Author: Beurdeley, Michel
Title: La Ceramique Chinoise - Le Guide du Connaisseur
Description: Fribourg. Office du Livre. 1974. First Thus. Folio. Hardcover. Good. Fair: dustjacket somewhat worn.. 318 Pages. Richly illustrated with tipped in colour plates and some monochrome illustrations. French text. Each chapter begins with chronology and ends with a catalogue. Neolithic; Shang-Yin; Zhou (Chou); Qin (Ch'in) & Han; Six Dynasties; Sui; Tang (T;ang) & Five Dynasties; Song (Sung) & Jin (Chin); Liao; Mongol Yuan; Ming; Qing (Ch'ing); Export Ware; Porcelain 19th & Early 20th Centuries; Appendices; Bibliography; Index. Includes drawings, maps & marks. An rare reference work with excellent decriptions of each period. Many objects of the catalogue sections were reproduced in this work for the first and often last time, mainly from renowned French collections. A heavy standard reference.

Keywords: China Chinese Porcelain Ceramics pottery