Oriental ceramic art : illustrated by examples from the collection of W.T. Walters : with one hundred and sixteen plates in colors and over four hundred reproductions in black and white (1897)
Bushell, Stephen W. (Stephen Wootton), 1844-1908, author, Laffan, William M., writer of preface, L. Prang & Co., lithographer, D. Appleton and Company, publisher · leaf 20
Introduction. 3 compare this recent report with the two valuable letters of the old Jesuit missionary P6re d Entrecolles, written from the same place in 1712 and 1722, toward the close of the long reign of the Emperor K'ang-hsi , the culminating period of ceramic art in China* The worthy Father… … for the decoration of the luxurious interiors of the Fig. 7.— Large Celadon Vase of Ming Period, \ time of Louis XV and Louis XVI. It is difficult, relief decoration, European metal mounts. indeed, to imagine anything more effective than the soft changing tints of the turquoise glaze of the vases…
Walters, W. T. (William Thompson), 1819-1894 · Pottery, Chinese · Pottery, Japanese · Pottery, Korean · Pottery
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