Chinese and Japanse Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen. 2016
John Ayers
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- Sur l'oeuvre d'artPulished in 2016. Limited edition of 750 + 400 copies. Three volume reference work bound and slipcased with 1296 pages and over 2.400 colour illustrations. The first ever catalogue on Chinese and Japanese works of art in the Royal Collection. Contains more than 2.000 individual objects and presents historically significant evidence detailing the trade of luxury goods between Europe and the East over the last 300 years. The Royal Collection includes some of the most historic examples of eastern arts now in the western world. With more than 2,000 items distributed among the royal residences in England and Scotland, this collection presents a rich cross-section of the porcelains, jades, lacquer and other works of art produced in China and Japan and brought here over a period of several centuries, reflecting the West’s long-standing appetite for rarities from distant lands. A striking feature of the collection is the mounting in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries of many objects in gilt bronze: the mounts themselves, made in French and British workshops, are often of superb quality and of great historical importance and will be published here for the first time. John Ayers is a specialist in Asian ceramics, having published more than 20 books on the subject. He was formerly Keeper of the Far Eastern Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Volume 1: This volume presents the Chinese ceramics of the Ming and Qing dynasties in chronological order (continued in Volume Two). In addition, due to their unique historical significance, the contents of the collection at Hampton Court Palace are presented here separately.
Volume Two continues the works of the Qing dynasty, and ends with the Japanese works. The volume also contains a special focus on the European mounts that were added to works of Chinese and Japanese porcelain during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
The final volume (3) contains non-porcelain works, namely lacquer, jade and other hardstones, carved ivories, textiles and metalwork. Many of these works came into the Royal Collection as Imperial gifts, to George III, Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, with the exception of the Japanese lacquer wares which were acquired for George IV, to furnish the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. Although not much studied, these pieces were certainly admired by the royal family and Chinese rooms were created at Windsor and Sandringham House, decorated with an eclectic mixture of European chinoiserie and authentic works of Asian art. - Sur l'artisteAyres était un écrivain anglais qui aurait travaillé entre les années 1680 et 1700. Sa vie était d'origine modeste, car son lieu et sa date de naissance exacte sont inconnus. Il est né dans une famille de pays pauvres, mais est devenu le valet de pied William Ashurst, échevin de Londres. Son maître l'a envoyé à l'école, où il a amélioré ses compétences en écriture. Bientôt, il a pu s’installer comme professeur d’écriture et de comptabilité dans le cimetière Saint-Paul. Son industrie et ses capacités lui ont procuré tant de savants que ses revenus ont été multipliés par cinq. Vers 1680, ses publications d'œuvres calligraphiques le rendirent célèbre comme l'un des grands réformateurs écrivant le Commonwealth et introducteur de la belle main italienne. Ayres a continué à enseigner et à publier des œuvres jusqu'à une mort subite par apoplexie, avant 1709.
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