Jingdezhen hand-painted porcelain (artisan tea set piece or small vase)

Buying porcelain in the town that invented it: a thousand years of kiln lineage, sold by the artist who painted it that week.

Price: 300 CNY (Hand-thrown, hand-painted single piece (cup ¥80-200, small vase or gaiwan set ¥200-600) at Taoxichuan studios and weekend market)

Where to buy: Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue, Jingdezhen (fly/rail via Nanchang); in Shanghai/Beijing, dedicated Jingdezhen shops carry the same makers at +50%

Price checked 2026-07-03

• The weekend Taoxichuan night market is where art-school graduates sell directly — this is the real deal at student prices
• Machine-decal ware is sold everywhere too: hand-painted pieces show brush texture and slight asymmetry; decals are pixel-perfect
• Larger stores at Taoxichuan are in the tax refund scheme; ask for bubble-wrap double-boxing — they're used to flyers