Page 2 - Zhangzhou Or Swatow The Collection of Zhangzhou Ware at the Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

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Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................4

Definition: What is Zhangzhou (Swatow) Porcelain? .....................................................................................4

The Princessehof Collection and Nanne Ottema (1874–1955) ...................................................................6

Collecting Zhangzhou (Swatow) on Sumatra: Reinier D. Verbeek .............................................................8

John Pope - A Distinguished Visitor at the Princessehof ...............................................................................9

Appreciation of Zhangzhou ware in China and Japan .................................................................................. 10

Research on the Zhangzhou (Swatow) Collection at the ........................................................................... 11

Princessehof Museum: Barbara Harrisson (1922-2015) .............................................................................. 11

The Present Study: New Light on the Princessehof Collection of Zhangzhou (Swatow) ware ........ 12

The Kilns of Zhangzhou Ware ............................................................................................................................... 13

The Excavations of the Zhangzhou Kilns ........................................................................................................ 13

The production of Zhangzhou Ware............................................................................................................... 14

Typology: Shapes and Glazes of Zhangzhou Ware ........................................................................................... 15

Shapes of Zhangzhou Ware ............................................................................................................................... 15

Zhangzhou Ware with Monochrome Glazes ................................................................................................ 16

Zhangzhou Ware with Slip Decoration .......................................................................................................... 17

Zhangzhou Ware with Decoration in Underglaze Cobalt Blue ................................................................ 19

Zhangzhou Ware with Decoration in Overglaze Enamels ......................................................................... 22

Zhangzhou Ware with Decoration in Overglaze Red and Green ............................................................ 23

Zhangzhou Ware with Decoration in Turquoise, Green, Red and Black Enamels .............................. 25

Zhangzhou Ware with Decoration in Combination of Underglaze Blue and Overglaze Enamels ... 27

Decorative Motifs on Zhangzhou Ware .............................................................................................................. 28

Common Motifs .................................................................................................................................................... 28

Penglai, the Islands of the Immortals................................................................................................................ 29

The so-called “Split Pagoda” Motif ................................................................................................................... 30

Western Motifs: The Marine Rose ................................................................................................................... 33

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