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Chinoiserie entered European art and decoration in the mid-to-late 17th century; the work of Athanasius Kircher influenced the study of Orientalism.The popularity of chinoiserie peaked around the middle of the 18th century when it was associated with the Rococo style and with works by François Boucher, Thomas Chippendale, and Jean-Baptist Pillement.
A distinct Rouen style, poised between the Rococo and chinoiserie, is a strongly-coloured decor à la corne, with stylized birds, flowers, butterflies and insects scattered around the field, and a cornucopia corne d'abondance ("horn of plenty"), apparently with four or sometimes three faces, from which flowers emerge. The relative scale of all ...
A Qingbai porcelain bottle from Jingdezhen is the earliest piece of Chinese porcelain documented to have reached Europe; this is the Fonthill Vase, which was brought to Europe in the middle of the 14th century. [35] Under the Yuan dynasty, Jingdezhen's finest whitewares changed to Shufu ware, named after the two character inscription on some ...
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Hard-paste porcelain was invented in China, and it was also used in Japanese porcelain.Most of the finest quality porcelain wares are made of this material. The earliest European porcelains were produced at the Meissen factory in the early 18th century; they were formed from a paste composed of kaolin and alabaster and fired at temperatures up to 1,400 °C (2,552 °F) in a wood-fired kiln ...
Delftware tulip vase, 18th century. Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam Delft Flower pyramid A 12-metre tall replica of the tulip vase pyramid in Delft. A tulip vase, or pyramid vase, is a vase designed to put cut flowers and especially tulips in, but it primarily serves as a decorative showpiece.