Antique Chinese Porcelain Types Dynasties / Scarce Book

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Illustrated in color and black-and-white, this early out-of-print book is a pictorial survey of antique Chinese ceramics including info on dynasties and pottery/porcelain types.

CHINESE PORCELAIN. By Anthony du Boulay, Octopus Books, London, 1963/1973.

There’s a wealth of information in this scholarly review of Chinese porcelain wares. The book covers by chapter: The Early Wares (The study of a non-porous glaze by the 3rd century B.C.; The methods of manufacturing porcelain; The Wares of the Wei dynasty; Ju and Kuan wares; Ting ware; Ying Ch’ing wares; Honan and Tz’u Chou wares; and more); The Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 The ‘Baroque’ period of Chinese art; Imperial Kilns; The Reign of Ch’eng Hua; Beginning of exports to Europe, Ming Colored wares; Translucent and monochrome pieces; The color of yellow reserved for Imperial use; Enameled pieces; and more); The Ch’ing Dynasty 1644-1912 (The independent artist-potters of Ching-te Chen; the famille verte enamels; The blue and white was the finest ever made by the Chinese; Egg-shell vases for the European market; The reign of Ch’ien Lung; famille rose decoration; Birds and animals; Competition of the European china factories; and the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries); Chinese export Porcelain (Differences between domestic and export wares; Portuguese trade; Dutch and English East India Companies; American Trade with China; Copies of European originals; The European factories in Canton; and more). Whether a novice or advanced collector, dealer, or historian of Chinese porcelain wares, one will want to add this text to their permanent reference library.

8.1” x 8.4” color-imprinted hardback in dust cover in very good condition. 128 pages.

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