Author: FONTEIN, JAN (INTRODUCTION); TUNG, WU (NOTES)
Title: Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. Vol. 10. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Description: Kodansha International Ltd, Tokyo, New York and San Francisco. 1980. (ISBN: 0870114492). Hardcover. Book, English text; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket - as issued. In slipcase.); 182 pages with colour and black-and-white illustrations throughout.; 27 x 38 cm; 3 kg; Used with signs of wear on the exterior of the slipcase and on the hardcover cloth. Minor wear marks throughout the slipcase. The interior has an ex-library stamp on title page. The remaining interior is in very good condition.; This volume was originally published by Kodansha as part of a limited deluxe 12 volume set in 1974, this critically acclaimed and now scarce masterpiece has been issued in a standard edition with no compromise in the quality of scholarship or production, handsomely cloth-bound with an attractive slipcase.; "The Department of Asiatic Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with its large collections of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ceramics, constitutes one of the great resources for the study of oriental ceramics in the United States. The large collections with their rich variety of shapes, techniques, and types of decoration have made it possible for the Museum to illustrate with the help of actual examples the history of the development of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ceramics. " excerpt from the introduction by Jan Fontein, Director and Curator of Asiatic Art, 1980. Good/No Jacket.

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