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Chinese and Japanese Porcelain for the Dutch Golden Age
A collection of 13 essays relating to Chinese and Japanese porcelain created during the 16-18C written by scholars in collaboration with the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), Gemeentemuseum (Den Haag), Groningen Museum, Keramiekmuseum Princessehof Leeuwarden. Many illustrations, endnotes, index, and Bibliography.
280 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2014
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September 11, 2016
A superb collection of essays by outstanding scholars of Chinese and Japanese ceramics: Cordula Bischoff, Leonard Blussé, Jan van Campen, Teresa Canepa, Anne Gerritsen, Christiaan Jorg, Jane Klose, Suzanne Lambooy, Antonia Malan, Sebastian Ostkamp, Maarten Prak, Miki Sakuraba, Cynthia Viallé, and Thijs Weststeijn. Subjects include the role of royal courts in spreading a taste for Chinese porcelain, Chinese Kraak shapes and forms, the Dutch 17C porcelain trade from an archaeological perspective, the Batavia connection, the role of Chinese junks and merchants, trade networks, taste, women collectors and the rise of the kunstkammer and porcelain cabinets, interior decoration using Chinese and Japanese ceramics, and the artistic rivalry between Delft earthenware and Chinese porcelain.
This is a book for someone already knowledgeable in the area of Chinese and Japanese ceramics that will further enhance one's appreciation for the subject. There is information not easily found elsewhere, updated statistics, previously unreported papers translated and shared. I feel my knowledge of the subject has risen appreciably through the observations, ideas and insights shared by the authors of these well-researched and well-written articles. Beautiful colour plates illustrate key ideas and provide excellent examples of the subject matter. The endnotes alone make fascinating reading and together with an excellent Index and Bibliography that includes both classic and new research on the topic, make this book a 'must have' for any serious researcher in the area.
It is not every work related to one's field of study or interest that one puts down at the end feeling truly enriched by its reading, but this is one of those volumes. Published only in 2014 and apparently already out of print! Let us hope that a reprint is soon on its way.
This is a book for someone already knowledgeable in the area of Chinese and Japanese ceramics that will further enhance one's appreciation for the subject. There is information not easily found elsewhere, updated statistics, previously unreported papers translated and shared. I feel my knowledge of the subject has risen appreciably through the observations, ideas and insights shared by the authors of these well-researched and well-written articles. Beautiful colour plates illustrate key ideas and provide excellent examples of the subject matter. The endnotes alone make fascinating reading and together with an excellent Index and Bibliography that includes both classic and new research on the topic, make this book a 'must have' for any serious researcher in the area.
It is not every work related to one's field of study or interest that one puts down at the end feeling truly enriched by its reading, but this is one of those volumes. Published only in 2014 and apparently already out of print! Let us hope that a reprint is soon on its way.
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