Ching-te-chen

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English

Etymology

From Mandarin 景德鎮 / 景德镇 (Jǐngdézhèn) Wade–Giles romanization: Ching³-tê²-chên⁴.[1]

Proper noun

Ching-te-chen

  1. Alternative form of Jingdezhen
    • 1996, Arts of the Sung and Yüan, Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 37:
      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.
    • 2000, Billy K. L. So, Prosperity, Region, and Institutions in Maritime China: The South Fukien Pattern, 946-1368, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 360:
      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.
    • 2014, “Analysis of Historical Artifacts”, in Archaeological Laboratory Methods: An Introduction, 6th edition, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 185:
      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).
    • , archived from the original on 08 March 2023, News:
      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.]

References

  1. ^ Jingdezhen, Wade Giles romanization Ching-te-chen, in Encyclopædia Britannica

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