Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road Contributor(s): Kessler (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004218599 ISBN-13: 9789004218598 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $297.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Asian - General - Crafts & Hobbies | Pottery & Ceramics - Art | Ceramics |
Dewey: 738.209 |
LCCN: 2012015432 |
Series: Studies in Asian Art and Archaeology |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 8.6" W x 11.9" (4.45 lbs) 680 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Western scholars of ancient Chinese ceramics have long thought blue and white porcelain manufactured before the Ming (1368-1644 A.D.), dates to the Yuan (1279-1368 A.D.). Even in China today these porcelains are still termed "Yuan Blue and White." Based upon first-hand surveys of sites in Inner Mongolia, Adam T. Kessler's Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road demonstrates that blue and white was made during the Song (960-1279 A.D.) ended up in the hands of the Xi Xia (1038-1226 A.D.) and the Jin (1115-1234 A.D.). Blue and white found today in hoards was buried prior to Mongol invasions of China in the 1200s. Sites from the Philippines to Egypt have yielded Song blue and white. Also reviewed is the cobalt-bearing ore used by Song China to create blue and white. |