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| C500) The New and revised HANDBOOK TO MARKS ON CHINESE
CERAMICS - Gerald Davison 2010. 3,400 marks. 310 pages. All
marks in colour. With added colour illustrations of example pieces.
Printed on silk coated art paper. Red faux leather with gilt
titles. Building on the gradual success of first the unique small format 'Guide' (450 marks) published in 1987 and was reprinted twice, and then the much acclaimed and more comprehensive 'Handbook' (1800 marks) published in 1994, this new and expanded publication now contains twice the content with approaching 3,400 marks spread over 310 pages. From imperial marks to the many "hall" and auspicious marks used by scholars,collectors, potters and artists, this is the essential book for all professional buyers, collectors and antique and art dealers with an interest in Chinese ceramics. Written in a way that will appeal to the beginner as well as the experienced professional, the introduction contains colour illustrations of a varied range of objects together with their mark. |
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| C501)
A Short Account of OLD ENGLISH POTTERY and an Introduction to
the study of CHINESE PORCELAIN. Also a Catalogue of Old China
offered for sale - Phillips F.W. &
Schneider G.A.. Phillips of Hitchin, 1901. 134 pages of text
plus 51 pages of black & white plates. Soft covers. Good
copy. An early catalogue from the Hertfordshire dealers with accounts and introductions to the subjects. The catalogue of items for sale is quite astounding. A vast array of Chinese wares, European pottery and porcelain including German stonewares, Dutch delft, Hispano Moresque etc. British pottery including delftware, fine saltglaze etc. British porcelain including Lowestoft, Bristol etc. etc. There were some 600 items offered for sale with over 300 items illustrated throughout the publication. |
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| C503)
CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN
- Mackintosh D. 1994. 3rd revised edition. 236 pages. 128 b/w
& 37 colour illust. Hardback.d/w. Very good. The third revised edition of this standard work first published in 1977. A history of Chinese blue & white ceramics through to the late 19th century. With appendices on manufacture, decoration and marks. |
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| C504)
ORIENTAL LOWESTOFT. CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN. Porcelaine de la
cie Des Indes. With Special Reference to the Trade with China
and the Porcelain Decorated for the American Market - Hyde J.A.Lloyd C.B.C. 1936. 1st edition no. 839
of 1000 copies. 168 pages. 33 black &white plates & 4
colour.plates. Original cloth & gilt. Good copy. The book has many useful extracts regarding Canton, the East India Company and cargoes of porcelain including British ships and cargoes. The decoration of Chinese export wares are also examined in some detail. The 180 items illustrated are split between wares decorated for the American market and those for elsewhere. |
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| C505)
MING POTTERY and PORCELAIN - Jenyns
S. 1988. 2nd revised edition. 238 pages. 229 b/w & 18 colour
illust. Hardback. d/w. Very good. The revised edition of this standard work on Ming wares, by one of the most remarkable authors and researchers of Oriental ceramics. First published in 1953, this enlarged edition under the editorial skills of Margaret Medley updates and adds illustrations to what was already a formidable work on the Ming dynasty and its wares. |
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| C307)
THE POWELL COTTON COLLECTION of CHINESE CERAMICS - Lang. G. 1988. 152 pages. 40 full page colour plates.
62 b/w illustrations. Soft card covers. Good clean copy. The collection of two groups of porcelain of mostly 18th and 19th centuries. The first part is of Export wares and the second of Imperial or Chinese taste wares. Nearly 100 items are illustrated in the colour plates and all are illustrated in the black & white section of 124 items. |
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| C311)
Sale. FINE CHINESE PORCELAIN and Works of Art. Property of the
late W.A. Evill - Sotheby & Co. November 30th 1965. 126
lots. 64 illustrated in the b/w plates. Soft. Good. Price &
buyers list. Penned notes. A collection of Ming & Ching wares and some Dutch decorated porcelain. Many rare examples including 2 blanc-de-chine groups of hunting and a Dutch family, Biscuit porcelain supper set. |
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| C313) ORIENTAL CERAMIC ART . Illustrated by Examples from The Collection of W.T. Walters -Bushell S.W. New York 1981. Reprint of the 1897 10 volume set. 504 pages. 116 colour plates & 411 b/w illustrations. d/w. Large.Wear to edges an back of wrapper otherwise very good. Dealing only with ceramics and originally published in 10 volumes in limited edition of 500 sets in 1897 each volume measuring 22"x17". This reprint is complete with a small reduction in scale. With text and history by Stephen Bushell on this enormous American ceramic collection. While its emphasis is on the ceramics of China, it also has sections on Japan and Korea. It contains numerous translations of important Chinese documents into English including the detailed description of Chinese porcelain manufacture written in 1743 by Tang Ying director of the Imperial porcelain manufactory. |
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| C303)
CHINESE ARMORIAL PORCELAIN for the Dutch Market - Dr. Joechem Kroes. 2007. 718 pages. 598 colour illustrations
& 46 black & white. Large hardback in wrapper. Dr. Kroes is a Genealogist with a special interest in 18th century Chinese porcelain and heraldry. This thorough and comprehensive work documents and illustrates 455 of the known 500 Dutch services of this period. The first 100 pages covers Decoration and Styles, Services and Shapes, Dutch Family heraldry, The Commissioners of Armorial Porcelain in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands, Socio-Economic Backgrounds of the Commissionaires and Summary and Conclusions. This part of the book has 100 colour illustrations and 17 black & white . Then follows the main catalogue of Chinese Porcelain with Coats of Arms of some 455 entries. All give details of the piece, the family name of the coat of arms, history and background to the family. Many have further information on descendants, whereabouts of other pieces, illustrations of sources of design etc. For example one entry describes the descendants moving to Scotland and parts of the service taken there. Then follows a section of unidentified or probable Dutch services and a reference to all the services indexed by border or main design and further reference sources. |
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| C301)
EASTERN CERAMICS from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger. Exhibition
1981 - Ashmolean 1981. 160 pages .With
441 items all illustrated in black & white.Soft covers. Good.
