Antique Chinese Export Porcelain / Rare In-Depth Book
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Lavishly illustrated with 20 color and 150 black-and-white photographs, this rare out-of-print book pictures, with in-depth captions, Chinese export porcelain "representative of export production from the late 1600s to the early 1800s - the most important years in which wares were manufactured specifically for foreign customers. The commentary throughout the text is based primarily on three hundred and fifty objects which are currently on public exhibit; of these, approximately two hundred are illustrated in this volume." COLLECTING CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN By Elinor Gordon, Main Street press, NJ, 1977/1984. The rich narrative in this text coupled with the large number of patterns pictured and described, make this book an invaluable reference work. The book sections the various patterns into chapters. The chapters are: British and Continental Armorial Services; Floral Decoration; Blue and White Decoration; European and Oriental Gentre Scenes; Blanc de Chine; Animal Forms; Assorted Forms; "Fitzhugh" Decoration; Order of the Secretary of Cincinnati China; American Ship Designs; American Family Services; American Eagle Designs; Selected Bibliography; and Index. The captions with each picture are in-depth and cover the descriptions, dates, pattern names, makers, etc. when known. "The vast majority of the wares illustrated and explained
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