Reviving the Past: Antiquity & Antiquarianism in East Asian Art | Circuits of Exchange: The Global Taste for Blue-and-White Ceramics
Exhibition
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Reviving the Past: Antiquity & Antiquarianism in East Asian Art | Circuits of Exchange: The Global Taste for Blue-and-White Ceramics
Kris Ercums, curator
Asia Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Mass production of blue-and-white porcelain began sometime in the fourteenth century in Jingdezhen, China, and grew steadily in popularity over the next few centuries. The “blue” refers to the cobalt-derived under-glazing used to decorate the pristine “white” porcelain body. Eventually, global demand for blue-and-white stimulated an immense network of international trade that linked Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Southeast Asia together in a complex “circuit of exchange.” The objects in this case, drawn entirely from the Spencer’s permanent collection, explore the wide variety of decorative styles and vessel shapes created by ceramic artists across the greater Eurasian landmass.
Works of art
1100s–1200s, Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
late 1890s, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
circa 100, Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868) to early Meiji period (1868–1912)
mark and reign of Qianlong period (1736–1795), Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1600s–early 1700s, Safavid dynasty (1501–1732)
1750s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
mid 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), mark and reign of Daoguang (1821–1850)
early 1800s
late 1700s–early 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
mid 1700s, mark and reign of Qianlong period (1736–1795), Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
late 1800s, Meiji period (1868–1912)
1897–1912, Meiji period (1868–1912)
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1800–1830
early 1600s, Wanli period (1573–1620), Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
early 1700, Kangxi period (1654–1722), Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Saint Cloud Manufactory (active circa 1693–1766)
circa 1710–1720