A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics
Author: Suzanne G. Valenstein
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 0810911701
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Suzanne G. Valenstein
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 0810911701
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Denise Patry Leidy
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2015-09-01
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 1588395715
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Among the most revered and beloved artworks in China are ceramics—sculptures and vessels that have been utilized to embellish tombs, homes, and studies, to drink tea and wine, and to convey social and cultural meanings such as good wishes and religious beliefs. Since the eighth century, Chinese ceramics, particularly porcelain, have played an influential role around the world as trade introduced their beauty and surpassing craft to countless artists in Europe, America, and elsewhere. Spanning five millennia, the Metropolitan Museum’s collection of Chinese ceramics represents a great diversity of materials, shapes, and subjects. The remarkable selections presented in this volume, which include both familiar examples and unusual ones, will acquaint readers with the prodigious accomplishments of Chinese ceramicists from Neolithic times to the modern era. As with previous books in the How to Read series, How to Read Chinese Ceramics elucidates the works to encourage deeper understanding and appreciation of the meaning of individual pieces and the culture in which they were created. From exquisite jars, bowls, bottles, and dishes to the elegantly sculpted Chan Patriarch Bodhidharma and the gorgeous Vase with Flowers of the Four Seasons, How to Read Chinese Ceramics is a captivating introduction to one of the greatest artistic traditions in Asian culture.
Author: Gerald Davison
Publisher: Han-Shan Tang
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: Soame Jenyns
Publisher:
Published: 1953
Total Pages: 316
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The study of Chinese porcelain has always been a difficult one in Europe, chiefly on account of the customary use of commemorative marks. With the growing western familiarity with Chinese script it seemed possible about 1900 to start the business of classification seriously. This was in the west chiefly a study of the apparently capricious forging of export porcelains which commonly bore not the reign-names bu the names of earlier famous emperors in whose reigns they might have been made but in fact were not.--foreword.
Author: William Cosmo Monkhouse
Publisher:
Published: 1901
Total Pages: 396
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robert Lockhart Hobson
Publisher:
Published: 1915
Total Pages: 390
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Stacey Pierson
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Published: 2013-01-01
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9888139835
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ming porcelain is widely regarded among the world's finest cultural treasures. From ordinary household items patiently refined for imperial use, porcelain became a dynamic force in domestic consumption in China and a valuable commodity in export trade. In the modern era, it has reached unprecedented heights in art auctions and other avenues of global commerce. This book examines the impact of consumption on the evolution of porcelain and its transformation into a foreign cultural icon. The book begins with an examination of ways in which porcelain was appreciated in Ming China, followed by a discussion of encounters with Ming porcelain in several global regions including Europe and the Americas. The book also looks at the invention of the phrase and concept of 'the Ming vase' in English-speaking cultures and concludes with a history of the transformation of Ming porcelain into works of art.
Author: Gloria Mascarelli
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780764318436
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Over 7000 years of Chinese pottery and porcelain in text and pictures, from Neolithic times through the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911. Illustrations follow the evolution from the earliest pottery tomb figures to the fine porcelains created by edicts of nineteenth century Chinese Emperors. The book features over 400 color photographs, a Time Line of selected historical events, and values in today's marketplace for each pictured item.
Author: Lili Fang
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-03-03
Total Pages: 159
ISBN-13: 052118648X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Throughout China's long history ceramic products have been very much a part of people's lives. This book takes the reader through the rich history of Chinese ceramics, from primitive pottery to the delicate porcelain for which China is famed, complemented by full color illustrations throughout.