Professor of the History of Chinese Ceramics
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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