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代尔夫特陶器与中国的不解之缘

15 12 月, 2021
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中国瓷器在欧洲中国瓷器通过丝绸之路经由伊斯兰到达欧洲的最早确切时间，至今仍然是一个未解之谜。目前，我们所能追…

The Dutch East India Company (VOC) imported literally tens of millions of pieces of porcelain during the two centuries of its existence (1602-1799) and flooded the Netherlands with all kinds of tablewares made in China or Japan. The qualities were obvious: porcelain was thin, light and nevertheless very strong, easy to clean, available in many varieties and shapes and, at least in the seventeenth century, it imparted status to its owner. In the 1640s when porcelain became scarce due to political upheavals in China, Delftware became a real alternative. Potters managed to make a thinner type of faïence, which they had often decorated with well-painted Oriental designs.