"La Porcelaine Des Compagnies Des Indes A Decor Occidental" 1986 HERVOUET, Francois et Nicole & BRUNEAU, Yves

HERVOUET, Francois et Nicole & BRUNEAU, Yves [427] pp. Flammarion 1986 13 1/4" x 9 3/4" This reference book almost functions as an encyclopaedia, identifying and providing possible dates to a very large range of western scenes painted on Chinese porcelain, commissioned through the East India Companies and that arrived in Europe, and later in the United States, during the 18th century. The idea of asking craftsmen of the Middle Kingdom to paint porcelain according to their own taste emerged very early in the minds of those Europeans who travelled to the Far East. For example, to paint a boat on which they had been sailing for six months on a bowl, or to reproduce an engraving, the portrait of a loved one, among others. In short, Westerners asked for anything that, for one reason or another (and the diversity of orders is incredible), was important to perpetuate through time in an original way. As they returned to their homelands, bringing with them these beautiful objects that had b