Jingdezhen Ware: Peak of Ceramics Industry -- Ceramics, Ceramics Industry, and Urban Development

Jingdezhen Ware: Peak of Ceramics Industry -- Ceramics, Ceramics Industry, and Urban Development
瓷业高峰是此都 —— 景德镇瓷器、瓷业与城市发展史陈列

From March1, 2019
Location: Jingdezhen China Ceramics Museum, Jingdezhen city, Jiangxi province

Of all China's cultural icons, ceramics has had the most profound and extensive global influence. Jingdezhen, a city in East China's Jiangxi province, is the pride of the Chinese ceramics industry. Acknowledging that "Ceramics are a credit to Jingdezhen's reputation in the world", this exhibition explains how the city has made its way to become the world's "ceramics capital".

The exhibition unfolds in chronological order the story of Jingdezhen in terms of its two millennia history of pottery production, one millennia history as the country’s official kiln, and six century history serving the imperial family. The first part describes why Jingdezhen was able to become the world's "ceramics capital"; the second part describes Jingdezhen's ceramic management system, the manufacturing technique and process, industry division, and kiln industry; the third part describes Jingdezhen’s innovative technique s and characteristics in ceramic ware; the fourth part, perhaps the highlight of the exhibition, shows the artistic height of Jingdezhen's ceramic productions in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties (1271-1911); the fifth part presents the achievements of the modern ceramics industry in Jingdezhen; and the sixth part describes the development of Jingdezhen ceramics since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

The 417 sets of exhibits cover ceramic masterpieces of various historical periods since the Neolithic Era. They are rich in historical information, reflecting the connotations of China's excellent traditional culture. It is also worth mentioning that the museum keeps the largest collection in number of ceramics datable to the Republic of China (1912-49) in the world, and the largest collection of modern and contemporary ceramics in China.