Curious Objects: English Glass/Chinese Craft - The Magazine Antiques
Curious Objects: English Glass/Chinese Craft Editorial Staff Corning Museum of Glass, New York. The technique of reverse-painting was introduced to China in the late 1600s by its European trading partners, who manufactured and shipped the plate glass necessary for its production. By the middle of the following century artists specializing in producing images for foreign markets were well-established at China’s primary international port, Guangzhou, or Canton, as well as the capital of Beijing. In this episode, Corning Museum of Glass curator Christopher Maxwell introduces a superlative e...