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Painted by fire: Jean Theodore Royer's Chinese enameled plaques; Part II: the copper plaques.(Cover Story)
The famous collection of fine and applied Chinese arts assembled in the eighteenth century by Jean Theodore Royer (1737-1807) in The Hague included a rare group of eighteen painted plaques. In Part I of this article I discussed the ten porcelain examples. (1) Here I will address the eight painted on copper.
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Painting in enamels on copper is the same process as on porcelain, except that the entire copper sheet must first be covered with enamel, usually white, and fired at a low temperature. (2) Next, the painted enamel decoration is applied in all colors except gold and black (which do not need to be ...
- Painted by fire: Jean Theodore Royer's Chinese enameled plaques.(Collection...
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