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A Vienna porcelain jug, 1799, decorated to imitate another rare Chinese product, lacquerware

Chinoiserie, a French term, signifying "Chinese-esque", and pronounced ) refers to a recurring theme in European artistic styles since the seventeenth century, which reflect Chinese artistic influences. It is characterized by the use of fanciful imagery of an imaginary China, by asymmetry in format and whimsical contrasts of scale, and by the attempts to imitate Chinese porcelain and the use of lacquerlike materials and decoration.

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• Related: Orientalism, Japonism

Epoh Beech Uk Chinoiserie exponent Epoh Beech Uk Chinoiserie exponent www.epohbeech.co.uk - Web

Chinoiserie Chinoiserie www.encyclopedia.com/html/c1/chinoise.asp - Web

(Getty Museum) "Imagining the Orient" (Getty Museum) "Imagining the Orient" www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/orient/ - Web

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Example of Chinoiserie in French Style Harpsichord Example of Chinoiserie in French Style Harpsichord harpsichordphoto.org/myers/ - Web

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