The history of Chinese porcelain, a story of innovation, trade, war, and forgery. We will explore the origins of porcelain in the 10th century, the explosion in trade between Europe and China of porcelain from the 17th century, and how European manufacturers began imitating Chinese porcelain from the late 18th century. To bring the story to life we will analyse in detail an antique collection of Chinese, British and Dutch porcelain, as well as a plethora of antique maps, paintings and photographs.
00:00 Intro
2:42 The manufacture of porcelain in China
8:26 Western nations begin importing Chinese porcelain
12:58 Dutch monopoly on the porcelain trade
17:31 Germany begins producing Chinese imitation porcelain
19:02 The British capture the market and copy Chinese porcelain
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I love the materials you used, really brings the story to life!
Your feedback is much appreciated!
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Next you should do a video on the history of tea
Thanks for your feedback, I definitely plan on doing a video on that topic in the future!
Your video is really amazing. I can feel you really love Chinese culture. Thank you for sharing these stories!
Thank you, I do have a strong interest in Chinese history and culture, and do my best to share it with others.
Awesome vid
Thanks for the positive feedback, and welcome to my Channel!
I love this video very much !!!
I am so glad that you enjoyed it, I hope that you also found it educational.
Do you own all that porcelain?
The British and Dutch porcelain has been in the family for several generations, and the Chinese Porcelain I recently bought at an auction.
many thanks
You are welcome!
Why do you say porcele-an?
Felicitaciones por su relato.Extraordinaria narración.
Muchas gracias, su apoyo es muy apreciado. Espero que también disfrutes de mis otros videos.
Great video, thank you for sharing! 👏
It was my pleasure!
Good video with informative & clear script. However, the speech is somewhat soporific & slow. Normal speech with subtitles could be a better alternative.
Thanks for your feedback, I will make sure to correct the speech in my future videos.
Great channel, very glad I came across this video, super thorough and interesting, please keep uploading!
Thank you for the support! I have plenty of interesting videos planned, so stay tuned!
Great introduction to porcelain!
I’m glad that you liked it!
From a BBC docomentary on youtube TREASUREAS OF CHINESE PORCELAIN PART 1 TO 4
Did that BBC documentary direct you to my video on Porcelain? You must have a strong interest in Chinese porcelain if you watched both. What is your favourite style of Chinese porcelain?
Blue and white porcelain is an eternal classic, and Chinese porcelain has also directly set off the trend of European aristocrats drinking tea. In the 17th century, during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty in China, a missionary brought the secrets of porcelain making back to Europe, and since then European porcelain craftsmanship has undergone tremendous improvement.
This is a pretty good summary of the introduction of porcelain from China into Europe. I tried to cover this development in detail in the documentary – do you think that I did the story justice?
Thanks!
I don’t even think that Chinese Willow could be attributed to the British dude after seeing the similarities.
I think most people would agree with you, considering that they are basically the same plate.
I thought I would look at the video for education. While it is informative, I was wondering why you began with English porcelain to show it was a copy of the Chinese and render your conclusion in psuedo-scientific comparisons. Your pace … with … all…. its…unnatural …breaks….was …. a …bit…..nauseating. Your extra syllable in pronouncing porcelain was quite odd and uncomfortable. Consider fixing these strange elements and re-posting. I am trying to be charitable here and hope my words are not too harsh. Thanks for the effort all the same.
that’s a very odd pronunciation of the word ‘porcelain’…