Key aspects of the evaluation and attribution of Chinese art porcelain in the early 21st century: towards the formulation of the problem.

The subject of the research is the study and collection of Chinese porcelain in the 21st century. The object is to define the characteristics of Chinese artistic porcelain that need to be considered when forming approaches to the evaluation and attribution of such products at the present stage. The author thoroughly examines aspects of the topic such as the technological specifics of manufacturing products in the past and present, forms and materials, as well as the symbolic system of decoration. Special attention is paid to the most common artistic and technical solutions that are intended to assist in the process of establishing the authenticity of certain items (figurines and vessels), determining the place, material, and method of their production, and identifying the reasons for the choice of method and manner of decoration for both antique objects and their modern counterparts, as well as new items. The methodology of the article is determined by the set tasks, the resolution of which requires a combination of art historical and historical-cultural analysis that help to comprehensively study the phenomenon in both factual aspects and as subject material. The main conclusion of the conducted research is that the interpretation and evaluation of Chinese porcelain art should consider its characteristics as an artistic phenomenon; it is necessary to be guided by the artistic uniqueness of the products, stylistic integrity, and high level of technical and technological characteristics. The author's significant contribution to the study of the topic lies in the rejection of the traditional chronological periodization in favor of analyzing technical and artistic solutions. The proposed scheme corresponds to the dynamics of the development of the phenomenon in question and more fully reflects changes in artistic tradition. The novelty of the research lies primarily in the choice of a little-studied aspect in the study of Chinese porcelain art. This is essentially the first attempt to highlight the main features of porcelain art in the past and at the present stage, correlating them.

art porcelain, China, attribution, valuation, collecting, style, technological specificity, form, material, symbolic system of decoration