META-MUSEUM:CHINESE EXPORT SILVER – Masters of the Tazza 中國出口銀器: 藝術大師級的高腳盤子
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on November 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment
It is equally perplexing to find the origins of the object we know as a “tazza” as to understand why Chinese silversmiths during the Chinese Export Silver period [1785-1940] both excelled at and took such obvious delight in making. The word itself means a cup of a vessel and is derived from the Persian […]
Category meta museum · Tags Adrien von Ferscht, China, chinese export silver, Christopher Hunter, Egyptian Ptolemaic Court, Emperor Vespasian, Genghis Khan, London, Meta Museum, Morgan Aldobrandini, Scottish Centre for China Research, Silver Tazza, Sung Dynasty, Tarmashirin Khan, Tazza, Tazza Farnese, University of Glasgow, Wang Hing
META-MUSEUM: The Complex Hierarchy of The China Trade Relative to the Chinese Export Silver Trade 相對於中國出口銀貿易而言的中國貿易之複雜階級制度
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on October 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Chinese Export Silver was very much a product of the China Trade, but the period between 1757-1842 is now known as the Old China Trade. Despite frenetic attempts by the Emperor to restrict European merchants, citizens and their trading to Macau, it began to spread throughout China. The Canton System was devised to control trade […]
META-MUSEUM: CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: Passing the salt in style – for 8000 years! 中國出口銀器: 遞上鹽的格調 – 8000年了!
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on October 18, 2013 · 1 Comment
To many of us, we might be aware of the connotations that salt has with monarchy – a substance of high value and denoting high status. We might also be aware of the connections of salt with the Romans – the very word “salary” being a derivative that traces its roots to […]
META-MUSEUM:CHINESE EXPORT SILVER:The Ultimate Tea Ceremony 中國出口銀器: 終極茶道
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on September 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: The Ultimate Tea Ceremony 中國出口銀器: 終極茶道 Chinese Export Silver was very much a product of the China Trade which in itself was a phenomenon born out of the long-established silk and tea trades between China and the West. Tea, like silver, is very much embedded into the Chinese psyche. Unlike in China, […]
META-MUSEUM: CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: An Almighty Battle Royal Over a Tea Set! 中國出口銀器: 一套茶具上的偉大戰役!
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on August 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: An Almighty Battle Royal Over a Tea Set! 中國出口銀器: 一套茶具上的偉大戰役! Inundated though I am with images of Chinese Export Silver, both shared by others from around the world and unearthed by me in my research quest, not a week goes by without at least one specimen taking my breath away. Cape […]