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An illustrated brief history of Chinese porcelain : history - culture - aesthetics /

"One of the treasures of Chinese civilization, porcelain was first fashioned in the five great kiln-sites of the Song dynasty (1960-1279) around AD1000, although it's origins lie as far back as the early ceramics of the second millennium BC. Porcelain evolved to form the splendid blue-and-...

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Main Authors: Yang, Guimei
Group Author: Hardie, Alison
Published: Better Link Press,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: [2021]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
960-1912
Porcelain, Chinese.
Porcelain, Chinese > Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368.
Porcelain, Chinese > Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912.
Porcelaine chinoise.
Porcelaine chinoise > 960-1368 (Dynasties des Song et des Yuan)
Porcelaine chinoise > 1368-1912 (Dynastie des Ming et dynastie mandchoue)
Porcelain, Chinese > Ming-Qing dynasties.
Porcelain, Chinese > Song-Yuan dynasties.
Summary: "One of the treasures of Chinese civilization, porcelain was first fashioned in the five great kiln-sites of the Song dynasty (1960-1279) around AD1000, although it's origins lie as far back as the early ceramics of the second millennium BC. Porcelain evolved to form the splendid blue-and-white of the Yuan (1279-1368), before reaching its aesthetic and technical apogee in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). This book explains the development of porcelain from early times and the most notable characteristics of porcelain in different periods; it outlines the rise and fall of the great production centers, and describes the influence of social and economic development, political change, and non-Chinese cultures on the features and uses of porcelain. It brings out the cultural implications and the aesthetic and philosophical concepts which underlie the porcelain we know today"--Book flap
Carrier Form: 128 pages : color illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (page 124) and index (pages 127-128).
ISBN: 9781602201736
1602201730
Index Number: NK4565
CLC: K876.34
Call Number: K876.34/Y223
Contents: From earthenware to porcelain -- The age of celadon and white-ware -- Song porcelain: expression through form and glaze color -- Yuan porcelain: appreciation of blue and white -- Official versus unofficial: porcelain of the Ming Dynasty -- Qing porcelain: the ultimate in skill -- Flowers of a foreign land: export porcelain of the Ming and Qing -- Appendices.

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