A Brief History of Chinese Imperial Porcelain

From Song Dynasty to Qing Dynasty

Chongnian Yan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

414 Seiten

2024 | 2024 ed.
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-981-97-4144-1 (ISBN)

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This book provides a unique history of the Porcelain Road against the backdrop of Chinese and Western cultural exchanges. Written by one of China’s most influential scholars, it introduces the history of Chinese Porcelain, especially the history of the imperial porcelain kiln, taking the most representative porcelain of each period as examples, and examining relevant historical background. Studying artifacts from well-known collections such as the Palace Museum, Taipei Palace Museum, Shenyang Palace Museum, Nanjing Museum, this text offers a unique discussion of China’s porcelain culture and history, and will be of relevance to all those interested in one of the key aspects of Chinese culture and cultural exchanges between East and West.

Dr Chongnian Yan is a leading researcher in the Manchu Institute of Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, President of Beijing Manchu Research Foundation, Vice President of Chinese Society of the Forbidden City (CSFC), and a main Lecturer in the CCTV show Lecture Room. His lectures include “The mystery of 12 Qing Emperors”, ”Fall of Ming and Rise of Qing in 60 Years”, “The Great Emperor Kangxi” and “The Forbidden City” series.

1. Preface.- 2. The Beginning: Legend of Tong Bin, the Kiln God.- 3. Origin of the Imperial Kiln.- 4. Establishment of Boyiwu.- 5. Blue-and-White Porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty.- 6. Fuliang Porcelain Bureau.- 7. Imperial Porcelain Factory in the Ming Dynasty.- 8. Blue-and-White Porcelain from the Xuande Reign.- 9. Doucai Porcelain from the Chenghua Reign.- 10. Peaks of Porcelain in the Ming.- 11. Sunset Glow of Porcelian from the Wanli Reign.- 12. Establishment of the Imperial Kiln in the Qing Dynasty.- 13. Magnificence of Porcelain from the Kangxi Reign.- 14. Elegance of Porcelain from the Yognzheng Regin.- 15. Exceptional Gorgeousness of Porcelain from the Qianlong Regin.- 16. Tang Ying’s Oversight of Porcelain Affairs.- 17. Imperial Kiln on the Wane .- 18. Porcelain Road.- 19. Contents of Pictures.- 20. Bibliography.- 21. Acknowledgments.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.11.2024
Übersetzer	Yuan Zhang
Zusatzinfo	105 Illustrations, color; 2 Illustrations, black and white; XXII, 414 p. 107 illus., 105 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
Schlagworte	China’s Porcelain Culture and History • Chinese Porcelain and the West • Cultural Exchanges between East and West • History of the Porcelain Road • Imperial Porcelain Kiln • Porcelain Road and China-Western Cultural Exchanges • Types of Chinese Porcelain
ISBN-10	981-97-4144-0 / 9819741440
ISBN-13	978-981-97-4144-1 / 9789819741441
Zustand	Neuware