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1 .

The Ceramic Art of China, and Other Countries of the Far East
by William Bowyer Honey. 442 pgs.

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Acknowledgement

I. Introduction

Ii. China

The Han Period and the Adoption of Lead Glaze

The Development of Stoneware and Porcelain Han ⋆ Six Dynasties ⋆ T'Ang

Tomb-Figures and Others Han ⋆ Six Dynasties ⋆ T'Ang ⋆ Ming

The T'Ang Period

The Sung Period Five Dynasties * Sung * YÜn

The Ming Period

The Ch'Ing Dynasty

Iii. Indo-China

Annam

Iv Corea

Annam

Koryu Period (936-1392)

Koryu Period (936-1392)

Yi Period (1392-1910)

V. Japan

Appendix A

Appendix B Marks: China

Bibliography I. China

Index

List of Plates

Indo-China: Plates

Corea: Plates

List of Plates

Japan: Plates

List of Plates
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The Wares of the Ming Dynasty
by R. L. Hobson. 210 pgs.

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Preface

Contents

List of Illustrations

Chapter I: Introductory Ming: What It is and What It is Not

Chapter II: Ming Technique

Chapter III: Ming Technique--Continued

Chapter IV: Hung Wu and Yung Lo (1368-1424)

Chapter V: HsÜan TÊ (1426-35)

Chapter VI: Ch'Êng Hua to ChÊng TÊ (1465-1505)

Chapter VII: ChÊng TÊ (1506-21)

Chapter VIII: Chia Ching (1522-66)

Chapter IX: Chia Ching (continued) and Lung Ch'Ing (1567-72)

Chapter X: Wan LI (1573-1619)

Chapter XI: Wan Li--Continued

Chapter XII: Wan LI (continued) and the Final Reigns

Chapter XIII: Fukien Wares

Chapter XIV: Survivors of the Sung Potteries

Chapter XV: Kwangtung and Yi-Hsing Pottery

Chapter XVI: Miscellaneous Potteries

Chapter XVII: Marks, Inscriptions and Chinese Characters

Selected Bibliography

Index

Plates
3 .

Stoneware & Porcelain: The Art of High-Fired Pottery (Chap. 1 "The Beginning of High-Fired Pottery in Ancient China")
by Daniel Rhodes. 224 pgs.

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Chapter 1: Stoneware and Porcelain, A Great Tradition

Chapter2: Stoneware and Porcelain Today

Chapter 3: Stoneware Clays and Clay Bodies

Chapter 4: Porcelain Clay Bodies

Chapter 5: Porcelain and Stoneware Glazes

Chapter 6: Types of High-Fired Glazes

Chapter 7: Color in High-Fired Glazes

Portfolio of Illustrations

Chapter 8: Firing

Chapter 9: Natural Glazes

Chapter 10: Stoneware-Forms and Surfaces

Chapter 11: Porcelain--Forms and Surfaces

Chapter 12: Kilns for High Firing

Chapter 13: The Shop and Rhythms of Work

Index
4 .

Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty
by Berthold Laufer. 339 pgs.

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Acknowledgments.

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List of Illustrations

Prefatory.

I. -- Introductory.

Ii. -- Pottery Prior to the Han Dynasty.

Iii. -- Description of Han Pottery, Imitative Forms.

Iv. -- Description of Han Pottery. -- Vessels.

V. -- Notes on Ornamentation.

Vi. -- Inscriptions.

Appendix I.

Appendix Ii.

Appendix Iii.

Index.
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Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine
by John Alexander Pope. 200 pgs.

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The Illustrations

Numerical List of the Ardebil Porcelains Illustrated in This Volume

Chronological Data

History

Routes from China to Iran

Marginalia on the Study of Ming Porcelain

Part Ii--The Ardebil Porcelains

The Collection Today

The Non-Chinese Marks

The Blue-And-White: the Fourteenth Century

The Blue-And-White: the Early Fifteenth Century

The Blue-And-White: the Mid-Fifteenth Century: "Interregnum"

The Blue-And-White: the Late Fifteenth Century

The Blue-And-White: the Sixteenth Century

The White Wares

The Polychrome Wares

The Monochrome Wares

The Celadons

Appendix: Statistical Notes on the Collection

Plates

Index
6 .

Fourteenth-Century Blue-And-White: A Group of Chinese Porcelains in the Topkapu Sarayi Muzesi, Istanbul
by John Alexander Pope. 85 pgs.

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Acknowledgments

Numerical List

Chronological Data

The Topkapu Sarayi Collection

The Early Blue-And-White Wares

The Painter's Repertory

Description of Plates A-D

The Argument

Descriptions of the Pieces as Illustrated

Appendix I Checklist

Appendix Ii Locale

Appendix Iii Zimmermann's Attributions

Bibliography

Plates

Index
7 .

Chinese Art: Bronze, Jade, Sculpture, Ceramics ("Ceramics" begins on p. 285)
by Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Jean-Claude Moreau-Gobard, Diana Imber. 425 pgs.

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Foreword

Introduction

Bronzes

Jade

Sculpture

Ceramics

Chronology of the Chinese Dynasties

Bibliography
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Tomb Tile Pictures of Ancient China: An Archaeological Study of Pottery Tiles from Tombs of Western Honan, Dating about the Third Century B.C.
by William Charles White. 226 pgs.

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Preface

A Chronological Outline Of Chinese Cultural Epochs

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List of Illustrations

Part I: Text

I: Introduction

II: Locality and Tombs

III: Date of the Tiles

IV: Inscriptions

V: Technique of Making the Tiles

VI: Stamps and Designs

VII: Human Figures

VIII: Weapons and Equipment

IX: Horses

X: Dragons

XI: Tigers and Leopards

XII: Various Animals

XIII: Various Birds

XIV: Trees, Animal Style, and Falconry

XV: Border Designs

XVI: Later Tiles

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Part II: Plates

Group 1: Triangular Tiles Plates I-Xii

Group 2: Rectangular Tiles Plates Xiii-Xlvi

Group 3: Detail Sections Plates Xlvii-Lvi

Group 4: Human Figures Plates Lvii-Lxviii

Group 5: Horses and Dragons Plates Lxix-Lxxxii

Group 7: Deer and Dog Plates Lxxxixa-Xciv

Group 8: Plates Xcv-Cx

Group 9: Plates Cxi-Cxviii

Group 10: Plates Cxix-Cxxvii

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The Romance of Chinese Art (Chap. 9 "Pottery and Porcelain")
by R. L. Hobson, Laurence Binyon, Oswald Siren, Benjamin March, E. F. Strange, Jiro Harada, Charles F. Kelley, A. F. Kendrick, George F. Kunz, Carl W. Bishop, Kojiro W. Tomita, Warren E. Cox. 196 pgs.

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Publisher's Foreword

Preface

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Illustrations

Periods of Art

Textiles and Embroideries

Aesthetic Development of China

Chinese Architecture

Chinese Painting

Wood-Carving

Chinese Sculpture

Screen

Pottery and Porcelain

Jewellery

Enamel

Jade and Other Hard Stone Carvings

Iron in Art

Lacquer

Bronze and Brass Ornamental Work

Bibliographies

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