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Posted in Asian Antiques on 08/18/2010 01:40 am by admin
antique lamps – blue and white is always right!
Why is it so popular blue and white? Blue and white has been popular for hundreds of years, with its new call never be fashionable. It is interesting, but when it comes in blue and white, almost always think of blue and white 'China' that is, pottery and porcelain. The evolution of this very popular blue and white, is a fascinating history ….
Chinese porcelain found in the Tang Dynasty, 618 AD – 906 AD. By mid-century 14 in the Ming Dynasty, Jingdezhen has royal patronage and was the most important center for porcelain production in the world. It was, in fact, the only place that could produce "true" or hard-paste porcelain.
The "secret" of blue and white is cobalt, a natural mineral, then confined to Persia, now modern Iran. Persia or rather, Kashan, situated near Tehran, had a monopoly on cobalt value extracted in the hills around Kashan.
The Persians of cobalt to decorate white glazed ceramics of tin and, in fact, Kashan was an important center of ceramic production and distribution throughout the East East. We're talking about a century, ninth and tenth worldwide, completely unrecognizable to us today with all our time and all over the world a few hours! At that time the trade between the countries has been slow, dangerous and difficult, a caravan of merchants, usually take a year to return.
Caravans Persia commercial the first time that Chinese Persian cobalt and soon known in China as "Persian Blue", cobalt landmine in a thin, dark blue to black dust. Chinese potters were thrilled and delighted with this new product and trade began in earnest with bolts of silk exchanged small packets of Persian blue.
Trade between China and Persia probably pushed the Chinese ceramic decoration in a new direction, with the first true blue and white porcelain made around AD 1290.
It was at this time that ceramic decorators have been experiments, including cooking techniques, such as cobalt may be unstable with the effect of over or under shooting which is one reason that the picture of this kind very early Chinese blue and white is incomplete with faded blue and a little pale.
The temperature the term "hard paste" porcelain actually refers to the fire "hard" or "high This requires furnaces capable of temperatures up to 1250 ° C / 2300 ° F for porcelain enamel with hard, white, translucent porcelain call result.
Although the porcelain was in its infancy in China, china tin glaze was the product throughout the Middle East. This has been satin (a crystalline surface layer of a ceramic body), with forward / mixture of tin oxide gave an opaque white background, like a perfect canvas for decorating with cobalt blue. The goods were typically painted in a style Islamic geometric patterns, stylized palm trees, flowers and writing Arabic. Syria was known for its beautiful blue and white tiles and Turkey for its beautiful Iznik pottery blue and white.
Blue and White Turkey is known as "ceramic frit" and is believed to have been discovered Kashan, in Persia. Fried ware was a type of artificial, or "soft" porcelain, soft paste refers to a "low heat" or colder. Iznik blue and white is freely painted in shades of blue with naturalistic themes fruiting vines, birds and animals.
The Turks and Persians admired the blue and white porcelain imported from China and many surviving examples of devices today are Fried decorated in Chinese style.
In the early seventeenth century Chinese porcelain blue and white, was "discovered" by European traders and was adventure, marine fleet of Portuguese trade delivered the first shipment of blue and white in Amsterdam. The first deliveries were registered in 1602 and 1604. Portuguese traders were surprised that their cargo has been sold before I knew and I realized that it could sell to China as much as they could send!
This century 17 market demand was so high that production is completely renovated and the decoration of the European ceramics. We must remember that at that time China was not made out China and Europe "porcelain" crazy, fascinated by this new product of this exotic place that hardly know anything.
European Standard Products home at the time of terracotta, in its various forms. tin glazed ceramics land was known as Delft, the Netherlands, as in France, but known by the name of ceramics and porcelain, known in Italy. In England, tin ice was also known as Delft, namely London Delft, Delft, Bristol etc and most beautiful of all, Irish Delft. These European ceramics were established many, very small, usually involving the family of ceramics, or with one or two employees potters.
With the "secret" of the porcelain in Saxony in 1703, in the mid-18th century, porcelain, small to large European plants have been numerous and production the end of this century, a mass production level have been achieved.
