Jingdezhen ceramics industry (1010s)

Timeline

1. 1011–1015Jingdezhen · JiangxiThe kilns of Changnan town fired qingbai ware from kaolin clay, with glazes bluish tinged with white and an increasingly varied range of forms, attracting surrounding kiln households and craftsmen and forming a specialized, division-of-labor porcelain town.
2. 1016–1020Fuliang County, Raozhou · JiangxiJingdezhen porcelain was shipped via the Yangtze, the Grand Canal, and other trade routes to the Central Plains and the southeast; some fine pieces were tribute or purchased by the government, and the reputation of 'Xinping porcelain' grew with the aesthetic demands of the Song court and literati.