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Tracing innovations and technology exchanges from Europe to China. Enamelled objects at the 17th-18th century turn,

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Enamelling, i.e. coating of a substrate with a layer of glass by firing, is one of the most sophisticated technologies developed to decorate artefacts. China has a long expertise in the production of ceramics and glass but for technical and aesthetic reasons, 17th century (Ming Dynasty and then Kangxi reign) Chinese decors were rather similar to those obtained on paper with lavish or watercolour techniques. These productions did not permit to represent a ‘realistic’ decor, as prepared on majolica, (soft-paste)porcelain and metal wares by European craftsmen who were capable of making copies of famous paintings. Actually, much information about the ingredients and production process remain imprinted in the matter accessible by advanced spectroscopical methods. The rareness and high value of artefacts, particularly those made at the Imperial Palace under the guidance of (Jesuit) European masters, require the use of non-invasive mobile instruments. We present here an overview of the analytical study of French (enamelled watches, Limoges wares, soft-paste porcelain, etc.) and Chinese (wucai, fengcai, falangcai, huafalang, cloisonné etc.) artefacts prepared during the 17th and first part of the 18th century (Qing Dynasty). We are able to identify the first use of European ingredients (blue As-rich cobalt, white cassiterite) and recipes (purple-red Perrot’ gold nanoparticles, Naples yellow lead pyrochlore type pigments) for the preparation of ‘realistic’ decors on Chinese ceramics and enamels, which shed light on the technological exchange between Europe and China. The results are significant in terms of comparison with the written records analyzed by historians.
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Philippe Colomban, Burcu Kirmizi. Tracing innovations and technology exchanges from Europe to China. Enamelled objects at the 17th-18th century turn,. ICHST 2021 - 26th Int. Congress of History of Science and Technology, International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Jul 2020, Prague (République Tchèque), Czech Republic. ⟨hal-03954921⟩
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