DING YAO CIQI: Ding Ware

320 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. // A total of 148 examples dating from the Tang, Five Dynasties, Northern Song and Jin dynasties together with a number of later copies dating from the Qing dynasty. The pieces shown are all from the Gugong Palace Museum collection and were either in the Court collection or which have entered the collection since 1949, including examples from archaeological excavations. All examples published in full page colour, many in multiple views and with bases shown. Numerous pieces illustrated actual size. Preface, abstract of essay, list of plates and captions to plates in English. Main text in Chinese. This book is a near copy of a work published in a smaller format in 2012.