In order to meet quick orders by foreign clients and reduce damage in the transport process, some merchants from Jingdezhen sent white porcelain bodies to Canton, where local factories did the painting and glazing processes. Hence a new type of porcelain called Canton enamel porcelain came into being.

Achieves showed the then Guangzhou factories had drawn Bible Story, European Royal Family Pattern, and variety of western topics on the export porcelains.Several beautiful porcelains retrieved from the sunken merchant ship Gothenburg were specially painted with badges of Swedish noblemen, indicating the customized products from European markets and western's influence on the design of Canton painted porcelain. >>> [ Full Story ]

In the century-old Chen Clan Academy, a master displays a century-old art -- traditional Lingnan paintings on plain white porcelain, attracting visitors from home and abroad.

Xu Enfu, noted Canton painted porcelain master, began his artisan career from an apprentice in a local painted porcelain factory 40 years ago. Xu later studied in Guangzhou Arts College, where he gained knowledge of both Chinese and western paintings. >>> [ Full Story ]