China of All Colours: Painted Enamels on Copper (chinese edition) Tapa dura - 2015

Jorge Welsh Research and Publishing, 2015 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Chinese text; Hardcover; 312 pages; 330 colour illustrations; 23.5 x 29.7 cm; 2.3 kg.; Exhibition catalogue; "I have bought some china here - of a very particular sort; its greatest merit is being entirely new. They are of metal, enamelled inside and out with china of all colour.". In a letter from The Hague of 13th August 1728, the British Ambassador, Philip Dormer Stanhope regaled Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk (1689-1767), with news of an exciting discovery. Describing a very particular sort of ware, wrought in metal and painted with china of all colours, the Earl's account is one of the earliest known records of Chinese painted enamels on copper in the West. This intriguing but little-studied group of objects were developed during the first half of the 18th century, predominately produced in the Qianlong period (1736-1795) and continuing into the 19th century. Made for the export and domestic markets,… Leer más