This fine book is the fully illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of 76 outstanding examples of Chinese porcelain made between the 15th and 19th centuries, all with rare marks. From the 16th century, people ordering ceramics from the Jingdezhen and other kilns had the possibility of inscribing the wares with their own names. Such marks can tell us much about a ceram ...click for details

Between the mid 17th and mid 18th centuries Japanese and Chinese porcelains were a notable sight in the great houses of Europe. Here, over 350 pieces have been included from many of the oldest and most famous collections in Europe to demonstrate the range of the imported Japanese wares and to show both the spread of the fashion for collecting po ...click for details

The cargo of the late 17th century Vung Tau wreck excavated in 1991, comprising mainly exquisite blue & white Chinese porcelain, continues to fascinate collectors and connoisseurs. This fine book illustrates and describes many of the items recovered as well as giving information about the actual excavation. Also explored is the significance of the cargo at a ti ...click for details

This fine book illustrates and describes 63 fine examples of early Chinese ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, 41 of which are from various Neolithic cultures, the others dating up to the Warring States period, including Shang and Zhou Dynasty examples. In addition is background information and highly informative essays including ...click for details

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The great leader President Kim Il Sung said: "The people of Koryo greatly developed the printing industry by inventing metal type for the first time in the world and manufactured the Koryo ceramics which the world values as treasures because of their distinctive colours, patterns and models. All these made our country famous". ...click for details

This superbly produced book covers the first known Chinese bronzes through to and including those produced by the Shang Dynasty. It is very well researched and packed full of interesting background information as well as being extensively illustrate ...click for details

This fine book, Gilded Dragons by Carol Michaelson, is published by the British Museum Press. The first approximate one third of the book concerns itself with the Zhou, Qin & Han dynasties (770 BC - AD 220) whilst the rest of the book ...click for details

This really is a very interesting book and invaluable for any serious collector of ancient Chinese ceramics. It is essentially a catalogue published in 1981 by the Oriental Ceramic Society of an exhibition lent by the People's Republic of China that was held at the British Museum, London in 1980. ...click for details

This fine book fully describes and illustrates in colour 56 "supreme" and "priceless" examples of Chinese ceramics, many once owed by Chinese emperors, from the world-class collection of the Percival David Founda ...click for details