Antiquarian Trends since the 17th Century: A Study of the Chronological Debate of Chinese Cloisonné

• Main Authors: En-Ting Yu, 于恩庭
• Other Authors: Ching-Fei Shih
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/07515114130727565132

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 藝術史研究所 === 104 === This thesis focused on the disputed type of Chinese cloisonné which had two chronological opinions --Yuan (1271-1368) and Mid-Ming (1450-1550) Dynasty. Due to the diversity, it is questionable by just taking other materials for chronology in the absence of reliable dates for extant objects. Therefore, in order to clarify the context of Chinese cloisonné, the author used lotus scroll patterns to divide Chinese cloisonné in National Palace Museum (Taipei) and Palace Museum (Beijing) into five groups which were Group I to Group V. And Group I was correspond to the dispute type above. Through the examination of decoration, shape, and technical characteristics, comparing to Chinese cloisonné from 15th to 18th century, Group I was most similar to cloisonné and some bronzes made in 17th to early 18th century, especially cloisonné made in Kangxi (1654-1722) period. As a result, it was suggested that Group I might be produced during late 17th century to early 18th century in Qing court. In addition, the shape of some small censers in Group I were similar to Xuande (1426-1435) censers made in the 17th to 18th century. With the activity of adding Jingtai (1450-1456) inscriptions on Chinese cloisonné, the production of Group I might be influenced by the antiquarian trends from 17th century.