Examples of porcelain in the following topics:
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- The Eastern Han period was a time of reunification and prosperity that also saw the perfection of paper and porcelain.
- Another important innovation of this time was porcelain.
- Porcelain existed in previous forms for centuries, but was perfected in the Eastern Han period.
- The improvement of porcelain allowed for durable, high-quality, and attractive ceramic ware.
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- The period was also renowned for ceramics and porcelains.
- The major production centers for porcelain were the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province and Dehua in Fujian province.
- The Dehua porcelain factories catered to European tastes by creating Chinese export porcelain by the 16th century.
- Individual potters also became known, such as He Chaozong, who became famous in the early 17th century for his style of white porcelain sculpture.
- Carved designs in lacquerware and designs glazed onto porcelain wares displayed intricate scenes similar in complexity to those in painting.
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- He also commissioned Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky,
a Prussian merchant with a successful trade in trinkets, silk, taft and porcelain, to promote the trade and open
a silk factory, where soon 1,500 people found employment.
- In 1763, when Gotzkowsky went bankrupt during a financial crisis, Frederick took over his porcelain factory.
- The factory was eventually turned into
the Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur and thus commonly known as KPM) and it operates until today.
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- In the Middle East, the Islamic world coveted and purchased in bulk Chinese goods such as silks, lacquerwares, and porcelain wares.
- In 851 the Arab merchant Sulaiman al-Tajir observed the manufacturing of Chinese porcelain in Guangzhou and admired its transparent quality.
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- The making of glazed and translucent porcelain and celadon wares with complex use of enamels was also developed further during the Song period.