Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection in the Virginia Museum
Language: English
Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications by Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, London, 1980
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Seller: Jorge Welsh Books, Lisboa, PortugalJorge Welsh Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 23 x 28.5 cm; 0.758 Kg; 80 pages with colour illustrations.; Used book in very good condition with minor signs of wear in the dust jacket; Catalogue for the exhibition at the Virginia Museum of the collection of Mr and Mrs Mottahedeh of New York, where it was shown for the first time; The sixty-two masterpieces of Chinese export porcelain, illustrated here in full colour, have been selected from one of the finest collections of the century to give a representative view of these wares in all their different styles. The introduction which precedes them tells the story of the export of Chinese porcelain over the last two thousand years and examines the historic, economic and artistic factors contributing to its spectacular popularity in eighteenth-century Europe and, later, in America. Over the last fifty years, Mr and Mrs Mottahedeh of New York amassed a huge assembly of this ware, which in depth and variety is unprecedented.
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- Title
- Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection in the Virginia Museum
- Author
- Howard, David; Ayers, John
- Publisher
- Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications by Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, London
- Publication year
- 1980
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0856670839
- ISBN 13
- 9780856670831
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Chinese Art, Chinese Ceramics, Collections and Exhibitions
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Jorge Welsh Books
Lisboa, Portugal
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Jorge Welsh Books has been dealing in art reference books since 1999. What started as a platform for the distribution of publications by Jorge Welsh Research & Publishing has now evolved into an established bookselling division. We focus in our fields of expertise, specifically cross-cultural works of art from Africa, India, China and Japan, with an emphasis on Chinese porcelain. Our aim is to source and deliver relevant publications in the best possible condition to collectors and academics alike, while providing a high-quality, personalised service.…
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