Search Results: Authors starting with G from Jorge Welsh Books

The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1971 Book. Good. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. English text; Paperback; 18.2 x 24.5 cm; 0.366 Kg; not paginated with black and white and colour illustrations.; Used book in good condition with minor signs of wear in the cover, spine and back cover. Minor signs of wear in the interior.; Catalogue of an exhibition of The Ceramic Art of China organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society to commemorate the founding of the Society in 1921, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum from the 9th June to the 25th July 1971. Selection Committee for the Exhibition: Basil Gray, Esq., C.B., C.B.E. (chairman); John Ayers Esq.; Sir Harry Garner, K.B.E., C.B.; Miss Margaret Medley; Lt. Colonel W.B.R. Neave-Hill; Dr Hugh Shire; Professor William Watson.; Exhibition catalogue to celebrate the Jubilee Year of the Oriental Ceramic Society, London limited to Chinese Ceramics, covering the whole field from Neolithic times down to the Ch'ing dynasty. The… Read More

Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1962 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 16.5 x 25.5 cm; 0.706 Kg; 120 pages plus appendix with black-and-white plates; Ex-library with minor writing on the interior. The dust jacket shows wear marks, namely signs of a removed sticker on the bottom of the spine. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. Good readable copy.; The manufacture of cloisonné enamels was introduced into China from the west in the fourteenth century onwards, an important industry, particularly devoted to the manufacture of ceremonial vessels for Buddhist temples. These became more imposing as time went on, and we find that in the Ch'ing dynasty it was practice of the emperors to present large sets of ritual vessels to temples under their patronage. But it is the early vessels of the fifteenth century that, like the porcelain and lacquer of the period, represent the highest achievements of the Ming and Ch'ing… Read More

Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1970 Book. Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 16 x 25.5 cm; 0.641 kg; 86 pages plus appendix with plates. With black and white and colour illustrations.; Used in good condition. Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. The word Shonzui is written on the rear of the front cover dust jacket. Interior as new. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; This third edition contains a new preface which summarizes the advances in knowledge that have taken place since the first and second editions were printed. Reviews from previous editions: "The book is written carefully and readably, with ample references for statements and quotations, and the hundred plates show examples of all periods, including productions from Japanese, Korean and Chinese provincial factories. Whoever has a collection of Oriental blue-and-white porcelain, or contemplates the formation of one, can have no better guide than this… Read More

Science Press, Beijing, and Methuen London Ltd., London, 1985 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 175 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; 24 x 29.5 cm; 1.1 kg; Used book in very good condition. Minor yellowing on the outside text block. Minor signs of wear on the dust jacket that is now protected with a clearcover.; 'The Ceramics of China', an illustrated album in two volumes made up by photographs, diagrams and explanatory text, deals with the development of the art of ceramics in China and contains nearly 400 pictures of priceless ancient ceramics selected from among both time-honoured collections and archaeological discoveries, as well as those of modern ceramics made by famous producers. Each caption gives the name of object, the place of excavation or the name of the collector. Short explanations are given for each category of ceramics according to its scientific, technical and artistic merit in different periods, with technical… Read More

Routledge, Oxon, 2016 Book. New. Soft cover. English text; Paperback; 16 x 23.5 cm; 0.480 Kg; 266 pages with 4 black-and-white illustrations; New book. May show signs of shelf wear.; The Global Lives of Things considers the ways in which 'things', ranging from commodities to works of art and precious materials, participated in the shaping of global connections in the period 1400-1800. By focusing on the material exchange between Asia, Europe, the Americas and Australia, this volume traces the movements of objects through human networks of commerce, colonialism and consumption. It argues that material objects mediated between the forces of global economic exchange and the constantly changing identities of individuals, as they were drawn into global circuits. It proposes a reconceptualization of early modern global history in the light of its material culture by asking the question: what can we learn about the early modern world by studying its objects? This exciting new collection draws… Read More

Barrie & Jenkins Ltd, 1980 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (with dustjacket); 451 pages with black and white and some colour illustrations; 19.8 x 25.5 cm; 1.389 Kg; Dust jacket wrapped in a permanent adhesive cover. Some wear marks on the dust jacket, namely yellow marks on the spine. Signed and inscribed by the author to a previous owner on front free endpaper; The interior is in very good condition.; Those who have read Geoffrey Godden's popular one-volume Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain will welcome this new book to extend and enrich their appreciation of British ceramics. The detailed text, arranged alphabetic by factories, is sumptuously illustrated with nearly 600 plates in colour and black and white. The author is justifiably famous for his original discoveries in the history of porcelain and in this illustrated guide yet more recent has enabled the author to identify many previously undocumented pieces, especially of the 1800-1840 period. In… Read More

Granada Publishing Limited, London, 1979 Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 22.2 x 24.2 cm, 1.462 Kg; 384 pages with colour and black and white illustrations; Dust jacket wrapped in a permanent adhesive cover, showing signs of wear. The dust jacket is price clipped. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. The interior of the book is in good condition.; Geoffrey Godden is widely celebrated for his knowledge of English ceramics but in the course of his distinguished career he has handled as much Chinese porcelain as English. He is therefore ideally qualified to present this definitive account of the wares made by eighteen-century Chinese potters for the European market, particularly as he stresses the close interplay between Oriental and European ceramics. His research on the subject has been exceptionally wide-ranging, and the majority of resources quoted in this volume are published here for the first time. They include extracts… Read More

