THE CHINESE

POTTERY & PORCELAIN

 COLLECTION

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A truly fascinating and unique collection of 80 books, guides and catalogues compiled together for the first time on DVD DATA DISC covering all aspects of CHINESE POTTERY & PORCELAIN.

 

Discover the history and characteristics behind some of the worlds most sought after ancient Chinese porcelain and pottery. The collection also includes descriptive and illustrated catalogues from numerous exhibitions of valuable Chinese ceramics in art galleries and museums from around the world. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in ancient antique Chinese pottery and porcelain. Also included are several books and works on Japanese and Korean pottery.

 

Some of these books are extremely rare and will provide a valuable reference archive for anyone with an interest in antique Oriental pottery and porcelain. The full list of titles speaks for itself!

 

This wonderful collection of 80 books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous illustrations / photos for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop, computer, tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages. Most of the books are written in English with several additional texts in German.

 

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!  

 


The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:

 

A catalogue of Chinese porcelains collected by Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati, Ohio, with notes and illustrations by J. Getz (1904)

A collection of ancient Chinese and Persian porcelain and pottery, Persian miniature paintings, books and manuscripts, consigned on account of the European war (1915)

A collection of rare old Chinese porcelains collected by Sir William Bennett (1910)

A collector's sale. Old Chinese porcelain; single color Chinese porcelain; Ming, Sung, Yuan and Tang pottery - Anderson Galleries Inc. (1918)

A history and description of Chinese porcelain by C. W. Monkhouse (1901)

A vindication of the decorated pottery of Japan by J. L. Bowes (1891)

American furniture, silver, glass, Chinese porcelains and pottery - American Art Association (1921)

Antique Chinese bronzes, porcelains, pottery, tomb jades and rare old Chinese - American Art Association (1916)

Antique Chinese porcelains, ancient bronzes and pottery - American Art Association (1922)

Catalogue of a collection of oriental porcelain and pottery - lent for exhibition by A.W. Franks (1878)

Catalogue of an exhibition of Chinese applied art - Manchester City Art Gallery (1913)

Catalogue of an exhibition of early Chinese pottery and sculpture by S. C. Bosch Reitz (1916)

Catalogue of antique Chinese porcelains and pottery - American Art Association (1908)

Catalogue of antique Chinese porcelains owned by George B. Warren of Troy, New York (1902)

Catalogue of beautiful old Chinese porcelain enamels, jades, gems ... modern and ancient oil paintings at the American Art Galleries, N.Y. (1905)

Catalogue of coloured Chinese porcelain exhibited in 1896 by Burlington Fine Arts Club (1896)

Catalogue of the Le Blond collection of Corean pottery by B. Rackham (1918)

Catalogue of the Morgan collection of Chinese porcelains by S. W. Bushell (1907)

Catalogue of the Morse collection of Japanese pottery by E. S. Morse (1901)

Catalogue of the well-known collection of Chinese porcelain by S. E. Kennedy (1916)

Chats on oriental china by J. F. Blacker (1908)

Chinese & Japanese bronzes, pottery, porcelains, wood carvings, small rugs - American Art Association (1921)

Chinese & Japanese pottery, porcelains, bronzes, decorations - American Art Association (1922)

Chinese ceramic art ; Important Chinese art - American Art Association (1921)

Chinese clay figures by B. Laufer (1914)

Chinese porcelain - sixteenth-century coloured illustrations with Chinese ms. text by Hsiang Yuan-pien (1908)

Chinese porcelain by Hsiang Yuan-pien (1908)

Chinese porcelain Vols. 1 & 2 by W. G. Gulland (1902)

Chinese porcelains & pottery ; Chinese single-color & decorated porcelains - American Art Association (1921)

Chinese porcelains & pottery comprising important Sung examples, fine Ming and Ch'ing decorated ware - American Art Association (1922)

Chinese porcelains, pottery, bronzes, ivories, jades, and paintings with an interesting group of Chinese furniture and hangings - American Art Association (1921)

Chinese pottery & porcelain, jade carvings, bronzes by Parke-Bernet Galleries (1922)

