Author(s)

Dan Zou ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of International Culture and Communication, Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province, China

Corresponding Author

Dan Zou

ABSTRACT

The study of Chinese ceramics in Britain holds a significant position in the academic circle. This article examines the evolution of the Chinese ceramics section across the three editions (1850, 1857, 1868) of Joseph Marryat's A History of Pottery and Porcelain and explores its significance. As a systematic study of global ceramics, the book integrated Chinese ceramics into a worldwide framework for the first time, progressively expanding coverage of their history, types, decoration, marks, and collection practices across subsequent editions. The analysis reveals that the second and third editions significantly incorporated research by French sinologists to advance studies and witnessed a rapid increase in knowledge about Chinese ceramics. Despite some limitations due to the time, the book advanced systematic Western understanding of Chinese ceramics by combining collections, literature, archaeological discoveries etc., facilitating the dissemination of Chinese ceramic art and culture and laying an initial scholarly foundation for subsequent studies in the West. 

KEYWORDS

Analysis; Chinese Ceramics; Joseph Marryat; A History of Pottery and Porcelain

CITE THIS PAPER

Dan Zou, Analysis of the Chinese Ceramics Section in Joseph Marryat's a History of Pottery and Porcelain. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2025) Vol. 7: 24-30. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2025.070204.

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