Title
 Vases of the Sea

Author
 Felicia Schuster and Cecilia Wolseley, Charles Scribner's Sons
Description

NY, 1974.

7.3" x 9.4" hardback with dust cover. 157 pages.

Content
 Illustrated in full color, this book will introduce the reader to collectible Chinese and Japanese porcelain. VASES OF THE SEA - Far Eastern Porcelain and Other Treasures, by Felicia Schuster and Cecilia Wolseley, Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1974. "If much of the book has been devoted to porcelain, this is because the collector of Eastern porcelain has an advantage over the collector of European porcelain, as the Eastern output was so much vaster than that of the West. Because it had to travel to Europe, Chinese Export Porcelain was known as Vases of the Sea, for it included vases of all shapes and sizes among its cargo. But vases, dishes, plates, etc., are inclined to confuse the amateur collector, especially when reign-marks are unreliable. Therefore, to aid the collector by describing the different types of decoration, both Chinese and Japanese, is one principle aim of the book."

This book covers by chapter: The Chinese Dynasties; Opening the Door to the East; China (Chinese Export Porcelain; Blue and White; Ming Polychromes; Famille Rose; Famille Verte; Famille Noire and Famille Jaune; Armoral Porcelain; Monochromes; Blanc de Chine; Canton Enamels on Metal; The Bronzes; Jade; Chinese Ivory; Chinese Snuff Bottles); China and Japan (Chinese and Japanese Lacquer; Chinese and Japanese Cloisonne); Japan (Korean Influence on Japanese Ceramics; Satsuma; Imari or Arita; Kutani; Nabeshima; Netsuke); Appendix (Chinoiserie; Further reading; and Index. "It is the author's intention that it should push wide open that Aladdin's Cave known as Chinese and Japanese porcelain, although the reader will also catch a glimpse of Bronze, Jade, Ivory and Lacquer. And though the door only opens as wide as the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties in China, and the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Japan, he will occasionally be able to see beyond this to the treasures of the earlier periods in which the Ming and Ch'ing have their heritage." There's a wealth of information in this scholarly text which will benefit both the novice and advanced collector or dealer of Oriental objects of art.

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Price

Around 60 $