Journal article
The peregrinations of porcelain: The collections of Duchess Eleonora d’Aragona of Ferrara
- Abstract:
- The Medici of Florence have long been acknowledged as possessing the largest collection of Chinese porcelain in the fifteenth century, but this article reveals that in fact Eleonora d’Aragona, Duchess of Ferrara had the largest such collection in Italy at this time. In fifteenth-century Europe, porcelain came not directly from China but rather through trade and diplomacy with foreign courts, so that its peregrinations gave rise to entangled histories and reception. Taking porcelain as a case-study, it is argued here that examining collecting through the lens of trade and diplomacy provides new interpretations of – and demands new approaches to – the history of collecting.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1093/jhc/fhy063
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Journal:
- Journal of the History of Collections More from this journal
- Volume:
- 32
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 275-288
- Publication date:
- 2019-02-19
- DOI:
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1477-8564
- ISSN:
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0954-6650
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1206040
- Local pid:
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pubs:1206040
- Deposit date:
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2021-10-29
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- Copyright holder:
- Leah Clark.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Oxford University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jhc/fhy063
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