BEURDELEY, CECILE AND BEURDELEY, MICHEL - A Connoisseur's Guide to Chinese Ceramics

Harper & Row, Publishers. 1974, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0060103221). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 29 x 32.8 cm; 2.2 Kg; 317 pages. 111 tiped in colour plates, more than 350 black-and-white illustrations, drawings and maps.; First US edition.; Used book with signs of wear. The dust jacket is worn, slightly loose due to wear, show signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover, and shows also edge wear. Ex-library stamp on title page. The remaining interior is in good condition. Good readable copy.; Translated by Katherine Watson.; This is a definite reference on Chinese ceramics. A magnificently produced volume that is essentially for collectors and those seriously interested in the subject. The book covers Chinese ceramic art from the Neolithic period to the 20th century. Each of the fifteen chapters begins with a chronological table and ends with a catalog. The nearly 500 illustrations are carefully integrated with the text. The book explains simply and precisely what constitutes the special features of this major branch of Chinese art in which they have excelled. Masterpieces of this art are displayed and the intricacies of technique, materials, glazes and the evolution of forms and decoration clearly explained. Full account has been taken throughout of the recent scientifically controlled excavations in China which have yielded rich information on precise attribution and dating and now provide a basis for scholarship that has hitherto been lacking. The problems and controversies occupying the experts are plainly set forth. There extensive bibliographies, numerous tables and diagrams giving dates, dynasties and marks. Chinese works and terms are printed in Chinese script together with translations and are fully explained. The authors are among the foremost experts on Chinese art and ceramics and enjoy an international reputation. In the course of their travels they have handled and viewed personally almost every piece included in this book. The ceramics described here are from such museums and private collections as the Avery Brundage Collection, the Percival David Foundation, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of New York, the Musee Guimet, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Musee Cernushi and many other. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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