Jingdezhen porcelain traditionally HKADC modern sensation in Hong Kong

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Jingdezhen porcelain traditionally HKADC modern sensation in Hong Kong

From the University of Hong Kong Museum of Art and co-sponsored Jingdezhen City Department of Cultural Affairs, “Jiang Kiln” Paul Jiang Qing, founder of the contractor’s “One to review the past to the new - the modern tradition of Jingdezhen Ceramic Art Exhibition” in April from the Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Hong Kong has been carried out, visits to the people of Hong Kong and foreigners flocked to the visitors a fresh, exciting feel. In Hong Kong to attend the Jiangxi Province in 2009 (Hong Kong) Week, deputy director of the Municipal People’s Congress, Sau Ming, vice mayor in high spirits to visit the exhibition.

A total of 135 sets of modern works of traditional pottery exhibition. These works have not only carrying forward the tradition of innovation, not only as antique porcelain, but also different from the general sense of the antique porcelain, the court through traditional painting and a combination of three-dimensional objects, into the modern aesthetic elements into “the cleverest learned new” expression of a new, fully demonstrates the breadth and depth of Jingdezhen, the south-pointing carriage, full of vitality and creativity of the ceramic culture. The exhibition also displayed the painting tools and more than 40 kinds of paints. These exhibits have been to the Russian State Tretyakov Museum and Art Gallery, Bahrain National Museum, Liu Haisu Shanghai Art Museum, Dalian is Chuan Museum, Museum of Jiangxi Province, one in each, are caused by an unusual reaction with wood. The exhibition in Hong Kong has been on display in July of this year.

China Jingdezhen hold 2009 International Ceramic Fair

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Introduction of 2009 China Jingdezhen International Ceramic Fair

China Jingdezhen International Ceramic Fair is a internationalized and specialized ceramic fair, which is sponsored by the Ministry of State Commerce, China National Light Industry Council, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Jiangxi Provincial People’s Government. It merges exquisite ceramic exhibition, ceramic cultural exchange and ceramic products trade as a whole.
The Fair has been successfully held for five times, it attracted total 910,000 visitors and purchasers and more than 20,000 distinguished guests and friends from 2,427 participant enterprises and 3,000 procurement companies from 49 countries and regions. The China Jingdezhen International Ceramic Fair has already developed into a world ceramic event and international trading platform, which promoted the exchange and cooperation of the world ceramic in commerce, culture, skills and etc.
The 6th China Jingdezhen International Ceramic Fair will be held from Oct. 18th to 22nd, 2009, in Jingdezhen China Ceramic Musenum including nine theme exhibition areas and offering 1480 standard booths for the high-tech achievements ceramics, the international ceramic art, international porcelain for daily-use, domestic brand name ceramics, ceramic packaging and auxiliary materials, works of national masters, young and middle-aged innovative ceramics, top 10 famous kilns in China, and antique & arts. Besides, we will held 12 supporting activities in ceramic workshop, trade and cultural exchanges including the Jingdezhen International Forum on High-tech Ceramic, the International Ceramic Cultural Innovation Summit, the National Exchange Conference of Antiques & Arts, the 2nd Jingdezhen Modern International Artistic Ceramics Auction, the National Shape and Decoration Design Competition of Blue-and-white porcelain with rice pattern & Blue-and-white ceramics for daily use, and the Large-Scale Theatrical Performance of Gathering in Porcelain Capital during the Fair.
Gathering in the millennium charming porcelain capital, jointly promote the development of global ceramic industry. The enthusiastic and hospitable people in Jingdezhen sincerely welcome porcelain corporation from home and abroad, ceramic purchaser, ceramic supplier, tourist guests to Jingdezhen for showing, trading and visiting in the golden October.

Five major characteristics of the I.C.F
High-level: The fair is sponsored by the Ministry of State Commerce, China National Light Industry Council, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Jiangxi Provincial People’s Government. The International Forum on High-tech Ceramic is sponsored by the Ministry of Science &Technology and Jingxi Provincial People’s Government.
Large-scale: The exhibitors covering mainly porcelain production regions including Guangdong, Shandong, Hebei, Hunan, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, and enterprises from Top Ten famous Kiln in China. The overseas enterprises covering mainly porcelain production countries all over the world and Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan.
Wide-category:The exhibits including the artistic porcelain for displaying, daily-use porcelain, industrial ceramics, the high-tech ceramics, the building and sanitary ceramics, ceramics machinery and the ceramic auxiliary materials.
Great- atmosphere: we held supporting activities in ceramic workshop, trade and cultural exchanges including the International Forum on High-tech Ceramic, Jingdezhen International Contemporary International Ceramic Exhibition, Jingdezhen International Art Porcelain Auction, Pass the Flame&Memorial Ceremony of “Three Gods of Porcelain” during the Fair.
New-form: To improve the trading of the Fair, we held Face to Face Contact Conference for Purchasers and Suppliers, Talks on Investment and Trade, Internal and Foreign Trade Contracts Sign conference.

