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	Blanc de Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain - 0965427064 Curated by renowned Asian ceramics specialist John Ayers, this exhibition features the unique white-glazed porcelain known as Dehua ware in China and Blanc de Chine in the West. Dehua wares were produced in Fujian province as early as the Song dynasty (960-1279 C.E.) and became popular during the Ming (1368-1644 C.E.) and early Qing (1644-1911 C.E.) dynasties. Objects on display include Buddhist and Daoist deities, functional scholar's objects and pieces produced according to Western tastes f... $27.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain Around the World by John Carswell - 1878529765 Chinese blue and white porcelain has made a unique contribution to the history of ceramic technology. Throughout its development from the beginning of the fourteenth century, through its technical originality and artistic brilliance, it has continued to captivate and inspire the entire world. This richly illustrated book traces the history and evolution of blue and white in China, first during the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), when the Mongols ruled all of Asia, creating an environment in which ... $47.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Chinese Ceramics from the Gulexuan Collection - 3926512989 The Gulexuan Collection, formed in Germany over the past thirty years, offers an informative overview of the development of Chinese ceramics over two thousand years, with examples ranging from the Han (206 BC-AD 220) to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), and includes also a small group of archaic bronzes and carved jades. The present publication provides a lucid survey of the evolution of Chinese ceramics by Regina Krahl, and explorative essay on the relationship between scroll and porcelain paint... $80.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection (2 Volumes) - 2880310083 These two volumes present a selection of the Chinese Ceramics belonging to the celebrated collection of the Far Eastern art established as a museum in Geneva through the bequest of the Swiss collector Alfred Baur in 1964. A full catalogue of these ceramics by John Ayers was published in 4 volumes between 1969-1974, but this mugh-sought after work has long been out of print. The present more condensed choice of 342 of the finest pieces is illustrated wholly in color with many details including... $148.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Chinese Yixing Teawares from the Collection of the Mai Foundation - 9579748292 The MAI Foundation (the Ch'eng Yang Foundation) Collection of Chinese Yixing teapots is among the best in the world, containing rare examples from the late Ming through the early 20th century. In addition to the unadorned and elegantly-shaped pots, the collection also includes superb examples of inscribed and painted pots; some were done by known artists and many commissioned for the imperial court and its officials. Each item illustrated is fully described in both Chinese and English, with p... $124.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Early Chinese Ceramics from New York State Museums - 0295971665 The China House Gallery of the China Institute in America marked its 25th anniversary with an extraordinary exhibition in 1991. Early Chinese Ceramics from New York State Museums is the catalog. There separate photos (lack & white) for each item with explanitory text on the adjacent page. Martie W. Young, Professor of Art History at Cornell University (and curator of Asian Art and Acting Director of the Hebert Johnson Museum of Art) wrote the catalog. His intimate knowledge of the subj... $12.50     View Details Add To Cart
	For the Imperial Court: Qing Porcelain from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art - 9813066016 For the Imperial Court: Qing Porcelain from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art if the catalog of the first exhibition focusing on the Percival David Foundation's remarkable 17th- and 18th-century porcelains to travel to the U.S. The collection is particularly rich in examples of the rare imperial porcelains decorated with delicate overglaze enamel design, documenting one of China's enduring contributions to the arts. The magnificent Qing examples in the exhibition and in this... $18.49     View Details Add To Cart
	Griffin: On the Route of an Indiaman - 1902699025 In this publication Franck Goddio presents the final results and conclusions of fifteen years of patient efforts of research, restoration and preservation of the thousands of items found on the wreck of the honorable East India Company ship Griffin, which sank with a cargo of porcelain, silks and tea in the Sulu Sea in 1761. The Griffin was part of a convoy sailing along a so far little known and inventive alternative sea route, and accompanied a secret mission of the up most importance for t... $187.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Handbook of Korean Art: Earthenware and Celadon - 8970841911 Among all of Korea's traditional art forms, the celadons of the Koryo period remain the most internationally known. From prehistoric times through the thirteenth century, these works provide an "unwritten history" of food culture, the customs and the belief system of early Korean civilization. Reaching heights of perfection in the mid-twelfth century unparalleled before or since, Korea's celadons and the Koryo culture that produced them subsequently witnessed a marked decline. Fortunately, th... $16.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Patridge Feathers - 0916724883 Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers is the first catalog of its kind to examine the exquisite Chinese brown and black glazed wares (including those commonly known as Temmoku), tracing their evolution and development from the fifth to the fifteenth century. Illustrated with fine and important pieces from famous museum and private collections, it includes excellent essays and definitive entries by Robert D. Mowry, with contributions on specific historical and technical aspe... $27.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Hirado: Prince of Porcelains by Louis Lawrence - 1878529307 The first book in the Encyclopedia of Japanese Art series is devoted to Hirado porcelain and is the only work devoted exclusively to the subject in English. This much needed volume traces the origins of one of Japan's great porcelain manufacturers from its first years in the 17th century to its closure early in the 20th century. Illustrated with over 100 color plates, almost all of which are published for the first time, it displays the extraordinary range of Hirado wares originally made excl... $32.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Hirado: Prince of Porcelains by Louis Lawrence (HC) - 1878529323 The first book in the Encyclopedia of Japanese Art series is devoted to Hirado porcelain and is the only work devoted exclusively to the subject in English. This much needed volume traces the origins of one of Japan's great porcelain manufacturers from its first years in the 17th century to its closure early in the 20th century. Illustrated with over 100 color plates, almost all of which are published for the first time, it displays the extraordinary range of Hirado wares originally made excl... $63.75     View Details Add To Cart

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