並列摘要
This study examines the records in the Archives of the Imperial Workshops kept by the Qing Court Imperial Household Department to first observe the burning and use of Chinese albarelli, then identify the prototype of Chinese albarelli produced by Qing official kilns, and finally elucidate the prototype's relationships to Islamic ceramics in the Middle East, European majolica, and Japanese Imari jars in an attempt to present a thorough account of the grand history of Chinese albarelli. This article is concluded with a section on majolica sgraffiato decoration. According to previous studies, the technique was influenced by Byzantine sgraffiato ware, a type of ware inspired by Islamic pottery. In this context, the author observes the similarities and differences between the sgraffiato decoration on Islamic pottery and similar decoration on ceramics from Northern China. Finally, this study concludes that, as a predecessor of majolica sgraffiato decoration, the sgraffiato technique used on Islamic pottery may have been influenced by Chinese ceramics.