KWAN, SIMON S.M

The Imperial Porcelain Wares of the Late Qing Dynasty (2 Volumes)

University of Hong Kong. 1989, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, English text; Hardcover (without dust jacket); 22 x 29.8 cm; 4.6 Kg; Volume 1 with 407 pages; Volume 2, pages 408 to 487 followed by a list of 276 plates (each with caption) from the author collection comprising Wares from Daoguang, Xiaofeng, Tongzhi, Guangxu and Xuantong. Black and white illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The hardcover front covers is turning inwards at the top right side. Both volumes include a sticker with the author name on spine, which is slightly ungluing on volume 1.; Abstract of thesis entitled: "The Imperial Porcelain Wares of the Late Qing Dynasty" submitted by Simon S. M. Kwan for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong, July, 1989. This thesis is devoted to the study of Qing ceramics from the reign of Daoguang (1821.1850) to the reign of Xuantong (1909-1911), covering a period of approximately ninety years. During this period, the ceramic art of China was dominated by the work of the Imperial Porcelain Factory. This Factory was responsible for the production of practically all the ceramic wares required by the imperial court. The Imperial Porcelain Factory of the late Qing period, or the "Imperial Kilns" as it was commonly called, was located in Jingdezhen, near Zhushan. Two versions of the annual production catalogues of the Factory are available today. One belongs to the reign of Tongzhi (1862-1874) and the other one belongs to the reign of Guangxu (1875-1908). Items mentioned in these two catalogues have been almost completely identified and are illustrated in this thesis. Ceramic wares produced by the Imperial Factory, that is, the imperial wares, may be classified into these main categories, ritual vessels, domestic wares and special items. Designs for all these wares were prepared at the imperial palace under the direct control of the Emperor and the Department of Works. Drawings and wooden models were made in Beijing and sent to Jingdezhen from time to time. Sample pieces were made by the Factory and returned to the palace for approval and ordering. The Imperial Porcelain Factory of the late Qing period was a fully equipped establishment of producing ceramic wares from the raw clay stage to the fully decorated city bodies ready for firing. However, the actual work of the firing on a consignment basis. Firing kilns for these wares were the egg-shaped kilns of Jingdezhen and the firing material was the wood of pine trees. Decoration and design of the Imperial wares of late Qing were substantially based on the designs of the Ming and early Qing period. However, there were other innovative designs and decorative techniques developed during this period. Finally, almost every one of the imperial wares of this period carries an imperial mark. As these marks are identifiable as being written by a very limited number of mark-writers at the Factory, they serve as an important guide for the authentication of the Imperial porcelain wares of the late Qing dynasty. Good/No Jacket.

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Sonstige Stichworte: the imperial kilns,glazes and colours,designs and decorations,shapes and forms,ritual wares,domestic wares,special wares,imperial marks Asian Art Chinese Art

LANG, GORDON

The Powell-Cotton Collection of Chinese Ceramics

The Powell-Cotton Museum, Birchington, Kent. 1988, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 095139150X). Soft cover. Book, English text; Paperback; 21.5 x 27 cm; 0.632 kg; 152 pages with black-and-white and colour illustrations.; Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. Oversized wraps showing signs of wear. Edgeworn. Tear on the top of the spine and small bump on the bottom of the spine. The interior is as new, except for our logo glued to the front free endpaper.; Catalogue from the Powell-Cottom Collection of Chinese Imperial and Export Wares.; "It was only since 1982, that the importance of the collection began to be appreciated and it was at this time that the idea of a published Catalogue was first suggested by the Curator, Derek Howlett. Margaret Medley, formerly Curator of the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, University of London and John Ayers, lately Keeper of the Far Eastern Section at the Victoria and Albert Museum were invited to examine the collection in detail; the enthusiasm and appreciation of the importance of this unknown collection by these two internationally respected authorities has contributed considerably to maintain the impetus of the project. In the past year Sonja Howlett, the Research Assistant in Fine Arts, has completely re-designed the displays in Gallery 8 to include Chinese Imperial and Chinese taste porcelains, blanc de Chine wares and snuffbottles, whilst the Chinese Export wares have been moved to Gallery 4 with complementary collections from Japan and neighbouring countries, also now in re-designed displays." excerpt from the foreword by Christopher Powell-Cottom, Chairman of the Governors, 1988. Good/No Jacket.

