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Judging from the photo (inset), you'd have me believed that porcelain does not command the same respect it used to. Porcelain, otherwise known as china, is said to have originated from China. The country is richly endowed with raw materials for making porcelain. At one time, porcelain wares were made mainly for the imperial court. While those manufactured during the Tang Dynasty period (618–906) had been known to be exported to the Islamic world where they were highly prized, it is not until the late Ming period that porcelain was exported on a large scale to Europe and other places around the world.Then, there was a dramatic shift towards a market economy and beginning with Wanli Emperor (1572–1620), porcelain for domestic use were produced abundantly at kilns at Jindezhen. You wouldn't dream that China's china had come such a long way, would you?
Judging from the photo (inset), you'd have me believed that porcelain does not command the same respect it used to. Porcelain, otherwise known as china, is said to have originated from China. The country is richly endowed with raw materials for making porcelain. At one time, porcelain wares were made mainly for the imperial court. While those manufactured during the Tang Dynasty period (618–906) had been known to be exported to the Islamic world where they were highly prized, it is not until the late Ming period that porcelain was exported on a large scale to Europe and other places around the world.Then, there was a dramatic shift towards a market economy and beginning with Wanli Emperor (1572–1620), porcelain for domestic use were produced abundantly at kilns at Jindezhen. You wouldn't dream that China's china had come such a long way, would you?
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But to take those vases this way... on the circle... Oooo...