S Marchant and Son, Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White - Wan Li to K’ang Hsi. S Marchant and Son 1st Edition, undated (but 1980).  Card covers.  82 good quality items, the first 27 illustrated in colour and the rest in black and white. There are two pages at the end illustrating the marks on many of the pieces. Marking and some light wear to the covers from handling, and a crease to the top corner of the front cover. Internally in very good condition.

This was the first in what has now become a very well-known series of illustrated catalogues of exhibitions at Marchant’s.

£45

Pure Ming. The Speelman collection of Important early Ming Buddhist Bronzes, and The Arts of the Ming. Sotheby’s Hong Kong October 2006.

Two hardback catalogues in slip case. 

The first catalogue is entitled ‘Visions of Enlightenment’ and is the sale of the Speelman collection of Important Early Ming Buddhist Bronzes.  136 pages with 14 superb examples of Ming bronzes well-illustrated in colour and with detailed descriptions. Introductory essay by David Wheldon. Excellent condition with just a few surface marks to the covers from handling.

The second catalogue is entitled ‘Classicism in Continuum - the Arts of the Ming’. 178 pages with 28 fine Ming period Chinese works of art well-illustrated in colour and with detailed descriptions, including Ming porcelain, a selection of rhinoceros horn carvings and the Emperor Wanli’s throne platform carpet.  Excellent condition with just a few surface marks to the covers from handling 

A well-produced pair of sale catalogues with very fine examples of Ming period works of art.

£85

The Vung Tau Cargo - Chinese export porcelain. Christie’s Amsterdam 7th April 1992.

Card cover catalogue.  132 pages with 1011 lots of Chinese export ceramics recovered from the Vung Tau shipwreck cargo, with selected examples illustrated in colour. Surface marks and minor creases from handling to the covers.  Internally good with a sound binding.

A valuable reference for Kangxi period wares.

£45

The Peony Pavilion Collection: Chinese Tea Ceramics For Japan (c1580 - 1650). Christie’s London 12th June 1989.

Hardback catalogue in dust jacket. 122 pages with 200 lots of Chinese ceramics for the Japanese Market, each illustrated in colour.  There is also a 7-page introductory essay on the subject of these wares and how they were used in the Japanese tea ceremony.  Dust jacket frayed and slightly torn along the top edge, and with surface marks from handling. Internally very good with a sound binding.

An important reference for these wares. 

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S Marchant and Son, Exhibition of Qing Mark and Period Blue and White. S Marchant and Son 1st Edition 1984. Card covers.  47 fine quality items illustrated in colour.  There are two pages at the end illustrating the marks on the pieces. Introductory essay by Margaret Medley.

This catalogue is in very good condition.

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Chinese porcelain collections in the Near East - Topkapi and Ardebil Misugi, Takatoshi

A copy of the three-volume boxed set of this well-produced publication.   First edition, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, 1981.  Three large quarto hardback cloth-bound volumes within a cloth-covered box which opens flat.

Volume 1 has 273 pages and gives an introduction to the wares in these two internationally-reknowned collections, including an illustration and discussion of design motifs and design elements. Illustrated throughout with many examples of predominately Yuan and Ming porcelain. Volume II has 282 pages and is profusely illustrated with black and white illustrations of items from the Topkapi Palace Museum, together with a small number of tipped-in colour plates. Volume III has 372 pages and features ceramics from the Ardebil Shrine Collection. Again, this volume is illustrated throughout with black and white and with a good number of tipped-in colour plates.

The blue cloth-covered box has some surface marking and dust staining. The three volumes are in fine condition.

Please note that this is a large and heavy set (weight 7.5kg) and the shipping costs will reflect this weight. Please enquire for a shipping quote.

£695

China for the West David Howard and John Ayres. 

A copy of the book 'China for the West (Chinese porcelain and other decorative arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh collection)' by David Howard and John Ayres. Two large quarto volumes in a slip case, each volume with a dust jacket.  704 pages in total with 103 colour plates and 700 monochrome illustrations. First edition, published by Sotheby Parke Bernet 1978. 

A well-produced and authoritative book which is a wealth of information and illustrations of Chinese export porcelain. A classic and a standard reference on the subject.

Please note that this is a large and heavy pair of volumes (weight 5.5kg) and the shipping costs will reflect this weight.
 

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S Marchant and Son, 75th Anniverary Exhibition of Post-Archaic Chinese Jades from Private Collections. S Marchant and Son 1st Edition 2000. Hardback book in dust jacket. 116 pages with 89 fine jade items, each illustrated in colour. Minor marks to the dust jacket from handling, otherwise fine condition.

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The Book of Famille Rose George C Williamson

Charles E Tuttle Company, 1970.  Hardback book in dust jacket. 231 pages, with 19 plates in full colour and 43 black and white plates with multiple items illustrated in each plate.

From the front cover: ‘The Book of Famille Rose is exclusively with Yongzheng and Qianlong porcelains. In selecting his 19 colour plates and 43 plates in gravure, the author’s aim was to give as broad and general a view of these porcelains as possible’.

Dust jacket in very good condition with a little fraying to the top edges. The book is in near fine condition.

