A History and Description of Chinese Porcelain
A History and Description of Chinese Porcelain

Author: William Cosmo Monkhouse

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 58

ISBN-13: 9781230427126

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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...

A History and Description of Chinese Porcelain
A History and Description of Chinese Porcelain

Author: Stephen W 1844-1908 Bushell

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2015-08-12

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9781298795656

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Chinese Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain

Author: Octave Du Sartel

Publisher: Parkstone Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781844847853

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First appearing in the seventh century, porcelain art in China quickly became enormously important as a symbol of status. The masterpieces featured in this book range from simple tea bowls to fantastic vases, hair ornaments, and figurines with intricate designs.

The History of Chinese Ceramics
The History of Chinese Ceramics

Author: Lili Fang

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-05-23

Total Pages: 1184

ISBN-13: 9811990948

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Adopting the perspective of anthropology of art and combining it with global academic insights, this book helps the readers to recognize that “history is, in great measure, the record of human activity which spreads from the local to the regional, from the regional to the global, and from the global to the universal.” Readers will learn that China was not only the first country to create porcelain, but also the first to export it to the world, both the products and its techniques. Therefore, the history of Chinese ceramics reflects the history of Chinese foreign trade on the one hand and depicts the expansion of Chinese ceramic techniques and cultures on the other. In addition to ceramics types, molds, decoration, and techniques, the book analyzes the spiritual impacts and aesthetic conceptions embodied in the utensils of daily use by the Chinese literati. Therefore, it reaches the conclusion that ideological systems and not technological systems are what bring about social revolutions. In addition, the book is richly illustrated with pictures of earthenware and finely glazed pieces from later periods.

A History and Description of Chinese Porcelain (Classic Reprint)
A History and Description of Chinese Porcelain (Classic Reprint)

Author: Cosmo Monkhouse

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-04

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780267752034

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Excerpt from A History and Description of Chinese Porcelain Chinese chronology is generally based on lists of the reigns of the emperors arranged in successive cycles of sixty years, the cycle taking the place of our century. It must be noted that the whole of the year in which an emperor dies is always attributed to his reign, so that the reign of his successor only begins on the first day of the next year, when a new nien-hao is adopted for the new reign. Inattention to this little point has often been the source of a discrepancy in European books which is occasionally, it must he confessed, reflected in some of the quotations here. 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.

The City of Blue and White
The City of Blue and White

Author: Anne Gerritsen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-05-07

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1108499953

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A compelling examination of the ultimate global commodity, blue and white porcelain, from kiln to consumers across the globe.