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Essay

East and West: Chinese Export Porcelain

October 1, 2003

By Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen and Jeffrey H. Munger

The porcelains were often stored at the lowest level of the ships, both to provide ballast and because they were impervious to water.

Press Release

Chinese Export Porcelain at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Publication

Rare Porcelain Made in China for Export to Go on View at Metropolitan Museum

Essay

Edo-Period Japanese Porcelain

April 1, 2011

By Anna Willmann

The porcelain the Dutch brought to Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was some of the first Japanese art to which Europeans were exposed.

editorial

Porcelain Obsession: Denise Patry Leidy on Her New Book, How to Read Chinese Ceramics

September 11, 2015

By Rachel High

Editorial Assistant Rachel High speaks with Denise Patry Leidy, Brooke Russell Astor Curator of Chinese Art, about her book How to Read Chinese Ceramics and the continued relevance of Chinese porcelain today.

Essay

French Porcelain in the Eighteenth Century

October 1, 2003

By Jeffrey H. Munger

The soft-paste porcelain factory founded at Vincennes in about 1740 was to dominate not only the French ceramic industry, but also the entirety of European ceramics for the second half of the eighteenth century.

Essay

German and Austrian Porcelain in the Eighteenth Century

October 1, 2003

By Jeffrey H. Munger

In 1709 an alchemist named Johann Friedrich Böttger discovered the materials required to produce a white, translucent, high-fired porcelain body, and this discovery was to have profound consequences for the entire European ceramic industry.

Publication

"Trade Stories: Chinese Export Embroideries in the Metropolitan Museum"

The Metropolitan Museum Journal is issued annually by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Its purpose is to publish original research on works in the Museum’s collection. Articles are contributed by members of the Museum staff and other art historians and specialists.

Essay

Italian Porcelain in the Eighteenth Century

October 1, 2003

By Jeffrey H. Munger

The commedia dell’arte—a type of improvisational street theater—provided a seemingly limitless source of subjects for both porcelain modelers and painters in the eighteenth century.

Art

Plate

Date: 1765–70
Accession Number: 42.87.5

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Date: 1765–70
Accession Number: 42.87.4

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Plate

Date: 1765–70
Accession Number: 42.87.3

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Plate

Date: 1765–70
Accession Number: 42.87.1

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Platter

Date: 1765–70
Accession Number: 42.87.6

Exhibitions

Chinese Export Porcelain at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A selection of a wide range of vessel types as well as services and punch bowls, and two works in ivory made in China from the early sixteenth century to the late nineteenth century for the American and European markets.

Press

Chinese Export Porcelain at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

One of the most important and comprehensive collections of Chinese export porcelain in America will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on January 14, 2003. Featuring more than 80 works drawn from the Museum's own collections, Chinese Export Porcelain at The Metropolitan Museum of Art will examine the precious porcelain created in China for export to Europe and America. Dating from the mid-16th century through the third quarter of the 19th century, the exhibition includes bowls and vases, services and tureens, reverse glass paintings, and works in ivory. Together with the Metropolitan's winter 2003 Bulletin on the subject, the exhibition will spotlight this little-known facet of the Museum's collections.