Beginning in the sixteenth century when Portuguese traders started importing blue and white porcelain to Europe, Chinese ceramics manufacturers produced goods s
Adopting the perspective of anthropology of art and combining it with global academic insights, this book helps the readers to recognize that “history is, in
"Features Chinese porcelains exported to Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, with color photographs, it
Hundreds of Chinese export paintings of Canton trading houses and shopping streets are in museums and private collections throughout the world, and scholars of
This book explores the relationship between collecting Chinese ceramics, interior design and display in Britain through the eyes of collectors, designers and ta
