Four centuries of blue & white
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  alternate name: Bleu et blanc (Céramique)--Chine
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  alternate name: Blue and white ware
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  alternate name: Porcelain, Japanese
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  alternate name: Porcelaine japonaise
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  alternate name: Porcelain, Japanese
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  alternate name: Blue and white ware--China
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  alternate name: China trade porcelain
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  alternate name: Art--Private collections
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  alternate name: China trade porcelain
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  alternate name: Porcelaine chinoise d'exportation
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  alternate name: Blue and white ware--Japan
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  alternate name: Bleu et blanc (Céramique)--Japon
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  alternate name: Porcelain--Private collections
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abstract: "This extraordinary collection, assembled carefully over fifty years, features an exceptionally wide array of Asian blue and white porcelain - that most ubiquitous and influential of all ceramics. Ranging from Chinese pieces specially made for Portuguese traders in the 16th century to late 19th century commissions for the Thai royal court, the collection also includes numerous Chinese classics from the era of the European trading companies and a notable selection of Japanese export porcelain. In its vast scope it speaks of the diverse impulses and historical forces that propelled the trade in Asian porcelain and provides a lens through which to view the interaction of East and West from the early modern age to the dawn of the 20th century. More than 300 pieces from the collection are illustrated and discussed in full and another 250 are illustrated in a compendium, all divided into thematic chapters that reflect the many ways Chinese and Japanese porcelain has been traded, collected and lived with around the world. Essays by William R. Sargent, former Curator of Asian Export Art at the Peabody Essex Museum, and noted armorial porcelain authority Angela Howard, precede the thirteen chapters, which include Faith, Identity, For the Table, To European Design and Made in Japan. Great rarities are featured alongside small, amusing pieces and the many export porcelains made to elevate the practices of daily life. With its strict adherence to blue and white porcelain, the collection intensifies our focus on forms, patterns and designs, gathering together wares that are often considered only separately for study while also covering areas of little recent scholarship, such as the Thai market material. The specialized reader will find references to the latest research while the more general reader will appreciate a comprehensive overview of Asian export porcelain. There has not been a significant survey of either Chinese or Japanese blue and white since the 1990s, and they hav…
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creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310223914
language: eng
name: Four centuries of blue and white: the Frelinghuysen collection of Chinese and Japanese export porcelain
subject of: Statement
  additional type: http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300195187
  text: Faith -- Identity -- For the table -- Drinking and pouring -- For other uses -- Furnishing and decoration -- Figures and animals -- To European design -- Places -- Southeast Asian market and Zhangzhou -- Japanese market -- Made in Japan -- Thai market.
subject of: Statement
  additional type: lang
  text: In English.
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