On 13-14 June 2018, the Porzellansammlung Dresden hosted the international conference “Porcelain Circling the Globe. International Trading Structures and the East Asia Collection of Augustus the Strong (1670–1733)” in Dresden, funded by the German Research Foundation. Speakers included scholars from China, Japan, the Netherlands, France, and Germany. Below you find a video documentation of some of the lectures.
Preceding the conference, the Porzellansammlung Dresden invited all specialists involved in the current cataloguing and researching of Augustus the Strong’s collection of East Asian porcelain. With the generous support of the VolkswagenStiftung, experts coming from as far as Tokyo, Taiwan, or New York shared insights and thoughts in a two-day workshop.
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Over two days, the conference will discuss the porcelain trade conducted by individual dealers working outside of the dominant trading companies in the 17th and 18th centuries. It will focus on private networks in and beyond Asia, and the emergence of collecting East Asian art in Europe. The conference will discuss the extent and importance of these private networks, and will debate the phenomenon of trading and collecting East Asian objects from both the traders’ as well as the collectors’ perspectives, with the purpose of investigating interactions between agents from different cultures and backgrounds. The conference is part of the research project “Microstructures of Global Trade. East Asian Porcelain in the Collection of Augustus the Strong in the Context of the Museum Inventories of the 18th Century”, sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation).
Organizer:
Porzellansammlung der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden:
Julia Weber (director), Cora Würmell (curator), Christiaan Jörg (academic supervisor),
Ruth Sonja Simonis (research associate)
Sponsor:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
The welcome reception is sponsored by:
Freundeskreis der Dresdner Prozellansammlung im Zwinger e.V.
Registration Fee:
Day 1: 15,00 €
Day 2: 10,00 €
Combination Ticket: 20€
Registration will be possible as of March 1.
Contact:
To join the mailing list for details and updates closer to the date, please write to
konferenz-porzellansammlung(at)skd.museum
