Japanese Porcelain Dutch East India Company Sakuraba Viallé 2009 VOC Kakiemon

by Miki Sakuraba & Cynthia Viallé

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First edition

TITLE & SUBTITLE Japanese Porcelain in the Trade Records of the Dutch East India Company Compiled by Miki Sakuraba & Cynthia Viallé DESCRIPTION A scarce and highly specialised academic reference work examining Japanese porcelain through the surviving trade records of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Published by The Kakiemon-style Ceramic Art Research Center at Kyushu Sangyo University, this substantial research volume presents important historical documentation relating to the export of Japanese porcelain through the Dutch East India Company. The work draws on original VOC archival material, including journals and invoices recording porcelain exported from Japan as official trade goods. It provides transcriptions and translations of historical records together with contextual and research material relating to Japanese export ceramics. Of particular relevance to the study of Hizen and Arita porcelain, the book documents the international movement of Japanese ceramics through Dutch commercial networks and provides valuable primary-source material for understanding quantities, types, destinations and patterns of export. The volume contains Japanese, English and Dutch-language material and was produced as a specialist scholarly publication rather than a general commercial ceramics book. A particularly useful reference for collectors, researchers, museum professionals and students of Japanese ceramics, Kakiemon, Arita/Hizen porcelain, the Dutch East India Company, maritime tra

• Publisher: Kyushu Sangyo University
• Year: 2009
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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