Author: CAMPEN, JAN VAN AND ELIENS, TITUS (EDITORS); BISCHOFF, CORDULA; BLUSSE, LEONARD; CAMPEN, JAN VAN; CANEPA, TERESA; GERRITSEN, ANNE; JORG, CHRISTIAAN; KLOSE, JANE; LAMBOOY, SUZANNE; MALAN, ANTONIA; OSTKAMP, SEBASTIAAN; PRAK, MAARTEN; SAKURABA, MIKI; VIALLE,
Title: Chinese and Japanese Porcelain for the Dutch Golden Age
Description: Waanders Publishers in collaboration with Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Groninger Museum, Keramiekmuseum Princessehof Leeuwarden. 2014, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9789491196805). Hardcover. Book, English text; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued); 25 x 32 cm; 1.9 kg; 280 pages with colour illustrations.; Signed by Jan van Campen on front free endpaper, together with date and location.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior, namely some wear signs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover. Two bumps on the bottom of the front cover, one on the right bottom corner and the other at the middle. Another bump on the bottom of the spine and another on the left corner of the back cover. Interior in very good condition with minor signs of wear.; It was through Chinese and Japanese porcelain that the Netherlands really became acquainted with Asia. From the beginning of the 17th century, porcelain was imported in large quantities by the VOC ships, and it captured the imagination of the Dutch. They were intrigued by China as an exotic empire, and fascinated by porcelain as a substance of such technical superiority. Delft potters attempted to rival its quality, and artists tried to capture its lustre in paintings. Porcelain was a product that truly stimulated the mind and the eye, but it was also just a commodity. What porcelain was available in the Netherlands in the 17th century was determined by supply and demand, by what was technically achievable for the Chinese and Japanese manufacturers, and what could be transported by either land or sea. Since 2002, four Dutch museums, the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, the Groninger Museum and the Keramiekmuseum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, have joined forces to combine their expertise in the field of Asian ceramics. In this book, which is the result of a collaborative research project, 13 authors each cast a spotlight on a different aspect of the Dutch love of porcelain in the 17th century. Using literary, visual, historical and archaeological evidence from around the world, they give a rich and multi-faceted view of the Chinese and Japanese porcelain of the Dutch Golden Age. Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Keywords: 9789491196805 china,porcelain,japan,chinese ceramics,chinese porcelain,japanese ceramics,japanese porcelain,the dutch golden age,the iberian royal courts of lisbon and madrid and their role in spreading a taste for chinese porcelain in 16th century europe


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