Abstract
Fouliang, the county in northeast Jiangxi province of which Jingdezhen is the largest town, has a long history of association with the pottery and porcelain industry. According to local traditions, pottery was first made in Fouliang in the Han period. The Imperial Court of the Chen dynasty received Fouliang pottery in 583 and during the Tang dynasty, kilns near Jingdezhen which have since been excavated, supplied porcelain to the emperor on several occasions. High quality porcelain, and coarser pottery for local use, were made throughout the Song and Yuan periods. During this time, however, the workshops and kilns which produced the porcelain were scattered around Fouliang county and little if any was made in Jingdezhen itself, which functioned primarily as a market and as a government control point for official orders.
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