目录
PREFACE................................... Lu Zhangshen 6
DIRECTORS’ PREFACE......... Neil MacGregor, Martin Roth .7
KEEPERS’ PREFACE................ Anna Jackson, Jan Stuart 8
The Sino-European trade in ceramics: bulk export and
special orders..............................Luisa E.Mengoni 14
The development of porcelain in Europe............
....................................... Aileen Dawson 25
European responses to Chinese porcelain: technolog y,
design and trade............................. Hilary Young 30
Collecting Ceramics: London Fashion ....................
..........................................Jessica Harrison-Hall 39
The Glory of Porcelain Art............... Geng Dongsheng 48
Themes and Motifs in Decoration Schemes of Ming–
Qing Export Porcelain........................Yang Guimei 63
Introduction........................................... 71
Map.................................................. 72
Section 1 Ming export ceramics ................... 76
001 Large serving dish with ‘IHS’...................... 79
002 Cup with German mounts......................... 81
003 Ewer with Portuguese coat of arms................ 83
004 Tankard with English mounts...................... 85
005 Kraak bowl with armorial designs and inscriptions..... 86
006 Bottle with coin and Chinese landscape design......88
007 Large jar with the monogram of Christ..................91
008 Ovoid jar and cover with Persian figures................92
009 Square bottle depicting the death and resurrection
of Christ................................................................94
010 Dish painted in kraak style....................................97
Section 2 East India Companies ..............................98
011 Cup and saucer with VOC monogram..................100
012 Dish commissioned for a crew member of a Dutch
trading ship..........................................................103
013 Punch bowl with scene of naval battle.................104
014 Tankard commi s s ioned for a crew member of a
Swedish trading ship............................................106
015 Punchbowl showing the foreign trading stations..108
016 Fr uit basket and two dishes with the arms of the
Honourable East India Company.........................110
017 Dish with ‘The Doctors’ scene.............................113
018 Covered water fountain and basin designed after
Cornelis Pronk.....................................................115
Section 3 Special orders .......................................116
019 Oil and vinegar cruet with silver mounts.............119
020 Coffee pot with mythological scenes....................121
021 Ser ving dish painted with an image of Bacchus...123
022 Ser ving dish depicting the baptism of Christ.......125
023 Ser ving dish with a design of the ‘Immersion of
Achilles’...............................................................127
024 Ser ving dish with a design of t he ‘Triumph of
Mordecai’.............................................................129
025 Three plaques with allegorical scenes...................130
026 Dish with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza...........133
027 Lidded jar with French women in roundels..........135
028 Two figures of Europeans wearing French dress..139
029 Figure of a Jewish lady........................................141
030 Figure of a lady....................................................143
031 Punchbow l d e p i c t i n g John Wilke s, a n E n g l i s h
politician..............................................................145
032 Punchbowl with English political figures.............147
033 Punchbowl painted with a grimacing Scotsman....149
034 Dish with two Scottish soldiers............................151
035 Punchbowl with ‘The Gate of Calais’ scene.........152
Section 4 Special orders: Armorial porcelain ..154
036 Pattern plate with mark of Syngchong.................157
037 Blue-and-white serving platter with an English coat
of arms................................................................159
038 Serving dish with a Scottish coat of arms............161
039 Coffee pot and cover with an English coat of arms.... 162
040 Masonic teapot with royal coat of arms of England... 164
041 Sweetmeat dishes with the arms of the Dutch family
Camphuijs............................................................167
042 Garniture with an English coat of arms...............169
043 Teapot with a French coat of arms......................170
044 Dish with the arms of King Frederick II of Prussia... 173
Section 5 Early European porcelain ....................174
045 Dish of ‘Medici porcelain’...................................177
046 Covered pot, probably a toilet or tobacco pot, with
painting in blue....................................................179
047 Bottle of ‘Böttger porcelain’................................181
048 Dish with stencilled flowers.................................183
049 Inkwell inscribed ‘Made at New Canton’..............185
Section 6 Chinese designs copied in Europe ........186
050 Mug of European shape in Imari style.................189
051 Mug with Imari pattern........................................191
0 5 2 S o u p p l a t e w i t h p i n e t r e e , b i r d s, f e n c e a n d
chrysanthemums..................................................193
053 Dish painted with phoenix and qilin....................195
0 5 4 D i s h w i t h q i l i n b e l o w a p h o e n i x a n d s i x
compartments......................................................196
055 Di sh wi th monster s and tables supporting ‘One
Hundred Antiquities’...........................................199
056 Mug with peonies and rocks.................................201
057 Plate with peonies, poppies and butterflies..........203
058 Dish with woman and children in an interior.......205
059 Coffee pot and cover with Chinese figures...........206
060 Punchbowl with figurative scenes.........................208
061 Mug with Chinese ladies in an interior.................211
062 Mug......................................................................215
063 Dessert basket with Chinese landscape................217
064 Bowl from the Geldermalsen shipwreck...............218
065 Bowl with a man fishing and landscape scenes.....220
066 Tea canister with landscape design.......................222