Chinese pottery and porcelain - an account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day Vols. 1 & 2 by R. L. Hobson (1915)

Chinese pottery in the Philippines by F. C. Cole (1912)

Chinese pottery of the Han, Tʻang and Sung dynasties by Parish Watson & Co. (1917)

Chinese, Corean and Japanese potteries - descriptive catalogue of loan exhibition of selected examples (1914)

Chinesische Grab-Keramik by O. Burchard (1922)

Chinesische kleinplastik by O. Burchard (1922)

Chinesisches Porzellan - seine Geschichte, Kunst und Technik Vols. 1 & 2 by E. Zimmermann (1913)

Chinesisches Porzellan by O. Pelka (1921)

Collection of old Chinese porcelains formed by George R. Davies (1913)

Description of Chinese pottery and porcelain; being a translation of the T'ao shuo by Y. Zhu (1910)

Descriptive catalogue of an important collection of Japanese and Chinese pottery, porcelain, bronzes, brocades, prints, etc. selected by Mr. Bunkio Matsuki of Kobe, Japan, and Boston (1898)

Early Chinese pottery, porcelains and bronzes - American Art Association (1912)

Hand-book of a collection of Chinese porcelains by J. Getz (1895)

Hard paste porcelain (Oriental) - China, Japan, Siam, Korea by E. A. Barber (1910)

How to identify old Chinese porcelain by W. Hodgson (1907)

Illustrated catalogue of a remarkable collection of antique Chinese porcelains, pottery, jades, screens, paintings on glass, rugs, carpets and many other objects of art and antiquity (1916)

Illustrated catalogue of antique Oriental porcelains collected by an amateur of New York (1914)

Illustrated catalogue of the beautiful old Chinese porcelains comprising the extraordinary private collection formed by Mr. S.S. Carvalho (1914)

Japanese pottery, being a native report. With an introduction and catalogue by A. W. Franks (1880)

Japanese Porcelain by E. Mew (1909)

Kantei biko Nihon toki zensho Vols. 1 - 4 by R. Onishi (1912)

Keramic art of Japan by G. Audsley (1881)

Keramic art of Japan Vol. 1 by G. A. Audsley (1875)

Keramic art of Japan Vol. 2 by G. A. Audsley (1875)

Marks and monograms on European and Oriental pottery and porcelain with historical notices of each manufactory by W. Chaffers (1891)

Old Chinese porcelain and works of art in China by A. W. Bahr (1911)

Old Chinese porcelain by E. Mew (1909)

Old Hyderabad China - history, legend, and characteristics by E. H. Hunt (1916)

Oriental ceramic art; by W. T. Walters (1899)

Special loan exhibition of rare Chinese porcelains by Duveen Brothers (1907)

Story of a china plate by C. W. Weeks (1913)

The art of the Chinese potter from the Han dynasty to the end of the Ming by R. L. Hobson (1923)

The Bahr collection of early Chinese paintings, pottery and bronzes (1911)

The beginnings of porcelain in China by B. Laufer (1917)

The Kano Oshima collection of Oriental art - American Art Association (1922)

The Kélékian collection of ancient Chinese potteries by J. Getz (1917)

The potteries at Shek Waan, near Canton, China by C. N. Laird (1918)

The pottery and porcelain factories of China; their geographical distribution and periods of activity by A. L. Hetherington (1921)

The University Museum Section of Oriental Art - Philadelphia (1917)

The use of blue on Chinese porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 - Fogg Art Museum (1921)

 

An absolute must for anyone with an interest in Chinese pottery and porcelain – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!

 

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All of the files are hi-resolution scans presented in pdf format, easy to read on your computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any modern Kindle / ebook reader that can read pdf files. All files can be printed or transferred between devices.

 

For some devices you may need to convert the pdf files. A free program called Calibre can be used to do this and can be included on the DVD if requested.

 

Please note that this is a data DVD disc that will contain all of the books, documents and material listed in this auction. It will work in a laptop or computer (including MAC) but will NOT work on a normal DVD player, X-Box or audio CD player.

 

 

** Main photo is for illustration purposes only – other photos are example pages from the books included on the disc **

 

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