WU Jun, WANG Lili, WU Junming, ZHANG Maolin, LI Qijiang, XIONG Lu, HUANG Mengxuan, WU Lin

(Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jiangxi Jingdezhen 333000, China)

Abstract:The export of Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain began in Yuan Dynasty, but the Ming and Qing period saw the products sold overseas on large orders. In late Ming and early Qing dynasty the export from Jingdezhen declined, but blue and white porcelain was mass produced in Dehua, Fujian for overseas clients, making an outstanding contribution to the continuum of Chinese porcelain export trade by filling the gap left by Jingdezhen. In this paper, a comparison was made between the export blue and white porcelain wares from Jingdezhen and Dehua through a brief account of their export history and a detailed analysis of their material characteristics, manufacturing technologies and firing schedules, in order to explore their influence on each other and historical roles.

Key words: export blue and white porcelain; Jingdezhen; Dehua; technological characteristics