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Sonstige Stichworte: 095139150X chinese porcelain,chinese export porcelain,snuff bottles,blanc de chine,chinese imperial porcelain Collections and exhibitions Chinese Art

LEITE, JOSE ROBERTO TEIXEIRA

As Companhias Das Indias E a Porcelana Chinesa de Encomenda

Fundacao Cultural do Estado da Bahia, Brazil. 1986, 1st Edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, Portuguese (Brazillian) text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 256 pages with colour and black and white illustrations; 22 x 30 cm; 1.6 Kg; Used book with signs of wear, namely a small tear at the top of the front cover and scuffs on the dust jacket. The dust jacket is now protected with e clearcover. Written dedication from a previous owner on front free endpaper. Special print of 2,000 copies for Ceramica Aruan, Sao Paulo, Brazil.; First book in portuguese dealing with the East India Companies and Chinese Porcelain made for export. The work is split in four main chapters: "Chinese Porcelain", "The East India Companies: Chinese Porcelain", "The West trade with China" and "The East India Companies: Chinese Porcelain and the Brazil". Reference work in Portuguese text on the field. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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LI, HE

Chinese Ceramics: The New Standard Guide

Thames & Hudson Ltd, London. 1996, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0500237271). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 25 x 33 cm; 2.336 Kg; 352 pages with 850 illustrations, 704 in colour and six maps; Used book in very good condition. Signs of wear on the dust jacket. Interior in very good condition. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; For centuries Chinese ceramics have been the objects most coveted in the West by collectors with an interest in the arts of Asia. The extraordinary innovations of Chinese potters court among the most outstanding accomplishments in the cultural heritage of the world since the Neolithic era. Systematic study of Chinese ceramics, begun in the eighteenth century with the French Jesuit Pere d'Entrecolles, has been greatly enlarged in the twentieth century, and since the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, extensive excavations at kiln sites have yielded invaluable new insights into the chronological development of ceramic forms, glaze types and decorative styles. This remarkable book cites all the latest scientific and archaeological evidence, examining provenance, technique, archaeological and historical context, and ancient traditions of Chinese connoisseurship and patronage to provide an integrated and highly detailed approach to the subject. In over 700 colour photographs specially taken for this book, a wide range of imperial and regional, decorative and practical, export and domestic, ceremonial and funerary wares are fully represented. Drawing on the extraordinary collection of the late Avery Brundage (now housed in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco), this book will be an indispensable resource for all collectors, connoisseurs and students of Chinese ceramics, as well as anyone with an interest in Asia’s rich cultural heritage. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0500237271 chinese ceramics,porcelain,china,asian art,asian art museum of san francisco Chinese Art Asian Art

MACINTOSH, DUNCAN

Chinese Blue and White Porcelain

Book Marketing Ltd, Hong Kong. 1988, 2nd Edition. (ISBN: 9622110460). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 22.5 x 29 cm; 1.17 Kg; 181 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the dust jacket and interior. Previous owner sticker glued to the front free endpaper. The dust jacket is protected with a tight clearcover.; Blue and White porcelain has been in the mainstream of Chinese ceramic production since the beginning of the fifteenth century, but, nevertheless, has at times had a somewhat chequered history. When it first appeared in the fourteenth century Chinese connoisseurs ahd regarded it as vulgar and garish, and a hundred years later, after receiving immense Imperial patronage during the Xuande reign, was the victim of an austere puritanical reaction. Since the Chenghua reign later in the fifteenth century, however, "blue and white" has gone from strengh, and in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries had an immense effect on porcelain production in the West. In this new history, the author traces the history of "blue and white" from its uncertain beginnings to the end of the Qing Dynasty. Considerable attention is also paid throughout to social and political events so that the reader can see something of the purely "human" conditions that were contemporary with the production of the porcelain. "This book will be of value not only to the expert, but also to the beginner who will find, in a handy form, much of value when evaluating the authenticity, provenance and dating of Chinese 'blue and white'." - from the Oriental Art review of the First Edition. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Sonstige Stichworte: 9622110460 porcelain,ceramics,china,blue and white,bw Asian Art Chinese Art

