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Chinese pottery and porcelain; vol. 2. Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain — R. L. Hobson

Chinese pottery and porcelain; vol. 2. Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain

R. L. Hobson

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  • Book language: English
  • 371 pages

R. L. Hobson's second volume of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain is an art-historical survey of Ming and Ch'ing wares, published in 1915 with colour and black-and-white plates. It covers the potter's art in China and focuses on Ming and Ch'ing porcelain, with plates illustrating pieces and details. Listen for a careful historical overview of Chinese ceramics.

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CHINESE POTTERY AND PORCELAIN

This

Edition is

limited to

1500

copies, of

which this

is

No. 669

Covered Jar or Potiche, painted with coloured enamels on the biscuit. Eight petal-shaped pa plants, birds and insects on the sides; with a band of smaller petals below enclosing lotus fl of red wave pattern and floral sprays. Base unglazed. Early part of the K’ang Hsi period (166

Height 25 inches.

British Museum.

CƒƗƿŧǪŧ PLjǵǵŧǡΏ

ĵƿŠ PLjǡŕŧƯĵƗƿ

AN ACCOUNT OF THE POTTER’S ART IN CHINA

FROM PRIMITIVE TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY

BY

R. L. HOBSON, B.A.

Assistant in the Department of British and Mediæval Antiquities and

Ethnography, British Museum. Author of the “Catalogne of the

Collection of English Pottery in the Department of British and Mediæval Antiquities of the British Museum”;

“Porcelain: Oriental, Continental, and British”;

“Worcester Porcelain”; etc; and Joint Author

of “Marks on Pottery.”

Forty Plates, in Colour and Ninety-six in Black and White

VOL. II

Ming and Ch’ing Porcelain

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD

London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne

1915

CONTENT'S
CHAPTER
PAGE
1. THE MING ming DYNASTY, 1368-1644 A.D.
Т
2. HsüAN TÊ (1426-1435)
7
3. CH'ÊNG HUA (1465-1487) AND OTHER
22
REIGNS
4. СНІА CHING (1522-1566) AND LUNG CH'ING
(1567—1572)
34
5. WAN LI (1573-1619) AND OTHER REIGNS
28
6. THE TECHNIQUE OF THE MING PORCELAIN
д1
7. MISCELLANEOUS PORCELAIN FACTORIES
107
8. THE CH'ING DYNASTY, 1644-1910
117
9. K'ANG HSI BLUE AND WHITE
128
10. K'ANG HSI POLYCHROME PORCELAINS
145
11. K'ANG HSI MONOCHROMES
176
12. YUNG CHÊNG PERIOD (1723-1735)
200
13. СН'IEN LUNG (1736-1795)
227
14. EUROPEAN INfluences IN THE CH'ING
250
DYNASTY
15. NINETEENTH CENTURY PORCELAINS
262
16. PORCELAIN SHAPES IN THE CH'ING DYNASTY
272
17. MOTIVES OF THE DECORATION
280
18. FORGERIES AND IMITATIONS
304

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Contents

  1. Chinese Pottery and Porcelain
  2. CONTENTS
  3. LIST OF PLATES
  4. CHAPTER I THE MING DYNASTY, 1368–1644 A.D.
  5. CHAPTER II HSÜAN TÊ (1426–1435)
  6. CHAPTER III CH’ÊNG HUA (1465–1487) AND OTHER REIGNS
  7. CHAPTER IV CHIA CHING (1522–1566) AND LUNG CH’ING (1567–1572)
  8. CHAPTER V WAN LI (1573–1619) AND OTHER REIGNS
  9. CHAPTER VI THE TECHNIQUE OF THE MING PORCELAIN
  10. CHAPTER VII MISCELLANEOUS PORCELAIN FACTORIES
  11. CHAPTER VIII THE CH’ING DYNASTY, 1644–1910
  12. CHAPTER IX K’ANG HSI BLUE AND WHITE
  13. CHAPTER X K’ANG HSI POLYCHROME PORCELAINS
  14. CHAPTER XI K’ANG HSI MONOCHROMES
  15. CHAPTER XII YUNG CHÊNG PERIOD (1723–1735)
  16. CHAPTER XIII CH’IEN LUNG (1736–1795)
  17. CHAPTER XIV EUROPEAN INFLUENCES IN THE CH’ING DYNASTY
  18. CHAPTER XV NINETEENTH CENTURY PORCELAINS
  19. CHAPTER XVI PORCELAIN SHAPES IN THE CH’ING DYNASTY
  20. CHAPTER XVII MOTIVES OF THE DECORATION
  21. CHAPTER XVIII FORGERIES AND IMITATIONS
  22. INDEX
  23. FOOTNOTES:
  24. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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