Author: Hobson, R.L.
Title: Chinese pottery and porcelain. An account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present days.
Description: London, [etc.], Cassell and Company, 1915. 2 vols. XXX,227, XVI,326 pp. 40 col. plts (incl. 2 frontispieces) & 96 b./w. plts. Orig. uniform publisher's hardcover bindings (ligh brown / beige cloth, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine and upper boards, blind stamped ornate border on front boards. Large 8vo. - Spines sl. tanned; cover & pages with foxing (as usual with this publication).Complete set of two volumes: Vol. I: Pottery and early wares; Vol. II: Ming and Ch'ing porcelain. - Published in a limited edition of 1500 numbered copies (nr. 891). - - Both volumes with the ex-libris of Anton Schellens (1887-1954). Schellens was an Eindhoven textile manufacturer and a passionate collector of modern art, especially of the Hague School and Amsterdam Impressionists.

Keywords: Porcelain Asia China Porselein Azië