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China Inland, Jiangsu
Nanjing
Chaotian Gong antique market
Old dump ground Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea pottery
Coins and tokensAlso reported: eyes-only Ming city wall and Qinhuai walks nearby.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Century-old weekend antique market beside the Ming-era Chaotian Palace, the classic shard-collecting hub of the old southern capital
China News Service documents 100-plus years of trade, porcelain shard stalls and weekend crowds in the thousands
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Fakes and composite 'shards'Crowded stalls
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.