ELLA ZIEGLER

23 DUPLICATES OF AN INK STAIN

STOCKHOLM (SWE) 2013

This porcelain service was originally commissioned in China for Fredrik Gyllenborg (1698–1759), President of the Office of Mines, who joined the ranks of the nobility as Baron Count Gyllenborg. Tradition has it that the irregular clouds surrounding the heraldic shields were formed when water got on the original drawing of the shield on the outward voyage. The Chinese artists reproducing the pattern meticulously duplicated the blots of ink.

Special thanks to Göte Nilsson Schönborg (text), Michael John (translation), Karl Zetterström (photo) and The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Stockholm / Östasiatiska Museet, Sweden

Table service · Chinese porcelain · ca. 1755 · The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Stockholm / Östasiatiska Museet, Sweden

23 Duplikate eines Tuscheflecks. Installation view, Kunstverein Arnsberg, 2014

23 Duplikate eines Tuscheflecks. Installation view, LOBE Gallery, 2014

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