Barrie & Jenkins, Communica-Europa, 1977 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (with dustjacket); 765 pages with illustrations; 18.7 x 25.5 cm; 1.879 Kg; Signed by the author on front free endpaper; The dust jacket is price clipped and is slightly faded on the spine; Dust jacket wrapped in a permanent adhesive cover.; Used book in good condition.; This authoritative work lists over four thousand British ceramic marks. The main section is on alphabetic order of potters with address, date of establishment, working period, type of wares, a brief history, the location of typical specimens and specialized reference books. Then follows reproductions of the marks used by each potter, in chronological order, with their period.; "The most efficient, comprehensive and well-arranged collection of English ceramic marks yet published....exceed by nearly three thousand the number of marks in any comparable work of reference." The Connoisseur; "Of a scale and comprehensive not previously… Read More

Fundação Museu Carlos Costa Pinto, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, 1997 Book. Good. Hardcover. Portuguese and English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 28 x 32 cm; 1.4 Kg; 176 pages with 132 colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Good condition overall.; "A synthesis f the events that shaped our civil and political society is represented by the Carlos Costa Pinto Museum - part of our cultural heritage. The museums' collection has contributed immensely to the interpretation of our true history, including the period of slavery, and of the harmonious relationship that exists between the dominant classes and other segments of society that make up the heart and mind of Brazil today. Through elegant pieces of jewelry, porcelain, crystal, ivory and silver, our museum exhibits a rich picture of the past, for Brazil and the world to see. This treasures should not be overlooked; it should be regarded mainly as a wealth of information that will confirm or… Read More

Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1983 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket); 16 x 24.5 cm.; 0.6 Kg.; 231 pages.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior, namely on the front cover and on the exterior test block. Interior as new.; "This survey of Japanese monetary history has been written by a specialist in financial economics who felt that an illustration of his thinking in Asian case studies would be valuable. The study is based on materials supplied to the author in Japan and on English secondary sources. The history gets under way in the Meiji period and takes the story up to 1975. At the conclusion of each historical chapter the author presents a national balance sheet. The analysis throughout is fairly technical which limits the value of the book in the classroom. But for economists interested in the financial background to Japanese economic growth, and to recent developments in Japanese public and private financial markets, this… Read More

Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1980 Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dustjacket); 216 pages with black and white and also some colour illustrations; 16.4 x 25.6 cm; 0.592 Kg; Used book in good condition. The dust jacket is price clipped and protected with a clearcover. The rear of the dust jacket front cover has some pen marks.; Celadon is the name given to ceramic wares of a distinctive green or blue-green colour. Such wares have been made in China for about two thousand years and include some of the most admired and famous types. They have been described as the "backbone" of Oriental ceramics and were exported from China in vast quantities from the twelfth century onwards, relics of this trade being found in many Eastern countries, especially India, Persia, Turkey, and Egypt. Godfrey Gompertz's widely acclaimed book broke much fresh ground when it originally appeared, in particular in its use of contemporary Chinese and Japanese studies. He has now… Read More

The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1980 Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback; 21.7 x 28.1 cm; 0.330 Kg; 17 pages (Members of the Council, List of Members, Transactions and obituaries) plus 65 pages (articles) and 6 plates; one of 1500 limited copies; Used book with signs of shelf wear and edgeworn. The interior is in good condition apart some minor marks throughout and the pages slightly bent on the top right corner. Protected with a clearcover.; Includes the following articles: Korean Indian Lacquer of the Koryo Period by G. St. G. M. Gompertz; Some observations on the Imperial Art Collection in China by Dr. Lothar Ledderose; and Soba-Cups and other Folk Porcelains of Japan by Dr. Oliver Impey..

John Murray, London, 1978 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 21.2 x 26.2 cm; 0.750 Kg; 160 pages with black-and-white and colour illustrations; Used book in good condition. Unclipped dust jacket. Signs of wear. Small tears on the top of the back cover. The outside text block shows minor yellowing.; The collecting of porcelains made by the Chinese for export to the West had become a major activity in the second half of the twentieth century. Millions of objects were shipped from such ports as Canton from the 1600s through the early 1800s, and, of those that have survived intact, a significant number are worthy of the serious attention of the connoisseur. Collecting Chinese Export Porcelain highlights the important areas for North American and European collectors to consider and provides an authoritative and useful context within which to evaluate such antique objects. The 170 black and white and 20 colour illustrations are of pieces drawn from the… Read More

