#jingdezhen

The Porcelain Palaces 瓷宫 in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province. Built by a 86-year-old grandmother, Yu Ermei, who spent 5 years and 20 million yuan (~2.7 million USD) to complete them at the age of 91 using her own 60,000 porcelain collection.

Jingdezhen is known as the "Porcelain Capital" because it has been producing Chinese ceramics (such as white and blue pottery) for at least 1,000 years, and for much of that period Jingdezhen porcelain was considered to have the finest quality in China.

The Porcelain Palace is built similarly to “Fujian Tulou” or “Hakka earthen dwelling” which I’ve also posted about before (https://www.tumblr.com/sinoheritage/773629912679677952/fujian-tulou-%E7%A6%8F%E5%BB%BA%E5%9C%9F%E6%A5%BC-fujian-earthen-buildings-are)

Five Kosometsuke blue and white 'hare-form' dishes - Tianqi period. Splendidly modeled as six recumbent hares, each plum body crafted resting on small, tucked legs, with details rendered in underglaze blue.

Kosometsuke is a designation for wares made during the Tianqi period, made in the unofficial kilns in Jingdezhen primarily for export to Japan in the 17th century. These wares were largely used in tea ceremonies in Japan.

Teapot, made in Jingdezhen mid 18th Century, decorated in London ca. 1760