Chinese Blue and White Porcelain

by Duncan MacIntosh
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Sothebys Pubns (1994-10)
ISBN: 1851492100
EAN: 9781851492107
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 238 pages
Edition: 3rd
SKU: FOS-3195
Condition: Very Good
Comments: 1851492100 hardcover with dust jacket; Antique Collectors' Club, 1997 reprint, 236 pages and many color illustrations/photos, light bump to outer top edge, VERY GOOD condition, clean and bright pages, tight binding, light shelf wear to edges, NO marks or highlights; OVERSIZED;

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Product Description
To many people "blue and white" is virtually synonymous with the entire range of Chinese porcelain with a large number regarding the ubiquitous "Willow Pattern" as the main, if not the only decorative motif. The truth is vastly different in that the history of blue and white over the last 600 years has far more to say and thus is deserving of serious study. With the exception of a brief period when it fell out of fashion in the years following the death of the Xuande emperor, it had been in the mainstream of Chinese porcelain manufacture since the beginning of the 15th century. It has had an immense effect on the manufacture of porcelain elsewhere, and in the 17th century was effectively the only porcelain known in Europe. In this history, the author traces the progress of "blue and white" from its uncertain beginnings to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It should be a suitable source of reference when evaluating the authenticity, provenance and dating of Chinese "blue and white".

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