Early Chinese Pottery and Porcelain
London: Faber, 1953. Hardbound. Mustard yellow cloth with red title block on spine; 48 pp text, 96 bw plates. More
London: Faber, 1953. Hardbound. Mustard yellow cloth with red title block on spine; 48 pp text, 96 bw plates. More
London, England: Faber & Faber, 1945. Hardcover. green cloth w/ gilt cover emblem & spine printing. 238 pgs w/ 3 tipped-in color plates & 192 pgs of additional bw plates. top edge gilt. no dustjacket. Color tipped-in plates bright; monochrome plates nicely detailed. Still considered an important resource. More
NY: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981. Hardbound. Blue boards w/ taupe pictorial DJ, 80 pp. 62 color plates. Collection catalog; introduction tells the story of the export of Chinese porcelain over the last two thousand years and examines the historic, economic, and artistic factors contributing to its spectacular popularity in eighteenth-century..... More
Newport, Monmouthshire: The Ceramic Book Company, 1964. Third edition, limited to 1000 copies. Hardbound. Orange cloth with embossed title. viii, [4], 168, 16 double-sided bw plates and 4 color plates (inc. frontis). The expression "Oriental Lowestoft" has become a generic name for any porcelain made in China for export to..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. Hardbound. Red cloth with dark, color-illustrated dustjacket. 208 pp., profusely illustrated in color and bw. More
Osaka, Japan: Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1982. Softcover. White wraps with gold lettering and French flaps. 216 pp. Numerous large bw & color plates. Text in Japanese and English. Includes a map of kiln sites in ancient, the catalogue of 136 items, in bw and shown as full-page plates in..... More
Bruxelles (Brussels), Belgium: L'Objet Arts d'Extreme Orient, 1975. Softcover. Black pictorial stapled wraps; 56 pp. with several bw illustrations. Text in French and Flemish. Includes annotations of the 83 works. Catalogue Nr. 341. More
Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1995. Softcover. White wraps with color illustration. 128 pp. 56 color illustrations/plates of porcelain pieces. In Dutch and English. Beautifully illustrated, amazing and fine examples of Oriental porcelain. More
Hagerstown, Maryland: Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 1987. Softcover. White stapled wraps with color image and black lettering. 48 pp. with 4 color and 39 bw plates. Catalogue from the exhibition held November to December 1987. Includes a brief essay by the collector, Philip Kahn, Jr., an introduction by..... More
Hagerstown, Maryland: Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 1987. Softcover. White and illus. stapled wraps with black lettering; 48 pp. with 4 color and 39 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1987 exhibition of these decorative items. With an introduction by collector Philip Kahn, Jr. The illustrated catalogue presents..... More
Tokyo: Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, 1950, circa. Softbound. Paper wraps with label on front, sewn. 34 pp., 4 or 5 bw illustrations. An enlightening overview. More
College Park, Md. The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, 1995. Softcover. Black illus. wraps, 92 pp., 98 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1995 exhibition at the Art Gallery at the University of Maryland. Includes essays about Helen D. Ling and the collection and presents 98 pieces from the..... More
Los Angeles: LACMA, 1973. Softcover. White softcover with color-illustration and black lettering. 48 pp. BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibiton held at Los Angeles County Museum of Art from December 18, 1973 to March 3, 1974. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ and New York: Prentice-Hall / Harry N. Abrams, 1964. Hardbound. Red cloth. 526 pp., 60 color and 656 bw plates. More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978. Softcover. Black & color illustrated stapled wraps. [72] pp. 80 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with several 1976-1978 exhibitions "of Japanese blue and white export porcelains. ... Of special interest as it permits comparisons between blue and white wares of similar design..... More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978. Softcover. Black & color illustrated stapled wraps. [72] pp. 80 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with several 1976-1978 exhibitions "of Japanese blue and white export porcelains. ... Of special interest as it permits comparisons between blue and white wares of similar design..... More
Amsterdam: Museum Willet-Holthuysen, 1972. Softcover. Blue illus. wraps; 60 pp.; 38 bw photos. Text in Dutch; Accompanied an exhibition of Japanese export porcelain from the 17th and 18th centuries. More
Montreal: Musee des Beaux-Arts de Montreal, 1992. Softcover. Glossy blue color-illustrated wraps with white lettering; 79 pp. with 32 color plates;. Parallel text in French/English; includes a map of Southeast Asia and a chronology. More
Boston, Massachusetts: Pucker Gallery, 2011. Softcover. Brown wraps with color illustration, 30 pp., profusely illustrated with color images of the ceramicist's works. Exhibition held 30 April to 13 June 2011. More
New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. Hardcover. Putty-colored cloth over boards; Color illus. dj.; 288 pp. 7 color plates, 215 bw ills. 'Looks at the whole history of Chinese pottery from the point of view of the techniques used by potters and so traces how their craft evolved..... More
London: University of London, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 1978. Softcover. White illus. wraps. 158 pp. Numerous bw plates. Papers on the historical development and decorative techniques. Most papers address ceramics from the ninth century A. D. onward. More
Washington, DC: Meridian International Center. Softcover. White wraps with color illustration. 74 pp. Color illustrations throughout. In English and Chinese. Held from September 23, 2011, to Jan. 15, 2012, this exhibition introduces American audiences to developments taking place in Jingdezhen and shows how Chinese porcelain is transcending the classical blue-and-white..... More
London: T.C. and E.C. Jack, 1910, circa. Hardbound. Black, gilt embossed and color illustrated cloth. 96 pp. with 16 color plates (8 color) and some line diagrams. A nice copy, save for the spine defect (which can be repaired fairly easily). More
London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, [1909?]. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, color illus. laid on front cover, mylar cover,108 pp., 8 BW illus., 8 color plates. Series: Masterpieces of Handicraft, 2. An illustrated exploration of the topic of old Chinese porcelain. More
Chartwell Books, 1976. Hardbound. Light cloth with yellowish, color-illustrated dustjacket. 128 pp., profusely illustrated in color and bw. A wonderfully illustrated overview of various aspects of Asian Culture and Antiquities that lend themselves to collecting. More