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Thirty Books on Chinese Ceramics, Mowry, Peace and Quietude: Song Ceramics from the Qingjingtang Collection; Barrett (ed.),Chinese Porcelain of the Seventeenth Century; Yuey, Song and Yuan Porcelain from the Hall of the Twenty Rarities; Miller, Elegance in Relief: Carved Porcelain from Jingdezhen; Butler, Shunzhi Porcelain; Watson, Pre-Tang Ceramics of China; Carswell, Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain Around the World; Garner, Oriental Blue and White, 1964 edition; Rinaldi, Ceramics in Scholarly Taste; Caroselli (ed.),Quest for Eternity; Scott, Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration; Scott (ed.),Porcelains of Jingdezhen; Tregear, Catalogue of Chinese Greenware in the Ashmolean Museum; Shangraw, Origins of Chinese Ceramics; Valenstein, Ming Porcelain; Matsuoka Museum of Art, Famous Chinese Ceramics, Japanese edition; Seattle Art Museum, In Pursuit of the Dragon: Ming Ceramics, two copies; Scollard, Shiwan Ceramics; Courage and Joy, Serene Glazes, Elegant Forms; Chukoku toji zenshu (Complete Book of Chinese Ceramics), vol. 27; Scott, For the Imperial Court: Qing Porcelain; Asia Society, Chinese Ceramics from Japanese Collections; National Palace Museum, Masterpieces of Chinese Porcelain and Masterpieces of Chinese Porcelain: Supplement; Little, Chinese Ceramics of the Transitional Period; Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown-and Black-glazed Ceramics; Bi, Chinese Folk Painting on Porcelain; Valenstein, Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, 1975 edition; and Macintosh, Chinese Blue and White, third edition.
Estimate $550-650
VG, Valentine Ming Porcelain damp stained, some paper bound with shelf wear.
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Keywords
Ming Porcelain, Ming Ceramics, Qing Porcelain, Song Porcelain, Yuan Porcelain, China
Suhyung Kim
Director, Asian Works of Art
508-970-3263

Helen Eagles
Deputy Director, Asian Works of Art
508-970-3132
Asian Works of Art
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