My Stories of Chinese Porcelain

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Porcelain, also called Chinese ceramics, is one of humanity's most ancient inventions. The stories behind this unique and exquisite material are fascinating, detailing how it made its way across the globe and gave the modern world the word "china". Follow the stories told by a well-known Chinese porcelain expert to learn more about these timeless masterpieces borne from the creativity of ancient China.

05/31/2020

Episode 8: Challenges for Chinese porcelain

Despite China inventing porcelain and dominating worldwide production and trade for centuries, from the 19th century, due to the Western world's industrialization, the entire Chinese porcelain industry lagged far behind.

9 min
05/30/2020

Episode 7: The 72 processes of making porcelain

Traditionally, there are 72 steps involved in the making of one Chinese porcelain piece. Other traditional crafts, like weaving, blacksmithing or carpentry, usually take place in a small workshop with simple procedures. Why does porcelain making require so many processes?

8 min
05/29/2020

Episode 6: The rise of European porcelain producers

Even though porcelain originated in China, only a few commercial brands were created there. Despite being 1,000 years behind, the European porcelain industry was soon developing its own porcelain brands. What happened?

10 min
05/28/2020

Episode 5: Imari ware and a story lost in the mists of time

Imari is a style of porcelain named after the Japanese port from which it was shipped to the West. At around the same period, the Chinese porcelain industry suddenly reached its peak and lost its glamorous appeal in the world market, replaced by this new Japanese porcelain.

8 min
05/27/2020

Episode 4: Kraak ware and its European influence

Kraak ware has been popular in Europe for hundreds of years. However, it was not made in Europe but in China. To find out why this chinaware has a fancy Western name and how it looks, let's travel back in time to the Netherlands in 1602.

9 min
05/26/2020

Episode 3: The story of blue and white porcelain

In Chinese pop singer Jay Chou's famous song "Blue and White Porcelain", he mistakenly suggests that the colors are a "light sky blue". In this episode, we find the truth about blue and white porcelain, as well as how it became a global obsession.

10 min
05/25/2020

Episode 2: Chinese porcelain: a history of thousands of years

Jingdezhen is known as China's porcelain capital because it has been producing Chinese ceramics for more than 1,000 years. How did the small town get its name and why is porcelain called 'china' across the world?

17 min
05/24/2020

Episode 1: A story told from porcelain fragments

One day in June 2005, Chinese fishermen found several pieces of ancient porcelain while out working on their boat. What information was found from these porcelain fragments and why are they considered by experts to be "living fossils" that have recorded histories and stories?

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08/19/2021

Midnightcat358

You can’t fully understand British Porcelain without a background on Chinese Porcelain. I can only say that I wished I had heard this years ago when I started collecting British Porcelain. Now that my interest has expanded to Chinese and Japanese porcelain, I’m glad I found this podcast.
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08/24/2020

A_Rand7897

The series was enjoyable to listen to. Good balance between history, craftsmanship and personal experiences.

Porcelain, also called Chinese ceramics, is one of humanity's most ancient inventions. The stories behind this unique and exquisite material are fascinating, detailing how it made its way across the globe and gave the modern world the word "china". Follow the stories told by a well-known Chinese porcelain expert to learn more about these timeless masterpieces borne from the creativity of ancient China.

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Episode 8: Challenges for Chinese porcelain

Episode 7: The 72 processes of making porcelain

Episode 6: The rise of European porcelain producers

Episode 5: Imari ware and a story lost in the mists of time

Episode 4: Kraak ware and its European influence

Episode 3: The story of blue and white porcelain

Episode 2: Chinese porcelain: a history of thousands of years

Episode 1: A story told from porcelain fragments

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My Stories of Chinese Porcelain

Episodes

Episode 8: Challenges for Chinese porcelain

Episode 7: The 72 processes of making porcelain

Episode 6: The rise of European porcelain producers

Episode 5: Imari ware and a story lost in the mists of time

Episode 4: Kraak ware and its European influence

Episode 3: The story of blue and white porcelain

Episode 2: Chinese porcelain: a history of thousands of years

Episode 1: A story told from porcelain fragments

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