Download or read book The Beginnings of Porcelain in China written by Berthold Laufer and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Chinese Porcelain Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by W. G. Gulland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chinese Porcelain, Vol. 1 In addition to the works quoted from, there are others in both this and the French language, many of which might have been used with advantage; but to have employed them would have extended the size of this little volume beyond the limit of a hand-book, which it has already somewhat exceeded. Mr. T. J. Larkin has been good enough to read through the proofs, and the notes he has kindly appended the reader will find add greatly to the value of the work. Thanks are also due to Mr. Arbuthnot, of Shanghai, for sundry Chinese books. In conclusion, it only remains to thank Mr. Charles H. Read for kindly consenting to this book being dedicated to the memory of his old friend Sir W ellaston Franks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Beginnings Of Porcelain In China written by Berthold Laufer and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scholarly work traces the origins and development of porcelain in China, from its early production in the Tang dynasty through the Ming and Qing dynasties. Laufer and Nichols provide a comprehensive history of Chinese porcelain, including its artistic and cultural significance both in China and abroad. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Old Chinese Porcelain Classic Reprint written by Egan Mew and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old Chinese Porcelain About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A History and Description of Chinese Porcelain Classic Reprint written by Cosmo Monkhouse and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-19 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History and Description of Chinese Porcelain I cannot begin a preface to the last work of my much-regretted friend Mr. Cosmo Monkhouse without a word to express my deep feeling of his irreparable loss. The vanished hand will be more especially missed as that of a cultivated critic of the fascinating art of the Chinese potter. His loving appreciation of the decorative value of the porcelain of the Far East was fully shown in the scholarly introductions he wrote for the catalogues of the collections of Blue and White and Coloured Oriental Porcelains, which were exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club in 1895 and 1896. No pen has ever painted more vividly the charm of the changes which the Chinese ring with varied tones of cobalt blue pulsating from the depths of a pellucid glaze; the brilliant ruby-like depth of the sang-de-boeuf and the soft sheen of the peau-de-pe'che, in which they have ennobled the copper silicates; or the perfect harmony of the pictures painted with delicate enamel colours upon a translucent egg-shell ground, which marks the cul minating point of their consummate mastery of the technique of the potter's art. But all these points are better emphasised in the pages of the book which it has been my privilege to look through before its publication. The text was really ready for the Press, and I have only ventured to add an occasional ex planatory note, always carefully initialed. The coloured plates were also finished, so that it only remained for me toselect a series of typical pieces for reproduction in black-and white, and to write a short description of the illustrations. There is such a wonderful exhibition of Chinese ceramic art at the present moment in the halls of the Victoria and Albert Museum at South Kensington that it must be my own fault if a fairly representative series is not presented here. I am sure that Mr. Monkhouse would not have been sparing in his thanks to Mr. G. Salting for the generous way in which he has placed his magnificent collection at our disposal, and to Mr. A. B. Skinner for the personal interest he has taken in furthering the preparation of the pictures. Acknowledgments are also due to M. Solon, foremost of art potters of the day, for kindly revising the proofs; so that any of the technical points involved may be taken without further question. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book How to Identify Old Chinese Porcelain Classic Reprint written by Mrs. Willoughby Hodgson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from How to Identify Old Chinese Porcelain To several kind friends I also tender thanks for their kindness in allowing their valuable porcelain to be photographed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Chinese Porcelain Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by W. G. Gulland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chinese Porcelain, Vol. 2 In the sixteenth century porcelain was so highly esteemed in Europe that many pieces were mounted in silver, and it is reasonable to suppose that the best specimens were selected for this honour. N ow, except, perhaps, where historical value attaches, as in the case of the Trenchard and Warham bowls, the mountings, as samples of early silver work, are of more value than the china they were originally designed to protect and ornament. The reason for this being that much finer porcelain has since come to hand; while to give value, artistic merit is necessary, as well as mere antiquity; and in the former qualification the Ming productions have been greatly distanced by the Tsing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Porcelain Tower Or Nine Stories of China Classic Reprint written by T. H. Sealy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Porcelain Tower, or Nine Stories of China We were sorry to observe that 50 excellent and well-bred a people as our Chinese, if not excluded from, were at least little regarded in those apartments into which the Chinese only could convev additional refinements; and the' belief that this resulted chiefly from the gravity of the attire in which they have usually appeared in this country, was our induce ment to try the experiment of presenting them in a livelier dress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Catalogue of Coloured Chinese Porcelain Exhibited in 1896 Classic Reprint written by Burlington Fine Arts Club and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of Coloured Chinese Porcelain, Exhibited in 1896 They include plain white, which, when glazed and not meant to be decorated, is usually of an ivory tint with a soft satiny glaze, but the glaze is sometimes of a bluish or greenish-grey tint, and at others the pieces are covered with an almost pure white opaque enamel. In the' History of King-te-chin, different whites are described as, of the moon, of flour, and of snow. Sometimes the paste is left unglazed, but of this class the Exhibition contains but one example, the beautiful little plaque, with landscape and figures in relief, belonging to Mr. Cock, which will be found in the small Case devoted to small pieces. