20th century Ceramics and a Reference Library from a Welsh Private Collection (Lots 140-151)






A large group of reference books on Chinese and Oriental Ceramics


Including: a number of volumes on Chinese Porcelain of specific periods, including J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001; Jorg, C. J. A., Famille Verte: Chinese Porcelain in Green Enamels, Belgium, 2011; a small group of publications on 20th century porcelain, including van Oort, H. A., The Porcelain of Hung-Hsien: A Study of the Socio-cultural Background and Some Characteristics of the Porcelain Produced at Chingtechen During the Imperial Reign of Yüan Shih-kʻai (1916), De Tijdstroom, 1970; Chou, M., A Discourse on Hung Hsien Porcelain, Niles, 1987; van Oort, Chinese Porcelain of the 19th and 20th century, 1977; Kwan, S. The Muwentang Collection Series: Chinese Porcelain of the 20th century, Hong Kong, 2008; and a number of volumes on Chinese ceramics technology, including Needham, J. (ed), Kerr, R. and Wood, N. Science and Civilisation in China, Vol. 5:12, Cambridge, 2004; Sir Percival David, Chinese Connoisseurship: The Essential Criteria of Antiquities, Being a Translation of the Ko Ku Yao Lun with a facsimile of the 1388 text, New York: 1971; Bushell, S. W. and Zhu, Y., Description of Chinese pottery and porcelain; being a translation of the T'ao shuo, Oxford, 1910; and a group of books on the Chinese Collector, including Davids, R. and Jellinek, D. Provenance: Collectors, Dealers and Scholars: Chinese Ceramics in Britain and America", 2011. (over 250).