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The British Museum Press for the Trustees of the British Museum, 1991 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 20 x 25.5 cm; 0.962 Kg; 240 pages with 100 colour illustrations ad 80 black-and-white illustrations; Used book in good condition, with signs of wear namely on the interior with minor pen marks (dots near parts of the text) and also signs of previous pencil highlighting; This book is a comprehensive, survey of the development of ceramics from the Neolithic period to the present day. Assessing the roles pottery has played in each dynasty throughout the history of China, the author also discusses its enormous impact on the ceramic industries of the rest of the world, where Chinese porcelain has been admired and collected for centuries. From the earliest earthenwares to the exotic burial figures of the Tang, from the classic forms and subtle glazes of the Song to the famous porcelains created especially for export or imperial tastes, the book draws…
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by Vainker, S. J
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- Title Chinese Pottery and Porcelain. From Prehistory to the Present
- Author Vainker, S. J
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 240
- Publisher British Museum Press, London
- Date 1991
- ISBN 9780714114484
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London : British Museum Press, 1991. Hardcover. Good. Original blue boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in colour and b/w, map, 8vo.
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The British Museum Press for the Trustees of the British Museum, 1991 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 20 x 25.5 cm; 0.962 Kg; 240 pages with 100 colour illustrations ad 80 black-and-white illustrations; Used book with minor signs of wear. Interior in very good condition apart from a previous owner sticker glued to the front free endpaper.; This book is a comprehensive, survey of the development of ceramics from the Neolithic period to the present day. Assessing the roles pottery has played in each dynasty throughout the history of China, the author also discusses its enormous impact on the ceramic industries of the rest of the world, where Chinese porcelain has been admired and collected for centuries. From the earliest earthenwares to the exotic burial figures of the Tang, from the classic forms and subtle glazes of the Song to the famous porcelains created especially for export or imperial tastes, the book draws upon the extensive collections of…
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Chinese pottery and porcelain : from prehistory to the present / S.J. Vainker
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London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-230) and index. Subjects; Pottery, Chinese � Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960. Pottery, Chinese � Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368. Porcelain, Chinese � Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960. Porcelain, Chinese � Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368.
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