CHINESE CERAMICS

A special exhibition with special object, objects of common use in populations of Chinese culture. Blue pottery, vases, ornaments, reliquaries, ointments. Vessels for containing and transporting liquids, seeds, and various materials for the everyday life in Chinese homes. From the Han to the Tang period, from Ming to Ching, produced mostly from provincial kilns of Southeastern China and transported across Asia through junks that sometimes would never reach their destination with their masts being submerged by the water of the Southern Chinese Sea. Ceramics that had been recovered in the deep ocean and scalded by water salinity, but even more fascinating if it had not been eroded and washed out. The dark blue becomes light blue and fades to white and sometimes on the surface we can see drawings made by skilled hands that drawn the lines, ornaments, designs, styles using the lathe. Animals, plants, birds, human figures show the great fantasy of Chinese people, who deeply and carefully observed the nature that surrounded the men in the 1600s. Many of these pieces were also transported to the European courts, who vied to show them to their high bourgeoisie as a sign of distinction and good taste in the choice of furniture and lounges. Perhaps the saying that there was a time ''a house cannot be deemed home if not at least a piece of Chinese pottery in her own furniture'' comes from this condition.

Hoi An Cargo Dish. Le period. Late 15th cent.B/W Kraak dish. Ming dinasty.Van Li period. 1640 ca.B/W  Chinese bowl. Guandong. 19th - 20th cent.Small Hoi An Cargo dish. Le period. Late 15th cent.Table food container. Ching period. 19th cent.Sulawesi ceramic box, swatov type decoration.Ming period. 16th-17th cent.Orange coloured dish. Ching period 19th cent.B/W Bowl. Ming dinasty .Van Li period.16th cent.B/W Bowl. Ming dinasty. Van Li period. 16th cent.B/W Jar. Ming dinasty. Jia Jing period. 16th cent. (1522-1566)B/W kendi.Yongzheng period(1723-1735)Chinese  snuff bottlesGroup of  South East Asian CeramicsGroup of  South East Asian Ceramics
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