Jingdezhen Bottle at The British Museum, London

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Jiangxi province in northeastern China is home to a historic city known as Jingdezhen. This prefecture-level city has been producing exquisite porcelain for an impressive 1,700 years. Its rich history spans over 2,000 years and the city's porcelain has gained international recognition for its exceptional quality. Jingdezhen's porcelain is renowned worldwide for being incredibly thin like paper, as white as jade, as bright as a mirror, and as clear as a bell. In fact, China's most celebrated poet and historian, Guo Moruo, once wrote that Jingdezhen was the epicenter of high-quality porcelain production in the country. Many collectors around the world covet Jingdezhen's antique porcelain pieces for their exceptional beauty and craftsmanship. A blue and white porcelain jar produced during the Yuan dynasty fetched a staggering RMB 230,000,000 yuan at an auction in London in 2005, setting a new record for the most valuable piece of porcelain ever sold. This remarkable achievement is attributed to Jingdezhen's mastery of Chinese blue and white porcelain, which represents the pinnacle of this ancient art form.