The RA Collection of Chinese Ceramics

The RA Collection of Chinese Ceramics

Author: Maria Antónia Pinto de Matos

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages:

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This important new reference book on Chinese export porcelains reveals for the first time comprehensive details of what is probably the world's best private collection of pieces intended primarily for the European market. "The RA collection of Chinese ceramics. A collector's vision" by Maria Antónia Pinto de Matos, a museum director and distinguished specialist, also contains much new research into the entire subject of Chinese export porcelain. Published by Jorge Welsh Books, this limited edition three-volume boxed set is a work of art in its own right. The RA Collection has been assembled over the past 30 years by a sharpeyed connoisseur who has combined a passion for Chinese export porcelain with a rigorous insistence on quality, beauty, rarity and historical relevance. Exhibition: London Gallery, Lisbon Gallery.


Chinese Glazes

Chinese Glazes

Author: Nigel Wood

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780812234763

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Chinese pottery has long been esteemed not only for its beauty and delicacy but also for the utility and efficiency evident in the potter's skill.


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.


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.


Chinese Ceramics

Chinese Ceramics

Author: British Museum

Publisher: British Museum Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 100

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Presents 50 selected highlights of this world-renowned collection ... The accompanying text gives brief details and draws out their most significant features"--Cover flap.


如銀似雪

如銀似雪

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Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 224

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This book accompanies the exhibition of the Kai-Yin Lo Collection of Chinese ceramics at the Denver Art Museum from October 1, 1998 - September 30, 1999, featuring white and Qingbai wares from the Tang to the Yuan dynasty.


Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road

Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road

Author: Adam T. Kessler

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2012-07-25

Total Pages: 679

ISBN-13: 9004218599

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Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road disproves received opinion that pre-Ming blue and white dates to the Yuan (1279-1368 A.D.) and establishes the proper foundation for 21st century study of ancient Chinese porcelain.


Chinese Trade Ceramics for Southeast Asia, I-XVII Centuries

Chinese Trade Ceramics for Southeast Asia, I-XVII Centuries

Author: Monique Crick

Publisher: 5Continents

Published: 2010-05-01

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9788874394630

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"China has a flourishing maritime trade since antiquity. The collection of Ambassador and Mrs Charles Muller, which they began assembling between 1970 and 1973, when the ambassador was stationed in Indonesia, includes around three hundred pieces of Chinese export ceramics manufactured for the South-East Asian market and dating from the first to the seventeenth century, among which is an assortment of rare "Swallow" porcelain. This exceptional collection ws bequeathed to the Baur Foundation and underlines the broad variety of Chinese cermaics, ranging from the solid stoneware of the first century to the translucent and celadon stoneware of the Song and Yuan periods (9th-14th c.) and the "blue and white" ware of the Yuan and Ming dynasties (14th-17th c.)." --Book Jacket.