MANGINIS, GEORGE

China Rediscovered: The Benaki Museum Collection

Haus Publishing Limited, United Kingdom. 2016, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9781910376584). Soft cover. Book, English text; Paperback; 24.3 x 24.5 cm; 0.791 Kg; 144 pages with 160 colour illustrations.; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC: This book examines the 'new orientation of ideas' on Chinese material culture in early 20th century London under the influence of a circle of enthusiasts and scholars, preeminent among which was George Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939), a Greek origin London businessman and collector. These ideas are placed within the context of earlier encounters between China and the West through trade and diplomacy as they unravelled between the 16th century and the late 19th century. The objects discussed form part of the Benaki Museum collection of Chinese art, in its majority donated by Eumorfopoulos between 1929 and 1936; this collection is a rare 'time capsule' of the taste and preoccupations of the pre-World War II period with regards to China. The years between the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1911 and the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949 marked an 'opening up' of China to the rest of the world and coincided with the first archaeological excavations of the country's early cultures. Situated in London, a centre of imperialist power and global finance, George Eumorfopoulos and his entourage were instrumental in acquiring, assessing, interpreting and manipulating the previously-unseen objects. Eumorfopoulos also acted as an intermediary between the contemporary art scene (the tenets of which informed his taste in the first place) and these ancient artifacts, giving rise to the 'studio pottery' movement in England and beyond. The years of isolation which followed allowed aspects of this 'vision' to become canonical and influence scholarly production on Chinese material culture. Research over the last 25 years has allowed a reassessment of this vision. This ground-breaking publication perceives approximately 100 artifacts as 'actors' within constantly evolving 'sets of action' as players in a game of power, knowledge and taste. This is a book about China and the West in the 20th century and the roles antiquity and its material manifestations acted in the re-negotiation of this cultural interplay.; George Manginis has taught History of Islamic and Byzantine Art and History of Chinese Ceramics for SOAS/University of Londo, the New College of the Humanities, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the British Museum, the Benaki Museum in Athens, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha. He is currently Teaching Fellow at The University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Mount Sinai: a History of Pilgrims and Travellers (Armchair Traveller, 2016). New/No Jacket.

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Katalog: Chinese Ceramics

Sonstige Stichworte: 9781910376584 chinese ceramics,chinese porcelain,china Chinese Art Collections and exhibitions

PINTO DE MATOS, MARIA ANTONIA

Chinese Export Porcelain from the Museum of Anastácio Gonçalves, Lisbon

Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, London/Instituto Português de Museus, Lisbon. 1996, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9728137451). Soft cover. Book, English text; Paperback; 23.7 x 28.2 cm; 1.47 Kg; 287 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; New book. May show signs of shelf wear.; The Museum of Anastácio Gonçalves is acknowledged as containing one of the world's most important collections of Chinese porcelain. In particular, it houses an extremely fine collection of Kraak porcelain, considered by experts internationally to be a leading source of reference. The collection is the product of a life-long passion of one man, Dr António Anastácio Gonçalves, and is housed in his former Lisbon residence, a magnificent Beaux Arts town house on one of the city's 'New Avenues'. Published in collaboration with the new Instituto Português de Museus to celebrate the re-opening of the Museum Collection following and extensive programme of renovation, this book opens with three essays which study the development of the Portuguese trade in porcelain between China and Europe, the development of the art of porcelain design and decoration in China and the formation of the collection of Dr Gonçalves. This is followed by the main catalogue of over 160 items from the collection, each illustrated in colour and accompanied by an extended entry giving technical information and placing the item in the wider context of the development of the technique, iconography and aesthetics of Chinese porcelain over six centuries. In addition to the Kraak porcelain, there are examples of early 12th century Cizhou wares, an extensive collection of blue and white pieces from the 16th and 17th century Zhengde, Jiajing and Wanli periods as well as Famille Verte and Famille Rose examples of teawares and armorial vases from several other important groups. New.

