Blanc De Chine : porcelain from Dehua / Rose Kerr & John Ayers ; with contributions from Chuimei Ho ... [et al.]
Digitised Book 3.147.79.68 (0)
2002
Information About
Dehua porcelain or Blanc de Chine as it is known is the West, is pure ivory-white porcelain made at the Dehua kilns in the Southern Chinese province of Fujian. It rose to international significance around the 17th century and inspired aristocratic patronage in the development of new European porcelain. In this book, an international group of specialists discuss how, why and when the Dehua porcelain phenomenon occurred. It also includes a catalogue of Hickley Collection of blanc de Chine.
Subjects
Dehua ware Porcelain, Chinese--China--Dehua Xian (Fujian Sheng)Categories
Sculpture Visual ArtsAdditional Details
- Creators
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- Kerr, Rose, 1953-
- Subject
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- Dehua ware
- Porcelain, Chinese--China--Dehua Xian (Fujian Sheng)
- Publisher
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- National Heritage Board : Landmark Books, 2002
- National Library Board Singapore, 2002
- Contributors
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- Ayers, John
- Singapore. National Heritage Board
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, col. ill., maps
- Table of Contents
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- a connoisseur's view -- Blanc de Chine: some reflections -- Blanc de Chine in archaeological perspective: a tribute to Donnelly -- A note on the construction of Dehua figures -- Dehua porcelain in the collection of Augustus the Strong in Dresden -- Catalogue -- Bibliography.
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.