Peranakan Chinese Porcelain: Vibrant Festive Ware of the Straits Chinese: Vibrant Festive Ware of the Nyonyas - Rilegato

Kee, Ming-Yuet, Datin Seri

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0804840075 ISBN 13: 9780804840071

Casa editrice: Tuttle Pub, 2009

Riassunto

With over 800 unique photographs, this Chinese arts book is a feast for the eyes.

Produced exclusively for wealthy Chinese communities along the Strait of Malacca in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Peranakan Chinese porcelain is enjoying a resurgence of interest among collectors.

Straits-born Chinese, or Peranakan, in Penang, Malacca and Singapore, used this ornate and colorful enamel ware on festive occasions such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and Chinese New Year.

Peranakan Chinese Porcelain is richly illustrated and includes key information on reign marks and factory marks. In-depth discussion of the motifs, colors, forms and functions of Peranakan Chinese ceramics makes this an invaluable reference.

Supporting photographs and text introduce related aspects of Peranakan culture including architecture, dress, cuisine and customs, making Peranakan Chinese Porcelain a wonderful contribution to the history of the Straits Chinese.

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L'autore

Kee Ming-Yuet has been a collector of Straits Chinese porcelain for over forty years, amassing some 700 pieces, most of which are showcased in this book.

Lim Hock Seng, one of Malaysia's leading photographers, has more than 15 years of photographic experience in the field of fine art, portraiture and landscapes.

Product Description

Exuberant, ornate and colourful, Straits Chinese porcelain is a variety of polychrome enameled export ware made to specification in China during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for the use of the Straits-born Chinese or Peranakan communities in Penang, Malacca and Singapore. Often called Nyonya ware after the Nyonyas or womenfolk of this unique subcategory of Chinese whose ancestors first settled in Malacca in the fifteenth century, it was used on festive occasions and for special functions such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and Chinese New Year. Straits Chinese porcelain is distinctive for its colourful famille rose enamels, enduring motifs, most often phoenixes, peonies and other symbols of marital bliss and longevity, and simple, functional shapes.

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• Editore: Tuttle Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0804840075
• ISBN 13: 9780804840071
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 256