Yellowware

Yellowware is characterized by a buff (yellow-toned) paste in a variety of tones and a clear-yellow glaze. This glaze does not often have yellow dye and can be clear to accentuate the paste color. The paste is commonly a refined earthenware, but it can sometimes be a stoneware and is likely fired between 1100-1350° C depending on the type of vessel used (earthenware, stoneware, etc.). Mocha ware (the flower-like pattern) and annular ware (the striped pattern) are both forms of yellowware, but can also be included together on one vessel, hence grouping them into the larger typology. Rockingham-ware is sometimes considered a yellowware as well, but there are differences within Rockingham-wares that warrant their own typology.