A 2020 Anne Gerritsen history notes that a legendary metamorphosis of a factory for this commodity into stone caused its creators to abandon that site during a dynastic transition. Shah Abbas I donated over 800 examples of this commodity that today form a collection at the Ardabil Shrine. This commodity’s production was overseen by Tang Ying for two decades during the Kangxi Emperor’s reign. The most famous production site of this commodity, located in (*) Jiangxi, developed a qingbai style in contrast to Ding goods. The kraak ware of this commodity spread to Europe from its production site at Jingdezhen. The successful replication of this material at Meissen ended the Asian monopoly on a type of this commodity produced using cobalt and hard paste. For 10 points, what commodity was designed with a characteristic blue-and-white glaze during the Ming Dynasty? ■END■
ANSWER: porcelain [or ceramics; or china; or celadon; accept Jingdezhen ware until read] (Anne Gerritsen wrote The City of Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain and the Early Modern World.)
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