Chinese Ceramics and the Porcelain Trade
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Pope, John Alexander, 1906-1982
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content: John Alexander Pope Papers
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content: John Alexander Pope Papers / Series 4: Research Materials: Subject Files
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
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content: FSA.A1988.01, Subseries 4.3
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pope did a great deal of research into the Chinese porcelain trade. He traveled to many countries where Chinese ceramics had been found. He visited archeological sites and studied collections taken from shipwrecks and found in museums.  In addition to research material on the porcelain trade to those countries, he collected information on local pottery industries, their techniques and products and whether Chinese porcelain may have influenced them. He also was interested in how other cultures used Chinese porcelain and how Chinese manufacturers may have adapted their product lines to suit foreign tastes.  He organized most of this material by country.