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846 / SARPC1
Sartel, O. du: LA PORCELAINE DE CHINE - ORIGINES, FABRICATION, DECORS ET MARQUES. La Porcelaine de Chine en Europe, Classement Chronologique, Imitations ... Paris, 1881. iii, 230 pp. 120 text-figures, engraved portrait, 18 chromolithographs, 14 plates. 37x29 cm. Contemporary half-morocco.
GBP 425.00
One of the earliest accounts in a Western language of Chinese ceramics. Most of the pieces illustrated were in the author's collection.
847 / SARPC2
Sartel, O. du: LA PORCELAINE DE CHINE - ORIGINES, FABRICATION, DECORS ET MARQUES. La Porcelaine de Chine en Europe, Classement Chronologique, Imitations..... Paris, 1881. iii, 230 pp. 120 text-figures, engraved portrait, 18 chromolithographs, 14 plates. 37x29 cm. Loose in portfolio.
GBP 180.00
One of the earliest accounts in a Western language on Chinese ceramics. Most of the many pieces illustrated were in the author's collection. Title page repaired, 1 page torn, foxing throughout, wormholes at end.
848 / SATCG1
Sato, Masahiko: CHUGOKU TOJI SHI. (Chinese History - A Short History). Tokyo, 1978. 269 pp. Japanese text. 24 colour plates, 315 b/w illustrations 22x16 cm. Cloth.
GBP 15.00
A complete introduction to Chinese ceramics that traces the history of each ware from the standpoint of both time and place. The text includes a detailed time chart and a map of kiln sites.
849 / SAYTY1
Sayer, Geoffrey R: T'AO YA. Or Pottery Refinements. London, 1959. x, 163 pp. Appendixes and index. 25x19 cm. Cloth.
GBP 45.00
The Tao Ya was first published in 1906 and in revised form in 1910, the edition used for this translation. The book treats cermics from the Kangxi period on.
850 / SCHCK1
Schmidt, Robert: CHINESISCHE KERAMIK VON DER HAN-ZEIT BIS ZUM XIX. JAHRHUNDERT. Frankfurt, 1924. 118 pp. 132 plates, many in colour. Some foxing. 29x23 cm. Cloth, worn.
GBP 110.00
Illustrates 400 pieces in German collections, most of them now dispersed.
851 / SCHLF1
Scheurleer, D.F. Lunsingh: LETTERS OF FATHER D'ENTRECOLLES. And Accounts of Chinese Porcelain From Old European Publications. Alphen, 1982. 87 pp. 32 plates, 4 in colour. 31x25 cm. Boards.
GBP 45.00
Reprint of the original 1712 & 1722 `Lettre du Pere d'Entrecolles' together with a complete Dutch translation, followed by condenced English translation.
852 / FMK231
Schmidt, Robert: AUSSTELLUNG CHINESISCHER KERAMIK. Aus Frankfurter und Auswärtigem Privat- und Museumsbesitz. Frankfurt, 1923. 151, 46 pp. 46 plates, 5 in colour. 22x16 cm. Cloth.
GBP 25.00
An exhibition of Chinese ceramics held at the Kunstgewerbe-Museum with objects from museum and private collections
853 / FMK232
Schmidt, Robert: AUSSTELLUNG CHINESISCHER KERAMIK. Aus Frankfurter und Auswartigem Privat- und Museumsbesitz. Frankfurt, 1923. 151, 46 pp. 46 plates, 5 in colour. 22x16 cm. Paper.
GBP 20.00
An exhibition of Chinese ceramics held at the Kunstgewerbe-Museum with objects from museum and private collections.
854 / SHK931
Sotheby's: SOTHEBY'S HONG KONG - TWENTY YEARS. Hong Kong, 1993. 429 pp. 708 colour plates and illustrations. 31x22 cm. Cloth.
GBP 80.00
Commemorative catalogue assembling some of the best pieces of Chinese art and handicrafts sold at their auctions in Hong Kong since 1973. Mainly ceramics, but also some lacquer, jade and paintings.