National Treasure: Jingdezhen Ceramics

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 National Treasure: Jingdezhen Ceramics、

Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum remains the most renowned cultural tourist attraction in the city. 

Opening in 1954, the Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum became the first institution of its kind in China and today it remains perhaps the most renowned cultural tourist attraction in Jingdezhen, a city known as the Capital of Porcelain.

The museum houses a great variety of historic pottery and porcelain exhibits. Most pieces were fired in governmental kilns during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911). Also featured are artworks from the Republic of China period (1912-1949) and masterpieces produced by renowned ceramists of modern times. The museum has become a window to a cultured past spanning 1,000 years of Jingdezhen’s ceramic civilization.

The collection includes rare porcelain wares from the Song (960-1276), Yuan (1271-1368), Ming (1368-1644), and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, many of which are considered national treasures. And the exhibit surpasses all other museums in its holding of ceramic masterpieces created in the past 100 years.

The total collection is comprised of more than 13 categories and 250 subcategories of ceramics, spanning more than 2,000 shapes and more than 10,000 patterns.

Housed here are 378 pieces that have won international, national, or ministerial gold and silver prizes with four having won the National Prize for New Product Development. Exhibits also include many porcelain wares that were presented as state gifts in times past, as well as noted porcelain wares from Germany, Britain, Japan, South Korea and the United States.

For decades the museum has cultivated talented artisans of the ceramic craft. Today there are four: Ning Qinzheng, vice curator of the museum and a master of art and craft in Jiangxi Province; Cao Ganyuan, academic supervisor of the museum and chairman of the Jingdezhen Calligraphers’ Association; Chen Jun, curator assistant of the museum and a senior specialist in art and craft; and Sun Lixin, a senior specialist in arts and crafts born into a family of ceramists and now acting as director of the Jingdezhen Wenbo Art Exchange Center. Many of their pieces have garnered domestic and international awards and are popular among collectors both in China and overseas.

Winning wide praise both home and abroad, in recent years cultural relics and artworks from the Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum have appeared at many exhibitions in France, Japan, Macao and Hong Kong. The year 2004 marked the millennium anniversary of Jingdezhen and in 2003, the Chinese Culture Center set up in Paris by the Ministry of Culture of China held “Burning Brilliance”¡ªThe Exhibition of Ancient Porcelain Masterpieces of Jingdezhen. French President Jacques Chirac personally wrote to the center and visited the exhibition. “As the essence of Chinese culture, porcelain spreads the fame of Chinese culture around the world, especially in Europe,” he said.

The ceramic exhibition and other featured mediums reflecting Chinese heritage at the Chinese Culture Year in France proved a strong draw for the French public. The exhibition, with only 60 pieces displayed, attracted more than 10,000 visitors and all exhibits were heavily attended.

Jingdezhen’s porcelain artworks have generated interest and participation within the international culture of ceramics. For instance, the ceramic industry of France has developed a close relationship with that of Jingdezhen.

From the Ming Dynasty to the middle Qing Dynasty, a large quantity of porcelain wares made in Japan were modeled after those made of Jingdezhen, which had already been widely traded and collected across the globe. Since the Ming Dynasty, countless Jingdezhen porcelains were transported by Portuguese traders to Europe via Macao. Over the past 100 years in Hong Kong, an international metropolis known by some as the Capital of Art Collections, there have emerged a number of collectors who revel in Jingdezhen porcelains.

The French newspaper, Le Figaro, in praise of the Exhibition of Ancient Porcelain Masterpieces of Jingdezhen, described its cultural wares as: “Resplendent white gold, beautiful Chinese porcelain.” These are the particular jewels of the Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum, a palace of art depicting a city’s 1,000-year-old ceramic civilization.

