Comments for 100 Best Books on Chinese Porcelain and Ceramics http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks List of Recommended Books on Asian Art Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:04:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on The Ca Mau Shipwreck 1723-1735 by Dinh Chién by Megamind http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/165/the-ca-mau-shipwreck-1723-1735-by-dinh-chin/comment-page-1#comment-1463 Megamind Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:04:34 +0000 http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/?p=165#comment-1463 I dont know what to say. This web site is amazing. Thats not truly a actually substantial statement, but its all I could come up with soon after reading this. You know a great deal about this subject. Much making sure that you produced me wish to understand additional about it. Your web site is my stepping stone, my buddy. Many thanks for that heads up on this theme. I dont know what to say. This web site is amazing. Thats not truly a actually substantial statement, but its all I could come up with soon after reading this. You know a great deal about this subject. Much making sure that you produced me wish to understand additional about it. Your web site is my stepping stone, my buddy. Many thanks for that heads up on this theme.

]]> Comment on Ming Pottery and Porcelain by Soame Jenyns by tricia Bond http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/222/ming-pottery-and-porcelain-by-soame-jenyns/comment-page-1#comment-99 tricia Bond Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:04:16 +0000 http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/?p=222#comment-99 I have recently bought a ten inch blue and white Ming earthenware jar. I have never bought Chinese pottery before and would like to know if the amount I paid is a reasonable one. The jar is practically perfect and I paid £25O. I have recently bought a ten inch blue and white Ming earthenware jar. I have never bought Chinese pottery before and would like to know if the amount I paid is a reasonable one. The jar is practically perfect and I paid £25O.

]]> Comment on Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feather: Chinese Brown- and Black-glazed Ceramics, 400-1400 by Robert D. Mowry by Evan Henning http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/104/hares-fur-tortoiseshell-and-partridge-feather-chinese-brown-and-black-glazed-ceramics-400-1400-by-robert-d-mowry/comment-page-1#comment-69 Evan Henning Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:56:12 +0000 http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/?p=104#comment-69 A definitive work and clearly IMO, THE leading publication on Brown/Black glazed ceramics. Extremely well researched, written and presented, it covers the full range of the subject matter. Absolutely essential if you want to begin to understand the subject. A must also for anybody who has an interest in early Chinese ceramics. A definitive work and clearly IMO, THE leading publication on Brown/Black glazed ceramics. Extremely well researched, written and presented, it covers the full range of the subject matter. Absolutely essential if you want to begin to understand the subject. A must also for anybody who has an interest in early Chinese ceramics.

]]> Comment on Pre-Tang Ceramics of China by William Watson by Evan Henning http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/85/pre-tang-ceramics-of-china-by-william-watson/comment-page-1#comment-68 Evan Henning Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:44:36 +0000 http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/?p=85#comment-68 Definitely a must for anybody interested in pre-tang ceramics. Well structured and full of extremely interesting information on a full range of subject matters. I would concur with JE's comments and even though it is now 18 years since it was written I have not seen a better book of its type. I would love to see a revised or updated version released though. Definitely a must for anybody interested in pre-tang ceramics. Well structured and full of extremely interesting information on a full range of subject matters. I would concur with JE’s comments and even though it is now 18 years since it was written I have not seen a better book of its type. I would love to see a revised or updated version released though.

]]> Comment on Hirado: Prince of Porcelains by Louis Lawrence by Arno Jacobs http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/137/hirado-prince-of-porcelains-by-louis-lawrence/comment-page-1#comment-67 Arno Jacobs Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:13:34 +0000 http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/?p=137#comment-67 A book that tells the story of Japanese porcelain produced on the island Hirado and produced in Mikawachi, Nagasaki, Kyushu island, with about 100 nice pictures in color of beautiful Hirado porcelain. The writer also listed about 100 Hirado marks of Hirado porcelain. A very good book if you are interested in the history of Hirado porcelain and interested in the Hirado porcelain itself. A book that tells the story of Japanese porcelain produced on the island Hirado and produced in Mikawachi, Nagasaki, Kyushu island, with about 100 nice pictures in color of beautiful Hirado porcelain. The writer also listed about 100 Hirado marks of Hirado porcelain.
A very good book if you are interested in the history of Hirado porcelain and interested in the Hirado porcelain itself.

]]> Comment on Beauty’s Enchantment, Seventeenth-century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collection by Sir Michael Butler and Prof. Wang Qingzheng by Jerry http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/254/beautys-enchantment-seventeenth-century-jingdezhen-porcelain-from-the-shanghai-museum-and-the-butler-collection-by-sir-michael-butler-and-prof-wang-qingzheng/comment-page-1#comment-64 Jerry Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:25:12 +0000 http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/?p=254#comment-64 The book is written by several authors, but flows seamlessly through what is commonly referred to as the Transitional Period. It is rich with helpful insights into production techniques, political history and attribution tips without laboring over each point. Don’t just buy it for the nice picture, READ IT! It will be time well spent. The book is written by several authors, but flows seamlessly through what is commonly referred to as the Transitional Period. It is rich with helpful insights into production techniques, political history and attribution tips without laboring over each point. Don’t just buy it for the nice picture, READ IT! It will be time well spent.

