NPM082 National Palace Museum: HUALI CAI CI: QIANLONG YANGCAI. Stunning Decorative Porcelains from the Ch'ien-lung Reign. 華麗彩瓷 ： 乾隆洋彩. Taibei, 2008. 306 pp. Numerous fullpage colour plates. Colour text illustrations. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. GBP 80.00 Catalogue of a stunning and important exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taibei of exquisitely-painted yangcai Chinese porcelains dating from the Qianlong reign. Includes many previously unpublished pieces. Yangcai ('foreign colour') ceramics were a synthesis of western painting techniques and falangcai enamel glazes first produced in the early Qianlong period. It seems that the Qianlong emperor was much involved with the design and approval of these ceramics. The ceramics include those painted with intricate and delicate designs and others with beautifully-painted scenes ranging from snowscapes to delicately rendered flowers and those with 'flower brocade' designs. This exhibition shows nearly the entire holding of the museum's collection of Qianlong yangcai porcelain, mostly produced between 1741 and 1744. The 101 superb exhibits are all illustrated in full colour, many with multiple views and close-up detail. Introduction, essay, good list of plates with detail plus captions to plates in English. Main text in Chinese. Recommended. Subjects: Ceramics Item 151 in List 184. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?n/NPM082.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.