Background information:

A world-famous brand, since the 15th Century Jingdezhen has enjoyed great reputation within the ceramic industry, whereas genuine porcelain was not produced in Europe until the 18th Century. Under the influence of Jingdezhen ceramics, the industry began to truly develop in Europe in the 19th Century. From the late Ming Dynasty through the early Qing Dynasty, chinaware - with Jingdezhen as synonym - sold well in Europe and around the world. Known in some regions as white gold, porcelain wares were popular with families of both aristocratic and common background. Noblemen in Europe and Japan were proud of their collections of Jingdezhen ceramics and shipping companies gained great wealth by trading Jingdezhen ceramics. (Thus the derivation of the label China in Europe.)

Lotte Jingdezhen Ceramic pottery creative agency of the Promised Land

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Lotte Jingdezhen Ceramic pottery creative agency of the Promised Land
Lotte Tao Agency. Established in Hong Kong in 1985 for the purpose of potters and those who love pottery and production space to enjoy. Lotte Tao agency today by the famous Miss Zheng Yi potters command, has become Hong Kong’s largest pottery center. In order to expand the exchange of ceramics, in 2002, Lotte Tao founded the agency in Shanghai, the new studio and showroom; Jingdezhen pottery Lotte agency was set up in 4 years ago; Tao Lotte 2007 Beijing formally established agency. As Lotte Tao Yi Zheng Club annual travel to Hong Kong, Beijing, between Shanghai and Jingdezhen. Very Coincidentally, Ms Cheng at a press conference the day before the interview went just arrived at Jingdezhen. Thus, the reporter had the privilege and the Lotte Tao’s head as she talked about the effort to build the “Kingdom of creativity.”

“Jingdezhen is a very spiritual place, a lot of people would like pottery hereմմ’Aura’.” Miss Zheng Yi is a pleasant person, born optimist, even the talk is the exultant. Lotte Jingdezhen pottery before the creation of social organizations, she has been abroad many times to view the exchange of potters, but every time there regret - do not have a specialized Jingdezhen potters for foreign exchange and creative place. Of course, this place can also provide related services such as catering accommodation, which needs the creation and exchange continue for some time. Are based on this, May 1, 2005, Ms Cheng choose to establish a sculpture of Jingdezhen porcelain pottery Lotte agency, to assume the foreign exchange and creative potters base functions. “Chose porcelain sculpture, is very optimistic about where the ceramic culture.” Zheng Yi said.

Zheng president of the success of a number of foreign countries have come here especially for potters.

Interview the same day, journalists in Lotte’s foreign pottery art room to see the five foreign potters. University of Hawaii from the United States teachers Miss Chen Songli accepted an interview with reporters. This reporter has learned that this is the second time Ms Chan came to Jingdezhen, and is prepared to stay here for six weeks. Back to the United States, she is also prepared to come with their own students.

Last year, Ms. Chen first came to Jingdezhen, the city felt the strong atmosphere of ceramics, “but this kind of environment in other parts of the world’s unparalleled.” She also cited examples reporters, “In the United States, it is very difficult to buy ceramic glaze-related, but in Jingdezhen, these are not problems.” To go back after listening to a lot of students in her introduction, it is thought of Jingdezhen to. Conversation, she opened a small paper, showed reporters not long ago to do her a pair of small porcelain shoes. She said that she take it back to the United States, sent his best friend. Mountains can be seen here, she is very happy.

Lotte social event of pottery not only in foreign countries, “Phoenix” Jingdezhen as its impact on the expansion of the local community, gradually, more and more young people to gather together here. Zheng Yi found that many of these young people, such as ceramic College students in institutions of higher learning, they create works Lotte Lotte to sell on. The reporters found that these young people do not have a fixed work patterns, more like a whim, but very popular with visitors welcome.

The development of the past few years, today’s Jingdezhen pottery Lotte agency has air-conditioned studios, pilot plant, galleries, shops, cafes and artists homes, canteens and so on. Here is not only the artists and young students to exchange and creation of the stage, more like a big family of potters. “I would be happy to Lotte as a pilot plant, more specifically, a ceramic factory creative experiment.” Zheng Yi Tao this to their own social positioning. The people here are willing to put it than for the 798 Art District in Jingdezhen.

Lotte Tao agency has its own “reserve program”, for example, are held every Friday evening in a lecture ceramics. For instance, every Saturday or during holidays or Porcelain Fair, Lotte Jingdezhen pottery agency would provide the college students a venue to enable them to put a stand to sell his pottery works, a fine-sounding name on “creative fair” .

