Song blue and white porcelain on the Silk Road /

Western scholars of ancient Chinese ceramics have long thought blue and white porcelain manufactured before the Ming (1368-1644 A.D.), dates to the Yuan (1279-1368 A.D.). Even in China today these porcelains are still termed "Yuan Blue and White." Based upon first-hand surveys of sites in...

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Main Authors: Kessler, Adam Theodore, 1958
Published: Brill,
Publisher Address: Leiden :
Publication Dates: 2012.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Studies in Asian art and archaeology, volume XXVII
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Summary: Western scholars of ancient Chinese ceramics have long thought blue and white porcelain manufactured before the Ming (1368-1644 A.D.), dates to the Yuan (1279-1368 A.D.). Even in China today these porcelains are still termed "Yuan Blue and White." Based upon first-hand surveys of sites in Inner Mongolia, Adam T. Kessler's Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road demonstrates that blue and white was made during the Song (960-1279 A.D.) ended up in the hands of the Xi Xia (1038-1226 A.D.) and the Jin (1115-1234 A.D.). Blue and white found today in hoards was buried prior to Mongol invasi
Carrier Form: xiv, 587 pages, 76 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, forms ; 31 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [543]-576) and index.
ISBN: 9789004218598 (hardback) :
9004218599 (hardback)
Index Number: NK4399
CLC: K876.3
J527
Call Number: J527/K425