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Katalog: Chinese Ceramics

Sonstige Stichworte: 9728137451 china,chinese export porcelain,ceramics,maria antonia pinto de matos,kraak porcelain Collections and exhibitions Chinese Art

PINTO DE MATOS, MARIA ANTONIA

Chinese Export Porcelain from the Museum of Anastácio Gonçalves, Lisbon

Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, London/Instituto Português de Museus, Lisbon. 1996, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0856674486). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 24.5 x 30 cm; 1.8 kg; 287 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior of the dust jacket with a few wear marks throughout. The interior has an ex-library stamp on title page. The remaining interior is in very good condition.; The Museum of Anastácio Gonçalves is acknowledged as containing on the world's most important collections of Chinese porcelain. In particular, it houses an extremely fine collection of Kraak porcelain, considered by experts internationally to be a leading source of reference. The collection is the product of a life-long passion of one man, Dr António Anastácio Gonçalves, and is housed in his former Lisbon residence, a magnificent Beaux Arts town house on one of the city's 'New Avenues'. Published in collaboration with the new Instituto Português de Museus to celebrate the re-opening of the Museum Collection following and extensive programme of renovation, this book opens with three essays which study the development of the Portuguese trade in porcelain between China and Europe, the development of the art of porcelain design and decoration in China and the formation of the collection of Dr Gonçalves. This is followed by the main catalogue of over 160 items from the collection, each illustrated in colour and accompanied by an extended entry giving technical information and placing the item in the wider context of the development of the technique, iconography and aesthetics of Chinese porcelain over six centuries. In addition to the Kraak porcelain, there are examples of early 12th century Cizhou wares, an extensive collection of blue and white pieces from the 16th and 17th century Zhengde, Jiajing and Wanli periods as well as Famille Verte and Famille Rose examples of teawares and armorial vases from several other important groups. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Katalog: Chinese Ceramics

Sonstige Stichworte: 0856674486 china,chinese export porcelain,ceramics,maria antonia pinto de matos,kraak porcelain Collections and exhibitions

MEDLEY, MARGARET

T'Ang Pottery and Porcelain (the Faber Monographs on Pottery & Porcelain)

Faber and Faber Limited, London. 1981, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0571109578). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 16.3 x 25.5 cm; 0.575 Kg; 151 pages with 143 black and white illustrations and 18 colour illustrations; Used book with signs wear. The dust jacket is faded on spine and is now protected with a clearcover. The interior is in very good condition.; During the rich and colourful T'ang dynasty, which lasted from 618 to 906, Chinese civilization reached one of its high peaks, some would say its highest peak of all. Territorial expansion and international trade led to an unprecedented influx of foreign merchants and diplomats, of new ideas and fashions. There was a fresh and open delight in the arts, in painting, poetry, music, and not least in ceramics. Scarcely ever before had the world seen such virtuosity, variety and sheer joie de vivre in their production. It is remarkable that Margaret Medley's T'ang Pottery and Porcelain is the first major book to have been solely devoted to the subject. It will be of the greatest value to anyone with an interest in Chinese history and ceramics. The most significant developments in T'ang times were the gradual supersession of earthenware by stoneware and the successful creation of pure white wares, together with the manufacture of fine porcelain towards the end of the dynasty. The white wares immediately became popular from Indonesia to Egypt. The lead-glazed wares with their vivid polychrome decoration and the lively realism of the tomb figures of men, women and animals, especially horses, were also widely popular, the figures being important documents of social history. In spite of the fact that kilns became associated for the first time with particular wares in the T'ang period, the chronology of T'ang ceramics is full of problems and pitfalls. These have been faced squarely and tackled systematically by the author. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Katalog: Chinese Ceramics

Sonstige Stichworte: 0571109578 tang pottery and porcelain,china,ceramics,porcelain,china,earthenware,margaret medley Chinese Art Asian Art

MEDLEY, MARGARET

The Chinese Potter: A Practical History of Chinese Ceramics

Phaidon Press Limited, O. 1980, 2nd Edition. (ISBN: 0714821241). Soft cover. Book, English text; Paperback; 17.5 x 24.4 cm; 0.732 Kg; 288 pages with 223 illustrations, including 8 in colour.; Used book with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The interior has some pencil writing and underlying on a few pages. Good readable copy.; Most books about Chinese ceramics concentrate on a particular style or period. But in this authoritative and beautifully illustrated volume the author looks at the whole history of Chinese pottery from the point of view of the techniques used by potters and so traces how their craft evolved from the earliest unglazed earthenware pots to highly sophisticated porcelains. She describes the glazes, kilns, clays and working methods of the Chinese potters and makes it clear how certain types of wares could only be produced as the result of particular technological developments. Much of this material is new and the author has made full use of all the recent archaeological reports that have emerged from China. Her clear technical descriptions are easy to follow and anyone with a practical interest in making pots will learn much from them. The specialist will gain a far better understanding of the history of his subject and the superb illustrations will please all who admire Chinese ceramics. Reign marks, maps, diagrams of kilns, a chronological table, a useful glossary and a bibliographical are also included. Good/No Jacket.

