Author: JORGE WELSH (ED.)
Title: Kraak Porcelain: The Rise of Global Trade in the Late 16th and Early 17th Centuries
Description: Jorge Welsh Books. 2008, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0955099293). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 332 pages, 193 colour illustrations; 24.6 x 30.8 cm; 2.4 kg; May show signs of shelf wear.; Exhibition catalogue with introduction and catalogue entries by Teresa Canepa and article by Christine van der Pejl-Ketel; A scholarly overview of kraak porcelain, the distinctive blue and white porcelain that became the largest and most varied group of export porcelain wares manufactured throughout the reigns of Wanli (1573-1620), Tianqi (1621-1627) and Chongzhen (1628-1644). Kraak porcelain is of particular historical importance because it is the first Jingdezhen blue and white export porcelain that was mass-produced and shipped in large quantities around the world. 59 porcelains are comprehensively studied. New/Dust Jacket Included.

Keywords: 0955099293 jorge welsh.kraak porcelain,blue and white porcelain,christine van der pijl-ketel,porcelain,wanli,tianqi,chongzhen Chinese Ceramics Asian Art


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