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 counts in heads — reading the 56头
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.
6 minute read
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The house
The honest grade — what 合格品 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.
5 minute read
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.
5 minute read
Written in facts, from the factory
The longer story of the mark and the grade — the kilns, the inspectors and the 家好 backstamp — lives on the house page.
The mark & the grade