Expat Life in Thailand
  • Home
  • Food / Drink
    • Food and Drink Thailand
    • Food and Drink Bangkok
    • Food and Drink Pattaya
    • Food and Drink Hua Hin
    • Food and Drink Chiang Mai
  • Health / Beauty
  • Education
  • Travel / Leisure
    • Book Reviews
    • Activities and Adventure
    • Hotels and accommodation
    • Art and Culture
    • Lifestyle
  • Online Magazines
Expat Life in Thailand
Banner
  • Home
  • Food / Drink
    • Food and Drink Thailand
    • Food and Drink Bangkok
    • Food and Drink Pattaya
    • Food and Drink Hua Hin
    • Food and Drink Chiang Mai
  • Health / Beauty
  • Education
  • Travel / Leisure
    • Book Reviews
    • Activities and Adventure
    • Hotels and accommodation
    • Art and Culture
    • Lifestyle
  • Online Magazines

Ming Gap and Shipwreck Ceramics in Southeast Asia: Towards a Chronology of Thai Trade Ware

by Leonard H. Le Blanc III August 5, 2020
written by Leonard H. Le Blanc III August 5, 2020

by Roxanna M. Brown.

River Books, 2009, 206 pages. www.thesiamsociety.org

River Books, 2009, 206 pages. www.thesiamsociety.org

I once read in an expensive book on valuable Chinese porcelain pieces that the Chinese did not keep their best ceramics at home. They exported them all. I would have thought the bargain basement, clearance sale, low -rent knock-off ‘Pottery Barn’ pieces would have been shipped overseas. But not all the best stuff was exported.

‘The Ming gap and shipwreck ceramics in Southeast Asia: Towards a Chronology of Thai trade Ware’ is a fascinating historical portrait on a little known aspect of SE Asian trade in porcelain wares. The author details the time before the 14th century the Chinese had 100% of the pottery trade and then it wildly fluctuated, sometimes exporting no or few pottery pieces. This is called the ‘Ming Gap’ (1352-1487). Then trade came all roaring back after 1573. Doing extensive marine archaeology on area shipwrecks, the author details these periods of trade. An important work on porcelain and international maritime trade. For marine archaeologists and pottery collectors. 5 stars.

Did you like this article? Become a Patron and help us bring you great content in the future!
0
FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Leonard H. Le Blanc III

The author is the Dean, Vice-President for Institutional Advancement and Professor of Social Sciences and Human Security at the American University of Sovereign Nations, a new on-line, U.S.-based university and also General Manager of SEATE Services. Additionally he is a Contributing Editor of Expat Life in Thailand magazine. Len has written and been a story contributor for TIME Magazine, Literary Editor for the Pattaya Trader magazine and authored four books on Amazon. He has also edited numerous books for the White Lotus Press. He holds nine academic degrees, has travelled extensively and lived all around the world and a retired U.S. Naval Reserve officer. He currently lives in Bangkok, Thailand with his wife Lena, daughter L.J. and son J.L.

previous post
Monsoon Country
next post
Bangkok pool blues

Bangkok Gamble (Matt Chance Thriller Book 3) by...

April 11, 2021

The Memory Project by Andrew C. Youngson

March 28, 2021

Tom Crowley Interview

September 25, 2020

Under pallor, under the shadow: The 1920 American...

August 7, 2020

April-May 2021 Issue

Primary Banner

Promotion Image
Promotion Image
Promotion Image

EXPAT LIFE IN THAILAND FACEBOOK

Facebook

EXPAT LIFE IN THAILAND INSTAGRAM

Categories

  • Breast Cancer (2)
  • Education (271)
  • Expat Life (55)
  • Fashion (47)
  • Fiction (7)
  • Food and Drink (112)
  • Green (20)
  • Health and Beauty (295)
  • Interview (16)
  • Jobs & Internships (11)
  • Lifestyle (310)
  • Love and Relationship (90)
    • Family (58)
  • Magazine (16)
  • News and Event (547)
    • Updates (108)
  • NGO (25)
  • Poem (5)
  • Travel and Leisure (578)
    • Activities and Adventure (100)
    • Art and Culture (131)
    • Book Reviews (25)
    • Hotels and accommodation (76)
  • Uncategorised (63)
  • Women's Group (6)

Copyright @ 2021 - ExpatLife in Thailand Magazine | All Rights Reserved

DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in articles posted on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Expat Life in Thailand magazine. Links to other web sites do not imply an endorsement of the materials disseminated at those websites, nor does the existence of a link to another site imply that the organisation or person publishing at that site endorses any of the materials at this site.