June 28, this reporter went to “creative fair” interview. Liu is on the third time to give them the platform Lotte was very pleased, she said: “Only in Jingdezhen, in Lotte have such an environment. In here that can not only make the cost of living is more important is access to practical experience and recognition of their work. ”

Jingdezhen Ceramic History of the development spoke of the prospects for the creative industries with the confidence of Zheng Yi. In her view, not lack of Jingdezhen ceramics culture, and not missing very edge industry in Jingdezhen, Jingdezhen current lack of creativity is, “Of course, such shortcomings are not unique in Jingdezhen, China’s ceramic industry is the existence of this phenomenon. It is gratifying that the local government of Jingdezhen is attention to this matter, there are a lot of people doing this thing. ” Zheng Yi Jingdezhen were each to want to leave, she said, whether it is in Hong Kong or in Beijing and Shanghai, ceramic art is not very strong atmosphere, with which it is difficult to carry out related work, but not the same as in Jingdezhen, surrounded by so ceramics who are expert, good atmosphere, and easily communicate.

Lotte Tao agency is an “art space” is also a business, the Tao of Lotte’s the next stage of development, Zheng Yi has his own ideas. She said that she is an artist, but also the Tao Lotte’s operators, as a business, the economic benefits that must be considered, otherwise, it would be difficult to survive and develop. Lotte Tao On the main objective of the current agency, said she was very calm and the word Hill - to make money. She played a very vivid metaphor, founder of Lotte Tao agency, just as in the revised Highway, a few years ago the task is to repair, and now the road has been repaired, it is necessary to start charging fees, it is to the benefits.

Today, Lotte Tao agency also set a porcelain sculpture of two large plants, to expand the exchange of artists and venues. Zheng Yi very confidently told reporters that she read the relevant leaders in the planning and operation of these notions, have expressed sincere appreciation for the mountain. “I want to Lotte Tao Jingdezhen Ceramic Society into a model of cultural and creative industries so that more people involved so that more of the ‘ceramic people’ to see the creative industries’ money ‘King.” Zheng Yi still enraptured when they talk.

Wind Yixing Ceramic Pottery Art Museum opened in China

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June 12, after nearly six months of meticulous preparation, “Tao is the wind - China Yixing Ceramic Art Exhibition” In the grand opening. NPC Standing Committee, Jiang Shusheng, vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee vice chairman of Sun, Lin Wenyi, Yu Linxiang, political commissar of the Armed Police Force General, Deputy Minister of the Central Propaganda Department, Wang Chen, director of the State Council Information Office and the Provincial Standing Committee, Party Secretary Yang, Municipal Standing Committee, Yixing Municipal such as secretary, attended the opening ceremony and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the exhibition. Attended the opening ceremony were Wu Guanzhong celebrities such as the arts and cultural community.

The opening ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, the former South Korean ceramic culture of Mr. Jiang Qingzhi Association, China Association of Ceramic Technology Museum Curator Mr. Liu and Mr. Fan Dian China office said. UNESCO International Ceramic Association, USA and China Ceramics Society, Ceramic Society of Korea, the Chinese Arts and Crafts Association, the Chinese Arts and Crafts Society, the Chinese Nationalist Party Chairman of the Bureau of the CRIC, etc. Mr. Huang Zhengxiong and sent a congratulatory telegram.

Yang gave a warm speech. He said that the exhibition is to the National People’s Yixing presented a gift, but also the cultural life of the majority of the people of a big happy event. Yixing would hope that the exhibition as a new starting point, and further carry forward and promote the ceramic culture, the “Tao of China are” more ring called the “purple card” more brightly polished.

The “Tao is the wind - China Yixing Ceramic Art Exhibition” strong line-up, the entire exhibition area of nearly a thousand square meters, includes 20 classic works of history, as well as 10 countries Yixing masters of arts and crafts, arts and crafts 14 provincial master 27 provinces, including arts and crafts celebrity industry more than 100 elite 216 fine ceramics. This 216 (sets) of work covered by the purple, blue, are pottery, fine pottery, painted the United States “five golden flowers” of a variety of styles and genres, including purple works for more than 80%. A unique and perfect the art form Yixing thick highlights the context and the high level of ceramic art.

After the opening ceremony, around Yixing Yixing Ceramic Art is also the historical categories of the causes and the development trend of the cultural values purple on the impact of economic and social development, such as the contents of the invitation of the Chinese Art Research Association, the National Palace Museum, the leading experts in Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts scholars in the China Art Gallery held a symposium. “Tao is the wind,” the exhibition will show June 12 to June 22, the capital, people and tourists around the world will be fortunate enough to see the unique Yixing Ceramic Art style.

