Mandarin and Menagerie, Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Volume I: The James E. Sowell Collection
This book covers the largest and most important collection of Chinese and Export figures currently existing in the world. Collected by James E. Sowell of Dallas, Texas, there are over 170 items including over 50 bird figures, a dozen dogs, and a unique pair of leopards possibly made for the Imperial Summer Palace. It includes […]
Yang-ts’ai: The Foreign Colors – Rose Porcelains of the Ch’ing Dynasty
Symbols on Chinese Porcelain: 10,000 x Happiness
‘Ten Thousand Times Happiness’ reveals the auspicious, symbolic meaning of Chinese Porcelain (12th-18th centuries) introducing 80 masterpieces of the Keramiekmuseum Princessehof, Leuwarden, the Netherlands.
The RA Collection of Chinese Ceramics: A Collector’s Vision
The RA Collection of Chinese Ceramics: A Collector’s Vision is themost important new reference book on Chinese export porcelain to be published for many years. It provides the first comprehensive study of what is probably the world’s best private collection of pieces for the European market and contains new research into the subject of Chinese […]
Chinese Export Porcelains
The blue and white porcelain exported by China in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is an important category of artifacts and antiques, a fashion-sensitive commodity that was affected by the ebbs and flows of style and consumer demand. In this copiously illustrated, comprehensive guide to Chinese export porcelain, Andrew Madsen offers both a broad […]
Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum
Through 556 sumptuously illustrated pages, this book delves into one of the foremost collections of Chinese export ceramics in the world. Contextual essays and 275 object entries present ground-breaking scholarship by former PEM curator and internationally renowned authority on the subject, William R. Sargent. PEM’s Asian Export Art collection boasts over 7,000 Chinese ceramics made […]
Ming: Porcelain for a Globalised Trade
The Ming Dynasty (1368 1644) is regarded as one of the most glorious in Chinese history especially in regards to porcelain. Ming denotes the finest and most precious porcelain, which regularly achieves astronomical prices at auctions. The Ming vase is a popular cliché even for those who are not familiar with the history of Chinese […]
Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection in the Virginia Museum
Catalogue for the exhibition at the Virginia Museum of the collection of Mr and Mrs Mottahedeh of New York, where it was shown for the first time; The sixty-two masterpieces of Chinese export porcelain, illustrated here in full colour, have been selected from one of the finest collections of the century to give a representative […]
La Chine des porcelaines
La collection de céramiques chinoises d’Ernest Grandidier (1833-1912) constitue l’un des ensembles les plus riches conservés en Occident.Formée il y a plus d’un siècle elle compte quelque six mille pièces dont certaines demeurent des joyaux de l’art universel.Sont présentées chronologiquement des verseuses des bols à thé des gourdes des coupes à différents décors des vases […]
Later Chinese Porcelain
This book is devoted less to the familiar famille verte and famille rose which were largely export wares made specially for the European market than to the wares of the same period in the true Chinese taste. When it was first published in 1951 interest in the latter wares, which were not on the whole […]