Straits Chinese Porcelain: A Collector's Guide
by Meng, Ho Wing
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- ISBN 10
- 9812327584
- ISBN 13
- 9789812327581
- Seller
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Lisbon, Portugal
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About This Item
Times Editions.Marshall Cavendish, Singapore, 2004 Book. Fine. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 21.2 x 29 cm; 0.808 Kg; 144 pages with colour illustrations.; Used books with minor signs of wear on the dust jacket and interior. Looks as new. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; The term 'Straits Chinese porcelain' refers specifically to a little known category of nineteenth century, polychrome enamelled export porcelain, which was exclusively made for the unique community of Straits-born Chinese whose ancestors first settled down in Malacca at the beginning of the fourteenth century. Most extant pieces may, however be dated between the reign of Tao Kuan (1821-50) and the beginning of the Min Kuo era (1920), or thereabouts. 'Straits Chinese porcelain' differs from the traditional types of wares made in China, not only in the shapes of the potting but also in the style of the decorative designs. Where mandarin types of utensils tended to be sparsely ornamented and lightly painted in pale washes of enamels, nonya ware is characterised by its baroque exuberance of decorative motifs and the most vivid and colourful famille rose enamels. Despite its distinctively ornate appearance, "Straits Chinese porcelain" is decorated with but one recurrent theme, namely, the phoenix-and-tree peony design. Equally remarkable is the fact that shapes are starkly simple and functional. There are no eccentric-looking pots encumbered with superfluous ormolu works or, for that matter, ceramic curiosities simulating human and animal forms and other unusual objects. This book is notable for the new light it sheds on several other hitherto unsuspected varieties of Straits Chinese porcelain, namely, several kinds of blue and white porcelain utensils, a small group of enameled Yi-hsing wares, mainly small teapots, and some types of nineteenth century Japanese porcelain painted in crowded motifs and strong colours..
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- Bookseller
- Jorge Welsh Books (PT)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 823B
- Title
- Straits Chinese Porcelain: A Collector's Guide
- Author
- Meng, Ho Wing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- ISBN 10
- 9812327584
- ISBN 13
- 9789812327581
- Publisher
- Times Editions.Marshall Cavendish, Singapore
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- porcelain,china,ceramics,chinese porcelain,straits chinese porcelain,polychrome enamelled export porcelain
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asian Art; Chinese Ceramics; Chinese Art;
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Jorge Welsh Books
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Lisbon
About Jorge Welsh Books
Jorge Welsh Books has been dealing in art reference books since 1999. What started as a platform for the distribution of publications by Jorge Welsh Research & Publishing has now evolved into an established bookselling division. We focus in our fields of expertise, specifically cross-cultural works of art from Africa, India, China and Japan, with an emphasis on Chinese porcelain. Our aim is to source and deliver relevant publications in the best possible condition to collectors and academics alike, while providing a high-quality, personalised service.
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