Book Description
Presents 50 selected highlights of this world-renowned collection ... The accompanying text gives brief details and draws out their most significant features"--Cover flap.
Author : British Museum
Publisher : British Museum Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 25,49 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Art
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Presents 50 selected highlights of this world-renowned collection ... The accompanying text gives brief details and draws out their most significant features"--Cover flap.
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File Size : 26,48 MB
Release : 1968
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File Size : 14,43 MB
Release : 1962
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Author : Sotheby's (Firm)
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Page : 23 pages
File Size : 11,90 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Yixing ware
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Page : 96 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Art objects, Chinese
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Author : Denise Patry Leidy
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 39,29 MB
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 1588395715
Among the most revered and beloved artworks in China are ceramics—sculptures and vessels that have been utilized to embellish tombs, homes, and studies, to drink tea and wine, and to convey social and cultural meanings such as good wishes and religious beliefs. Since the eighth century, Chinese ceramics, particularly porcelain, have played an influential role around the world as trade introduced their beauty and surpassing craft to countless artists in Europe, America, and elsewhere. Spanning five millennia, the Metropolitan Museum’s collection of Chinese ceramics represents a great diversity of materials, shapes, and subjects. The remarkable selections presented in this volume, which include both familiar examples and unusual ones, will acquaint readers with the prodigious accomplishments of Chinese ceramicists from Neolithic times to the modern era. As with previous books in the How to Read series, How to Read Chinese Ceramics elucidates the works to encourage deeper understanding and appreciation of the meaning of individual pieces and the culture in which they were created. From exquisite jars, bowls, bottles, and dishes to the elegantly sculpted Chan Patriarch Bodhidharma and the gorgeous Vase with Flowers of the Four Seasons, How to Read Chinese Ceramics is a captivating introduction to one of the greatest artistic traditions in Asian culture.
Author : Sotheby's (Firm)
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Page : 24 pages
File Size : 25,15 MB
Release : 1946
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 46,64 MB
Release : 1963
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Page : pages
File Size : 35,22 MB
Release : 1974
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Author : Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
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Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,74 MB
Release : 1975
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