Excerpt from How to Identify Old Chinese Porcelain To several kind friends I also tender thanks for their kindness in allowing their valuable porcelain to be photographed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from How to Identify Old Chinese Porcelain There is doubtless much valuable Chinese porcelain in this country and in America about which its owners know very little; and at a time when attention has been drawn to it by the high prices realised in London sale-rooms many people desire to know more about their possessions and the subject generally. It has seemed to me therefore that a cheap and simple book may be acceptable. This little work is not put forth in any sense as a finished history and description of Chinese porcelain, but is written solely to help the amateur to make a beginning in the study of the most interesting and difficult branch of Ceramic Art. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Information on "origins and development of the Chinese written language" precedes the extensive catalog of marks, including marks in regular kaishu script, marks in zhuanshu seal scripts, symbols used as marks, directory of marks, and list of potters.

Hardcover reprint of the original 1907 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Hodgson, Willoughby, Mrs. How To Identify Old Chinese Porcelain. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Hodgson, Willoughby, Mrs. How To Identify Old Chinese Porcelain, . Chicago, A.C. Mcclurg & Co., 1907. Subject: Porcelain, Chinese