The Export Lacquer Ware In The Ming And Qing Dynasties

Since sixteenth Century,when Europe launched the great navigation era,a direct trade channel has been established between the East and the West.China is in the vision of Europeans at first time.During this period,the report from Jesuits and travellr had shape China as a mythical and wealth country,Chinese political system,culture and art,etc.had led the western to be full of admiration and imagination.At the same time,the export art of the Ming and Qing dynasties came into Europe,including ceramics,lacquer and silk,etc.In the view of Europeans,these export art represent the beautiful imagination and exotic taste of the East.The export lacquer ware was favored by European for mysterious materials,gorgeous techniques and rich images.It had become the new fashion of European.The East India Company and private trade imported plenty of Asian lacquer ware,The Scientists and Craftsmans had carried on the imitation and redesign combining with their own design style.At last,They created the era of European Chinoiserie.In this process,the technology,craftsmen group,art industry and art sponsorship had been changed and finally reshaped European aesthetic sense and life style.The research content is the Export lacquer ware of Ming and Qing dynasties from sixteenth Century to early twentieth Century.The article is mainly divided into five parts around the subject.The first part is about the construction of lacquer culture circles of Asia,discussed cultural background of export lacquer ware,including of the lacquer of East Asia,Southeast Asia and the Islamic;The second part is about the background of the trade between the East and the West,Discussed the formation of the Asian export lacquerware,focus on the academic category and the features;The third part is about the research and evolution of export lacquer ware of Ming and Qing dynasties in Europe,from the aspects of technology,materials,the image and redesign mode,pointed out it’s important influence;The fourth part is about the way of spread and influence of the export lacquer ware of the lacquer Ming and Qing dynasties on the background of Chinoiserie;The fifth part is about the European modern lacquer art movement and the refind of the export lacquer ware of Ming and Qing dynasties in early twentieth Century.The research field involved the lacquer culture circle of East Asia and Southeast Asia,the trade circle of South China Sea,the Silk Road in Central Asia and the Silk Road on the sea,the European Chinoiserie and Islamic Chinoiserie.This article aimed to point out the cultural significance and contemporary value of the export lacquer ware of Ming and Qing dynasties,put forward to construct the concept and category of the subject,including it’s style,types,the way of spread and global influence.