A Study On Non-family Armorial Porcelain In Europe And America From 16th To 19th Century

Armorial porcelain is an important category of China’s export porcelain,it is a special carrier of trade and cultural exchange between the East and the West,it can be divided into family armorial porcelain and non-family armorial porcelain according to its pattern,non-family armorial porcelain refers to the porcelain products painted with the heraldry of national and provincial companies,guilds,associations,armies and other groups.This paper takes the non-family heraldry porcelain as the research object and discusses it layer by layer.In order to consolidate the research foundation of non-family heraldic porcelain,the origin and development structure of heraldic porcelain and its application norms are firstly reviewed in this paper,coat of arms were first used to distinguish the battle,the identity of the both sides seal,with the development of the society,they are to identify the identity of the symbol system,royalty,aristocrats,community,institutions such as widely used,in order to be able to show their identity,holders of emblem print them on the clothing,silverware,currency or pottery,and the emergence of Chinese ceramics,leap to become the most popular European and American merchants heraldry drawing carrier.Then the social background and development context of heraldic porcelain during the nearly 400 years from the 16 th century to the 19 th century are reviewed.This paper expounds the definition and main types of non-family heraldic porcelain,discusses the industry background and purpose of its customized organization,discusses the European and American heraldic culture,heraldic composition characteristics and heraldic norms from the perspective of the theme ornamentation,expounds the implication and connotation of the heraldic symbols,and then discusses the decorative characteristics of non-family heraldic porcelain from the perspective of auxiliary ornamentation.The successful blending and interaction of Chinese and foreign cultures are revealed through the combination of Chinese and Western patterns on the wares,and the changes of non-family heraldic porcelain patterns,techniques,shapes and functions are analyzed from the historical situation,ordering methods and the aesthetic preferences of the purchasers.Finally,the classification of non-family Heraldry porcelains is studied.The shapes of bowls,plates,cups and pots of daily utensils and vases,flower pots of furnishings are taken as the whole research objects,the feature of mouth,waist,abdomen,base and foot are discussed in detail.Cross-cultural comparisons of western and Chinese ceramics from the aspects of process modeling function of the differences between,and explains it with the aesthetic value,summed up the secular life of western man Social fashion in China are sold to Europe and the United States the impact of non-family armorial porcelain,and then demonstrate armorial porcelain as the important carrier of communication between Chinese and western culture,how to promote economy,technology and art exchange between Chinese and western trade.