China News Service, Shenyang, September 28 (Reporter Han Hong) The first domestic special exhibition of heraldic porcelain based on the collections of public museums-"Noble and Huazhang-Exhibition of Heraldic Porcelain Exported in the Qing Dynasty from Guangzhou Museum", 28th In the Feilong Pavilion and Xiangfeng Pavilion of the Imperial Palace in Shenyang, 95 pieces (sets) of exquisite pieces displayed the decorative art and historical value of heraldic porcelain to the audience, and reproduced the grand trade of Chinese and Western ceramics in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The coat of arms is both a status symbol and an artistic decoration. Europeans have a long history of adding coats of arms to personal belongings such as gold and silver utensils, silk fabrics and furniture.
Burning the coat of arms of a person, family, company or city on porcelain is called heraldic porcelain.
At the end of the 17th century, Westerners came to China to customize heraldic porcelain gradually.
A golden helmet-shaped milk jug with a wide color painting during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.
Photo courtesy of Shenyang Forbidden City
This exhibition is co-sponsored by the Shenyang Palace Museum and the Guangzhou Museum. It is divided into four parts: "Heraldry Quest", "Cross-ocean Customization", "Status Symbol", and "Exotic Beauty".
"Heraldic Quest" unit, exhibited "Qing Qianlong Guangcai painted golden helmet-shaped milk jar", "Qing Qianlong Guangcai painted golden flower mouth hexagonal spoon tray" and other heraldic porcelains. Interpretation of heraldic porcelain from three aspects: composition and information of heraldic porcelain.
Among them, the "Qing Qianlong Guangcai painted gold folding flower pattern plate" has attracted much attention. This is a dinner plate custom-made when a male member of the Newton family married the Irene family.
The coat of arms adopts the second form of marriage: symbolic, that is, the family coat of arms of the woman is placed in the middle of the man's shield in the form of a small symbolic shield. The heirs of the property and pass them on to her descendants.
The plate was customized for the granddaughter of Barbados Lord Judge Renault Irene in 1745. His family specializes in sugar production and has a well-earned family.
"Cross-ocean Customization" unit, from the three aspects of "Fangsports: Ordering Mode of Heraldic Porcelain", "Exquisite Workmanship: Drawing of Heraldic Porcelain", and "Icing on the Cake: Re-decoration and Supplement of Heraldic Porcelain". Chinese heraldic porcelain decorations, styles and aesthetic appeal of the European land.
The "Status Symbols" unit uses several cultural relics to explain the differences in the identity of the orderer of heraldic porcelain with the development of trade and social development.
The "Exotic Flowing Fang" unit is displayed with heraldic porcelains such as the "Qing Qianlong Ink and Colored Gold Tea Cup and Drag Plate" customized by the Netherlands, the "Golden Flower Tea Caddy" customized by the United Kingdom, and the "Golden Cream Jar" customized by Sweden. Chinese export heraldic porcelain has rich and colorful forms and connotations.
According to Li Shengneng, curator of the Shenyang Palace Museum, in the 18th and 19th centuries, Guangzhou Guangdong Customs was designated as a foreign trade port designated by the Qing court and was an important area for cultural exchanges and integration of various countries. Heraldic porcelain was precisely the Sino-Western trade and culture during this period. The historical testimony of the exchange.
Co-organizing this exhibition with the Guangzhou Museum is not only to show the audience the magnificent and colorful heraldic porcelain decoration art, but also to tell the audience the story of the ups and downs of the ocean trade, so that the audience can understand the product in China and the world through the exhibition. Heraldic porcelain.
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