A traditional Chinese handicraft involving decorative metalwork where colored enamel is applied to a copper body and then fired, polished, and gilded. It is named for the era of the Ming Emperor Jingtai, when production was most famous for its distinctive blue enamel.

Jingtai, a county in Baiyin City, Gansu Province

Zhu Qiyu (1428-1457), the seventh emperor of the Ming dynasty who reigned from 1449 to 1457