Chinese Porcelain: Trade, Transfer and Reception

Key information

Start date
End date
Duration
Term 1
Module code
15PARH064
FHEQ Level
7
Credits
15
Department
School of Arts & Department of History of Art and Archaeology

Module overview

Objectives and learning outcomes of the module

On successful completion of this module students will be able to

  • Identify and date Chinese porcelains from the 14th - 19th centuries, including export wares.
  • Be familiar with the materials, techniques and design features of Chinese and related porcelains/ceramics.
  • Recognize and interpret the impact of encounters with Chinese porcelain on other cultures and ceramic traditions.
  • Understand the issues associated with the transfer, consumption and reception of luxury commodities from China.

Workload

  • Lectures: 1 hour per week  
  • Seminars: 1 hour per week 

Method of assessment

  • 1,000 words object report (worth 40% of marks)
  • 2,000 words essay (worth 60%)

Suggested reading

  • Nicole Rousmaniere, Vessels of Influence: China and the Birth of Porcelain in Medieval and Early Modern Japan, 2012
  • 'Ceramics for Local and Global Markets: Jingdezhen’s Agora of Technologies’ in Dagmar Schafer and Francesca Bray, eds., Cultures of Knowledge: Technology in Chinese History. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 2011. pp. 164-86.
  • Stacey Pierson, From Object to Concept: Global Consumption and the Transformation of Ming Porcelain, HK, 2013
  • Stacey Pierson, ‘The Movement of Chinese Ceramics: Appropriation in Global History’, Journal of World History 23, no. 1, 2012, pp. 9-39.
  • William Sargent, Treasures of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Peabody Essex Museum, Yale, 2012

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