Chinese porcelain vase decorated in bright underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with vines, Kangxi reign.

Chinese porcelain vase decorated in bright underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with vines, c. 1680, early Kangxi reign, Qing dynasty, mounted with unmarked European silver topped by a macaw, h. 22 cm, 8½ in. 1-19285

Literature: From Object to Concept: Global Consumption and the Transformation of Ming Porcelain, by S. Pierson, Hong Kong 2013, the seminal work on “transculturative process where a new ‘culture‘ is created through encounters between two others”.

◆This vase is a modest example of the transculturative process, by design or accident, which transformed its original identity into a different one.

中國青花纏枝紋花瓶，釉色鮮艷，約1680年，清康熙早期，鑲有未標記的歐洲金剛鸚鵡狀蓋，高22厘米，8½吋。

參考文獻：《從器物到概念：全球化消費和明代瓷器的轉變》，作者S. Pierson，香港2013年出版，參見專題討論“文化轉移過程中兩種文化交會所產生的新文化”。

◆ 這件瓷瓶用來說明文化轉移過程最合適不過，不管是特意設計或是偶然製造，它都在原型的基礎上做出了轉變。