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Important Early Ming Blue and White Porcelain from the Collection of the late Mr and Mrs RHR Palmer.  Catalogue of Christie’s Hong Kong sale 17th January 1989.  Hardback in dust jacket.  39 pages with 19 superb lots, each illustrated in colour.  2-page section at the end which shows the marks on the bases of many of the items.  Fine condition in fine dust jacket.

£45

The Watney Collection of Chinese Porcelain Decorated in Holland and England. Bonham’s New Bond Street, 7th November 2003. Hardcover catalogue in dust jacket. 48 pages with 80 lots illustrated in colour.

Foreword by Errol Manners, and Introductory essay on the Watney Collection by John Sandon. 

An essential reference for anyone with an interest in European-decorated Chinese porcelain.

A few marks to the dust jacket from handling.  Internally this catalogue is in fine condition

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Korean Arts, Ceramics Volume 2 edited by Dr Chewon Kim and G St G M Gompertz published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea.

First edition hardback book, 1961. 222 pages illustrating 100 fine quality items of Korean ceramics with a mixture of good quality black and white, and some colour, illustrations and with a description of each item.

This book has been rebound in a very good quallity binding with strong cloth-covered boards and quarter bound with green leather tooled with the book title and the intials H. T. M.

The intitials are for Hugh Morgan who was a British diplomat who served for a period in China, and from whose collection this volume comes.

Excellent condition. The leather backstrip is somewhat faded.  Internally in very good condition with a tight binding
 

£85

The E T Hall Collection of Chinese Monochrome Porcelains.  Catalogue of Christie’s London sale 7th June 2004.  Card covers. 240 pages with 286 lots, each illustrated in colour. There is a very useful 9 page section at the end which shows the marks on the bases of many of the items. Some light surface marking to the covers from handling, internally in fine condition.

Introductory essay by Rosemary Scott.  The list of prices realised is included.

This is a ‘must-have’ reference for anyone with an interest in Chinese monochrome porcelain.

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'Oriental Lowestoft - Chinese Export Porcelain, Porcelaine de la Cie. des Indes’ by J A Lloyd Hyde, Ceramic Book Company, 3rd edition 1964, limited to 1000 copies

Hardback book. 168 pages with 4 full-page colour plates and 33 full-page black and white plates.

An attractively-produced book printed on heavy paper.

Condition: This volume is in very good used condition. The cover is lightly marked on the back cover. The binding is sound, and the book is internally in very good condition

£28

Oriental Ceramics, The World’s Great Collections Volume 5, British Museum. Kodansha International Ltd, 1st Standard Edition 1981. Folio. Hardback with cloth covered boards in slipcase.  171pp with 87 items illustrated with excellent colour plates, and a further 309 items illustrated in a section of black and white plates. Introductory essay.  Descriptions of the colour plates and captions to the black & white plates.

An ex library copy.  Fading to the cloth backstrip, and some light marking to the slipcase. Binding sound and internally in very good condition.

£60

S Marchant and Son, Ming Porcelain for the japanese Market, ko-sometsuke and ko-akai. S Marchant and Son 1st Edition 2008.  Hardback book in dust jacket. 115 pages with 59 fine quality items, each illustrated in colour.   Minor marks and scuffing to the dust jacket from handling, otherwise fine condition.

Introduction by Julia B Curtis.

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The Baur Collection, Chinese Ceramics Volume 3: Monochrome-glazed Porcelains of the Ch’ing Dynasty. John Ayers.  1st Edition Geneve 1972.  Hardcover with dust jacket in removable protective cover, all in a card slipcase. No. 348 of a limited edition of 1100 copies. 22pp text in English and French. Bulk of book consists of photographs of the collection in colour and black & white with a facing page of commentary in English, with a summary in French.  Book in near Fine condition.  Dust jacket in near fine condition but with some yellowing to the backstrip and to the top of the back cover.  Card slipcase shows some yellowing and has two pencil inscriptions on the front cover and an ink inscription on the base.

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Ashmolean Museum - Eastern Ceramics and other Works of Art from the collection of Gerald Reitlinger.  Catalogue of the memorial exhibition 1981. Edited by Rosemary E. Scott.  Ashmolean Museum and Sotherby Parke Bernet. 1st Edition 1981.  Card covers.  Octavo. 159pp showing 441 items from the exhibition in black and white and with descriptions of each item, together with 8 colour plates of selected items.  Very good used condition with a little marking of the card covers and scuffing to the edges.

Contains sections of Chinese ceramics, Japanese ceramics, Islamic ceramics, Islamic miniatures, Indian miniatures European ceramics and European paintings and drawings.

£18

Oriental Ceramics, The World’s Great Collections Volume 2, National Museum of Korea Seoul. Kodansha International Ltd, 1st Standard Edition 1982. Folio. Hardback with cloth covered boards in slipcase.  184pp with 100 items illustrated with excellent colour plates, and a further 327 items illustrated in a section of black and white plates.  Introductory essay. Descriptions of the colour plates and captions to the black & white plates.

An ex library copy.  Fading to the cloth backstrip, and some light marking and wear to the edge of the slipcase. Binding sound and internally in very good condition.

