Ching-te-chen

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“In the subsequent Sung period, tomb figures seem to have⟳ been particularly popular in Kiangsi Province, often being made in high-fired porcelain produced at Ching-te-chen.”

“This technique was first employed by kilns in North China, especially Ting-yao, from the late tenth century on and spread⟳ to the south around the end⟳ of the Northern Sung, when it was further developed in Ching-te-chen and Te-hua to maximize the speace inside the kiln for mass production.”

“Chinese export porcelains dropped in quality in the early nineteenth century (Tindall 1975) and this, along with the rise⟳ in popularity of English white earth- enwares and the destruction of the major Chinese potteries at Ching-te-chen, led to a decline⟳ in the availability of Chinese porcelains in the western market by the 1850s (Weiss 1971:46).”

“An expert confirmed that the blue and white porcelain fragments were of Late Ming origin, made in the great pottery center of Ching-te-Chen.”

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