King David Hyatt (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 36 pages. Thomas Armstrong "Sir Hugh Allen obituary" / A Hyatt King "Mozart and the Organ" / Willi Apel's "Harvard Dictionary of Music" reviewed/ sheet-music for "If ye then be risen (David Poole-Connor)" / London Concerts / Academy and College Notes (M13).

Hardcover. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full gilt-embossed wheat-coloured cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 104, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional snapshots. In exceptionally good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback; 21.4 x 26.9 cm; 0.824 Kg; 175 pages with colour illustrations; Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover, namely edge wear and a few scuffs and scratches. The interior is in very good condition.;"Book on one of Japan's greatest porcelain factories, which enjoyed enduring patronage from the Matsura family, Lords of Hirado Island. We can confidently identify a distinctive Hirado ware from the late 17th century to the 1920's. (.) The aim of this book is to display Hirado ware with its subtlety, charm and magnificence in broadly chronological order; to summarize the documentation, and to underpin these with information about Western collectors, and an Appendix (6) with all known Hirado's artist signatures. In my view the author succeeds in his aims; furthermore the details here can be trusted since the author has used over 20 years enthusiasm and worldwide experience to winnow out the many Hirado imitations.(.) For over 200 years, Hirado was a subsided enterprise where - at the higher levels - excellent artists and craftsmen created fine art for enlightened patrons. Hirado's house style is impressively uniform over generations and especially in the models, filled with surprises and delights. This is a Japanese equivalent to the official Chinese imperial/court porcelains; I hope you come to admire as I do, what the author has given us here." excerpt from the introduction by David Hyatt King.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth) with dust jacket; 22 x 28.8 cm; 0.7 Kg; 104 pages with some colour and various black-and-white illustrations.; Used book with signs wear on the dust jacket and interior. The dust jacket show wear sings on the front cover and is slightly faded on spine. Interior in very good condition.; This latest issue of the Transactions carries on the tradition of earlier volumes by including previously unpublished research of value to all historians of oriental ceramics. This issue includes a pioneering article by David King on the little understood porcelains of Hirado, which became famous for its blue and white in the nineteenth century. Brian Morgan covers a variety of materials in a stimulating essay that probes and attempts to define certain features of the earliest Ming artistic style. A former President of the Society, Sir John Addis, well known for his papers on underglaze copper red porcelain, has contributed a controversial article on his visit to Jingdezhen, where he was able to see the porcelain-stone mines. The distinctive approach of the Japanese to Chinese ceramics is reflected in a paper by the distinguished Japanese archaeologist and historian, Professor Tsugio Mikami, who has written on recent ceramic finds at Fustat and the impact of Chinese porcelain on Egyptian and other Islamic ceramics.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Encyclopedia of Japanese Art Series; The first book in the Encyclopedia of Japanese Art series is devoted to Hirado porcelain and is the only work devoted exclusively to the subject in English. This much needed volume traces the origins of one of Japan's great porcelain manufacturers from its first years in the 17th century to its closure early in the 20th century. Illustrated with over 100 color plates, almost all of which are published for the first time, it displays the extraordinary range of Hirado wares originally made exclusively for the wealthy Matsura family. It conclusively demonstrates that Hirado was an important kiln in the history of Japanese ceramics and its widely varied wares rank among the finest made. Within the appendices of this book is a unique and comprehensive section devoted to over 90 marks found on Hirado wares. The eccentric charm and superlative quality of this rare porcelain is admirably displayed in this book by scholar and dealer, Louis Lawrence with an introduction by the renowned collector David Hyatt King.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Encyclopedia of Japanese Art Series; The first book in the Encyclopedia of Japanese Art series is devoted to Hirado porcelain and is the only work devoted exclusively to the subject in English. This much needed volume traces the origins of one of Japan's great porcelain manufacturers from its first years in the 17th century to its closure early in the 20th century. Illustrated with over 100 color plates, almost all of which are published for the first time, it displays the extraordinary range of Hirado wares originally made exclusively for the wealthy Matsura family. It conclusively demonstrates that Hirado was an important kiln in the history of Japanese ceramics and its widely varied wares rank among the finest made. Within the appendices of this book is a unique and comprehensive section devoted to over 90 marks found on Hirado wares. The eccentric charm and superlative quality of this rare porcelain is admirably displayed in this book by scholar and dealer, Louis Lawrence with an introduction by the renowned collector David Hyatt King.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Encyclopedia of Japanese Art Series; The first book in the Encyclopedia of Japanese Art series is devoted to Hirado porcelain and is the only work devoted exclusively to the subject in English. This much needed volume traces the origins of one of Japan's great porcelain manufacturers from its first years in the 17th century to its closure early in the 20th century. Illustrated with over 100 color plates, almost all of which are published for the first time, it displays the extraordinary range of Hirado wares originally made exclusively for the wealthy Matsura family. It conclusively demonstrates that Hirado was an important kiln in the history of Japanese ceramics and its widely varied wares rank among the finest made. Within the appendices of this book is a unique and comprehensive section devoted to over 90 marks found on Hirado wares. The eccentric charm and superlative quality of this rare porcelain is admirably displayed in this book by scholar and dealer, Louis Lawrence with an introduction by the renowned collector David Hyatt King.…