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Katalog: Chinese Ceramics

Sonstige Stichworte: 0714821241 china,chinese ceramics,pottery,reign marks,chinese porcelain Asian Art Chinese Art

MENG, HO WING

The Emperor's Lost Treasure: Remnants of Unrecorded Chenghua Porcelain

Times Editions, Singapore. 2003. (ISBN: 9812049134). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text.; Hardcover cloth (with dust jacket); 25 x 28 cm; 1.5 Kg; 224 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Minor signs of wear on the dust jacket, which is now protected with a clearcover. Interior in very good condition apart a tiny part of two pages in the end that show signs of have been slightly glued to each other.; Chenghua porcelain is among the most valuable and highly prized of imperial wares from the Ming period. It is also the rarest of Ming porcelain because so few of what must once have been a stupendous collection of wares made for Emperor Chenghua are known to have survived following Chenghua's death in 1487. Despite five centuries of clandestine treasure hunting by grave robbers and secretive collectors, no palpable cache of Chengua porcelain appears to have come to light. In writing this book, the author does not claim to have found the answer to the mistery of Emperor Chenghua's lost treasure. However, he is, in his opinion, privy to a private collection of same exceptional pieces of Chenghua porcelain. These pieces were embargoed from publication for about 30 years because many are radically different from authenticated examples of Chenghua wares in extant collections. For the first time, a selection from this collection is published here, together with a scholarly essay which, while acknowledging indebtedness to established authorities when traversing familiar ground, does not balk at expressing contrary opinions whenever justified. The result is an unprecedented work on Chenghua porcelain. Whether a Chengua expert or layperson, the reader will find Section II a feast for the eye while studying the various photographs and mulling over the delicacy of the potting and design, the quiet splendour of the luminous colours or the lustrous gleam of the ivory-toned or the smoky green glaze of the illustrated Chenghua porcelain. Could these pieces possibly constitute some of the fabled lost treasures of Emperor Chenghua? The author leaves it to the reader to decide. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Katalog: Chinese Ceramics

Sonstige Stichworte: 9812049134 porcelain,china,ming dynasty,qing dynasty,ceramics,chinese porcelain,chengua porcelain Asian Art Chinese Art

MENG, HO WING

Straits Chinese Porcelain: A Collector's Guide

Times Editions.Marshall Cavendish, Singapore. 2004. (ISBN: 9812327584). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 21.2 x 29 cm; 0.808 Kg; 144 pages with colour illustrations.; Used books with minor signs of wear on the dust jacket and interior. Looks as new. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; The term 'Straits Chinese porcelain' refers specifically to a little known category of nineteenth century, polychrome enamelled export porcelain, which was exclusively made for the unique community of Straits-born Chinese whose ancestors first settled down in Malacca at the beginning of the fourteenth century. Most extant pieces may, however be dated between the reign of Tao Kuan (1821-50) and the beginning of the Min Kuo era (1920), or thereabouts. 'Straits Chinese porcelain' differs from the traditional types of wares made in China, not only in the shapes of the potting but also in the style of the decorative designs. Where mandarin types of utensils tended to be sparsely ornamented and lightly painted in pale washes of enamels, nonya ware is characterised by its baroque exuberance of decorative motifs and the most vivid and colourful famille rose enamels. Despite its distinctively ornate appearance, "Straits Chinese porcelain" is decorated with but one recurrent theme, namely, the phoenix-and-tree peony design. Equally remarkable is the fact that shapes are starkly simple and functional. There are no eccentric-looking pots encumbered with superfluous ormolu works or, for that matter, ceramic curiosities simulating human and animal forms and other unusual objects. This book is notable for the new light it sheds on several other hitherto unsuspected varieties of Straits Chinese porcelain, namely, several kinds of blue and white porcelain utensils, a small group of enameled Yi-hsing wares, mainly small teapots, and some types of nineteenth century Japanese porcelain painted in crowded motifs and strong colours. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

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Katalog: Chinese Ceramics

Sonstige Stichworte: 9812327584 porcelain,china,ceramics,chinese porcelain,straits chinese porcelain,polychrome enamelled export porcelain Asian Art Chinese Art

MEW, EGAN; HARE, T.L. (EDITOR)

Old Chinese Porcelain: Masterpieces of Handicraft

T.C. & E.C. Jack, London; Dodd, Mead & Co.New York. 1909. Hardcover. Book, English text; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued); 30.5 x 22.5 cm; 0.4 Kg; 105 pages includes 16 plates, 8 in colour.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Includes bookseller sticker on the rear of the back cover. Minor yellowing on the interior.; Focusing on Chinese Porcelain, includes text and images (taken especially for this book from examples in the British Museum). Good/No Jacket.

