Abstract
Meissen is a county in Dresden, Germany. In 1708, the first European mature porcelain was produced in Meissen Castle.
In 1710, Meissen established the first royal porcelain factory. Since then, Meissen has become a center for European ceramic production.
In the following decades, Meissen porcelain influenced the production of porcelain in Austria, France, Italy, and the Czech Republic.In the first 20 years of the production of Meissen porcelain, it was deeply influenced by Chinese and Japanese porcelain. For example, the classic "Onion Pattern" on Meissen porcelain is transformed from "Three Fruit pattern" in Chinese porcelain.
The characters on the Meissen porcelain are likely to come from the image of the Chinese and Japanese. Moreover, the porcelain shape in Meissen porcelain has many similarities with traditional Chinese porcelain shapes.
The gold color decoration on the Meissen porcelain has a close relationship with the gold color decoration on Japanese porcelain. This article compares the Meissen porcelain with Chinese porcelain and Japanese porcelain, and discovered the Asian elements on the Meissen porcelain, summarizing the connection between Meissen porcelain and Asian culture. - Keywords in original language (in the languages with nonlatinal writing in latin transcription; use semicolon to separate keywords): Meissen Porcelain； Chinese Porcelain； Japanese Porcelain - - Title of a poster in English: Asian Elements on Meissen Porcelain - Annotation (short abstract) (64 to 2000 characters): - - Meissen is a county in Dresden, Germany.
In 1708, the first European mature porcelain was produced in Meissen Castle. In 1710, Meissen established the first royal porcelain factory.
Since then, Meissen has become a center for European ceramic production. In the following decades, Meissen porcelain influenced the production of porcelain in Austria, France, Italy, and the Czech Republic.In the first 20 years of the production of Meissen porcelain, it was deeply influenced by Chinese and Japanese porcelain.
For example, the classic "Onion Pattern" on Meissen porcelain is transformed from "Three Fruit pattern" in Chinese porcelain. The characters on the Meissen porcelain are likely to come from the image of the Chinese and Japanese.
Moreover, the porcelain shape in Meissen porcelain has many similarities with traditional Chinese porcelain shapes. The gold color decoration on the Meissen porcelain has a close relationship with the gold color decoration on Japanese porcelain.
This article compares the Meissen porcelain with Chinese porcelain and Japanese porcelain, and discovered the Asian elements on the Meissen porcelain, summarizing the connection between Meissen porcelain and Asian culture.