Vases of the sea: Far Eastern porcelain and other treasures / [by] Felicia Schuster and Cecilia Wolseley

Schuster, Felicia

1974, First Edition. [London] : Angus & Robertson. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #443702
ISBN: 0207955050

Physical description; 157 pages color illustrations 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 153). Contents; Introduction: Opening a door onto the East -- China -- Chinese export porcelain: 'Please, do not sent any more dragons' -- Blue and white: 'Blue as the sky' -- Ming polychromes: An introduction to Ch'ing polychromes -- Famille verte: 'Commended to our rooms' -- Famille rose: The magic tint -- Famille noire and famille jaune: Unattainable goals -- Armorial porcelain: 'Noblesse oblige' -- Monochromes: Looking as good as they sound -- Blanc de chine: 'Frozen in motion' -- Canton enamels on metal: 'For my lady's chamber' -- The bronzes: Chimes through the ages -- Jade: 'Jade is heaven' -- Chinese ivory: 'The elephant's generous excuse' -- Chinese snuff-bottles: The collector's fantasy -- China and Japan -- Chinese and Japanese lacquer: A gift from the trees -- Chinese and Japanese cloisonné: A coloured jigsaw -- Japan -- Korean influence on Japanese ceramics: 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery' -- Satsuma: 'Jewelled ware' -- Imari or arita: ' The street of the coloured decorators' -- Kutani: The 'nine valleys' -- Nabeshima: The aristocrat of Japanese porcelain -- Netsuke: Fantasy stretched to its limit -- appendix -- Chinoiserie: 'Distance lends enchantment'. Subjects; Porcelain, East Asian. Art objects, Chinese. Art objects, Japanese.

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