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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 & 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
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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