Yuan Blue-and-White Porcelain

Timeline

1. 1331–1335Fuliang Jingdezhen kiln district · JiangxiUnder the Yuan Fuliang Porcelain Bureau, Jingdezhen kilns developed a clearly divided production system: kaolin mixed with porcelain stone, wheel-throwing, cobalt blue-and-white painting, and saggara stacking; official kilns took court and ritual orders while private kilns mass-produced export wares with motifs like interlocking lotus, cloud-dragons, and figure tales.
2. 1336–1340Quanzhou port · FujianLarge blue-and-white plates, vases, and jars were shipped from ports like Quanzhou and Guangzhou to the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean coasts, and Southeast Asia; export forms and motifs often catered to Islamic markets with geometric borders and Arabic inscriptions, while cobalt was largely imported from Persia, forming an 'imported material–local firing–re-export' intercontinental industry chain.