Ceramics Industry Exhibition - Guangzhou new case of crisis situation

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As has been successfully held 23 sessions, China and Asia’s largest exhibition of ceramic industry, Guangzhou Industry in promoting the development of China’s ceramic industry will undoubtedly play an important role and significance. However, from this year’s exhibition industry to reduce the traffic of the reality, the Chinese ceramic industry event in the current pattern of global ceramic industry has witnessed tremendous changes in the new situation, is faced with a breakthrough with the enhancement of a comprehensive crisis.

There is no doubt that the Chinese ceramic industry, especially ceramic machine, chemical and related industries, the current can be said to be outside of Italy in addition to the most complete and full, although in some areas, world-class level and there is a big gap, but the scale of to create the level of market share in the international market and so have an important role. As China’s ceramic industry in the direction of the international market scene, industrial exhibition size, grade and influence, no doubt the development of China’s ceramic industry has an important role to promote and facilitate.

Judging from this year’s show, customers from abroad, such as more concentrated in the Southeast Asian countries and regions, new ceramics, from Europe and the United States significantly reduced traffic areas. This is among the natural global economic downturn, H1N1 virus, the impact of such factors, but show organizers in the overseas market promotion and publicity is the key decision factors show traffic. The scene in the show, many exhibitors would like to increase the industrial exhibition organizer in the overseas market promotion efforts, the Industry Exhibition higher position, run a greater scale, so that it truly becomes an important international ceramics industry event rather than the show has hit brand, reap the profits. In the long run, the industrial exhibition in the ceramic industry of the status of the occasion will be further down, thus weakening the revitalization of China’s ceramic industry, the exhibition explore the role of the international market.

In the ceramic industry, Italy Bologna Fair, no doubt the influence of the absolute, it not only brings together world-class manufacturer of ceramics, and has extensive international procurement channels and customers, so that each enterprise participating in the show can find a great business opportunities, which is excluded from the Italian event for many years, refused to Chinese enterprises an important reason why exhibitors. On the ceramic industry, set aside in terms of industry, China is currently the largest outside Italy, matching the most complete national, as the center of Foshan in the major producing areas have been thousands of ceramic machine, chemical industry and related businesses, industries set group of the most complete, in some areas, and even catch up with and more than Italy. However, how to cluster and scale of this advantage to enter into overseas markets, show no doubt is an effective way out. In fact, during the exhibition industry in Guangzhou, Munich, Germany, held on-site ceramic industry in October this year, the Expo will promote the fight for customers cited the war to the front of the Guangzhou Exhibition Industry.

In addition, although the current industrial exhibition of overseas exhibitors and customers a certain number remain, but many exhibitors is based on many years of China’s ceramic industry show the brand recognition, more viewers in Southeast Asia is also the participating businesses to customers or co-operation partners, are invited from participating businesses. If the host name of strengthening in the overseas market promotion and publicity to further enhance the impact of Industry Exhibition in Guangzhou, and will attract more international top companies and customers to come and negotiate the exchange of exhibitors, which will show the size, grade and impact force and the level of China’s ceramic industry to match.

Only to go out in the broader market, the broader field of Chinese ceramics exhibition industry and its promotion and publicity in order to allow more customers the power of knowledge in China, to cooperation in the industrial exhibition in Guangzhou eyes. Only in this way can we make next year’s industrial exhibition in the international market to achieve greater influence, so that China’s ceramic industry in the direction of the international market scene, and then take power into the ceramic ceramic Powers of the mission.

Ceramic Art and Design

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Sian is a ceramic artist based near Chichester, West Sussex in an area of outstanding natural beauty at the base of the South Downs, producing hand thrown smoke fired ceramics.

Sian trained at the West Surrey College of Art and Design in the early eighties by Henry Hammond and Sebastian Blackie and visiting tutor Paul Soldner.

After graduating she taught ceramics part time while developing her own work, experimenting with fibres and paper pulp resulting in exhibitions throughout the UK, Hungary, Germany, Spain and North America.

Recent work has been inspired by the Sussex landscape, abstracting nature through drawing and painting, translating these qualities directly through to the work in clay.

