Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University

Thomas V Litzenburg Jr

ISBN 10: 1903942195 / ISBN 13: 9781903942192

Published by Third Millennium Publishing Ltd, London, 2003

About this Item

Catalogue of export porcelain given to the Reeves Center Collection in 1967, with colour plates of 281 objects. 288pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine, pale blue endpapers. Minor rippling to pages, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage may be required for Air Mail shipping. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Seller Inventory # 017644

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University
• Publisher: Third Millennium Publishing Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903942195
• ISBN 13: 9781903942192
• Binding: Blue Cloth Boards
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art
  • Oriental Culture

About this title

Synopsis

The Reeves Center Collection of Chinese Export porcelain, numbering almost three thousand objects, is one of the largest. On permanent display in the Reeves Center for the Research and Exhibition of Porcelain and Paintings at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, the collection is built around the more than eighteen hundred pieces of export porcelain given to the University in 1967 by Mr. and Mrs. Euchlin D. Reeves of Providence, Rhode Island.
Spanning three centuries of the China trade, the collection features representative examples of export porcelain made to order for the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English, French and American markets - including services owned by or associated with George Washington and Robert E. Lee. Color plates of more then 280 objects from the collection are included in this catalog, each accompanied by a full technical description, information concerning form and design, and relevant references. The volume also contains chapter introductions, a chronology of dynasties and reigns, a bibliography, and an index.

About the Author

Ann T. Bailey is Associate Director of the Reeves Center.