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Author: Adam T. Kessler Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004218599 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 679
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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.
Author: Victoria and Albert Museum Publisher: La Borie ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 324
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Persia and China is the first catalogue raisonne to explore the collection of Blue and White Persian ceramics of the Safavid dynasty in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. It is a study of over 500 pieces of glazed ceramics mainly from the 17th and 18th centuries, all photographed in black and white by the author. Most of the collection was acquired over a century ago in Persia where Major Richard Murdoch Smith RE, the enterprising director of the Indo European Telegraph Line, recognized the possibility of creating the first ever comprehensive Persian Collection for the Museum then known as the South Kensington Museum. This group of ceramics is part of a very large collection of Persian artefacts gathered during his years of service in Persia from 1865 to 1885. Murdoch Smith had grasped the importance of the geographical position of Persia on the sea route between Western Europe and Far Eastern Asia, and he understood how the historical background together with trading by the East India Companies, influenced the production of Persian ceramics. By taking all these factors into account, the diversity of the designs and shapes of these Persian ceramics caught between European and
Author: Casablanca Yang Publisher: Design Media Publishing (Uk) Limited ISBN: 9781910596302 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 0
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The moment you open the book, you are standing at the entrance to the historic, mysterious world of the oriental arts. On the journey you will encounter numerous pieces of art in China: blue-and-white porcelain, the world-famous chinaware; the folding fan, with a history of 1,600 years; the classical screen, one of the most typical Chinese furniture pieces in ancient times; and the traditional Chinese painting with a freehand style. Color them with pencils or watercolors, and you will find you are re-establishing your view of art towards the East.
Author: Anne Gerritsen
Author: Anne Gerritsen
Author: Rosalind Fischell
Author: Muriel L. Baker
Author: Ann Rooney Heuer
Author: Ada Walker Camehl
Author: Adam T. Kessler
Author: Ada Walker Camehl
Author: Victoria and Albert Museum
Author: Casablanca Yang
Author: Horace Walpole