CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Komori, Tünde |
|---|---|
| Title | Comparative Study of the Chinese Porcelain Finds of Ottoman Buda and the Castle of Eger |
| Summary | This work compares the Chinese porcelain assemblages from Ottoman-period Buda (1541-1686) and the Castle of Eger (1596-1687), in Hungary. Being the two largest and most significant Chinese porcelain assemblages of the country, the general description and identification of the assemblages contributes to our knowledge of the material culture of Ottoman Hungary. The results of the thesis on the one hand is the dating of the majority of the types present in these assemblages, part of them to the Wanli period (1573-1620), and another part to the Kangxi period (1662-1722). The rest of the pieces can mainly be dated to the seventeenth century, with some exceptions indicating the second half of the sixteenth century, as well as a few eighteenth-century pieces. On the other hand, the comparison shed light on the topographical distribution of the shards, thus leading to questions that are not thoroughly researched in the previous scholarship. These questions include the use of material culture for mapping social topographies, the definition of the function and social status of the pieces and the consideration of possible trading patterns of porcelain between the Ottoman Empire and Hungary, as well as the Ottoman Empire and China. The methodology relied on traditional archaeological analysis and art historical evaluation of the material; as well as notions of spatial analysis and historical archaeology. Regarding the topographical distribution of the types, a certain pattern can be detected that reflects the historical data known about the two sites, Buda and the Castle of Eger. |
| Supervisor | Laszlovszky, József |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/komori_tunde.pdf |
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