Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (610 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1903942195 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A fully illustrated colour catalogue of one of the largest extant collections of Chinese Export Porcelain, held in the Reeves Center in Washington and Lee University, Virginia, USA.
Beautifully photographed and clearly designed, with the objects sensitively illustrated in proper scale, this book provides for the novice an excellent primer and for the well-read and committed collector or scholar, a well-organised compilation of often familiar and favourite landmark pieces newly described and serving to remind us of the versatility and eclecticism of Chinese Export porcelain from the late sixteenth through the nineteenth century. Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection promises to be the 'must have' collection catalogue of 2003 and should remain a source of pride both for the authors and for Washington and Lee University, which has had the vision to encourage and support this significant contribution to literature in the ceramics field." . David S. In her review of the publication, Letitia Roberts, former Senior Vice President & Director of European Ceramics and Chinese Export Porcelain, Sotheby's, New Y
Raleigh Amyx said Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and. FRANKLY, I JUST DID NOT EXPECT A BOOK THIS SPLENDID - THE WASHINGTON AND LEE TEAM BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO SHARE HISTORY AND SUPER QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHY OF AN ELITE COLLECTION. R.D.A. WWW.AMERICANHERITAGE1.COM
The publication's author, Thomas V. Bailey, Associate Director of the Reeves Center. Litzenburg, Jr., Director of the Reeves Center for the Research and Exhibition of Porcelain and Paintings, was assisted in the compilation of the catalogue by Ann T.