Author: KERR, ROSE
Title: Chinese Ceramics: Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911
Description: Victoria and Albert Museum - Far Eastern Series. 1986, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0948107170). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 22.5 x 25.5 cm; 0.789 kg; 142 pages with black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout.; Used with minor signs of wear on the dust jacket. The interior has an ex-library stamp on title page. The remaining interior is in very good condition.; This is the first of several volumes on East Asian ceramics in the Far Eastern Series. The Victoria and Albert Museum houses one of the biggest and most comprehensive collections of Chinese ceramics in the West, a large number of which are porcelains dating to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). They include pieces made for the imperial court, as well as those used by Chinese men and women from a wide variety of social strata. This book describes the production of porcelain, which reached a peak of technical perfection in the early eighteenth century, and sets it against a wider historical and political background. The story is followed right through the nineteenth and into the twentieth century; this later period has often been neglected. New information about kiln construction is linked with descriptions of the personalities behind the industry. Technological advances led to many manufacturing and decorating innovations, which are illustrated by pieces from the Museum's collection. Rich monochrome, sparkling blue and white and brilliant enamel-decorated vessels between them demonstrate the important role played by ceramics in the history of Chinese art and design. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Keywords: 0948107170 porcelain manufacture,jingdezhen,marks on qing dynasty,high-fired decoration,low-fired decoration Chinese Ceramics


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