The smoke fired ceramic vessels are hand thrown on a wheel, turned, slipped and burnished. Other pieces are hand formed. Raku glazes are applied and a smoke firing is carried out using organic materials. Various oxides are used to bring out colour on the clay surfaces. The smoke firing enhances the form producing a timeless quality. Multiple firing allows further interaction of control and the unpredictability to fuel the creative process. The smoke fired pieces take several weeks to complete due to the nature of the working stages. Each piece is unique.

It is possible to purchase the ceramic pieces directly from Sian - check out her recent and previous work here.

Visitors to studio by appointment only.

Ceramic Technology Laboratory

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Ceramic Technology Laboratory

 The FLMNH Ceramic Technology Laboratory was established in 1977 under the direction of Dr. Prudence Rice, then UF professor of Anthropology (now at SIU, Carbondale, IL). Pottery analysis plays an integral role in archaeological research at FLMNH as it constitutes the predominant material remaining at most archaeological sites investigated by museum curators. In addition pottery constitutes a very significant proportion of the FLMNH Anthropology collections. The CTL is equipped for basic paste characterization studies: binocular microscope for gross identification of temper or paste constituents; a petrographic microscope for precise mineral identification in thin section; an electric furnace used for refiring experiments and for comparative investigation of clay samples collected from the vicinity of archaeological sites. Analyses of physical and mineralogical properties of the pottery are undertaken to provide precise data to address research questions regarding chronology, provenience or manufacturing origins, processes of production, culture change, and the development of social and economic complexity in prehistoric Florida, the Southeastern US, and the Caribbean Basin. The department is committed to the continuance of this research program as the capacity for in-house specialized analyses of pottery enhances the competitiveness for research grants.

Collections

The CTL houses an extensive pottery type collection of prehistoric and historic period aboriginal pottery from Florida and the Southeastern U.S. The Florida materials represent type specimens assembled by Ripley Bullen, John Goggin, and Gordon Willey, pioneers of Florida archaeology. The type collections serve as a primary comparative resource for museum scientists, graduate students, and visiting researchers. The CTL also curates fragments of pottery samples used in paste characterization studies.

Personnel

The CTL operates under the supervision of Ann S. Cordell, (MA Anthropology, UF 1983; BS Geology, UF 1993), who also conducts all research projects undertaken by the lab.

Publications

From 1982 to 1986, the CTL supported a monograph series: Ceramic Notes: Occasional Publications of the Ceramic Technology Laboratory, Florida State Museum (edited by Prudence Rice). Ceramic Notes No. 2 is still available (Nos. 1 and 3 are out of print).

Jingdezhen Ceramic Exhibition Centers

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International Ceramic Exhibition Center. Since Jingdezhen succeeded in holding International Ceramic Exposition in 2004, Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum was used for the main venue, but this museum was not the professional exhibition centers, hence Jingdezhen International Ceramic Exhibition Center was built. It is located on Changnan Avenue of Jingdezhen with five stories. The third floor is the professional zone for exhibition. Simultaneously several exhibitions can be held in this building. It is the important center of exhibitions. Generally the large ceramic exhibitions are held here.

China Ceramic Town. China Ceramic Town is located in the west suburb of Jingdezhen. It is a large trade base of ceramic products.

China Ceramic Garden of Changnan. China ceramic garden is located on the northern side of Yingbin Avenue of Jingdezhen city. It belongs to the architectural style of Huizhou in Anhui province. It is the center of porcelain making, product exhibition, themed travel, residence, leisure and the communication and research of Chinese porcelain culture. It is one of top-ten tourist destinations in Jingdezhen.

Friendliness Store of Jingdezhen Ceramics. During Chinese time of planned economy, this store is the must-see destination for foreign travelers, and also the superior store for foreigners to buy the porcelains in Jingdezhen. It has the grand architecture. Many exotic people learnt Chinese ceramics from this store. Currently it is not the store for selling porcelain any more.

Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum. It is Chinese first art museum themed with ceramics. Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum is located in northern road of Lianshe in downtown of Jingdezhen. It is an important zone to exhibit the culture of Jingdezhen ceramics. In display hall, the green porcelain, white porcelain and white-green porcelain of Song Dynasty as well as diversity of styles of porcelains of different generations. It is a famous museum and travelers prefer to visit this museum.

Ceramic Street. Officially it is called Lianshe Nanlu, but traditionally it is called Ceramic Street. A lot of stores on both sides of the street are running the products of porcelain. Foreign people like traveling on this street, and buying some they like very much. Ceramic Street is an important exhibition place of modern ceramic culture of Jingdezhen.