“…The glazed tiles reached their peak in both application and production techniques during the Ming dynasty and were widely used in high‐level and religious buildings such as royal houses, altar temples, tombs, temple towers and palaces. Compared with other glazed products such as Tangsancai (Lei, 2007; Lei et al, 2005; Lei & Feng, 2002; Lei, Feng, Feng, & Chai, 2007; Miao & Lu, 2001; Shen, Henderson, Evans, Chenery, & Zhao, 2018) and ceramics (Belfiore, La Russa, Barca, & Galli, 2014; Ma, Zhu, & Henderson, 2012; Santos, Munita, & Valério, 2006; Sorcha & Diskin, 2016; Tripati, Parthiban, & Pattan, 2017), studies on the production technology and provenance of glazed tiles are relatively scarce (Yang, Yang, & Yao, 2018, 2019). Progress has been made in recent years, especially on glazed tiles used in heritage buildings in Nanjing and Beijing, the capitals of the Ming and Qing dynasties (ANCIENT, 2008; Ding et al, 2013; Ding, Duan, Kang, Wu, & Miao, 2011; Duan, Ding, Liang, Dou, & Miao, 2011; Kang, 2013; Kang, Wang, Duan, Chen, & Miao, 2013; Li, Ding, Chen, & Miao, 2013).…”