Author: KRAHL, REGINA
Title: Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection Volume 1, 2, 3 and 4 (Complete Set)
Description: Azymuth Editions. 1994, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, English text. Title and captions in English and Chinese; 6 Hardcover volumes (cloth in slipcase).; Volume 1 and 2, ISBN 1898592020; Limited edition of 1000 copies, 2 volumes (343 pages volume 1 plus 319 pages volume 2), 957 color illustrations, cloth.; 27 x 37 cm; 6.5 Kg; Volume 3, ISBN 9780955335709, limited edition of 1000 copies, 2 volumes, 614 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; 27 x 37 cm; 6.5 Kg; Volume 4, ISBN 9780955335723, limited edition of 700 copies, 2 volumes, 480 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; 27 x 37 cm; 6 kg; Used with signs of wear on the exterior of the slipcases and hardcover cloths. The top of the slipcase cloth of volume 1 and 2 has a tiny part that is slightly peeling off at the rear and on the left side. The interior of all volumes is in very good condition with minor signs of wear. Very good condition overall.; The Meiyintang collection represents one of the finest private collections of Chinese ceramics ever assembled.; "The first volume of this catalogue contains mainly earthenwares and stonewares from the Neolithic period to the Song dynasty (AD 960-1279), the second porcelains from the Yuan (AD1279-1368) to the Qing dynasty. Although the two volumes belong together, they are conceived as individual books, each with its own working bibliography. Volume One contains small maps of China, highlighting the most important, if not the only, regions of ceramic manufacture in different periods; these were not necessary in Volume Two, where most pieces come from kiln centre, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province. In Volume One attributions to the places of manufacture are given as precisely as possible, distinctions being made between a definitely identified kiln, a province, and a more general area of manufacture. The reference illustrations in Volume One show objects in other materials, also from the Meiyintang collection. In Volume Two all reign marks not illustrated in colour are included in an appendix; only those distinct enough for clear reproduction are repeated under the catalogue entry itself." excerpt from the Volume 1 introduction by Regina Krahl.; Volume Three of the collection catalogue, consisting of two books in a slip case, discusses and illustrates nearly 600 Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the Yuan (1279-1368), many of which are today on display in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich. Volume Four, also consisting of two books in a slip case, covers China's porcelain production from the Yuan to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) with some 250 entries. This collection is now dispersed. Good/No Jacket.

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