]]> Comment on Wanli shipwreck and its ceramic cargo by Sten Sjöstrand, Sharipah Lok Lok bt., Syed Idrus, Tim Hartill et al. by Arno Jacobs http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/177/wanli-shipwreck-and-its-ceramic-cargo-by-sten-sjstrand-sharipah-lok-lok-bt-syed-idrus-tim-hartill-et-al/comment-page-1#comment-61 Arno Jacobs Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:32:17 +0000 http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/?p=177#comment-61 The book is very nice and really high recommended. The quality of the book with hard cover is of high standard, all the 360 pages of paper and real nice print. I have the book and count 700 pictures and all in color, also there are a hundred drawings of rim decoration add and several marks used in that period. Almost all the porcelain (ceramic) is of blue and white, and it gives a good indication what kind of decorations there was in that time, in and just after the Wanli period, around the year 1625 and every object has a own description. The book gives beside the excavation of the Wanli shipwreck and the porcelain information an important part about archeological and historical background of ceramic production. The book is very nice and really high recommended. The quality of the book with hard cover is of high standard, all the 360 pages of paper and real nice print. I have the book and count 700 pictures and all in color, also there are a hundred drawings of rim decoration add and several marks used in that period. Almost all the porcelain (ceramic) is of blue and white, and it gives a good indication what kind of decorations there was in that time, in and just after the Wanli period, around the year 1625 and every object has a own description.
The book gives beside the excavation of the Wanli shipwreck and the porcelain information an important part about archeological and historical background of ceramic production.

]]> Comment on Kraak Porcelain: A moment in the history of trade by Maura Rinaldi by Arno Jacobs http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/40/kraak-porcelain-a-moment-in-the-history-of-trade-by-maura-rinaldi/comment-page-1#comment-60 Arno Jacobs Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:09:28 +0000 http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/?p=40#comment-60 This is the standard book for classification on Kraak porcelain of dishes, klapmutsen, bowls and closed forms, a book with 255 pages which contains about 275 pictures in black and white, 80 pictures in color and 60 drawings. These pictures of objects shows the front, inner side and often the under side. A must have standard reference book for the professional Chinese Kraak porcelain collector, a real nice book for the regular passionated Kraak ware collector, if you have other books on Kraak ware too. A book often offered with a price raised far above the value of a new book in 1989, so the book is often not reasonably priced. Nice written in understandable Enlisch with references to the museum, unfortunate with only about 20% colored pictures. Kind regards, Arno This is the standard book for classification on Kraak porcelain of dishes, klapmutsen, bowls and closed forms, a book with 255 pages which contains about 275 pictures in black and white, 80 pictures in color and 60 drawings. These pictures of objects shows the front, inner side and often the under side.

A must have standard reference book for the professional Chinese Kraak porcelain collector, a real nice book for the regular passionated Kraak ware collector, if you have other books on Kraak ware too. A book often offered with a price raised far above the value of a new book in 1989, so the book is often not reasonably priced.
Nice written in understandable Enlisch with references to the museum, unfortunate with only about 20% colored pictures.

Kind regards,
Arno

]]> Comment on Beauty’s Enchantment, Seventeenth-century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collection by Sir Michael Butler and Prof. Wang Qingzheng by Dominic http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/254/beautys-enchantment-seventeenth-century-jingdezhen-porcelain-from-the-shanghai-museum-and-the-butler-collection-by-sir-michael-butler-and-prof-wang-qingzheng/comment-page-1#comment-58 Dominic Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:55:46 +0000 http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/?p=254#comment-58 I was astonished to see the collection of Sir Michael Butler. This is really a good reference book for serious porcelain collectors !!! I was astonished to see the collection of Sir Michael Butler. This is really a good reference book for serious porcelain collectors !!!

]]> Comment on Brush and Clay. Chinese Porcelain of the Early 20th Century by Simon Kwan by james randolph hillard http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/232/brush-and-clay-chinese-porcelain-of-the-early-20th-century-by-simon-kwan/comment-page-1#comment-47 james randolph hillard Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:16:34 +0000 http://www.gotheborg.com/bestbooks/?p=232#comment-47 This is a wonderful book, but a better choice is the updated version published as "Chinese Ceramics of the Republic Period" Volume 6 of the Muwen Tang Collection by Simon Kwan 2008. He has rephotographed all the items, and the book is reasonably priced. http://www.muwentang.com/Publications/MTCS06.html This is a wonderful book, but a better choice is the updated version published as “Chinese Ceramics of the Republic Period” Volume 6 of the Muwen Tang Collection by Simon Kwan 2008. He has rephotographed all the items, and the book is reasonably priced. http://www.muwentang.com/Publications/MTCS06.html

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