China for the West: Chinese Porcelain and Other Decorative Arts for Export Illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection by David S Howard ISBN 13: 9780856670350

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications by Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, London, 1978 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (two volumes in buckram with dust jacket in splicase); 25.6 x 35 cm; 5.243 Kg; 704 pages with 103 colour plates and 100 monochrome illustrations; Used books wih signs of wear, namely on the dust jackect that show minor tears. Interior in very good condition.; This century has brought a growing awareness of the vast scale of Chinese export of decorative arts from the seventeenth century onwards. Until very recently however this subject had been very little studied, overshadowed as it was by the ever-widening perspectives of China's ancient past. It was nevertheless through this trade, and especially its ceramic wares, that the unique artistic creativity of the Chinese first became widely known and appreciated. This book aims to provide the most detailed and penetrating analysis yet made of the porcelains produced for Western markets during these centuries… Read More

London and New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1978. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. in slipcase; dust jackets lightly worn at extremities, small chip at top edge of back panel of volume II, very good slipcase. <p>The catalogue of the Mottahedeh collection, the largest privately held collection of Chinese export porcelain. With 103 color plates and 700 monochrome illustrations.</p>

London and New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1978. 1st . Hardcover. New/New. in slipcase; bottom of slipcase has shelfwear. The catalogue of the Mottahedeh collection, the largest privately held collection of Chinese export porcelain.