£55

'Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine by John Alexander Pope, published by the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington. Hardback quarto book with cloth covers in a dust jacket which is covered with a plastic protective sleeve. First edition, 1956.

194 pages plus 142 full-page black and white plates with captions on the facing page.
 
A description and illustration of mainly Ming porcelains now held in the Archeological Museum in Tehran.  An excellent book for anyone with an interest in Ming blue and white ceramics.

Please note that this is a large and heavy volume

This volume is in very good condition. The dust jacket is frayed and torn at the top of the backstrip. The cloth covers are in very good condition and internally the book is in very good used condition.  Binding is sound.
 

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'The Ceramic Load of the Witte Leeuw' edited by van der Pijl-Ketel.  Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. First Edition 1982. Card covers, 301 pages illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and line drawings.

The Witte Leeuw (White Lion) was a Dutch East Indiaman which sunk near St Helena in 1619 on it's homeward journey from Bantam in Indonesia to Europe. the VOC records suggest that the sinking was as a result of a fight with Portuguese trading vessels. Much of it's cargo was made up of Kraak wares, and this book is an excellent reference for anyone with an interest in these wares, giving as it does a 'snapshot' of the types and styles of ceramics being imported into Europe at the start of the Seventeeth Century.

The book has chapters on the Dutch East India Company (the VOC) and the marine trade with the East, the Witte Leeuw herself, and an interesting short chapter on paintings featuring Chinese ceramics. The main bulk of the book is taken up with a comprehensive and well-illustrated record of the ceramic types found on board.

This book is in very good condition. There is a little wear to the edges of the card covers at the spine, and the stamp of a previous owner on the title page. Binding is sound.

£58

Christian Images in Chinese Porcelain, Jorge Welsh

A copy of the publication 'Christian Images in Chinese Porcelain (Imagens do Cristianismo na Porcelana da China) produed by Jorge Welsh

Hardback book in dust jacket, First Edition 2003.  133 pages with 43 items well illustrated with good colour plates, and with detailed descriptions. Joint English and Portuguese texts.

Introductory essay written by Teresa Canepa.  An important contribution to this topic

There is some surface marking to the dust jacket from handling and some fraying to the corners of the dust jacket, and bumping to the corners of the book. Internally there are a few pages with a small crease across the bottom of the page (visible in one of our pictures) which was introduced during production.  Internally in very good, clean condition and with a tight binding
 

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Christie's Amsterdam late Ming & Transitional Chinese porcelain Hatcher cargo: rare set of the three sale catalogues. Copies of the three catalogues of the auctions of the Hatcher cargo at Christie's Amsterdam sale rooms.
 
1) Fine and Important Late Ming and Transitional Porcelain recently recovered from an Asian vessel in the South China Sea. The property of Captain Michael Hatcher. Wednesday 14th March 1984. Card covers. 82 pages with 587 lots.  With 2 colour plates and a number of black and white pictures showing selected lots.
 
2) Fine and Important Late Ming and Transitional Porcelain.  The second and final part of the Hatcher Collection, recently recovered from an Asian vessel in the South China Sea. Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th June 1984. Card covers. 97 pages with 1166 lots.   Selected lots illustrated in colour.

3) Fine and Important Late Ming and Transitional Porcelain.  The Private Collection of Captain M. Hatcher, selected from the contents of an Asiatic vessel, which went down in the South China Sea circa 1640. 14th February 1985.  Card covers.  50 pages with 226 lots, selected lots illlustrated in colour. (THIS CATALOGUE NOW SOLD)
 
This cargo, dated to around 1643, was the first to come on the market and was responsible for helping to clarify the dating of Transitional wares, including Kraak wares.  Complete sets of these important catalogues are not easy to come by, and we are pleased to be able to offer a set here.

All three catalogues are in good used condition. The covers are lightly marked from handling. Internally all are in very good clean condition
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Oriental Export Market Porcelain and its influence on European wares.  Geoffrey A. Goddon. Granada Publishing, 1st Edition, 1979. Hardback in dust jacket. 384 pp, illustrated throughout with 290 black and white photographs in the text, and with 20 colour plates. Some marking to the dust jacket, with minor fraying to the top and bottom of the price-clipped dust jacket. Internally VG+.

A classic on the subject of Chinese (and to a lesser extent Japanese) porcelain exported to Europe, with many extracts from the English East India Company records.  The author is also an acknowledged expert on British ceramics and is able to draw on this knowledge to show how Oriental porcelain influenced these wares.

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The Chinese exhibition.  A commemorative catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art. Royal Academy of Arts November 1935 - March 1936. Faber and Faber Ltd, 1st Edition November 1936. Quarto. Hardback with cloth covered boards, in dust jacket. Top edge gilt. First section of 160pp containing an introduction by Lawrence Binyon, and the exhibition catalogue listing, followed by a larger section of 160 black and white plates illustrating some 350 objects including ceramics, bronzes, paintings and jades, in most cases each plate showing several items. Colour frontispiece. Some marking and small tears around the edges to the dust jacket. Binding sound and internally in very good condition.

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