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Katalog: Chinese Ceramics

Sonstige Stichworte: chinese porcelain,chinese ceramics,marks on chinese porcelain Asian Art Chinese Art

MOORHOUSE, JUDITH; INCLUDING A CHAPTER ON CERAMICS BY BLITZ, DRIES

Collecting Oriental Antiques

The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, Middlesex, England. 1976, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0600367207). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 22.1 x 29.5 cm; 0.797 Kg; 128 pages with black and white and colour illustrations; Used book with minor signs of wear. The dust jacket is price clipped and shows some yellowing on the rear, which is only seen if the dust jacket is removed.; Oriental works of art, once the exclusive preserve of the elderly and, above all, the rich, are now being actively collected by young people of limited means. Of course, the very finest items will always command millionaire prices, but it is increasingly realized that there is a mass of lesser prices widely available for very modest sums. Collecting Oriental Antiques is a guide, specially written for ordinary people, to what is easily obtainable, where to get advice and how to begin a collection, with advice on dealers, auction houses, reproductions, fakes and much else that often puzzles or alarms the beginner.The book deals with the six main areas of interest to collectors. A long first chapter on ceramics, by a specialist in the field, leads the reader gently through the maze of styles and reigns. The rest of the book, by Judith Moorhouse, covers the superb bronzes, jade carvings, enamels, lacquer and small ivory and wood carvings, including Japanese netsuke. There is a map, a date chart and a long illustrated appendix of condensed information on such things as reign marks, decorative motifs, bronze and jade shapes, and the complex of Buddhist iconography. After receiving a degree in Chinese from London University and spending a year studying in Taiwan, Judith Moorhouse joined the staff of Bluett & Sons, the leading London dealers in Oriental works of art. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Katalog: Chinese Ceramics

Sonstige Stichworte: 0600367207 CHINA,ART,CERAMICS,BRONZES,JADE,HARDSTONES,ENAMELS,LACQUER,SMALL CARVINGS Chinese Art Asian Art

THE NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM, TAIPEI, TAIWAN, THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (COMPILED BY)

Fine-Enamelled Ware of the Ch'Ing Dynasty, Chi'En-Lung Period (2 Volumes)

Cafa Company Limited, Hong Kong. 1967, 1st Edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English and Chinese text; Hardcover (brown cloth with stamped title to front cover and spine. Dust jacket included); 2 volumes in SLIPCASES; 28 x 40 cm, 3.958 Kg, 89 pages (volume 1) and 161 pages (volume 2) with colour illustrations; Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. Some scuffs and minor tears in the dust jacket. The interior is in very good condition. The splicases show signs of wear.; This series consists of twenty volumes, illustrating the best specimens, selected by experts, of nearly 20.000 pieces of the famous porcelain from the Sung to the Ch'ing period in the collections of the Chinese National Palace Museum and the National Central Museum. Each volume deals with a particular ware of the past and forms a complete system of its own, while all the volumes follow a uniform compilation and format. Descriptions in Chinese and English against the plates will be found useful as well as convenient by the readers. All the pieces thus illustrated and described represent the best of Chinese ceramic art of the various periods concerned and are mostly not to be found anywhere else outside the two Museums. All the pieces are skillfully illustrated according to the colour-shades of the originals. Apart from separate illustrations of the bases, additional plates were made of the bottoms of wares wherever they differed in colour-tone from the bodies. This is an outstanding feature of these catalogues which, while satisfying the aesthetic sense of the general reader, will facilitate studies by the connoisseur. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Buchzahl: 172ABE

Katalog: Chinese Ceramics

Sonstige Stichworte: china,porcrlain,ceramics,national palace museum Chinese Art Collections and exhibitions