855 / SPACO1
Spallanzani, Marco: CERAMICHE ORIENTALI A FIRENZE NEL RINASCIMENTO. (Oriental Ceramics of the Renaissance Period in Florence). Florence, 1978. 259 pp. Text in Italian, 74 illustrations, including 1 plate in colour. 25x18 cm. Paper.
GBP 35.00
Description of 13th & 14th century Oriental ceramics as reflected in art and literature in Florence.
856 / STZ117
Goto Shigeki ed: SEKAI TOJI ZENSHU FUROKU. (Appendix to the Collection of World Ceramics). Sekai Toji Zenshu. Tokyo, 1961. 30 pp. 37 text figures. 30x21 cm. Paper.
GBP 10.00
Appendix to the series `Collection of World Ceramics' with 7 articles on Chinese and Japanese ceramics.
857 / SWESE1
Sweetman, John and Nicol Guerin: THE SPOUTED EWER. And its Relatives in the Far East. London, 1983. 36 pp. 42 illustrations. Bibliography. 20x20 cm. Paper.
GBP 4.50
An Oriental Ceramic Society catalogue of an exhibition held at the Barlow Gallery, Brighton of ewers and kendis, most of which appeared for the first time in public.
858 / TALMB1
Talbot, Star: THE MARVELLOUS BOOK. An Album Containing One Hundred Studies of Famous Chinese Porcelains .... Shanghai, 1930. 11 pp. Eng. Chin. Germ. Italian, French, Japanese, Spanish text. 102 colour plates. 34x27 cm. Silk.
GBP 100.00
Limited edition of 1000 copies. One hundred pieces from the author's collection including a large selection of Guyuexuan wares are reproduced here in full colour, complete with descriptive and historical notes.
859 / TAMJC1
Tam, Laurence et al: JOINED COLORS. Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain. Hong Kong, 1992. 160 pp. 165 colour plates and 7 b/w illustrations, map, index. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
GBP 40.00
79 pieces of Chinese porcelain with overglaze polychrome decoration are studied. Essays by Tam on The History of Ming/Qing Overglaze Porcelain; Color by Louise Cort; and Imagery by Jan Stuart. Lavishly illustrated and well-researched book.
860 / TAMJC2
Tam, Laurence et al: As above. Paper.
GBP 20.00
861 / TANSS1
T'an Tan-chiung: SELECTED SPECIMENS OF CHINESE PORCELAIN. Taipei, 1959. 125 pp. Chinese, 8 pp. English text. 15 colour, 88 b/w plates. 120 text-figures. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
GBP 50.00
Historical survey of Chinese ceramics, published by the Chinese Ceramic Research Institute and illustrated with specimens from private and museum collections in Taiwan. RBS 5:397.
862 / THICP1
Thiel, Albert Willem Rudolf: CHINESE POTTERY AND STONEWARE. New York, 1953. xiv, 204 pp. 120 plates, 24 in colour, numerous text-figures. 26x19 cm. Cloth.
GBP 45.00
The classification of Chinese ceramics and a study of the development of styles from Han to Qing.
863 / TMA651
Tokyo Matsusakaya Department Store: CHUGOKU NIZENNEN NO BI. China's Beauty of 2,000 Years. Tokyo, 1965. 33 pp. Japanese text, plus English captions to 49 plates (4 in colour) 25x26 cm. Paper.
GBP 25.00
Exhibition catalogue of ceramics and rubbings of inscriptions in the Xi'an Museum. Ceramics and rubbings are illustrated, with the areas where some of the exhibits were discovered.
864 / TNM941
Tokyo National Museum: CHUGOKU NO TOKI - TOKUBETSU TEN. Chinese Ceramics - Special Exhibition. Tokyo, 1994. 325, xxiii pp. 343 colour plates and illustrations. Map. English summary and captions. 30x21 cm. Paper.
GBP 45.00
The present exhibition includes outstanding pieces of Chinese ceramics in Japanese collections with addition of several specimens lent by two museums in America to show the development of Chinese ceramics from the Neoloithic to Qing periods. The most ambitious exhibition so far.
