Early Ming Wares Chingtechen by Brankston a D (14 results)

25.0 x 17.0cms 102pp b/w illusts very good hardback with fragile intact dustwrapper This book 'revolutionised our knowledge of the early blue-and-white wares of the Ming Dynasty and became the standard work on the reigns of Yung Lo (1403-24) and Hsuan Te (1426-35). The chapters are: the Yung-Lo period; the Hsuan-Te period; the Ch'eng-Hua period; the Hung-Chih period; the district & kilns of Fou-Liang; ceramic alchemy; the phoenix & rdragon; Chinese dynasties & periods; a selected number of shapes & sizes; Chinese names & words in the text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 17 x 25 cm; 0.513 Kg; 104 pages with black-and-white illustrations.; Used in very good condition, with signs of wear on the exterior. The dust jacket is slightly faded on spine and bottom of the back cover. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; First published by Henri Vetch, Peking, 1938. Reissued, with a Biographical and Bibliographical Note of the Author, and a note on "The A.D. Brankston Collection of Chinese Porcelain in the British Museum", by Soame Jenyns (1954), by Vetch and Lee Limited, Hong Kong, 1970. This edition reprinted, with permission, by Oxford University Press, 1982.; Early Ming Wares of the Chingtechen became the standard work on the wares of the reigns of Yung Lo (1403-24) and Hsuan Te (1426-35). The author, A.D. Brankston, brought to the subject a rare combination of taste and enthusiasm, documentation from Chinese sources and knowledge gained in the field. Although its plate reproduction cannot match today's standards, Early Ming Wares of Chingtechen neverthless remains an important pionnering work. Out of print for over a decade, it is now reprinted by Oxford Univerity Press in the Oxford for Asia Studies in Ceramics series.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth. First thus. Boards slightly bowed else fine condition. The DJ in mylar is toned to spine, lightly edgeworn with a 1cm closed edge tear. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 102 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. bound in maroon cloth with gilt decorations, 104 pp including map and 5 pp ads. Color frontis, illustrated wiht black and white photos and drawings. Front cover and spine with some fading, three leaves with a chip at the top edge, otherwise very good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited edition on eof 650 copies issued.Maroon silk binding with gilt lettering and Chinese dragon vignette decoration to the front board.xvi,104 pages , 6 page catalogue of other Henri Vetch titles. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, 45 monochrome plates, 18 text figures done in line, 5 tables depicting forms for various periods,a map of Chingtechen and the kilns of Fouliang and a ceramic map of China.6.75 X 9.75 inches.Very good copy, the book is a bit rubbed, and faded on the spine. Ex library label of the Rt. Hon. Malcolm Macdonald P.C., O.M. on the front pastedown, also gift inscription to the same from Henry Yeung on the front free endpaper. Subsequent owner's name and date also on the front free endpaper.Another owner's name stamp appears three times on the preliminary pages. Han-shan Tang, specialist Asian and Far East book sellers tag to rear pastedown. Browning to page edges, occasional spotting to some pages. Very sound and solid binding,with firm hinges and no spltting to endpapers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A Very Good book in a Good dust jacket, Very Good overall, Limited Edition, one of 650 copies, 8vo, 9 1/2" x 7." Maroon cloth-covered boards in a beige-gray paper dust jacket. Gilt illustration of a Chinese dragon on front cover. Gilt lettering on book spine. Black lettering on front panel and dust jacket spine. Covers have slight fading at head and tail of spine and along top and bottom edges and minuscule wear to extremities, else clean and intact, binding tight. Dust jacket has several chips at edges, tips, and head of spine (with the largest measuring 1 1/4" x 1" at head of spine and 2" x 1" at top edge on back panel which have resulted in some loss of text), else clean and intact, not price-clipped. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed mylar sleeve. Pages have a former owner's pencil inscription on front pastedown, light to moderate age toning, light foxing, and a subtle smoke smell, else pristine and intact. Replete with black-and-white in-text illustrations, plates, and maps. 102 pp., including Appendices, Selected Bibliography, Glossary, and Index, + plates + 5 pp. of advertisements for other books by Editions Henry Vetch in back. About early Ming wares in Chingtechen (also known as Jingdezhen), China. Includes discussions about ceramics from the Yung-Lo period, Hsuan-Te period, Ch'eng-Hua period, and Hung-Chih period, the district and kilns of Fou-Liang, clay and glazes used in Ming wares, and symbols used in these ceramics. Authored by A. D. Brankston. Heavy and oversized items may require additional shipping.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Hardback, silk binding with gilt titles to spine and gilt illustration to front board. 102pp. Complete with all plates as called for, including colour frontispiece. 4 tables and 18 illustrations within the text. Limited edition of 650 copies. 1st edition 1938. Spine faded, a little fading to boards. Fore edge slightly foxed, with occasional foxing to contents. Preivous owner's name written to front free end-paper. Some pencil marginal annotations and underlining of text. A pleasing copy. (bs103).

xvi, 102p., 45 black and white plates interspered through the text; cloth-covered boards lightly shelfworn, with some fading to the spine. Stated limitation of 650 copies. Discussion of the fine works produced in Jiangxi province at the famous site known in modern pinyin as Jingdezhen.

Hardcover. Limited to 650 copies. Red silken clovered boards. xvi, 102 pp., map, 6 pp. ads for other Vetch publications + 45 interspersed bw plate pages, each containing multiple bw images. Said to be the first scholarly study of Ming Porcelain. This is the original edition, not one of the later inferior reprints. Quite scarce. VG- (previous owner's name on ffep, light fading to boards, age toning to pages but text and illustrations are otherwise clean and clear.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First limited edition of 650 copies noted, lg8vo burgundy silk over bevelled boards with gilt dragon decoration on front cover, gilt ltrs to spine slt sunned with a little rubbing to ends, a little nibble at top of fnt board and three more at left side of spine not affecting titles, ow very clean and tight, VG/ndj: xvi+102+(6)pp+45 (1 col) plates, 4 tables, 1 map, illustrations, Chinese colophon, 6pp ads, bibl, glossary, index. "First published in Peking in 1938 . . . became the standard work on the wares of the reigns ofYongle/ Yung Lo (1403-24) and Xuande/Hsuan Te (1426-35). ".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. First edition limited to 650 copies, 8vo (9¾ x 6½), pp. xvi, 102, (2) map & marks, (6) recent publications, 45 plates, 18 figures, 4 tables, bibliography, glossary, index. Original gilt lettered & gilt pictorial burgundy silk over beveled boards. Very good clean bright copy. Rare. H6211.

First edition, 8vo, xvi, 102, (2) pp. 45 black and white plates plus illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., slightly sunned.