Enthusiasm for the Dutch delft pottery

To four hundred, delft pottery has always been a symbol of Dutch national culture.In the 1640 s, as a result of Chinese ceramics import trade decline, delft pottery rapid rise and the characteristic of the Netherlands produces goods, it is also one of the Dutch outstanding cultural achievements.Delft pottery has links with China.

The Chinese ceramic culture has a long history and goes back to ancient times.Since the great geographical discovery in the 15th century, is located in the east of the distance between China and Europe are greatly shrunk, establish a more direct, with European countries in such aspects as culture, science and religion of the contact and communication.In Ming dynasty, jingdezhen ceramics in China in the world manufacturing center.In the 16th century the rise of the maritime trade brought Europe elegant Chinese porcelain and set off a upsurge of Chinese blue and white porcelain.Is famous in Europe but also in the 17th century Dutch delft pottery under the influence of blue and white porcelain was born.To the turn of Ming and qing dynasties turmoil, the Dutch east India company's blue and white porcelain imported affected, begin the import Japanese color porcelain.Until the shunzhi wucai import to the Netherlands, people do not know Chinese also produces color porcelain.

Kangxi wucai is developed on the basis of the daming multicoloured, its essence is the traditional Chinese glaze under the combination of color and glaze color.The colored enamel porcelain firing is a new way of production.The kangxi in the qing dynasty palace painting enamel is in power in the late inspired by European painting enamel.In addition to appreciate the reason of European painting enamel, kangxi established to build the place, is also due to want to develop China's own painting enamel and compete with the European painting enamel sporting culture determination.Under the personal guidance of emperor kangxi, the introduction of related materials and technology from Europe, with its advanced pioneering enamel porcelain body painting, and with the help of the yongzheng emperor was perfected.In the office because the created and jingdezhen imperial plant all kinds of personnel and technology exchange, alternately between the plant of jingdezhen also quickly mastered the technology and make the color of porcelain body painting enamel porcelain exports to Europe.The export of porcelain known as enamel.When the famille rose porcelain arrived in the Netherlands, is once again a delft craftsmen a new source of inspiration.

In the process of qing dynasty palace in the development of the painted enamel, introduction of raw materials and technology from Europe has played a huge role.And from the European missionaries and the Dutch east India company played a key role in the process.The purpose of this paper is to trace delft pottery for research and development of colored enamel porcelain qing potential contribution.For details, please see our English website.