Benign exoticism: Lucian Harris visits the Victoria and Albert Museum's 'Encounters exhibition, which charts the aesthetic consequences of the meeting between East and West from 1500 to 1800 - Document - Gale Academic OneFile
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HK$40m Qianlong Yangcai 'Lotus' Vase from Fonthill House to Lead Sotheby's Important Chinese Art Auction | Auctions News | THE VALUE | Art News
The so-called Gaigneres-Fonthill vase at the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin is regarded as the oldest well-documented Chinese porcelain object to enter Europe. It is a porcelain vase with bluish-white (qingbai) glaze,
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A Cizhou-type clear-glazed pear-shaped vase, China, Song-Yuan dynasty (AD 960-1368) - Alain.R.Truong
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Patricia Ferguson on X: "The Fonthill Vase - the earliest recorded piece of Chinese porcelain in Europe, a gift to King Louis of Hungary from Chinese emissaries in 1338. @NMIreland https://t.co/l3TdMb3IX8" /
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HK$40m Qianlong Yangcai 'Lotus' Vase from Fonthill House to Lead Sotheby's Important Chinese Art Auction | Auctions News | THE VALUE | Art News
![Kim on X: "The famous qingbai Fonthill vase at Dublin museum of decorative art #Dublin #chineseporcelain #antiques https://t.co/a44vQ8pxfo" / X Kim on X: "The famous qingbai Fonthill vase at Dublin museum of decorative art #Dublin #chineseporcelain #antiques https://t.co/a44vQ8pxfo" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSeubhvW4AEjYH7.jpg)