SINO-ARMENIAN CULTURAL RELATIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF THE ARMENIAN PATRONAGE OF CHINESE PORCELAIN ... more SINO-ARMENIAN CULTURAL RELATIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF THE ARMENIAN PATRONAGE OF CHINESE PORCELAIN AND TEXTILE (Summary) Keywords: Chinese porcelain, sancai, Asia, Armenia, Isfahan, Armenian Church, Karabakh, Armenian merchants. In the year 2014, George Manginis, the Greek archaeologist and art historian, published an article referring to the unique pieces of Chinese export porcelain dating back to the mid-18th century, gems of the renowned Kalfayan collection, spreading the light on the Armenian-Chinese cultural interactions and the concept of the Armenian patronage of Chinese ceramics. The importance of this porcelain pottery was not only in its formal qualities of bearing inscriptions in Armenian but also in its relation to the Armenian church and Armenian meliks of Karabakh, regarded as probable commissioners. The current article attempts to discuss those pieces within the framework of the Sino-Armenian artistic exchanges and point out the significance of those pieces as the rare materialization of cultural ties between two civilizations that have been, for a long time, considered non-direct and vague. In addition, the research focuses on the idea of tracing back the Sino-Armenian cultural interconnections and the embodiment of those artistic exchanges in the form of visual cultural artifacts, covering the Tang Dynasty “sancai” statuettes of Armenian merchants, Chinese dragon-inspired decorations in the Armenian miniatures of Cilician manuscripts up to the newly-discovered 18th-century altar curtain with the Chinese drag- on motifs made for the Armenian Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem. The current academic paper gains more importance by assuming that the vast Armenian audiences are barely acquainted with the theme of Armenian-Chinese interactions in porcelain production and its international trade and the notion of Armenian patronage regarding Chinese-inspired or China-made craftwork and ceramics for the global market.
SINO-ARMENIAN CULTURAL RELATIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF THE ARMENIAN PATRONAGE OF CHINESE PORCELAIN ... more SINO-ARMENIAN CULTURAL RELATIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF THE ARMENIAN PATRONAGE OF CHINESE PORCELAIN AND TEXTILE (Summary) Keywords: Chinese porcelain, sancai, Asia, Armenia, Isfahan, Armenian Church, Karabakh, Armenian merchants. In the year 2014, George Manginis, the Greek archaeologist and art historian, published an article referring to the unique pieces of Chinese export porcelain dating back to the mid-18th century, gems of the renowned Kalfayan collection, spreading the light on the Armenian-Chinese cultural interactions and the concept of the Armenian patronage of Chinese ceramics. The importance of this porcelain pottery was not only in its formal qualities of bearing inscriptions in Armenian but also in its relation to the Armenian church and Armenian meliks of Karabakh, regarded as probable commissioners. The current article attempts to discuss those pieces within the framework of the Sino-Armenian artistic exchanges and point out the significance of those pieces as the rare materialization of cultural ties between two civilizations that have been, for a long time, considered non-direct and vague. In addition, the research focuses on the idea of tracing back the Sino-Armenian cultural interconnections and the embodiment of those artistic exchanges in the form of visual cultural artifacts, covering the Tang Dynasty “sancai” statuettes of Armenian merchants, Chinese dragon-inspired decorations in the Armenian miniatures of Cilician manuscripts up to the newly-discovered 18th-century altar curtain with the Chinese drag- on motifs made for the Armenian Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem. The current academic paper gains more importance by assuming that the vast Armenian audiences are barely acquainted with the theme of Armenian-Chinese interactions in porcelain production and its international trade and the notion of Armenian patronage regarding Chinese-inspired or China-made craftwork and ceramics for the global market.
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Keywords: Chinese porcelain, sancai, Asia, Armenia, Isfahan, Armenian Church, Karabakh, Armenian merchants.
In the year 2014, George Manginis, the Greek archaeologist and art historian, published an article referring to the unique pieces of Chinese export porcelain dating back to the mid-18th century, gems of the renowned Kalfayan collection, spreading the light on the Armenian-Chinese cultural interactions and the concept of the Armenian patronage of Chinese ceramics. The importance of this porcelain pottery was not only in its formal qualities of bearing inscriptions in Armenian but also in its relation to the Armenian church and Armenian meliks of Karabakh, regarded as probable commissioners. The current article attempts to discuss those pieces within the framework of the Sino-Armenian artistic exchanges and point out the significance of those pieces as the rare materialization of cultural ties between two civilizations that have been, for a long time, considered non-direct and vague. In addition, the research focuses on the idea of tracing back the Sino-Armenian cultural interconnections and the embodiment of those artistic exchanges in the form of visual cultural artifacts, covering the Tang Dynasty “sancai” statuettes of Armenian merchants, Chinese dragon-inspired decorations in the Armenian miniatures of Cilician manuscripts up to the newly-discovered 18th-century altar curtain with the Chinese drag- on motifs made for the Armenian Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem. The current academic paper gains more importance by assuming that the vast Armenian audiences are barely acquainted with the theme of Armenian-Chinese interactions in porcelain production and its international trade and the notion of Armenian patronage regarding Chinese-inspired or China-made craftwork and ceramics for the global market.
(Summary)
Keywords: Chinese porcelain, sancai, Asia, Armenia, Isfahan, Armenian Church, Karabakh, Armenian merchants.
In the year 2014, George Manginis, the Greek archaeologist and art historian, published an article referring to the unique pieces of Chinese export porcelain dating back to the mid-18th century, gems of the renowned Kalfayan collection, spreading the light on the Armenian-Chinese cultural interactions and the concept of the Armenian patronage of Chinese ceramics. The importance of this porcelain pottery was not only in its formal qualities of bearing inscriptions in Armenian but also in its relation to the Armenian church and Armenian meliks of Karabakh, regarded as probable commissioners. The current article attempts to discuss those pieces within the framework of the Sino-Armenian artistic exchanges and point out the significance of those pieces as the rare materialization of cultural ties between two civilizations that have been, for a long time, considered non-direct and vague. In addition, the research focuses on the idea of tracing back the Sino-Armenian cultural interconnections and the embodiment of those artistic exchanges in the form of visual cultural artifacts, covering the Tang Dynasty “sancai” statuettes of Armenian merchants, Chinese dragon-inspired decorations in the Armenian miniatures of Cilician manuscripts up to the newly-discovered 18th-century altar curtain with the Chinese drag- on motifs made for the Armenian Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem. The current academic paper gains more importance by assuming that the vast Armenian audiences are barely acquainted with the theme of Armenian-Chinese interactions in porcelain production and its international trade and the notion of Armenian patronage regarding Chinese-inspired or China-made craftwork and ceramics for the global market.