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CHAPTER 3 Enamelled Porcelain Consumption in Eighteenth-century China
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provide viewers with a vivid scene. A similar design has been placed on porcelain
(Figure 3-4). The three dimensions of a piece of porcelain bowl made the design even
more vivid and realistic. The transmission of technological expertise was created both
in realism and decoration.
Figure 3-3 Immortal Blossoms in an Everlasting Spring.
Album Leaf, ink and colours on silk, Lang Shining 郎世宁 (Giuseppe Castiglione,
1688-1766), Qing dynasty, Dimensions: 33.3 x 27.8 cm.
Photo Courtesy of the National Palace Museum.
24 Giuseppe Castiglione's bird-and-flower painting is marked by its difference from traditional
Chinese methods. Forms often consist of shapes gradually built up with very few of the outlines
normally seen in Chinese painting. The year 2015 marks the tricentennial of Giuseppe
Castiglione's arrival in China and the ninetieth anniversary of the National Palace Museum. It
has held an exhibition Portrayals form a Brush Divine: A special Exhibition on the tricentennial
of Giuseppe Castiglione’s arrival in China. See:
http://theme.npm.edu.tw/exh104/giuseppecastiglione/en/index.html#main, accessed on 9
December, 2015.
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