Antiquities

	Archaic Corinthian Pottery and The Anaploga Well - Vol. VII Part II - 0876610726 From the Results of Excavations Conducted by The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, this sequel to Corinth Vol. VII Part I "The Geometric and Orientalizing Pottery", by Saul Weinberg, has only come to the authors light in gradual stages. The germ of it may be traced to the their initial attempts to locate the unpublished items listed in Payne's "Necrocorinthia" which were said to be at Corinth. These efforts had brought to their notice so large a body of unpublished pottery from ... $19.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Dated Qingbai Wares of the Song and Yuan Dynasties - 9627502456 This volume records one hundred pieces of qingbai ware unearthed from securely dated tombs spanning from AD 986 to 1348. They were excavated mostly in Jiangxi province where Jingdezhen, from which the production of qingbai ware originated, is located. The aforementioned kiln complex is reputed to be the most prolific in the entire ceramic industry in the Song period. A pictorial record of such archaeological data is unprecedented. It is to serve as an important reference for the authenticatio... $42.50     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... $37.50     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
	Legacy of Ming: Ceramic Finds from the Site of the Ming Palace in Nanjing - 962710132X A comprehensive catalog of the ceramic finds from the Nanjing Ming Palace site over the years. More than 200 pieces of shards are illustrated in color, together with detailed descriptive entries and two introductory essays. Contents: Forward by Xu Huping and Mayching Kao Ceramic Finds from the Ming Palace Site in Nanjing with a note on porcelains from early Ming tombs of meritorious officials in Nanjing by Zhang Pusheng Ming Blue and Whites from Yudai River in the Ming Palace Site, Nanjin... $39.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Ming Ceramics in the British Museum - 071411488X Ming pottery and porcelain, dating from China's Renaissance period between the mid fourteenth and mid seventeenth centuries, has influenced the way people serve food and decorate their buildings from Europe to East Africa. In imperial China, ceramics were needed for the daily use of the emperors and their households as well as for the performance of sacred and secular rites. Inscribed vessels were presented to Buddhist, Daoist and Confucian temples, and pottery replicas were required after de... $250.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Porcelain from the Vung Tau Wreck: The Hallstrom Collection - 981045208X Porcelains from the famous Vung Tau cargo, the subject of an auction at Christie's Amsterdam some years ago, is comprehensively discussed by Christiaan Jorg, Head of Research at the Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands. Illustrated in color and representative of the entire Vung Tau collection, this book explores not only the latest research in the art historical context of the export ware, but also provides an extensive archaeological study. The account of the underwater excavation of... $49.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Rockingham Ware in American Culture 1830 - 1930 - 1584654120 Rockingham ware was an inexpensive brown-glazed ceramic that was ubiquitous in America from the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth century. Popular as an antique today, it is regularly sold at venues ranging from flea markets to antique shows. Despite its prevalence in American life for nearly a century and its continued presence as a collectors item, little has been written on this subject of vast interest to collectors, museum curators, historians, and archaeologists. Jane Perkins C... $14.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Southeast Asian Ceramics from the Collection of Margot & Hans Ries - 0903697149 Margot and Hans Ries began collecting Southeast Asian ceramics long before those wares became fashionable. Their collection encompasses Thai and Khmer ceramics, ranging from Neolithic Ban Chiang ceramics and utilitarian, religious and decorative pieces ranging from the 11th to the 15th century. $10.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Studies in Archaic Corinthian Vase Painting: Hesperia Supplement 28 - 0876615280 The thrust of Hesperia Supplement 28 is twofold. the first unit of the tripartite organization of this publication is "Aftermath", a study by D. A Amyx that updates the work he did in Corinth VII, ii. In 1981 the focus of the Corinth excavations turned to the Roman levels east of the Theater in Ancient Corinth and then in 1989 continue in Frankish level southeast of Temple E. Since 1980 nothing of significance for the study of hands in Archaic Corinthian pottery that would need inclusi... $39.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Sunken Treasures: Fifteenth Century Chinese Ceramics from the Lena Cargo - 190269922X The ceramics in this exhibition includes over 80 Chinese celadons and blue-and-white wares from the end of the fifteenth century, a period which is not well represented in export ceramic studies. A wide range of shapes and designs show the diversity of Chinese export ceramics in the Ming dynasty. This is a beautiful cloth covered hardcover book encased in a matching cloth covered sleeve. The paper is high quality white gloss. $59.50     View Details Add To Cart
	The Ceramics of South-East Asia: Their Dating and Identification 2nd ed. - 1878529706 This is a reprint of the 1988 second edition of this standard work on Southeast Asian ceramics. Recent progress in original research and discovery can be summarized into four areas of major importance. First, the identification of Guangdong ceramics as the missing link between the wres of China and those of both Vietnam and Kampuchea. Secondly, the unexpected discovery of Burmese glazed ceramis, and finally, new findings from excavations at the Sawakalok kiln site. In this second edition, the... $38.50     View Details Add To Cart