Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum

Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum

Author: British Museum

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 636

ISBN-13:

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The British Museum holds the worlds broadest collection of Ming ceramics. Nearly a thousand items are here illustrated, identified, dated and discussed, incorporating the most up-to-date archaeological discoveries and scientific research previously available only in Chinese or specialist journals. Five introductory essays provide an accessible framework. Each of the catalogues twenty chapters is then introduced with a brief summary of its defining characteristics. A wealth of additional information is clearly interpreted and presented in a series of appendices, tables and maps for ease of reference and research by collectors, students and scholars.


Nishapur: Pottery of the Early Islamic Period

Nishapur: Pottery of the Early Islamic Period

Author: Charles Kyrle Wilkinson

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0870990764

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The city of Nishapur, located in eastern Iran, was a place of political importance in medieval times and a flourishing center of art, crafts, and trade. This publication studies the pottery found at the site at Nishapur excavated by the Iranian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum in 1935–40 and again in 1947. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.


Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: Vol. 1. Pottery and Early Wares

Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: Vol. 1. Pottery and Early Wares

Author: R. L. Hobson

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2022-08-21

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13:

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"Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: Vol. 1. Pottery and Early Wares" by R. L. Hobson is an academic compilation and commentary on Chinese pottery. Chinese pottery has been a complicated and intricate artwork since its inception, and people have always been interested in how it's evolved over the years. This book allows some insight into the process as well as sharing some prime examples of it.