Qing porcelain : famille verte, famille rose, 1644-1912

Rizzoli, 1987-10-15. Hardcover. Like New. 12x11x1. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Translation of: La porcelaine des Qing. 315 pages : illustrations; 33 cm. Contents: Introduction --Classical Qing porcelain --The reign of the First Qing Emperor, Shunzhi (1644-1661) transitional porcelain --Jingdezhen and the manufacture of porcelain --The reign of Kangxi (1662-1722) --Biscuit wares --The reign of Emperor Yongzheng (1723-1735) --The reign of Emperor Qianlong (1735-1795) --So-called Imperial porcelain and Guyuexuan wares --Monochrome porcelain --Nineteenth-century ceramics --Export porcelain --The porcelain trade of the East India Companies --Nineteenth-century export porcelain for Brazil and the United States --Porcelain for South-East Asia and the Middle East --Provinical factories --Blanc-de Chine from Fujian --Stonewares from Yixing --Stonewares from Guangdong Province --Mounted porcelain --Chinese porcelain mounted in gold, silver and gilt bronze. <br> "The 'invaders' were the Manchus, who (like all the others) came from the North. The country they conquered was a profoundly troubled one, and they lost no time in employing their consummate ability to take in hand the economy and administration of China. The Manchu emperors took a personal interest in the porcelain industry, encouraging initiative, but often also imposing their own tastes. Under the reign of Kangxi (1662-1722), an extraordinarily pure, bright sapphire blue made from local cobalt oxides replaced the famous 'Mohammedan blue', with purplish reflections, of the Ming period. Chinese porcelain painters produced wonderful effects with this new color, using it either as a wash or in bold brush strokes. Their prodigious skills enabled them to execute a whole range of subjects in subtle shades of blue: scenes of court and family life, imperial audiences, episodes taken from celebrated novels, familiar landscapes, different species of flora and fauna.--pg. 8. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.