Jingdezhen ceramics
2008-08-05 02:48:06 GMT2008-08-05 10:48:06 (Beijing Time) Reuters
A batch of freshly fired reproduction blue and white Qing ceramics including vases, bowls and meipings, are wheeled out of the kiln on a platform in the ancient imperial kiln town of Jingdezhen in June 2008.(Reuters)
A painter applies the finishing touches to a reproduction of a Qing ceramics bowl in a workshop in downtown Jingdezhen in June 2008.(Reuters)
Since the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), some of the finest porcelain ever created has come from the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen in southern China, including translucent monochrome celadons, rare Ming Chenghua wares as well as the exquisitely coloured and decorated Qing enamel "famille-rose" ceramics.
