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CHINESE REIGN MARKS ON QING & MING DYNASTY PORCELAIN - ANTONY GRAY
Anthony Gray is a partner in one of the oldest dealerships in central London. His main sphere of expertise is in Chinese ceramics. Although his main interest is Chinese ceramics, he also has a considerable knowledge of Japanese porcelain and European ceramics.

STORY ON A PLATE (no.1) - CYRIL BEECHER
Cyril Beecher is an independent researcher and a member of the Oriental Ceramics Society. He is a very well known collector of 17th century Chinese blue and white porcelain who originally was an environmental scientist. One aspect of collecting that particularly intrigues him is the source material which served as the inspiration for the designs on 17th century blue and white. No doubt this is why he has managed to produce such an intriguing article!

BRIEF HISTORY OF CHINESE DRAWINGS ON PITH PAPER -IFAN WILLIAMS
This is a very brief but interesting article

A BRIEF ARTICLE ON CHINESE KANGXI FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN -ANTHONY GRAY
This is a brief but interesting article

BRIEF LOOK AT KANGXI BLUE &AMP WHITE PORCELAIN -ANTHONY GRAY
An examination of the aesthetics of Kangxi blue and white porcelain.

SOME OF MY FAVOURITE PIECES - IRENE FINCH
Irene Finch has a large collection of pieces from 1720-1820, the "lost century". She has used her knowledge of Japanese ceramics and her collection to draw up categories and begin an analysis of this "Lost Century", the 100 years between Japan's two great export periods, and is the author of three books on the subject, "The Lost Century", "Japanese Shonsui in Evolution" and "Evolution of the Spiral Fuku and Coloured Shonsui in Japan". Her collection has also been exhibited at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the National Museums of Scotland and the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath.

KONNYAKU - IRENE FINCH
This is an interesting article with original observations on painting techniques.

ITALIAN MAIOLICA - ANTHONY GRAY
Anthony Gray makes some observations about antique Italian Maiolica

A POTTED HISTORY OF SPANISH HISPANO-MORESQUE-POTTERY - ANTHONY GRAY
This is a very brief but interesting article

AN OVERVIEW OF ANTIQUE DUTCH DELFT - ANTHONY GRAY
A BRIEF ARTICLE TRACING THE HISTORY OF DUTCH DELFT

COMPILIATION OF ANTIQUE DUTCH DELFT MARKS - SIG AU

OBSERVATIONS ON QING FAMILLE-ROSE PORCELAIN - ANTHONY GRAY
DISCUSSION ON THE ORIGINS OF FAMILLE-ROSE PORCELAIN






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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHINESE CERAMICS - MARGARET MEDLEY
Margaret Medley, one time curator of the famous Percival David Foundation which contains one of the finest collections of early Chinese ceramics in the world, compiled this annotated bibliography on our behalf.

UPDATE ON MARGARET MEDLEY'S BIBLIOGRAPHY - CYRIL BEECHER
Cyril Beecher is an independent researcher and a member of the Oriental Ceramics Society. He is a very well known collector of 17th century Chinese blue and white porcelain who originally was an environmental scientist. One aspect of collecting that particularly intrigues him is the source material which served as the inspiration for the designs on 17th century blue and white.




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