Hacker Art Books, New York, 1988 Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. English text.; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket); 24 x 31.5 cm; 1.7 Kg; 31 pages with foreword, contents and introduction plus 131 pages with black and white illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the hardcover cloth. Interior in very good condition except for a previous owner stamp on front free endpaper and a previous bookseller sticker on the rear of the back cover.; Reprinted from the second edition (revised and enlarged) Charles E. Tutle Co., Rutland, Vermont 1959.; "The first part of the book deals with 'Ritual Objects', 'Talismans", "Symbols", Mudras (symbolic hand poses), Asanas and Vahanas (position of lower limbs), and various kinds of paintings such as Thang-ka (paintings of divinities), Mandala (ritual diagrams), Tshong-shing (assemblage of divinities), and Bhavacakramudra (commonly known as 'Wheel of Life'. The major portion of the book is devoted to the… Read More

Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan, 1971 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 16 x 22 cm; 0.955 Kg; 256 pages with 286 illustrations; Used book with signs of wear. The dust jacket is protected with a clearcover.; Of all the forms of art in Japan, that of pottery is perhaps the best illustration of the Japanese feeling for individuality. Japanese porcelains do not show this as pottery does; porcelains often follow stereotyped shapes and patterns. But the two together go far in sustaining Japan's reputation as the cultural melting pot of the Orient. Through her love for simplicity and naturalness, Japan has contributed much to the world's ceramic art. The nation, however, owes a great debt to older cultures, as this attractive and authoritative book points out. Four great culture waves swept over Japan's little islands, deeply influencing her ceramic art. The first was that of the T'ang dynasty (618-907) and the Sung… Read More

Black Dog Publishing Limited, London, 2014 Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback; 20.6 x 25.1 cm; 0.965 Kg; 208 pages with colour illustrations.; New book showing only signs of shelf wear.; Richly illustrated, 30 Objects 30 Insigths highlights the renowned collection at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, which has grown to become one of the world's great specialty museums of ceramic art. The book focuses upon 30 outstanding objects that reflect the temporal and geographical breadth of the Museum's collection, as well as the university of the medium it celebrates. The Gardiner Museum invited leading curators, scholars, collectors, dealers, critics and artists to share their insight and expertise to tell the story of why ceramics matter in everyday life throughout history. Featuring pieces by such illustrious names as Meissen, Sèvres, Chelsea, Marc Chagall, Betty Woodman, Greg Payce and Shary Boyle, this book offers a fascinating look into one of the world's great… Read More

Museu do Caramulo - Fundação Abel Lacerda, Portugal, 2003 Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Portuguese text.; Paperback.; 23 x 28 cm; 1.3 kg.; 283 pages with colour illustrations.; As new. With signs of shelf wear, namely edgewear.; Catalogue depicting the pieces in the collection of the Museu do Caramulo - Fundação Abel de Lacerda, Portugal, covering archaeology and egyptology, sculptures, european ceramics, chinese ceramics, paintings and drawings, furniture, japanese art, tapestry, textiles, jewelery, glass, contemporary art and automobiles.; Text and catalogue entries by: Adelino Dinis, Alexandra Curvelo, Alexandre Pais, Ana Rita Horta e Costa, Anísio Franco, Celina Bastos, Fernando António Baptista Pereira, João de Lacerda, João Pedro Monteiro, Luís Manuel de Araújo, Luísa Penalva, Madalena Lacerda Gouveia, Maria Antónia Gentil Quina, Maria Antónia Pinto Matos, Maria Conceição Borges de… Read More

City of Bristol Musuem and Art Gallery in conjuntion with the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1982 Book. Good. Soft cover. English text.; Paperback (stapled).; 21 x 20 cm; 0.2 kg.; 48 pages with black and white illustrations.; Used with minor signs of wear. Minor writing on the bottom of the last page.; Good condition overall.; Catalogue from the exhibition at the City of Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, 16th October to 20 November 1982 in conjunction with the Oriental Ceramic Society.; "This booklet is divided into two main parts: the Introduction, comprising background material, accompanied by Mary Greensted's note on the provenance of the S. Berkeley Smith Collection; and the Catalogue proper, describing the exhibits. The exhibits are arranged according to their categories: celadon stonewares, subdivided by decoration whether appliqué, incised or impressed; then porcelain, first monochromes from Shantou ('Swatow') and Dehua, then those painted under-glaze blue and those with… Read More

Ministerio da Cultura, Portugal, 1998 Book. Good. Hardcover. Portuguese and English Text; 22,5 x 29 cm; 1.352 Kg; 240 pages with colour illustrations throughout; Catalogue from an exhibition focusing on sacred art held during Expo 98, in Lisbon, Portugal..

London, Chapman & Hall, LD. Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (green cloth with gilt lettering to front cover and spine); Volume 1: 15.5 x 22.5 cm, 0.928 Kg, 270 pages with 425 illustrations, second edition, 1902. Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. Some yellowing throughout. Minor signs of wear in the interior. One page shows signs of having been bent in the past; Volume 2: 15.5 x 22.5 cm, 1.072 Kg, 506 pages with 411 illustrations arranged chronologically, third edition, 1911.Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. The spine has a crack of around 4cm on the top right side. Hinges cracked. Some yellowing throughout. Some of the first pages are untrimmed; "The aim of this little work is simply to try and place at the service of amateurs a handbook such as the writer felt the want of when first interested in Chinese porcelain, explaining the technical terms, and giving other information likely to be useful or interesting in connection with the… Read More