Ching-te-chen

A form of Jingdezhen — A prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China, known for porcelain.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Jingdezhen.

    An expert confirmed that the blue and white porcelain fragments were of Late Ming origin, made in the great pottery center of Ching-te-Chen.

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    In the subsequent Sung period, tomb figures seem to have been particularly popular in Kiangsi Province, often being made in high-fired porcelain produced at Ching-te-chen.

    1996, Arts of the Sung and Yüan, Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 37

    This technique was first employed by kilns in North China, especially Ting-yao, from the late tenth century on and spread to the south around the end of the Northern Sung, when it was further developed in Ching-te-chen and Te-hua to maximize the speace inside the kiln for mass production.

    2000, Billy K. L. So, Prosperity, Region, and Institutions in Maritime China: The South Fukien Pattern, 946-1368, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 360

    Chinese export porcelains dropped in quality in the early nineteenth century (Tindall 1975) and this, along with the rise in popularity of English white earth- enwares and the destruction of the major Chinese potteries at Ching-te-chen, led to a decline in the availability of Chinese porcelains in the western market by the 1850s (Weiss 1971:46).

    2014, “Analysis of Historical Artifacts”, in Archaeological Laboratory Methods: An Introduction, 6th edition, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 185

Origin

  1. Mandarin景德鎮 /景德镇
  2. EnglishChing-te-chen

From Mandarin 景德鎮 /景德镇 (Jǐngdézhèn) Wade–Giles romanization: Ching³-tê²-chên⁴.

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