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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good photos, poor scholarship,
This review is from: Japanese Export Ceramics: 1860-1920 (Hardcover)
While the examples of ceramics shown are well photographed and beautiful, the text is minimal. Many examples of Satsuma, for example, show signatures, which is helpful, but in certain cases the signatures are not identified for English readers. To say that the vase is marked with "red characters," and not translate them, is simple laziness in scholarship, especially given the credits to individual experts who could have read them. In at least one case, the signature translation matches no others in the same text. Visually, the book provides a great bit of eye training for that which is "good" in this field for the collector. In terms of background and intellectual edification, the text rates from beginner to worthless. Hence the middle grade of three stars. A good picture book.
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Japanese Export Ceramics: 1860-1920 by Nancy N. Schiffer (Hardcover - October 1, 1999)
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