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Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln

Type Object Region China Time 1369

An official kiln system established at Jingdezhen, Fuliang County, Raozhou, in the second year of Hongwu (1369), exclusively producing porcelain for …

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  1. 1369Jingdezhen, Fuliang County, Raozhou · JingdezhenThe Hongwu emperor Zhu Yuanzhang decreed the establishment of an imperial kiln factory at Jingdezhen, conscripting skilled local kiln workers to produce imperial porcelain according to court patterns, marking the formal establishment of the Ming official kiln system.
  2. 1369–1370Jingdezhen, Fuliang County, Raozhou · JingdezhenIn the early Hongwu era, the imperial kiln gradually developed a management model of supervision by eunuch commissioners or local officials, production to pattern, and graded tribute, incorporating Yuan official kiln experience into the Ming tribute-porcelain system.

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