Four Centuries of Blue and White: The Frelinghuysen Collection of Chinese and Japanese Export Porcelain...

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Becky MacGuire

Four Centuries of Blue and White

The Frelinghuysen Collection of Chinese and Japanese Export Porcelain

Becky MacGuire

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Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
15 October 2023

Ceramic arts, pottery, glass; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

The first major publication to present Chinese and Japanese blue and white porcelain together, from the Frelinghuysen collection. This beautifully illustrated book presents the Frelinghuysen collection of Chinese and Japanese export porcelain. It is the first major publication to consider Chinese and Japanese blue and white together. This extraordinary collection, assembled carefully over fifty years, features an exceptionally wide array of Asian blue and white porcelain-the most ubiquitous and influential of all ceramics. Ranging from Chinese pieces specially made for Portuguese traders in the sixteenth century to late nineteenth-century commissions for the Thai royal court, the collection also includes numerous Chinese classics from the era of the European trading companies and a notable selection of Japanese export porcelain. In its vast scope, it speaks of the diverse impulses and historical forces that propelled the trade in Asian porcelain and provides a lens to view the interaction of East and West from the early modern age to the dawn of the twentieth century. More than 300 pieces from the collection are illustrated and discussed in full and another 250 are illustrated in a compendium, all divided into thematic chapters that reflect the many ways Chinese and Japanese porcelain has been traded, collected, and used around the world.

By: Becky MacGuire
Imprint: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 248mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 2.327kg
ISBN: 9781915401090
ISBN 10: 1915401097
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 15 October 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Becky MacGuire is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and the Study Centre for the Fine & Decorative Arts at the Victoria & Albert Museum. She was the longtime Asian export art specialist at the international auction house Christie's.

Reviews for Four Centuries of Blue and White: The Frelinghuysen Collection of Chinese and Japanese Export Porcelain

""An absolute pleasure to read and a formidable piece of work, this volume breathes new life into the complex global histories of a simple, but enchanting ceramic technique""-- ""Oriental Ceramic Society Newsletter"" ""The book will be an important reference for collectors and those interested in Asian blue-and-white ceramics.""-- ""Asian Art"" ""Provides a wealth of new scholarship""-- ""Country Life"" ""Four Centuries of Blue and White is a high-quality research-based work... which is also the first significant work that gives the opportunity to compare Chinese and Japanese blue-white porcelain... indispensable for collectors of the blue-white porcelain from China and Japan, but also for researchers dealing with this subject and for museums with collections""-- ""Keramiske Noter""