The history of development of Chinese ceramics and its rich culture illustrate the centuries-old origin of pottery. The forms and colors of ancient clay objects created by Chinese craftsmen gradually took more elegant forms and delicate tints. Subsequently, due to improvements in clay processing technologies the porcelain emerged in China and marked the beginning of production of porcelain items.

Jingdezhen, a town in China’s Jiangxi Province, is known as the “Porcelain Capital” as it was built on a clay soil. Emperor Jingde decreed all the pieces made for court to be marked “made in the Jingde period” and subsequently the city changed its name to Jingdezhen.

The plate made during the reign of Dynasty Qin is an example of Jingdechian porcelain, painted with cobalt on a white background and over-glazed transparent layer depicting the dragon. 

The porcelain plate is preserved in the Xinjiang Museum (Henan Province, China).

Obverse: the coat of arms of the Republic of Armenia and national ornaments.

Reverse: the porcelain plate against the Chinese ornament.

Obverse

Coat of Arms with three symbols to the left and right, all surrounded by legend.

Lettering:

1000

ԴՐԱՄ

Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն

Pottery of the World

Republic of Armenia 2018

աշխարհի Խեցեգործություն

Translation:

Dram

Republic of Armenia

Pottery of the World

Reverse

Enameled Chinese pottery in the form of a disk, showing an Eastern dragon.

Lettering:

Չինական խեցեգործարան

Chinese Pottery

Translation: Chinese Pottery