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A History and Description of Chinese Porcelain written by William Cosmo Monkhouse and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Sketch of the History of Ceramic Art in China written by Alfred Edward Hippisley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Sketch of the History of Ceramic Art in China: With a Catalogue of the Hippisley Collection of Chinese Porcelains Is. W. Bushell, Chinese Porcelain before the Present Dynasty, Nos. 33, 80, 18. With the sole exception of the Nanfeng ware, and a portion of that from Linch'uan, produced during the Yiian dynasty, none of which seems to have survived to the present day, but which is described as having been decorated with flowers coarsely painted under the glaze, I can find nothing in the works Of Chinese writers on this subject to justify the concession of a greater antiquity than the early part Of the Ming dynasty - that is, the first half of the fifteenth century to the ornamentation of vases with arabesques and scroll work, with land scapes, historical scenes, or genre paintings in several colors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains Classic Reprint written by Stephen W. Bushell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of the Morgan Collection, of Chinese Porcelains Mr. Morgan's collection, privately printed in a limited edition. Dr. Bushell has also written an introductory article on the general subject of Chinese porcelain and its history, similar to his Chinese Art, in the South Kensington Museum series, and it will be found to con tain a short and authoritative account of the industry from the earliest times to the present day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Pottery and Porcelain Factories of China written by A. L. Hetherington and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pottery and Porcelain Factories of China: Their Geographical Distribution and Periods of Activity As a student of Chinese ceramics and of the early wares in particular, I felt the want of a map which showed where the chief centres of production were placed, so I worked out with as much accuracy as possible a map to serve the purpose. Several fellow students have expressed the opinion that the map would be useful to collectors as a supple ment to the authoritative works on the subject, such as Mr. R. L. Hobson's Chinese Pottery and Porcelain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Chinese Pottery and Porcelain Vol 2 written by Robert Lockhart Hobson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, Vol. 2: An Account of the Potter's Art in China From Primitive Times to the Present Day; Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain From this time onward there is no lack of information on the nature of the Imperial wares made during the various reigns, but it must be remembered that the Chinese descriptions are in almost every case confined to the Imperial porcelains, and we are left to assume that the productions of the numerous private kilns followed the same lines, though in the earlier periods, at any rate, we are told that they were inferior in quality and finish. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A History and Description of Chinese Porcelain written by William Cosmo Monkhouse and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... Part IK DESCRIPTIVE. CLASS I.--PORCELAIN NOT PAINTED. Section A.--Plain White. THERE are some collectors who make a specialty of white porcelain, and a very interesting study it is. In the first place, it is the foundation of all porcelain. The first ware which, according to European notions, could properly be called porcelain, that is, highly vitrified and translucid, must have been white, or something approaching to it. There may be, as has been seen, some doubt as to certain old, unbroken coloured pieces, whether they are true porcelain or not, but the doubt cannot occur with uncoloured pieces. The green ware like glass made by Ho-chou, and the ware like jade produced by T'ao Yu, under the Sui Dynasty, may or may not have been porcelain, and the same doubt exists with regard to many of the so-called porcelains of the T'ang Dynasty, but if the description of the T'ang ware called Shu-yao is correct, viz. snow-white in colour with a clear ring, there is very little doubt that it was true porcelain. Porcelain can be artificially coloured throughout its substance (like the pieces made by Messrs. Minton for Solon's decoration in pdte-mvr-pdte), but there is no record of any interference in China with the colour of the body. For practical purposes it may therefore be assumed that all Chinese porcelain is "white" of more or less purity, and it would naturally be the desire of the potter that all the undecorated ware should be as purely white as possible. E White porcelain not meant to be decorated in colours is of two classes, glazed and unglazed. The unglazed, called biscuit, is comparatively rare, and is often carved and perforated in a very elaborate manner. In the Franks collection is a pair of cups (No. 26a) on the outside of which are...

Download or read book The Beginnings of Porcelain in China Volume 15 No 2 written by Berthold Laufer and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... THE POTTER'S WHEEL When the clay is on the wheel the potter may shape it as he will, though the clay rejoins, 'Now you trample on me, one day I shall trample on you.' Sir Herbert Risley, The People of India. Most of the phenomena of Chinese culture have hitherto been studied in splendid isolation. Sinologues have usually been content to gather their information from Chinese sources and to arrange it in chronological order, giving a more or less critical digest of the subject from the Chinese viewpoint; but the question as to what the phenomena actually mean is, as a rule, shunned, their interpretation hardly attempted. It is certainly impossible to grasp any phenomenon within a given culture-zone without understanding the parallel phenomena in other areas, and without setting them in correlation with their concomitant factors. The historical position and development of any cultural idea can be determined only by an attempt to unravel its causal connection with the natural group of related or associated ideas; for no phenomenon is isolated or absolute, but conditional upon others, relative, and cohesive. Whether this method be styled that of comparative ethnology or archasology, or that of culture-science, or something else, does not matter. It is there, and must be applied if we are eager to reach results. How it can be applied I wish to demonstrate by discussing on the following pages the nature of a simple instrument, -- the potter's wheel. Its concatenation with other technical elements and with social and religious factors will be pointed out, and may help to show the history of pottery in a new light, and in particular to determine the relation of ancient Chinese ceramic art to that of the West. In a case like this one, the...

Download or read book The Beginnings of Porcelain in China Volume 15 Issue 2 written by Berthold Laufer and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the fascinating history of Chinese porcelain with this meticulously researched volume by the renowned scholar Berthold Laufer. Packed with detailed illustrations and insights, this book is a must for anyone interested in the art and culture of China. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.