#jingdezhen

[sinoheritage]

The Porcelain Palaces 瓷宫 in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province. Built by a 86-year-old grandmother, Yu Ermei, who spent 5 years and 20 million yuan (~2.7 million USD) to complete them at the age of 91 using her own 60,000 porcelain collection.

Jingdezhen is known as the "Porcelain Capital" because it has been producing Chinese ceramics (such as white and blue pottery) for at least 1,000 years, and for much of that period Jingdezhen porcelain was considered to have the finest quality in China.

The Porcelain Palace is built similarly to “Fujian Tulou” or “Hakka earthen dwelling” which I’ve also posted about before (https://www.tumblr.com/sinoheritage/773629912679677952/fujian-tulou-%E7%A6%8F%E5%BB%BA%E5%9C%9F%E6%A5%BC-fujian-earthen-buildings-are)

[ilikeit-art]

[desimonewayland]

Five Kosometsuke blue and white 'hare-form' dishes - Tianqi period. Splendidly modeled as six recumbent hares, each plum body crafted resting on small, tucked legs, with details rendered in underglaze blue.

Kosometsuke is a designation for wares made during the Tianqi period, made in the unofficial kilns in Jingdezhen primarily for export to Japan in the 17th century. These wares were largely used in tea ceremonies in Japan.

Bonhams

[feminineforms]

Dish depicting a lady playing the lute (ca. 1644-1911), made in Jingdezhen, China

[wastelandian]

Blue balls by Yi Cynthia Chen (2026). Oil on Canvas.

[artschoolglasses]

Teapot, made in Jingdezhen mid 18th Century, decorated in London ca. 1760

From the Victoria & Albert Museum

[picocoon]

Greenware of cups and pots

[burningforyouceramic]

Seeing Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain in other countries, would foreign friends appreciate this kind of porcelain?

P1: Santos Palace, Lisbon, Portugal

P2-3: Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Germany