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The city of blue and white, Chinese porcelain and the early modern world, Anne Gerritsen

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The city of blue and white, Chinese porcelain and the early modern world, Anne Gerritsen

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The city of blue and white

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1143848752

Responsibility statement

Anne Gerritsen

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

Chinese porcelain and the early modern world

Summary

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. Many of these were made in the kilns in and surrounding Jingdezhen. 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. The imperial kilns of Jingdezhen produced ceramics for the court, while nearby private kilns manufactured for the global market. In this beautifully illustrated study, Anne Gerritsen asks how this kiln complex could manufacture such quality, quantity and variety. 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. Through the manufacture and consumption of Jingdezhen's porcelains, she argues, China participated in the early modern world

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