Chinese ceramics as global commodities

A thousand years of production and trade of Chinese ceramics in the Western Indian Ocean

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4897571
AutoresRan Zhang (0000-0001-8483-2565, Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham, UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume55
Fascículo4
Páginas411-427
Data de publicação2023-08-08
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.2024.2425801
OpenAlexW4404466580
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas21

This paper analyses the production and distribution of Chinese trade ceramics from AD 800 to 1900 to understand how these ceramic products became global commodities and how their production and exchange in the Western Indian Ocean evolved. Through a comparative examination of 15 well-identified product types of Chinese ceramics from 216 sites in the Western Indian Ocean, their production kilns, market circulations, and trading quantities have been identified and statistically analysed. The results suggest that the global status of Chinese ceramics in trade from China to the Western Indian Ocean depended on quality, aesthetics, utility, and the ability to navigate challenges such as logistics, production, and market barriers, highlighting the significance of market-adaptive designs in achieving global commodity success

Ceramic · Economics · Geography · Indian ocean · Metallurgy · Production (economics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Asian Studies and History · Geology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Materials Science · Oceanography