For thedomestic market, vessels with traditional hand-painted decorationcontinued to be produced. The style of decoration is essentially similarto those found on vessels made in Jingdezhen. The Qianjiang styledecoration introduced during the late Qing period continued to be favoured bydomestic consumers during the Republican period. It should be noted thatbesides Jingdezhen, there are many other provincial kilns that produced suchvessels, the more notable being those in Fujian Dehua (德化),Chaozhou Fengxi (潮州枫溪)and Dapu (大埔)in Guangdong. The decoration consisted oflandscape, bird/flowers or human figures accompanied by poetic inscription. (Formore on Qianjiang procelain, please readthis.) The pigments used for drawing are synthetic materials whosecolorants include metal oxides and silicates. The range of colouravailable is more wide. Visually, the enamel is thin and colour more even.The pigments were not locally produced but imported from Europe or Japan. Many of the vessels produced by the Qixin Porcelain company can be identified bya Qixin Ci Chang (
