19th Century Maastricht Copies of Chinese Porcelain in South-East Asia (original) (raw)
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The first supplies of Chinese porcelain to the Netherlands
Porcelain today is a commodity which we now take for granted: we use porcelain daily, not only as a means for eating or drinking, serving from but also in our daily hygiene equipment. Before the 16 th century, porcelain was an unknown commodity in the west; only a few pieces had come into the possession of nobility. In Europe, plain earthenware vessels covered with a tinoxide glaze had been used for tableware and cooking since the 13 th century.
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A Technological Study of Chinese Porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty (with M Tite, M Bimson)
Tite, M.S., Freestone, I.C., and Bimson, M. 1984, A technological study of Chinese porcelain of the Yuan dynasty, Archaeometry, 26 (2), 139 54. , 1984
Optical and scanning electron microscopy, electron microprobe analysis and X-ray diffraction are used to determine the composition and microstructure of the bodies and glazes of Chinese porcelain of the Yuan dynasty from Jingdezhen, as well as samples of porcelain-stone and glaze-stone from the same region. The original mineralogical compositions of the porcelain bodies and glazes are estimated. The results indicate that the yingqing porcelain bodies were made using a kaolinised porcelain-stone whereas the underglaze blue porcelain bodies were prepared by the addition of kaolin to a kaolinite-free porcelain-stone. In both cases, the glazes were made by mixing ‘glaze-ash’ (i.e. lime) with the porcelain stone used to make the bodies.