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The earliest Chinese ceramics in Europe?

Gutiérrez, Alejandra; Gerrard, Christopher; Zhang, Ran; Wang, Guangyao

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Dr Ran Zhang ran.zhang@durham.ac.uk
Lecturer in Chinese Archaeology

Guangyao Wang



Abstract

The importation of Chinese porcelain and celadon into Europe has long been thought to have first begun around the thirteenth century AD. A unique group of Chinese ceramic sherds from archaeological contexts in Spain dated to between the ninth and eleventh centuries, however, now represents the earliest Chinese wares identified in Europe. Such an unexpectedly early presence on high-status sites in Western Europe probably reflects changing patterns of commerce in the Indian Ocean and the giving of prestigious gifts at the very highest levels of social and political power across the Islamic Mediterranean world.

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Gutiérrez, A., Gerrard, C., Zhang, R., & Wang, G. (2021). The earliest Chinese ceramics in Europe?. Antiquity, 95(383), 1213-1230. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.95

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 30, 2020
Online Publication Date Jul 16, 2021
Publication Date 2021
Deposit Date Nov 26, 2020
Publicly Available Date Jul 30, 2021
Journal Antiquity
Print ISSN 0003-598X
Electronic ISSN 1745-1744
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 95
Issue 383
Pages 1213-1230
DOI https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.95

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