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      PEMcast | March 1, 2016

      PEMcast 7: Blue & White Magic

      Dinah Cardin

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      Dinah Cardin

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      Porzellankrankheit is a German term that means "porcelain sickness."

      It describes the obsessive behavior of a person smitten by porcelain's mysterious beauty. In this episode, the hosts dive deep into the "sickness" during the run of the PEM exhibition Asia in Amsterdam: The Culture of Luxury in the Golden Age to meet with those who are very obviously obsessed with the blue and white magic of Chinese porcelain. Speakers include Rijks Museum curator Femke Diercks, featured artist Bouke de Vries and PEM curator emeritus Bill Sargent.

      ABOVE IMAGE: Bouke de Vries, Homeland, Blue and White, 2015. 17th- to 18th-century Chinese and Japanese porcelain and Dutch delftware fragments. Museum purchase, 2016. 2016.2.1A-F. Peabody Essex Museum.

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