Ancient Jingdezhen chinaware bonanza

From: China Daily | Date: January 9, 2004 | Copyright information

NANCHANG: Chinaware un-earthed in China's porcelain capital of Jingdezhen went on public display last Thursday for the first time in Nanchang, the capital of East China's Jiangxi Province.

The pieces came from an excavation started in October 2002 by archaeologists from Jingdezhen, provincial archaeology institutions and Peking University.

Among the thousands of items unearthed, the most notable were 70 painted vases, censers, bowls and containers, said Li Yiping, deputy head o...

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