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How Tang & Song Porcelain Transformed Islamic and Global Ceramics

How Tang & Song Porcelain Transformed Islamic and Global Ceramics

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In the late-night deep dive, we explore how pristine Chinese porcelain from the Tang and Song dynasties traveled the Silk Road and Indian Ocean and sparked a ceramic revolution in Iraq and Europe.

We dive into:

  • The Belitung shipwreck treasure
  • Samarra excavations full of Chinese shards
  • How Islamic potters invented tin-glaze to copy that whiteness
  • The massive scale of 9th-century trade

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Sources:

  • Belitung shipwreck (Tang treasure ship)
  • Samarra archaeological finds
  • Ashmolean & British Museum collections
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