Japanese Porcelain - Hardcover

Jenyns, Soame

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571064469 ISBN 13: 9780571064465

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 1965

Synopsis

Japanese Porcelain is the first comprehensive book on the subject to have been published in the west. It traces the history of the important kilns and potters, and outlines the many theories and traditions about the various wares that exist in Japan and elsewhere, discussing in detail such controversial matters as the identification of Ko Kutani porcelain. It both describes the wares themselves and assesses their great artistic merit. Soame Jenyns brought unique qualifications to writing this work. He was the first European scholar to visit the Japanese porcelain kilns and examine the problems with the leading ceramic authorities in that country. He also studied the important existing texts on the subject and was able to check many statements against the records of the Dutch East India Company, the chief exporters of Japanese porcelain to Europe during the seventeenth century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 1965
• ISBN 10: 0571064469
• ISBN 13: 9780571064465
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368