Author: FUCHS II, RONALD W. IN COLLABORATION WITH HOWARD, DAVID S.
Title: Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur
Description: Winterthur Publications, Winterthur. 2005, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0912724641). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 22.5 x 29.5 cm; 1.3 Kg; 208 pages with colour illustrations; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The dust jacket has wear marks on the front cover, spine and rear cover, namely signs of have been slightly ben on the top left side of the front cover and also on the top right side of the rear cover. The interior has an Ex-library stamp on the front free endpaper. The remaining interior looks as new.; This sumptuous, full-color catalogue highlights 117 exquisite export porcelain objects from the extensive Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. Authors Ronald Fuchs and David Howard ground their presentation with an introductory overview of the manufacture of porcelain, the history of the China Trade, and the importance of export porcelain in European and American history and material culture. Individual catalogue entries - each allotted a full page or spread - are grouped according to function: dining wares, drinking wares, household and personal utensils, and decorative wares. Each grouping is preceded by a short essay that places the objects within an historical context. An illustrated appendix addresses the coats of arms found on many of the objects, and an extensive bibliography offers supplementary readings. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Keywords: 0912724641 china,porcelain,ceramics,chinese porcelain,chinese ceramics,ming dynasty,qing dynasty,delaware,david sanctuary howard Chinese Art Chinese Ceramics


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