Maris Boyd Gillettes groundbreaking study tells the story of Jingdezhen; Chinas porcelain capital; from its origins in 1004 in Song dynasty China to the present day.Gillette explores how Jingdezhen has been affected by state involvement in porcelain production; particularly during the long 20th century. She considers how the Chinese government has consumed; invested in; taxed and managed the local ceramics industry; and the effects of this state intervention on ceramists lives; their local environment and the nature of the goods they produce. Gillette traces how Jingdezhen experienced the transition from imperial rule to state ownership under communism; the changing fortunes of the ceramics industry in the early 21st century; the decay and decline that accompanied privatisation; and a revival brought about by an entrepreneurial culture focusing on the manufacture of highly-prized art porcelain.
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