Over 440 items of Chinese, Japanese and Islamic ceramics with a small section of delft & German stoneware from the Ashmolean Museum. |
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| C300)
LATER CHINESE PORCELAIN - Jenyns S. 4th and last edition
1971. 220 pages. 229 black & white illustrations. & 6
colour plates. Hardback. Wrapper. Good clean copy A study of the later Ching dynasty wares from 1644 to the turn of the 20th century. This is the last edition with corrections and two new colour plates and a 3 page forward by Garner. |
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| C201) EUROPEAN DECORATION on ORIENTAL PORCELAIN - Espir H. November 2005. 272 pages. 212 colour and
22 black & white illustrations. Hardback. Dust wrapper. The first book to examine the work of European decorators on oriental porcelain throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries focusing on enamellers in Holland, Germany and England. Their wide range of styles and subjects of decoration are fully illustrated in colour along with comments on the social, historic and economic background of the pieces. The latest research from scholars in America, Great Britain, Germany and the Netherlands is included. From the English collector's point of view this is a fascinating subject and examples of these porcelains were to be found in collections such as Robert Drane and Bernard Watney. |
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C88) MING PORCELAINS. A Retrospective - Valenstein S.G. China House Gallery New York. Loan
Exhibition October 1970 - January 1971. 104 pages. 82 b/w illustrations.
Soft colour covers. Good. An American loan exhibition from private and museum collections. |
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| C93)
MEIJI CERAMICS. The art of Japanese Export Porcelain and Satsuma
ware 1868 - 1912 - Gisela Jahn. 2005.
360 pages. 230 colour illustrations & 23 b/w. Plus 84 illustrations
of base marks. Large hardback. d/w. Very good. An impressive and very well researched publication that examines the history of Japanese Export porcelain in the Meiji era covering all aspects but with an emphasis on the stylistic influence from the west. Includes ceramic production of Arita, Kutani, Kyoto, Satsuma, Seto and Tokyo by artist-craftsmen such as Ito Tozan, Kanzan Denshichi, Kinkozan Sobei, Miyagawa Kozan, Siefu Yohei and others. With wonderful archive photographs of painters and potters at work in the late 19th century and some displays from the Vienna, Paris, Chicago, London and other exhibitions. A complete and absorbing work by an author who has spent many years visiting Japan and has taught Japanese ceramics at Heidelberg University and in Berlin and she provides a vast amount of fresh research from Japanese sources. |
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| C76)
. THE TWO QUAIL PATTERN. 300 Years of Design on Porcelain -Dr. Chris Girton. 2004. Forward by Geoffrey Godden.
112 pages. 130 colour illustrations. Over 200 items are illustrated.
Soft covers. Only 500
copies have been published, no reprints. Last few copies, soon
out of print. For over 300 years quails have been represented on ceramics, particularly porcelain, as popular study subjects. This first complete study of quail decoration examines porcelain from the 17th to 20th centuries covering 50 known factories and 120 pattern variations including Japanese, Chinese, European and British ceramics. The publication will be launched on the 6th of May to coincide with a loan exhibition at Stockspring Antiques in London from the 6th to the 20th of May and further exhibition at the Museum of Worcester from July. We will be supplying all copies outside of the 2 exhibitions. Any advance orders will be mailed out just prior to the launch date. We will have a review copy in the next 10 days, telephone for further information. |
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| C06)
CHINESE DECORATIVE ART -Fedderson
M. Faber 1961. 2nd edition fully revised with new illustrations.
286 pages. 221 b/w illustrations & 8 colour plates. Marks.
