Editorial Reviews

Chinese pottery, by M. Beurdeley, Ed. Charles Moreau, 11 inches x 13 inches ( 27.5 cm x 32.5 cm ), hardcover book with 318 full color pages

This is a hardcover book with 318 pages that contains several hundreds of B/W and color illustrations.
This book recall the history of ceramics in China from the beginning until the 20th century,
with the period of the Shang-Yin, the Zhou, the Qin and the Han, the period of the six dynasties,
the period of the Sui, the period of the Song and the Jin, the Liao,
the period of the Mongolian dynasty of the Yuan, the Ming dynasty, the transition period from the Ming to the Qing,
the Qing Dynasty, the porcelain of the Companie des Indes, the Chinese porcelain of the 19th and of the beginning of the 20th century.
This book includes the marks, signs and signatures which will be a great help to recognize and date the items.

Contents:

• Neolithic period
• Period of the Shang-Yin
• Period of the Warring States and Zhou
• Period of the Qin and Han
• Period known as the Six Dynasties
• The Sui
• The Tang and the Five Dynasties
• The Song and Jin
• The Liao
• The Mongol Yuan dynasty
• The Ming
• From Ming to Qing, transition period
• The Qing dynasty
• The porcelain from Compagnie des Indes
• Chinese porcelain of the 19th and early 20th century

The French texts are written by Charles Moreau.