Jingdezhen Porcelain

"China's porcelain capital for a millennium â€” the world-renowned center of blue-and-white ceramics and imperial porcelain art."

COORD: 29.27N / 117.18E

CIVILIZATION CONTEXT

RELATED REGION

Jingdezhen

MATERIAL PAIRING

Jingdezhen Porcelain Making

LITERARY NODES

The Porcelain Road: Jingdezhen and the World

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This artifact is part of the Intangible Heritage Cluster. It connects to 7 entities across the atlas, spanning 1 region, 1 master, 0 festivals, and 1 skill.

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Jingdezhen Porcelain: A Living Heritage

Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province has been China's porcelain capital for over 1,000 years, producing the finest ceramics for imperial courts and global trade. The "Porcelain Capital" specializes in blue-and-white porcelain, famille rose, and monochrome glazes. The process uses local kaolin and porcelain stone, shaped on the wheel, painted with cobalt oxide (for blue-and-white), and fired at 1300Â°C. Jingdezhen ware was exported along the Maritime Silk Road to markets worldwide.

2228+

Years of Unbroken Lineage

Related Cultural Vectors

FIG. 01: JINGDEZHEN_PORCELAIN — ARCHIVAL STUDY

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Stories & Legends

The Porcelain Road: Jingdezhen and the World

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A remote town in Jiangxi produced the finest ceramics the world had ever seen for over a thousand years.

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Skills & Techniques

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The craft of producing the finest Chinese porcelain using local kaolin and porcelain stone, shaped on the wheel, painted by hand, and fired at extreme temperatures.

Steps

Mix kaolin with porcelain stone and refine the clay body
Shape the vessel on a potter's wheel or by mold pressing
Trim the leather-hard piece and attach handles or spouts
Apply a white slip or paint underglaze decoration in cobalt blue
Apply a transparent glaze by dipping or spraying
Fire in a kiln at 1280–1350°C for vitrification
Apply overglaze enamels and fire again at lower temperature

Tools

potter's wheel, trimming tools, painting brush, glaze bucket, kiln, pyrometer

Materials

kaolin (Gaoling clay), porcelain stone, cobalt oxide, feldspar, quartz, enamel pigments

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THE LIVING BREATH

Generations Preserved

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Li Jincheng

Li Jincheng is a master of Jingdezhen blue-and-white porcelain from Jiangxi Province. Apprenticed at age 14, he specializes in painting cobalt oxide designs freehand onto unfired porcelain bodies — a ...

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