Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum
Title | Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum PDF eBook |
Author | British Museum |
Publisher | |
Pages | 636 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Architecture |
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The British Museum holds the worlds broadest collection of Ming ceramics. Nearly a thousand items are here illustrated, identified, dated and discussed, incorporating the most up-to-date archaeological discoveries and scientific research previously available only in Chinese or specialist journals. Five introductory essays provide an accessible framework. Each of the catalogues twenty chapters is then introduced with a brief summary of its defining characteristics. A wealth of additional information is clearly interpreted and presented in a series of appendices, tables and maps for ease of reference and research by collectors, students and scholars.
Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum
Title | Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum PDF eBook |
Author | London. British Museum |
Publisher | |
Pages | 640 |
Release | 2001 |
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Ming
Title | Ming PDF eBook |
Author | Jessica Harrison-Hall |
Publisher | British Museum Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Art, Chinese |
ISBN | 9780714124834 |
The Ming dynasty (1368-1644) is regarded as China's 'golden age', equivalent in British history to the Elizabethan era. Through the themes of people and places and a wealth of objects, this beautifully illustrated little book provides a concise and fascinating introduction to the Ming period. The colourful and rich nature of life for the emperors and their families within the vast palaces of Nanjing, Beijing and beyond is captured in the exquisite imperial portraits, paintings, costumes and jewellery. Beyond the courts, outdoor spaces were enjoyed by many people, and journeys into the countryside undertaken for different purposes. Parties were held in gardens with friends and sports such as football and golf kept people fit. Amongst other goods, Chinese porcelain and silk were highly regarded throughout the world at this time. The author looks at the main production centres, the extensive distribution networks, and the roles of craftsmen, salesmen and customers. As so much of our knowledge of Ming China derives from archaeology, tombs of royals and non-royals are featured and major finds from them illustrated. Religious sites - monasteries, temples and mosques - are also explored; rare surviving examples of architecture from the Ming period. The book concludes with an introduction to some of the imagined spaces of the Ming, including realms for various gods. Here are palaces and parks; tombs and temples; silk-production sites and sacred mountains; emperors and empresses; soldiers and salesmen; princes and potters: a visual feast that captures the flavour of the remarkable Ming dynasty.
Chinese Ceramics
Title | Chinese Ceramics PDF eBook |
Author | British Museum |
Publisher | British Museum Press |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Art |
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Presents 50 selected highlights of this world-renowned collection ... The accompanying text gives brief details and draws out their most significant features"--Cover flap.
Ming Ceramics in the British Museum
Title | Ming Ceramics in the British Museum PDF eBook |
Author | Jessica Harrison-Hall |
Publisher | |
Pages | 640 |
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Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road
Title | Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road PDF eBook |
Author | Adam T. Kessler |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 679 |
Release | 2012-07-25 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 9004218599 |
Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road disproves received opinion that pre-Ming blue and white dates to the Yuan (1279-1368 A.D.) and establishes the proper foundation for 21st century study of ancient Chinese porcelain.
Persian Pottery in the First Global Age
Title | Persian Pottery in the First Global Age PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Golombek |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 525 |
Release | 2013-12-09 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9004260927 |
Persian Pottery in the First Global Age: the Sixteenth and Seventeeth Centuries studies the ceramic industry of Iran in the Safavid period (1501–1732) and the impact which the influx of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain, heightened by the activities of the English and Dutch East Indies Companies after c. 1700, had on local production. The multidisciplinary approach of the authors (Lisa Golombek, Robert B. Mason, Patricia Proctor, Eileen Reilly) leads to a reconstruction of the narrative about Safavid pottery and revises commonly accepted notions. The book includes easily accessible reference charts to assist in dating and provenancing Safavid pottery on the basis of diagnostic motifs, potters’ marks, petrofabrics, shapes, and Chinese models.