We think of Blue and white Porcelain as the ultimate global commodity: throughout East and Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean including the African coasts, the Americas and Europe, consumers desired Chinese porcelains.
Through the manufacture and consumption of Jingdezhen\'s porcelains, she argues, China participated in the Early Modern world..
She explores how objects tell the story of the past, connecting texts with objects, objects with natural resources, and skilled hands with the shapes and designs they produced.
In this beautifully illustrated study, Anne Gerritsen asks how this kiln complex could manufacture such quality, quantity and variety.
The imperial kilns of Jingdezhen produced ceramics for the court, while nearby private kilns manufactured for the global market.
Found in almost every part of the world, Jingdezhen\'s porcelains had a far-reaching impact on global consumption, which in turn shaped the local manufacturing processes.
Many of these were made in the kilns in and surrounding Jingdezhen.
We think of Blue and white Porcelain as the ultimate global commodity: throughout East and Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean including the African coasts, the Americas and Europe, consumers desired Chinese porcelains