Cloth. Very good. Covering Ceramics, Metalwork, Bronze Mirrors, Laquer Work, Textile in detail. With a chapter on the iconography and introductory historical survey. |
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| C11)
FIGURAL JAPANESE EXPORT CERAMICS - Schiffer N.N. 2002.
208 pages. 310 colour illustrations. Value guide. Hardback. Late 19th and early 20th century figures from Hirado, Imari, Kutani, Satsuma, Studio wares etc. From the 1862 Exposition in London through to the early 1920's, this work examines the courtesans, gods, demons , animals and other figures, the artists and their marks |
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| C17) Loan Exhibition.
THE DRAGON and THE QUAIL. English Kakiemon Porcelain - February/March 2000. Stockspring Antiques.
40 pages. 32 colour illustrations.Soft. ( for an illustration
of the cover see EX1 in The GALLERY
Antonia Agnew and Felicity Marno of Stockspring Antiques in London have assembled a stunning collection of Japanese inspired wares from Chelsea, Bow, Worcester and a few rare examples from other English factories. Also included are some original Japanese pieces and few represenative items from Meissen and elsewhere. The 93 examples are all illustrated in colour with informative descriptions and with a forward by Anthony du Boulay. |
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| C20)
JAPANESE PORCELAIN 1800-1950 - Schiffer N. 2000. Revised
and expanded 2nd Edition. 256 pages. 600 illustration, mostly
colour. Value guide.Hardback. The new revised edition with added research information on 19th & 20th century Japanese wares. Recent and past attribution theories are discussed and extra illustrations on the Kakieomon, Satsuma, Imari, Arita and other wares. |
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| C21) NORITAKE
FOR EUROPE - Murphy P. 2001. 192 pages.
584 colour illust. Price guides. Hardback. The first book dedicated to Noritake ceramics exported to Europe between 1891 and 1939. The tablewares, tea services, dressing table sets, vases and other ornamental wares all in colour. Many of the attractive patterns such as the painted landscapes of desert scenes and the swan river bank scenes are illustrated on most shapes or forms. The exotic patterns and elaborate gilding provide a variety of designs for a variety of tastes. The European influence seen in the shapes and decoration shows how the Japanese were influenced by European design in the early 20th, century which was the reverse of the last quarter of the 19th century. Value guides are given in English pounds. |
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| C23)
JAPANESE EXPORT CERAMICS 1860-1920 -
Schiffer N. 2000. 224 pages. 516 colour illust. Price guide.d/w.
£ 39.95 50% of this new publication is devoted to Satsuma wares with illustrations of base marks. With chapters on Kutani, Hirado and another on imari that includes a range of figures. |
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| C28) IMARI, SATSUMA and Other Japanese Export Ceramics
- Nancy N. Schiffer . New edition
2000. Revised & enlarged. 204 pages. 600 Colour illustrations.
With value guide.d/w. New revised edition with updated prices and added illustrations. A fine full colour guide to the Imari and Satsuma wares of Japan and including two chapters on Banko earthenware and Sumida Pottery. |
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| C218)
NORITAKE COLLECTABLES A to Z: A Pictorial Record & Guide
to Values. Spain D. 1999. 304pp. 1023
colour & 220 b/w photos. Price guide. d/w. Japanese Noritake porcelain dishes and figurines are represented here by more than 1000 pieces in Classical, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco styles with both lustre and non-lustre finishes. A wide variety of postwar bone china figurines and recent collector-series items appear with current prices for collectors. |
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| C219)
Sale Christies (London) Fine CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN and Paintings
July 5th & 6th 1984 150 pages. 715 lots 296 lots illustrated.34
In colour. Price list Yes Soft. Fine. 401 lots of ceramics. Rare figures including mule, elephants & merchant. Doctors visit saucer-dishes. Rare blue & white. Paintings include Hongs, porcelain production. |
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| C220)
HANDBOOK OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN OF THE FAR EAST. Hobson R.L. 1937. 180pp. 260 b/w illust. Boards. Apart from Chinese ceramics, Japanese are included along with small sections on Korean & Siamese wares. |
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| C221)
OLD CHINESE PORCELAIN - Mew E. 1910.
Masterpiece series. 108 pages. 8 colour & 8 b/w plates. Original
colour & gilt hardback covers. Good clean copy. The Chinese volume from the masterpieces of handicraft series. |
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| C224)
CHINESE PORCELAIN FROM THE ADDIS COLLECTION . Addis J.M.
1979 52 pages of text 22 colour plates & 22 b/w illustrations.Cloth
in d/w. 22 pieces of Ching teh chen porcelain presented to the British museum all shown in colour and prominent features again in b/w. |
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