Download or read book Blue White written by John Carswell and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated book traces the variety of paths followed by Chinese blue and white porcelain as it has travelled around the world. The illustrations come from museums and private collections worldwide.
Download or read book Blue and White written by John Carswell and published by University of Chicago, David & Alfred Smart Museum. This book was released on 1985 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chinese Porcelain written by Anthony Du Boulay and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 1963 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The products of the Imperial and other kilns have created one of the gentlest and most beautiful of the arts. The technical inventiveness of Chinese potters - they had discovered methods of glazing pottery by the third century BC - made possible the manufacture of wonderfully delicate materials and colours. Their versatility as artists enabled them to design new shapes, and decorate them with incised or applied motifs which have been imitated throughout the world. Anthony du Boulay traces the development of Chinese porcelain from its beginnings to the early 20th century. His scholarly survey of this wonderful artistic tradition' --from inside cover.
Download or read book English China written by Geoffrey A. Godden and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1985 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an edited and revised compilation of 15 of the standard reference books written by Geoffrey Godden between 1961 and 1983, many of which are now out of print. It provides an excellent survey of the main types of English 18th century porcelain - Mason's Ironstone china and the productions of the Coalport, Ridgway and Minton factories up to the mid-19th century - with an important section of Parian porcelain. An illustrated glossary of the basic types of English ceramics, factory marks, and extensive bibliography and general hints on forming a collection, make this a particularly useful work for anyone with an interest in ceramics.
Download or read book Chinese Blue and White Porcelain written by Duncan Macintosh and published by ACC Distribution. This book was released on 1994 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book How to Identify Old Chinese Porcelain written by Mrs. Willoughby Hodgson and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chinese Pottery and Porcelain written by Robert Lockhart Hobson and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book China for America written by Herbert F. Schiffer and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 1980 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Porcelain dishes made in China for 18th- and 19th- century American families from Maine to South Carolina and west to Mississippi and California are presented with family crests, initials, names, and original decorations.
Download or read book Chinese Ceramics written by British Museum and published by British Museum Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents 50 selected highlights of this world-renowned collection ... The accompanying text gives brief details and draws out their most significant features"--Cover flap.
Download or read book Symbols on Chinese Porcelain written by Eva Ströber and published by Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decorative details on Chinese porcelain are admired especially for their striking beauty, but the symbolic language hidden within them is less well-known in the West. From the very beginning until today Chinese culture has encompassed an enormous wea
Download or read book Chinese Porcelain written by Chen Kelun and published by LONG RIVER PRESS. This book was released on 2004 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated guide to the major forms of Chinese porcelain art from prehistory to the Qing Dynasty.
Download or read book Chats on English China written by Arthur Hayden and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chinese Ceramics written by Rose Kerr and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the production of porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, setting it against a broad historical and political background. It covers pieces made for the imperial court, as well as those in wider use. Information on techniques and on kiln construction is linked with descriptions of the personalities behind the industry, and clear photographs of makers marks are included.
Download or read book Chinese Ceramics written by Li He and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a guide to Chinese ceramics which cites the latest scientific and archaeological evidence, as well as ancient traditions of Chinese connoisseurship and patronage.
Download or read book The Handbook of Marks on Chinese Ceramics written by Gerald Davison and published by Han-Shan Tang. This book was released on 1994 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information on "origins and development of the Chinese written language" precedes the extensive catalog of marks, including marks in regular kaishu script, marks in zhuanshu seal scripts, symbols used as marks, directory of marks, and list of potters.
Download or read book Chinese Porcelain Old English Porcelain and Pottery and Objects of Art written by Puttick and Simpson and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University written by Thomas V. Litzenburg and published by Third Millennium Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully illustrated colour catalogue of one of the largest extant collections of Chinese Export Porcelain, held in the Reeves Center in Washington and Lee University, Virginia, USA.
