Sotheby's concise encyclopedia of porcelain / general editor David Battie
Language: English
Published by London : Conran Octopus, 1990
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 208p : col.ill ; 29cm. Notes; Bibliography: p193. - Includes index. Contents; Foreword / Julian Thompson -- Introduction / David Battie -- The discovery of porcelain / Gordon Lang -- Qing imperial porcelain / David Priestley -- Chinese export porcelain / Geoffrey Godden -- Japanese porcelain / Oliver Impey and Lars Tharp -- Early Continental porcelain / Anthony du Boulay, Tamara Prèaud and Lars Tharp -- Early English porcelain / Simon Spero -- English and Welsh porcelain 1780 to 1820 / Terry Lockett and Jimmy Jones -- Continental porcelain 1780 to 1930 / Mark Newstead and Tamara Prèaud -- Late British and American porcelain / Henry Sandon, Joan Jones and Garrison Stradling -- Fakes and forgeries / Davie Battie -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Biographies -- Map and time chart -- Index. Subjects; Porcelain History. Porcelain Encyclopedias. Porcelain Dictionaries. Ceramics. Porcelain. Porcelain history Encyclopaedias. Ceramic history. Ceramics. Encyclopedias. 1 Kg.…
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- Title
- Sotheby's concise encyclopedia of porcelain / general editor David Battie
- Author
- Battie, David
- Publisher
- London : Conran Octopus
- Publication year
- 1990
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1850292515
- ISBN 13
- 9781850292517
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
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