Chinese blue and white porcelain was a unique contribution to the history of ceramic technology. From its development at the beginning of the fourteenth century, and through its technical originality and artistic brilliance in intervening years, it has continued to captivate and inspire around the world. This beautifully illustrated book traces the history and evolution of blue and white in China, first during the Yuan dynasty, when the Mongols ruled all of Asia creating an environment in which blue and white could travel swiftly as far as the Mediterranean. In the fifteenth century the Chinese became enamoured of their own product, while at the same time the Ming potters were susceptible to ideas and influences from the Islamic world. During the colonial period of the Portuguese, Dutch and British expansion they responded to other commercial and aesthetic pressures. From the sixteenth century onwards, collecting became a passion and was a major influence on the concept of chinoiserie.
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Professor John Carswell was Director of the Islamic Department at Sotheby's. Previously he was Director of the Smart Museum and Curator of the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago and Professor of Fine Arts at the American University of Beirut for twenty years. He has written extensively on Chinese porcelain and Islamic art and architecture. His publications include The Kutahya Tiles and Pottery in the Armenian Cathedral of St James, Jerusalem (Oxford 1972), Chinese Ceramics in the Sadberk Hanim Museum (Istanbul 1995) and Iznik Pottery (BMP 2006).
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Best book on the history of Blue and White China,
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I read this book, cover to cover back in the mid 1980's. I even made notes, which I can no longer find.In doing research on the history of porcelain, this book tops my list for Blue& White. For years I have not been able to track it down, but now I see it advertised in Victoria Magazine ! I feel as though I have found an old friend...who has now become famous...Voila! Jacquelyn G
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Blue and White Heaven,
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This is a beautiful book, and the cover alone draws in us blue-and-white fanatics of the world. It is an important book as well, in the world of learning about, collecting, and appreciating our favorite china. We need all the help we can get (!), and this book should be the first one we buy to start a library on the subject.I would recommend it to anyone whose dreams -- and shelves -- are filled with blue and white.
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