Jingdezhen Kiln District

Timeline

1. c. 1270–1300Fuliang porcelain bureau · JiangxiUnder the Yuan, kiln sites in Jingdezhen (Fuliang) increased and division of labor became finer; large-scale production of blue-and-white and egg-white glaze Shufu wares began, making it the porcelain center of the south.
2. c. 1301–1310Jingdezhen · JiangxiThe Yuan court established a porcelain bureau in Fuliang to manage imperial porcelain production; private and official kilns operated in parallel, porcelain was exported in large quantities via the Gan River, Yangtze, and sea routes, and the kiln district's scale and craft expanded significantly in the 1300s.
3. 1369Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory · JiangxiIn the early Ming, on the basis of the Yuan porcelain bureau, the Imperial Kiln Factory was established; Jingdezhen became the core of porcelain-making with both imperial and private kilns nationwide, and the kiln industry foundation and artisan traditions since the Yuan were continued and institutionalized.