Lecture 18. Refining Asian Goods - European Ceramics
From Industrious Revolution to Industrial Revolution
Pottery Earthenware Stoneware Porcelain 600 and 1000 °C 1100 and 1250 °C 1300 °C Kaolin/China clay + + China stone Soft Porous if not fired again with glaze Harder Non porous Hardest Non porous
Persian Earthenware 13 th century
Porcelain from the Song period ( ) Porcelain from the Ming period ( )
Famille Verte Famille Rose
Maiolica, 1431, Florence French Faience 18 th century Delft ware 1690
Pére François Xavier d’ Entrecolles (1664 to 1741)
Plate for sauce boat Chestnut basket Sweetmeat dish
The Alchemy tradition Cabinet of curiosities Soft Paste Porcelain Saint Cloud bowl, soft porcelain with blue decorations under glaze ca Hard paste Porcelain/ Chinese porcelain
Augustus II (or the Strong) the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland ( ). Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus 1651 – 1708 Johann Friedrich Böttger
Meissen (Dresden) 1709
Meissen (Dresden) 1709 Vienna 1719
Meissen (Dresden) 1709 Vienna 1719 Höchst 1746
Meissen (Dresden) 1709 Vienna 1719 Höchst 1746 Fürstenberg 1747
Meissen (Dresden) 1709 Vienna 1719 Höchst 1746 Fürstenberg 1747 Nymphenberg 1747
Meissen (Dresden) 1709 Vienna 1719 Höchst 1746 Fürstenberg 1747 Nymphenberg 1747 Ludwigsburg 1758
Meissen (Dresden) 1709 Vienna 1719 Höchst 1746 Fürstenberg 1747 Nymphenberg 1747 Ludwigsburg 1758 Berlin 1763