Pottery and Porcelain F actories
of China
TH EIR GEOGR APH ICA L DISTRIB UTION AN D
PERIODS OF ACTI( ITY
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WITH A F OL DIN G AIA P
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. TT N Co . N EW Y ORK ( E P . D U O 81 1 9 2 1
T h e Po tte a n d Po elai n F a to ies o f Chi na ry rc c r , their Geographical Distribution and Periods of Activity
E PREFATORY NOT .
As a student of Chinese ceramics and of the early wares
I a in particular , felt the want of map which showed where
I e the chief centres of production were placed , so work d
out with as much ac c u rac y as possible a map to serve the
( purpose . Several fellow students have e pressed the
opinion that the map wou l d be useful to collectors as a supple
ment to the authoritative works on the sub( ect , such as
’ P y a hi nese P otter and o cel m . R . L . C Mr . Hobson s y
r The facto ies have been divided into three categories ,
flou rish ed T those which in the ang dynasty or earlier , those
( Y ii an which e isted in the Sung and dynasties , and those
fir t c a r dating from Ming and later times . The s at go y are
indicated by being coloured in green , the second in red ,
c as es a and the third in brown . In where centre has per sisted through more than one of these three periods of time
it has been coloured according to the period of origin , thus C Kuang chou or anton as it is now called , is coloured green ,
5 PREFATORY N OTE although factories in or around this centre have produced
’ l s Y ii n a o a . ware in the Sung , , Ming and Ch ing dynasties It seemed unnecessary to distinguish between centres
’ flou ri shing in the Ming and those operating in the Ch ing
80 . dynasties , because at least per cent of the ware produced in the latter dynasty owed its origin to the ceramic metropolis of Ching té c h én .
( It is not claimed that the map is e haustive , but the
l t o in principal centres are shown . It would be impossib e dic at e e( cept on a very large scale map all the factories
’ congregated round certain places such as K ai féng F u and the names shown must be understood to stand for a series of factories situated at the place named or located in
( l ad( oining i lages .
Moreover , certain smaller factory centres , the actual
i den tified products of which have hardly been as yet , are l not included . For instance , from Chinese iterature it appears A that there was a factory at nping , on the banks of the Yang t ze kiang , in the province of Anhui , which was established for a short time in th e reign of H sii an Te (1 4 2 6 and which produced what was known as the Pa Kuei ware (eight
’ devils pottery( , but the name has not been entered . Nor has an interesting little factory been marked in Hupeh ,
( which e isted in Ming times . Literature shows that a branch 6 PREF A TORY NOTE
Wu factory was established in that province at Chang , near
Hankow , by certain members of a little band of artists
’ ’ brought together by one Tu ng Ch i Ch ang ( 1 5 5 5
whose head( uarters were close to Hang chou in Chekiang . Such factories as these are not discussed in the authoritative i works on Ch nese ceramics , and their inclusion might merely serve to confuse . As a convenient suppleme nt to the map the names of
the factories have been printed in alphabetical order ,
r firstl l a ranged y according to provinces , and second y accord
a ing to dynasties . In this latter list the n mes of the centres
active in more than one of the three groups of dynasties ,
are repeated in their appropriate place . Names of towns in China have been changed very often
during di fferent dynasties . In the map and lists the names
commonly associated with ceramics only have been shown .
A collector knows a ware by the name of the town or district
i t fin d which produced , and wishes to where that centre is or was located regardl ess of what it is called at the present day . Space has not allowed of the Chinese characters being
i z pr nted , but the Romani ation used is that now generally
followed .
A . L . H .
F ac to ries arranged acc o rding to Pro( i n ces
ANHUI .
’
Su . Ch i m en hsien . chou
ze H sii an chou . S chou
Wu ii an Shou chou . y
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CH E K IA N G .
’ ’ Chin ts un . Lung ch uan .
’ Wén h u . F u C chou chou .
Wu . H ang chou . chou
H siang shan . Yueh chou . Y ii K a shan . hang hsien . Y ii . Li shui hsien . yao
H C IH LI .