067 Tea canister and cover with a pagoda...................224
068 Teapot with sprig of plum blossom......................227
069 Soup tureen with Chinese prunus decoration.......228
070 Figure of the Daoist immortal Lu Dongbin.........229
071 Figure of Lu Dongbin..........................................231
072 Teapot with applied decoration............................232
073 Coffee pot of ‘Böttger stoneware’.......................235
074 Brush pot carved with openwork design..............237
075 Match pot or spill jar with pierced decoration.....239
076 Coffee pot with pierced outer wall.......................241
077 Vase with glaze imitating Jun ware.......................243
078 Vase with flambé glaze.........................................245
Section 7 European designs copied in China ........246
079 Teapot of ‘Böttger porcelain’ with Chinese figures...
........................................................................... 249
080 Ewer with classical figure.....................................251
081 Ewer-shaped vase after a Derby model.................253
082 Toby jug...............................................................255
083 ‘Toby jug’.............................................................257
084 Group of dancers in masquerade dress................259
085 Group of ‘Dutch dancers’....................................261
086 Soup tureen formed as a mute swan.....................262
087 Tureen in the form of a goose.............................265
Section 8 Chinoiserie............................................266
088 Ornament painted with birds and flowers............269
089 Plate with Chinese figures....................................271
090 Vase with Chinese ladies......................................273
091 Soup tureen with Chinese figures and flowers......275
092 Vase with five mouths..........................................277
093 Man in exotic dress with boy servant...................279
094 Figure of a seated man.........................................281
095 Inkstand with exotic figures.................................283
096 Sweetmeat stand with seated man.........................285
Section 9 Chinese porcelain mounted or enamelled
in Europe ...........................................................286
097 Ewer with English silver mounts..........................289
098 Two incense burners with French mounts............291
099 Two ewers with French gilded bronze mounts......292
100 Ewer and cover overpainted in Holland...............295
101 Vase with a chinoiserie design added in Europe...297
102 Two pear-shaped vases with spiral decoration......299
103 Lidded porringer with decoration painted in London
............................................................................301
104 Dish wi th decoration painted by Jefferyes Hamet t
O’Neale................................................................302
Section 10 Collecting............................................304
105 Ru ware wine bottle.............................................307
106 Bowl with carved designs.....................................309
107 Ding ware wine bottle..........................................311
108 Jar........................................................................313
109 Bowl with flange and thumb ring.........................315
110 Mallet vase with fish-shaped handles...................317
111 Longquan ware incense burner.............................319
112 Bowl with floral design........................................321
113 Pillow with deer design........................................323
114 Cizhou-type pillow with inscription.....................324
115 Dish with phoenix and peonies............................327
116 Large serving dish with fish design......................329
117 Octagonal jar with Iranian mounts ......................331
118 Meiping vase with narrative scenes......................332
119 Vase with applied moulded decoration of peony
scrolls..................................................................335
120 Large porcelain serving dish with bracket-lobed rim
............................................................................337
121 Dish with fr uit branches......................................339
122 Large celadon ser ving dish...................................341
123 Kendi with lotus design.......................................343
124 Stem cup with dragons.........................................345
125 Flask with floral design........................................347
126 Moon flask with lychees.......................................349
127 Ewer and cover with makara spout.......................351
128 Jar with figurative scenes.....................................353
129 Meiping vase with fahua glazes.............................355
130 Circular box painted with dragons.......................357
131 Large jar and cover decorated with boys playing..359
132 Jar with fish design..............................................361
133 Large double gourd-shaped bottle........................363
134 Architectural ornament........................................365
135 Architectural fitting in the form of Guanyin.......366
136 Candlesticks and an altar vase with dragons.........369
137 Fish Bowl with ducks and lotus design.................371
138 Incense burner with inscription...........................373
139 Bowl with duck design.........................................375
140 Vase with scenes from Xi Xiang Ji.......................377
141 Falangcai bowl with peonies on a blue ground......383
142 Bowl painted with red and white poppies.............385
143 Vase with dragons................................................387
144 Incense burner with floral designs.......................389
145 Pair of candlesticks with dated inscriptions.........391
146 Vase with revolving inner cylinder and pierced outer
wall......................................................................393
147 Large vase painted with scenes of immortals.......394
148 Vase.....................................................................397
Bibliography..................................................................398
Chronology...................................................................407
Acknowledgements........................................................409 |
