Chinese Trade Porcelain
Hardcover
1963 · Rutland, Vermont
by Beurdeley, Michel
Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1963. Second Edition. Hardcover. VG- (Dust jacket has wear and tear esp. at head of spine; label and bookplate and few marks from previous art-library owner.). Burgundy cloth, gilt lettering on spine, blue DJ. 221 pp., 24 color plates tipped in, approx. 100 bw plates. "A study of one of the more charming and fascinating of artistic phenomena, Chinese export porcelain. This was the porcelain manufactured for the European market under the auspices of the great Charter Companies. ... In a most surprising manner, the porcelain, while retaining its native quality, reflects movements in European taste from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries." (dj) A beautifully illustrated volume. (Inventory #: 16004)