Hell, Anja
Von China nach Meissen: 300 Jahre Zwiebelmuster
The famous onion pattern is almost as old as the invention of European porcelain. Lutz Miedtank vividly presents the results of his many years of research on the early period of the onion pattern. Previously unpublished Chinese export porcelains and early Meissen porcelains with onion pattern painting provide new and surprising insights. The history of the onion pattern is also closely linked to the history of blue painting. Anja Hell illuminates the beginnings of Meissen blue painting, first back to 1739, and then tracing the arc from the 19th century to the present.
