Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Author: Gillian Wilson

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 2000-03-16

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0892365625

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The Getty Museum’s large and exceptional collection of oriental porcelain embellished with Parisian gilt bronze or silver is comprehensively illustrated in this revised catalogue. The European practice of mounting exotic objects such as oriental porcelain dates from the Middle Ages and found its height of expression during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when Chinese and Japanese porcelains reached the West in considerable quantities. To meet the growing taste for such objects in fashionable Parisian society, marchands-merciers—guild members who combined the functions of the modern interior decorator, antique dealer, and picture dealer—devised ingenious settings in silver and gilt bronze for oriental porcelains, adapting their exotic character to the French interiors of the period. With the publication of this catalogue, the beauty and rarity with which buyers of these pieces were so enamored is vividly brought to life.

Italian Maiolica
Italian Maiolica

Author: Catherine Hess

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1989-04-06

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 0892361387

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The Museum’s outstanding collection of maiolica is significant because most of the major pottery centers, maiolica forms, and styles are represented. This current catalogue presents the collection in a chronological progression according to stylistic trends. Lavish color plates accompany the detailed entries

The Pilgrim Art
The Pilgrim Art

Author: Robert Finlay

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2010-02-17

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 0520945387

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Illuminating one thousand years of history, The Pilgrim Art explores the remarkable cultural influence of Chinese porcelain around the globe. Cobalt ore was shipped from Persia to China in the fourteenth century, where it was used to decorate porcelain for Muslims in Southeast Asia, India, Persia, and Iraq. Spanish galleons delivered porcelain to Peru and Mexico while aristocrats in Europe ordered tableware from Canton. The book tells the fascinating story of how porcelain became a vehicle for the transmission and assimilation of artistic symbols, themes, and designs across vast distances—from Japan and Java to Egypt and England. It not only illustrates how porcelain influenced local artistic traditions but also shows how it became deeply intertwined with religion, economics, politics, and social identity. Bringing together many strands of history in an engaging narrative studded with fascinating vignettes, this is a history of cross-cultural exchange focused on an exceptional commodity that illuminates the emergence of what is arguably the first genuinely global culture.

The City of Blue and White
The City of Blue and White

Author: Anne Gerritsen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-05-07

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1108499953

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A compelling examination of the ultimate global commodity, blue and white porcelain, from kiln to consumers across the globe.