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Title: Underglaze Blue & Red
Description: Shanghai Museum/The Woods Publishing Co. Hong Kong. 1987, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9623210043). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, Chinese text with captions in Chinese and English; Hardcover (cloth with gilt lettering. Dust jacket included); 22.8 x 28.8 cm; 1.176 Kg; 248 pages with colour illustrations; Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. Tear on the top of the dust jacket spine. The first and the last two pages show some yellowing as well as the rear of the front and back cover. The interior shows minor signs of wear. The dust jacket shows some yellowing on the rear and is now protected with a clearcover.; This highly illustrated book includes a considerable number of the most important Chinese porcelain pieces decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, and in the rare underglaze red. It comprises the most important pieces from the collection of the Shanghai Museum, encompassing objects dating from the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) to the more recent Jiaqing period (1796-1820). It also traces the most popular and demanded decorations on Chinese porcelain, as well as the influences this material had throughout the centuries. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Keywords: 9623210043 chinese porcelain,underglaze cobalt blue,underglaze red Chinese Art

Price: EUR 120.00 = appr. US$ 130.42 Seller: Jorge Welsh Works of Art Lda
- Book number: 164ABE

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