The journal
Notes from the works
How a Chinese service is counted, what the honest grade really means, and why the number on the kiln dial matters — three short entries, written in facts from the factory floor.
Buying guide
Why a Chinese service is counted in heads — reading a 56-piece banquet
Ten rice bowls, a fish platter, covered harmony dishes and one ashtray: what actually comes in a full banquet service, and why each piece is there.
Buying guide
The honest grade — what B/C porcelain really means, and why we tell you
Same clay, same glaze, same 1,350° kiln as the flagship brand — with a cosmetic mark the inspectors caught. Here is exactly what B/C grade does and doesn't mean.
Buying guide
Fired at 1,350° — why high-fired porcelain is worth insisting on
The difference between porcelain that survives decades of daily use and crockery that crazes in a year is mostly a number on a kiln dial.