865 / TOI871
Toguri Museum of Art: COMMEMORATIVE EXHIBITION FOR THE OPENING. Tokyo, 1987. 120 pp. 112 colour plates. Chronology. 25x24 cm. Paper.
GBP 20.00
Exhibition of Chinese and Japanese ceramics to commemorate the opening of the Toguri Museum of Art. 112 pieces are featured from the eighth to the eighteenth centuries.
866 / TONZG1
Tong Shuye & Shi Xuetong: ZHONGGUO CIQI SHI LUNCONG. (Collection of Articles on the History of Chinese Ceramics). Shanghai, 1958. 138 pp. 19x13 cm. Paper.
GBP 16.00
Collection of seven essays on topics in the history of Chinese ceramics. Contains interesting studies on official porcelains of the early Qing, on Guangdong ware, and on porcelain under the directorship of Tang Ying. RBS4:452.
867 / TRUCC1
Trubner, Henry: CHINESE CERAMICS FROM THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD THROUGH CH'IEN-LUNG. A Loan Exhibition from Collections in America and Japan. Los Angeles, 1952. 119 pp. 272 illustrations. Map. Bibliography. 27x21 cm. Paper.
GBP 45.00
An excellent catalogue, now quite scarce, of an exhibition featuring some 380 good examples of which the majority are illustrated.
868 / BRM911
Vainker, Shelagh J: CHINESE POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. From Prehistory to the Present. London, 1991. 240 pp. 100 colour & 80 b/w illustrations. 25x19 cm. Cloth.
GBP 20.00
Published to accompany an exhibition held 25 Jan to 18 Aug 1991, this is a comprehensive and well-illustrated survey by a curator in the Department of Oriental Antiquities at the British Museum.
869 / BRM951
Vainker, Shelagh J: As above. Paper.
GBP 15.00
870 / VALHC2
Valenstein, Suzanne G: A HANDBOOK OF CHINESE CERAMICS. New York, 1975. 251 pp. 177 illustrations and 48 figures. 26x20 cm. Cloth.
GBP 45.00
A comprehensive survey of the history of Chinese pottery. All the pieces illustrated are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
871 / VALHC3
Valenstein, Suzanne G: As above.. Paper.
GBP 40.00
872 / VALHC4
Valenstein, Suzanne G: A HANDBOOK OF CHINESE CERAMICS. New York, 1989. 384 pp. 335 illustrations, 42 in full colour. Maps. 26x20 cm. Cloth.
GBP 30.00
A comprehensive survey of the history of Chinese pottery. All the pieces illustrated are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Revised and enlarged edition. A wealth of new information has been integrated into the book.
873 / WIECK3
Wiesner, Ulrich: CHINESISCHE KERAMIK. Meisterwerke aus Privatsammlungen. Köln, 1988. 193 pp. 140 plates and illustrations, mostly in colour. 27x22 cm. Paper.
GBP 20.00
Catalogue of a exhibition in the Museum für Ostasiatiche Kunst, Köln, of Chinese ceramics from various private collections in Germany.
874 / WIEKT1
Wiesner, Ulrich and Klinge, Ekkart: DIE KERAMISCHE TRADITION I. The Ceramic Tradition I. Hamburg, 1985. 82 pp. German and English text. 38 colour plates. 30x21 cm. Paper.
GBP 20.00
Sumptuously photographed catalogue of an exhibition of Chinese, Japanese and contemporary German ceramics.
875 / WU0ZT2
Wu Renjing & Xin Anchao: ZHONGGUO TAOCI SHI. (History of Chinese Ceramics). Shanghai, 1954. 145 pp. 96 illustrations, 7 in colour. 18x13 cm. Paper.
GBP 10.00
Reissue of 1936 original. Plates of indifferent quality.
876 / WU0ZT3
Wu Renjing & Xin Anchao: ZHONGGUO TAOCI SHI. (History of Chinese Ceramics). Zhongguo Wenhuashi Congshu. Taibei, 1968. 128 pp. 96 illustrations. 19x13 cm. Paper.
