A detailed look at whether a blue and white porcelain charger is Chinese or Japanese, using spur marks, glaze, decoration, form, paste, cobalt, and foot rim evidence to explain why the balance of evidence favors a Chinese attribution.
Francois Xavier d'Entrecolles did not invent porcelain in Europe, but his letters from Jingdezhen helped strip Chinese porcelain of its aura of mystery and recast it as an intelligible industrial process. That matters because Sèvres, English porcelain makers, and the broader European ceramics trade developed not in isolation but in the long shadow of Chinese achievement.
A sampling of Chapter 3 of Tang Hui's untitled doctoral thesis on Chinese enameled porcelains of the 18th century
Our continued sampling of Dr Tang Hui's doctoral dissertation on 18th century Chinese enameled porcelains and why they became luxury and status symbols.
Part 2 of our coverage of Dr Hui's doctoral thesis on 18th C. Chinese enameled porcelains, published in 2017
A brief examination and sampling from Tang Hui's doctoral dissertation on aspects of Chinese porcelain manufacture and trade during the 18th century - part 1.
