Abstract Africa has a legacy of ceramic making spanning thousands of years, yet the continent has also been the recipient of ceramics made elsewhere, which arrived along various trade networks. This article refers to historical Asian trade ceramics that reached eastern and southern Africa on well-established Indian Ocean trade networks long before the arrival of European maritime trading companies. The importation of foreign ceramics, particularly to southern Africa, increased during later periods of Dutch and British colonial rule, and a brief overview is provided of the most important kinds of trade ceramics that arrived at the Cape of Good Hope. The article mainly explores the influence of historical trade ceramics on the identity and character of contemporary South African ceramics. It focuses on a number of South African ceramic artists who have an affinity with inherited ceramic traditions or materials, among others Hylton Nel, Nico Masemolo, Ellalou O’Meara, Nicolene Swanepoel, John Newdigate, Ian Calder, Lisa Ringwood, Mervyn Gers, Michael Chandler, Jo-Anne Kuter, Marietjie van der Merwe, Thelma Marcusson, Esias Bosch, Christo Giles, Sarah Walters, David Walters, Louise Jennings, Katherine Glenday, Lynnley Watson, Lynette Morris-Hale, John Bauer, Lisa Firer, Juliet Armstrong, John Shirley, Martha Zettler, Fahmeeda Omar, and Eugene Hön. Many of these ceramicists find inspiration in Asian and European decorative design elements, are drawn to production and decoration techniques used for historical ceramics, or work in imported clay bodies such as porcelain or bone china. They continuously push the boundaries of their mediums to devise new ways to express creativity.

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受贸易陶瓷启发的南非陶艺家

摘要 非洲拥有跨越数千年的陶瓷制造遗产，但非洲大陆也是其他地方制造的陶瓷的接收者，这些陶瓷通过各种贸易网络到达。本文指的是在欧洲海运贸易公司到来之前很久就已通过完善的印度洋贸易网络到达非洲东部和南部的历史悠久的亚洲贸易陶瓷。在荷兰和英国殖民统治后期，外国陶瓷的进口，特别是对南部非洲的进口有所增加，并简要概述了到达好望角的最重要的贸易陶瓷种类。文章主要探讨历史贸易陶瓷对当代南非陶瓷的身份和特征的影响。它专注于一些与继承的陶瓷传统或材料有密切关系的南非陶瓷艺术家，其中包括 Hylton Nel、Nico Masemolo、Ellalou O'Meara、Nicolene Swanepoel、John Newdigate、Ian Calder、Lisa Ringwood、Mervyn Gers、Michael钱德勒、乔-安妮·库特、玛丽埃特·范·德·默威、塞尔玛·马库森、埃西亚斯·博施、克里斯托·贾尔斯、莎拉·沃尔特斯、大卫·沃尔特斯、路易丝·詹宁斯、凯瑟琳·格伦戴、林恩利·沃森、丽奈特·莫里斯-黑尔、约翰·鲍尔、丽莎·弗勒、朱丽叶·阿姆斯特朗、约翰·雪莉、玛莎·泽特勒、法赫米达·奥马尔和尤金·霍恩。这些陶艺家中的许多人从亚洲和欧洲的装饰设计元素中找到灵感，被用于历史陶瓷的生产和装饰技术所吸引，或者在瓷器或骨瓷等进口粘土体上工作。