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Yuan blue-and-white porcelain

Type Object Region China Time 1271–1368

Yuan blue-and-white porcelain, painted with cobalt on the body under a clear glaze and fired at high temperature, rose rapidly at Jingdezhen and else…

Timeline

  1. 1271–1280Jingdezhen · JiangxiAfter the Yuan unification, Jingdezhen kilns used imported cobalt to paint blue-and-white wares; vessel forms and motifs absorbed Islamic metalwork styles, and blue-and-white porcelain began mass production.
  2. c. 1320–1350Jingdezhen · JiangxiLarge blue-and-white vessels such as jars and vases were successfully fired with richly varied motifs; Jingdezhen became the national center of porcelain production, with the Fuliang Porcelain Bureau supervising kiln affairs.
  3. c. 1350–1368Jingdezhen · JiangxiYuan blue-and-white was exported by sea to West Asia and Southeast Asia; sherds and intact vessels have been found in Persia, Turkey and elsewhere, and the technique was inherited and developed by Ming imperial kiln blue-and-white.

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