In England, began the production of porcelain, Worcester and Chelsea, London From approximately 1748, with most of these manufacturers produce blue and white decorated in Chinese style. This was based on the fact that the market was now less vulnerable China imports of blue and white workshops have quickly begun to feel the pressure of imported Chinese porcelain. Encouraged potters to decorate their wares in the popular styles of China, simply because the manufacturers had to produce what the public to purchase recognized. Today we can enjoy these sometimes very sophisticated "Chinoiserie" decorations.
In 1792 -1796 government import duties have been increased to reduce the volume of imported goods, which gave important stimulus for the local market. This boost the ceramic industry led to the development of new techniques to increase production.
Industry English ceramics is now focused on Staffordshire, where hundreds of operating plants. It is also at this point in the late 18th century, we see the introduction of the transfer of blue underglaze printing on earthenware pottery and sandstone of recent introduction.
Transfer printing technique includes an image of a charge for ink, engraved copper plate, the image of being "transferred" on a canvas. The tissue was then placed wet ink on white ceramic surface and transferred the image.
Tissue was carefully removed immediately or, alternatively, the ceramic part has been shot and burned tissue in the oven.
Josiah Spode is credited with the invention of glaze transfer print, with its first test again to 1784. His first impression evidence involved in the enamel, but the drawings have begun to fray. Finally, Spode refined his technique of transfer printing coating on the surface without shooting, set the picture, painting and annealing! The results were impressive and made his way therefore, one of the episodes successful in the history of ceramics.
In the late 19th century 18th century prints and retained their characteristics before Chinoiserie, overlooking the river pagodas Chinese and Chinese landscapes. This transition period produced a combination of fine prints. Not only in a purely Chinese, but also developed a "Chinglish" style that makes some fun combinations such as an English couple walk into a Chinese landscape. Around 1835, however, the impressions were mainly English, Europe, with views of British country houses, farm scenes, birds and flowers.
In 1840 the china blue and white print of a well-established process and demand goods had printed the work of manufacturers to keep pace. major export markets open to new industry in America, continental Europe and India.
As the 19th century progressed, the story of blue and white began to change direction. Like all art forms of expression, be it ceramics, art or music furthest from the original, the change is.
Mass production and drive for export markets certainly reduces the quality, producing adapted for rapid exit and less attention to artistic value. As we move through the second half of the 19th century, we see the overall decline in quality Transfer printed blue and white ceramic.
A kind of blue and white, in particular, drew attention to the American market. Blue Stream was introduced in 1840 and U.S. market fell in love with his dark, blurry and does not print, related to this product.
An interesting story tells how black, blue ink and not leave. Is said to have been the result of an accident when a chemical thinning solution was accidentally spilled goods available shooting. After cooking, the staff was surprised to see the result, ultimately, is known as flow blue. In the 19th century flow blue, was on the table almost all American families, and today remains a favorite among American collectors.
Its beautiful blue and white terra cotta color produced what throughout the 19th century, is now an issue that is the joy of collectors worldwide. Purely functional tableware, blue and white is now in the places that potters late 18th and 19th centuries transfer printers and have never dreamed.
Not only is blue and white, very collected, but now serves as the focal point many interior design plans and if you ever have the opportunity to see a blue and white room, you'll know why! Judiciously placed pieces and placed on furniture, preferably at the time can be a sight to behold.
The blue screen and white is traditionally regarded as the best seen on a yellow background. China not only praise yellow blue but also white or porcelain. These combine to produce a superb display. When blue and antique white is added, the look is really impressive!
There is another advantage offered by the blue and white. Behavioral psychologists have studied the effects of how we perceive color and how they can affect our moods and attitudes. In the blue and white conclusions are what we see this combination of colors, as a perfect balance which is recognized as a calming, relaxing and serene and is recommended for any location where you want to be relaxed. What can you say?
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Maurice Robertson, principal of The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co, has had a lifetime’s association with antique porcelain and pottery, with his commercial experience spanning a period of over 45 years,including valuer to the Australian Government’s Incentive to the Arts Scheme. His long experience with antique ceramics and glass also includes dealing with leading museums and numerous international private collections. He has extended his ceramics expertise into the quality table lamps seen on the company’s site and is well known to local and international interior designers who have included many of his table lamps in their projects. He has also supplied items of national interest to the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister.
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