Outputs (23)

Chinese ceramics as global commodities: a thousand years of production and trade of Chinese ceramics in the Western Indian Ocean (2024)
Journal Article
Zhang, R. (online). Chinese ceramics as global commodities: a thousand years of production and trade of Chinese ceramics in the Western Indian Ocean. World Archaeology, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2024.2425801

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... Read More about Chinese ceramics as global commodities: a thousand years of production and trade of Chinese ceramics in the Western Indian Ocean.

The organization of Chinese ceramic production from the Tang to the Ming periods: archaeological evidence from ceramic workshops (2024)
Journal Article
Song, X., Zhang, R., & Kennet, D. (in press). The organization of Chinese ceramic production from the Tang to the Ming periods: archaeological evidence from ceramic workshops. World Archaeology, https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2024.2304327

This paper analyzes the plans and layouts of Chinese ceramic workshops from the Tang to Ming periods (seventh to seventeenth century AD) to understand how ceramic production was organized and how organization developed over time. Through the comparat... Read More about The organization of Chinese ceramic production from the Tang to the Ming periods: archaeological evidence from ceramic workshops.

Chinese Ceramic Exchange in the Maldives and the Indian Ocean, AD 900-1900 (2023)
Book Chapter
Zhang, R. (2023). Chinese Ceramic Exchange in the Maldives and the Indian Ocean, AD 900-1900. In B. Franicevic, & M. N. Pareja (Eds.), Imperial Horizons of the Silk Roads: Archaeological Case Studies. Archaeopress. https://doi.org/10.32028/9781803274041

As one of the major nodes in the maritime route between ancient China and the Islamic world, the Maldives have drawn the interest of numerous archaeologists and historians due to their strategic importance in the commerce of the Indian Ocean. Archaeo... Read More about Chinese Ceramic Exchange in the Maldives and the Indian Ocean, AD 900-1900.

Longquan celadon: a quantified archaeological analysis of a pan-Indian Ocean industry of the 12th to 15th centuries (2023)
Journal Article
Zhang, R., Kennet, D., Brown, P., Song, X., Guangyao, W., Zhai, Y., & Mingjun, W. (online). Longquan celadon: a quantified archaeological analysis of a pan-Indian Ocean industry of the 12th to 15th centuries. World Archaeology, 54(5), 700-722. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2023.2216183

This paper examines the Longquan celadon industry, located in Zhejiang province in China, which flourished mainly between the Southern Song and early Ming dynasties (12th to 15th century). The products of this industry are found on archaeological sit... Read More about Longquan celadon: a quantified archaeological analysis of a pan-Indian Ocean industry of the 12th to 15th centuries.

la si hai ma zai gu dai yin du yang mao yi xian shang de di wei dui la si hai ma zhu kao gu yi zhi de guan cha (2022)
Journal Article
Di, Y., Zhang, R., Wang, G., Kennet, D., & Wu, W. (2022). la si hai ma zai gu dai yin du yang mao yi xian shang de di wei dui la si hai ma zhu kao gu yi zhi de guan cha. Gugong Bowuyuan yuankan, 2022(10), 63-75

Sino-Arabian Economic and Cultural Exchanges From the 8th to the 15th Centuries (2022)
Book Chapter
Lin, M., & Zhang, R. (2022). Sino-Arabian Economic and Cultural Exchanges From the 8th to the 15th Centuries. In X. Liu (Ed.), The World of the Ancient Silk Road. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429244582

The Glazed Pottery: Asian and Islamic Imports (2021)
Book Chapter
Zhang, R. (2022). The Glazed Pottery: Asian and Islamic Imports. In A. Haour, & A. Christie (Eds.), Archaeological Investigations of the Maldives in the Medieval Islamic Period: Ibn Battuta’s Island. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003166221

This chapter presents the ~ 450 glazed ceramics excavated at Kinolhas, which include Chinese and southeast Asian material dated from between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries and a smaller group of material originating in the Islamic world, wi... Read More about The Glazed Pottery: Asian and Islamic Imports.

The earliest Chinese ceramics in Europe? (2021)
Journal Article
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

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 ele... Read More about The earliest Chinese ceramics in Europe?.

Chinese Ceramics Unearthed from the Site of Jahan Nama Palace, Iran (2021)
Journal Article
Razeghi, H., Zhang, R., Soljo, B., Chen, B., & Wang, G. (in press). Chinese Ceramics Unearthed from the Site of Jahan Nama Palace, Iran. Muṭāli̒āt-i bāstānshināsī مطالعات باستانشناسی (Online) (پیوسته),

As an important type of ancient artwork, the Chinese blue and white porcelain entered Iran through the artists and merchants during the Safavid era (1501–1736 AD), and it strongly influenced the Islamic ceramic industry at that time. Chinese blue and... Read More about Chinese Ceramics Unearthed from the Site of Jahan Nama Palace, Iran.

Longquan Celadon Distributed in the Western Indian Ocean [西印度洋地区发现的龙泉窑青瓷] (2020)
Book Chapter
Zhang, R. (in press). Longquan Celadon Distributed in the Western Indian Ocean [西印度洋地区发现的龙泉窑青瓷]. In Z. P. Museum (Ed.), Globalisation of Longquan [天下龙泉]. Zhejiang Provincial Museum Press