Chinese Ceramics The New Standard Guide

Chinese ceramics show a continuous development since pre dynastic times and are one of the most significant forms of chinese art and ceramics globally.

Chinese ceramics the new standard guide.

Chinese ceramics range from construction materials such as bricks and tiles to hand built pottery vessels fired in bonfires or kilns to the sophisticated chinese porcelain wares made for. There are a number of things to look for when starting to collect chinese ceramics. Asian art museum of san francisco for centuries chinese ceramics have been the objects most coveted in the west by collectors with an interest in the arts of asia. A guide to buying chinese ceramics by leila de vos european head of chinese works of art at christie s.

Large numbers of chinese ceramics are offered around the world at reputable auction houses which unlike museums allow potential buyers to handle them so make the most of. Find all the books read about the author and more. Paperback please retry 961 00. There is no quicker way to learn than to handle as many pieces as possible.

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The new standard guide hardcover october 31 1996 by he li author 4 6 out of 5 stars 14 ratings. Now available in paperback this sumptuously illustrated book is the definitive guide to the provenance technique history and ancient traditions of chinese ceramics. The book has over 850 illustrations 704 in colour 6 maps total 352 pages including index. Chinese potters have copied chinese ceramics for hundreds of years both out of reverence for an earlier period and to fool buyers so beware.

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The most important thing is to buy what you love this should always be the main driving force behind your. The first pottery was made during the palaeolithic era. See search results for this author. Reference book hard cover on chinese ceramics the new standard guide by he li author from the asian art museum of san francisco.