’ h u C . yang hsien Ting chou .
’
H . T z sing chou fi chou . l i i Wu . L u chii . ching hsien POTTERY AND PORCELAIN FACTORIES CHINA
FUK IEN .
Ss fi . Amoy . tu
’ ’
A . n ch i . T ai ning Té Chien yang . hua .
’ Lan ch i . Tung an hsien .
’ P z akwoh T fi . . tsao
Shao wu F u .
HONAN .
’ f n h en . é F C liu K ai g u .
Ch én . g chou Lo yang . Gb i . i n chou (Yuchou( Shan chou .
’ F én u . T Huai ch ing g chou .
H s Tén ii . fén chou g g hsien .
u . Y i J chou yang hsien .
J u ning F u .
HUNAN .
u Y o L ng shan chou .
KANSU .
’ Hua t ing hsien . POTTERY AND PORCELAIN FACTORIES CHI NA
KI AN GS I .
n Ching t é c h é . Hung chou .
’ Chi chou . Lin ch uan . e F u liang . Mak ng .
’ fén H u t ien . Nan g hsien .
K IANGSU .
’
c h n . Ch ang chou é . Soo chou
Y i n . Hsiao hsien . c h é
Y . Kua chou . i hsing hsien
KUAN GTUN G .
’
n . Chao ch ing F u . K ang chou (Canton(
’ Ch ao chou F u . Lien chou .
’ Ch in chou (Yarn Shih wan .
Fat shan . Yang chiang hsien .
SHANSI .
’
F u . H o chou . P ing yang
( ’ ’
Y ii t z i1 . P ing tin g chou . hsien POTTERY AND PORCELA IN F ACTORIES CHINA
H AN S TUN G .
’ h én s c h én . Lin ch ing . Yen i Y . Po shan hsien . hsien
Tsou hsien .
SHENS I .
Pai shui .
Ting chou .
Yao chou .
SZECHUAN .
i Ch eng tu . Ta y .
POTTERY AND PORCELAIN FACTORIES OF CHINA
SUN G A N D Y UA N DY N ASTIES~C0 nti nu ed
S ze . Li shui hsien . chou
’
Té . Lin ch uan . hua
e . Liu li chii . T ng chou
’
l . Lung c h ii an . Ting chou (Chih i(
’ ’
T zii . Nan féng hsien . chou
Pai shui . Yao chou .
’
Y ii . P ing ting chou . hang hsien ’ Y ii t zii . P ing yang F u . hsien Y ii . Po shan hsien . yao
S u chou
’ M ING AND CH ING DYNASTIES .
Amoy . Fatshan .
’
n H sii an . A ch i . chou
’ ’
n H u . Ch ang chou c h é . t ien
’ ’
1 . Chao ch ing P 11 . Hua t ing hsien
’ ’
F u . Ch ao chou F u . Huai ch ing
’
u F u . Ch éng tu . J ning
’
K a . Ch i m en hsien . shan
’ ’ fén F u Ch in chou (Yam chou( . K ai g .
t é c h én . Ching . Kua chou
’
. Ch u chou . Kuang chou (Canton(
’ ’ Ch ii yang hsien . Lan ch i . POTTERY AND PORCELAIN FACTORIES IN CHINA
’ — MIN G A N D CH IN Gr DY N ASTIES Coni i zm cd
Lien chou . Ting chou (Chihli( .
’ Lin ch ing . Tsou hsien .
i . Liu li chi Tung an hsien . T ’ ii Lung shan z chou .
’
e . T Z Mak ng ii tsao . P k a woh . Wu ching hsien .
’
. Wu n P ing ting chou yii a hsien .
Po . Y shan hsien ang chiang hsien .
Soo chou . Yao chou
. h é Shan chou Yen s n c h én .
wu F u . Y c h én Shao i .
. Y i Shih wan hsien .
Ssfi . Y i tu hsing hsien .
’
n . Y i T ai ing yang hsien . Té . hua Y ii chou .
Tén fén g g hsien .