THE JOURNAL / 01 — OUR BIRTHPLACE

A city shaped
by porcelain.

Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China. The place our pieces call home.

03 / THE PLACEJIANGXI, CHINA

THE PORCELAIN CITY

Not just an origin.
A culture of making.

1,700+

YEARS OF PORCELAIN-MAKING HISTORY

Our pieces come from Jingdezhen in Jiangxi, China — a city whose porcelain-making history spans more than 1,700 years. For centuries, its porcelain travelled beyond China, carrying a culture of craft with it.

Historical context: UNESCO · Creative Cities Network ↗

A LIVING CONTEXT

The city is ancient.
The pieces are of today.

Jingdezhen is widely known as China’s porcelain city. UNESCO describes a porcelain-making history of more than 1,700 years, and a trade that carried its ceramics over land and sea for centuries.

Yao Bian Ji offers contemporary handmade pieces from a local workshop here. The city’s history gives context to their birthplace; it is not a claim that the workshop has existed for centuries, that these are antiques, or that our products hold UNESCO certification.

Look at the actual object first: its form, its decoration and the details shown in the photographs. A place of origin should lead you closer to the piece — not replace the need to know it.

UNESCO · Jingdezhen