Song blue and white porcelain on the Silk Road / / by Adam T. Kessler.

• Author: Kessler, Adam Theodore, 1958-
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Asian Art and Archaeology 27.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (678 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Western scholars of ancient Chinese ceramics have long thought blue and white porcelain manufactured before the Ming (1368-1644 A.D.), dates to the Yuan (1279-1368 A.D.). Even in China today these porcelains are still termed “ Yuan Blue and White .” Based upon first-hand surveys of sites in Inner Mongolia, Adam T. Kessler’s Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road demonstrates that blue and white was made during the Song (960-1279 A.D.) ended up in the hands of the Xi Xia (1038-1226 A.D.) and the Jin (1115-1234 A.D.). Blue and white found today in hoards was buried prior to Mongol invasions of China in the 1200s. Sites from the Philippines to Egypt have yielded Song blue and white. Also reviewed is the cobalt-bearing ore used by Song China to create blue and white.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Ejina River Oasis Finds and the Xi Xia State (1038–1226 AD) -- The Jin Dynasty (1115–1234 AD) -- Song and Yuan: A Review of the Evidence -- Appendix 1: Concerning the Pre-Ming Blue and White Yuhuchun Vase Retrieved from the Yuan Tomb near Wengniute Banner, Inner Mongolia -- Appendix 2: Concerning the Yuhuchun Wine Vase -- Cobalt -- References -- Index -- Figures.