface. The bottom of the cup has a kiln mark. Next to it is a saucer from the same set, with a shallow embossed pattern on its surface. The background is dark, emphasizing the translucent effect of the backlighting. Avoid: depicting the porcelain body as thick, losing translucency; making the gold line uniformly printed; using pure white glaze; shooting with front lighting that obscures translucency.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一只骨瓷杯的近景,以逆光拍攝:瓷胎極薄且含高比例的骨灰,因此呈現半透明,可以看見後方手指的輪廓透過杯壁。杯緣的厚度不到 1mm,邊緣鑲一道手繪的金線,線的粗細有極細微的手工變化。杯身的釉面是溫暖的乳白而非冷白,表面光滑無氣孔。杯底有燒製的窯印。旁邊是同組的碟,碟面有一圈淺浮雕的紋樣。背景是深色的,強調逆光的透光效果。避免:瓷胎畫厚失去透光、金線做成印刷的均勻、釉色使用純白、拍成順光看不出半透明。