The city of blue and white
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  alternate name: Blue and white ware
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  alternate name: China--Jingdezhen
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  alternate name: Blue and white ware--China--Jingdezhen
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126546
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320129359
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320132898
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/330135301
abstract: 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.
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310190912
language: eng
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301304798

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property ID: NL-AmRIJ
value: 304798