Ming Ceramics in the British Museum [Hardcover]

Jessica Harrison-Hall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2001 | ISBN-10: 071411488X | ISBN-13: 978-0714114880

The British Museum holds the world's broadest collection of Ming ceramics, now published for the first time in its entirety. Nearly a thousand items are here illustrated, identified, dated and discussed, incorporating the most up-to-date archaeological discoveries and new scientific research previously available only in Chinese or specialist journals. Five introductory essays provide an accessible framework. Each of the catalogue's twenty chapters is then introduced with a brief summary of its defining characteristics. A wealth of additional information, much of it never before gathered together, is clearly interpreted and presented in a series of appendices, tables and maps for ease of reference and research by collectors, students and scholars.

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About the Author

Jessica Harrison-Hall is an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Oriental Antiquities in The British Museum and has written extensively on Chinese ceramics. She is the co-author (with Regina Krahl) of Ancient Chinese Trade Ceramics: Ming to Qing porcelains in the British Museum and contributed to Pottery in the Making and AW Franks.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 672 pages
• Publisher: British Museum Press (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 071411488X
• ISBN-13: 978-0714114880
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,548,858 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)