Description
Taipei, Kwang Fu Book Co., 1980
Hardcover with pictorial dust jacket, 29 x 23 cm, 150 pages per volume, illustrated throughout in color and black and white. Text in Chinese with some English.
A set of 5 volumes of this extensively illustrated reference work on Chinese pottery and porcelain. Volumes three and four written by Chen Changwei, a member of the British Oriental Ceramic Society and director of the Chinese Cultural Relics Society. Volumes one, two and five compiled by Tan Danjuong. Text mostly in Chinese, but pieces with English titles and Contents in English. Illustrated with hundreds of examples of pieces of pottery and porcelain.
Summary of contents:
- Vol 1. Prehistoric, Shang and Zhou pottery. Compiled by Tan Danjuong.
- The proces of porcelain manufacture.
- Potteries of pre-historical.
- Potteries of Shang
- Potteries of Chou.
- A brief Description of pre-historical. Shang. Chou pottery.
- Vol 2. Han and Tang Ceramics. Compiled by Tan Danjuong.
- Pottery of Ch’in and Hand
- Potteries of Wei, Tsin and Nan-Pe-Chao
- Porcelains of Sui and Tang.
- A brief description of Han and T´ang porcelain.
- Vol 3. Song and Yuan Porcelain.
- White Glaze
- Celadon Glaze
- Coloured glaze and black glaze.
- Underglaze blue, iron oxide spots and others.
- A brief Description of Sung and Yuan Porcelain.
- Vol 4. Ming Dynasty Porcelain.
- Monocromatic glaze
- Underglaze blue
- Coloured pictures
- Outside wares of Ching-Te-Chen
- A brief description of Ming Ware.
- Vol 5. Qing Dynasty Porcelain. Compiled by Tan Danjuong.
- Monocromatic glaze
- Coloured pictures
- Cloisonne Enamel
- Outside Wares of Ching-Te-Chen
- A brief description of Ch´ing Ware.
A good set, dust jackets with some wear.