GBP 10.00
Carefully constructed chronological survey. Plates of indifferent quality. Second Taiwanese edition.
877 / ENLCP1
Yang Enlin: CHINESISCHE PORZELLANMALEREI. Munich, 1986. 152 pp. Numerous illustrations including 104 in colour. 23x20 cm. Cloth.
GBP 16.50
Well illustrated book, with explanations of various motifs in Chinese porcelain.
878 / YANCC4
Yang Gen et al: THE CERAMICS OF CHINA. The Yangshao Culture - The Song Dynasty. London, 1985. 179 pp. 171 colour illustrations. 30x24 cm. Cloth.
GBP 30.00
Brief analysis, and many illustrations, of Chinese ceramics ranging in date from primitive times to the Song period.
879 / YANGX1
Yang Xiaogu: GUYUE XUAN CI KAO. (Researches Into the Guyue Xuan Wares). Beiping, 1934. 178 pp. 25x15 cm. Stitched.
GBP 75.00
Major study on the `Old Moon Pavillion' porcelain in the Palace Museum and the literature on the subject. The author maintains that the story about Hu is a late fabrication. Also describes 50 odd pieces in the Imperial collection. Numbered edition. QB 1:76.
880 / YANMT1
Yang Yongshan and Yang Jingrong: MINJIAN TAOCI. Art of Folk Ceramics. Beauty of Ceramics, 2. Taipei, 1993. 180 pp. 180 colour plates. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
GBP 50.00
With the same extremely high production standards as other volumes in this series and from this publisher, this books presents a careful selection of representative pieces of popular Chinese ceramic art. English text throughout.
881 / ZHAHT1
Zhao Qingyun: HENAN TAOCI SHI. (A History of Ceramics from Henan). Beijing, 1993. 226 pp. 70 colour and 130 b/w illustrations, folding map of kiln sites. 26x19 cm. Paper.
GBP 20.00
Well-illustrated account of the ceramic production in Henan province from Neolithic to Ming period. Zhao's approach to the subject is a good combination of arcaheology, material science and art history. Includes a list of all relevant archaeological sites in Henan.
882 / ZHAGT1
Zhao Ziqiang: GU TAOCI JIANDING. (The Authentication of Ancient Ceramics). Guangzhou, 1991. 147, 15 pp. 65 pp. of colour plates. 18 pp. b/w marks. 53 line drawings. Chronology. 26x19 cm. Paper.
GBP 30.00
The author of this detail study of authentication was trained at the Palace Museum in Beijing and subsequently worked in Guangdong province providing authentication expertise for customs and export agencies. He is currently a national level expert in ceramics authentication.
883 / ??ZGT1
ZHONGGUO GU TAOCI LUNWENJI. (Treatise on Archaic Chinese Pottery). Beijing, 1982. iv, 321 pp. in Chinese, 52 b/w plates, numerous tables, figures & illustrations. 26x19 cm. Paper.
GBP 6.50
The chemistry of Chinese ceramics, a technical account.
884 / ZHOJC2
Zhou Ren et al: JINGDEZHEN CIQI DE YANJIU. (Study of Jingdezhen Ceramics). Beijing, 1958. 81 pp. 17 plates. 26x19 cm. Paper.
GBP 35.00
A discussion of the technical properties of the body and glaze of early Qing porcelains and notes on various other topics connected with the subject, such as the organization of the process of refining and manufacturing. RBS 4:459.
885 / ZIMCP2
Zimmermann, Ernst: CHINESISCHES PORZELLAN. Und die Übrigen Keramischen Erzeugnisse Chinas, Band I und II. Leipzig, 1923. 403 pp. 161 plates with 281 items shown, some in colour. Map. Index. 2 vols. 32x24 cm. Cloth.
220.00
Second revised edition. A monumental work on Chinese porcelain by the Director of the National Porcelain Collection of Dresden. This edition is the best, having been augmented with 21 plates and the text revised.
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