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Samuel Birch

History of Ancient Pottery

Samuel Birch

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English
Cambridge University Press
02 April 2015
Ceramic arts, pottery, glass; Archaeology by period & region
Series: History of Ancient Pottery 2 Volume Set
The Egyptologist Samuel Birch (1813–85) began to study Chinese at school, and obtained his first post at the British Museum cataloguing Chinese coins. He maintained his interest in Chinese civilisation throughout his life, but also collaborated with C. T. Newton on a catalogue of Greek and Etruscan vases, and with Sir Henry Rawlinson on cuneiform inscriptions, while also specialising in the examination and cataloguing of the Museum's growing collection of Egyptian papyri and other artefacts. Birch describes this two-volume, highly illustrated work on ancient pottery, published in 1858, as filling a perceived need: 'A work has long been required which should embody the general history of the fictile art of the ancients.' Volume 1 covers the composition and techniques of the pottery of ancient Egypt and Assyria, with notes on Jewish Phoenician wares, and begins an examination of the techniques and art of the Greek ceramicists.
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Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Volume:   Volume 1
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   560g
ISBN:   9781108081900
ISBN 10:   1108081908
Series:   History of Ancient Pottery 2 Volume Set
Pages:   444
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Preface; Introduction; Part I. Egyptian and Oriental Pottery: 1. Antiquity of the art; 2. Glazed ware; 3. Assyrian pottery; Part II. Greek Pottery: 1. Etymology; 2. Greek vases; 3. Glazed vases; 4. Glazed vases (cont.); 5. Glazed vases (cont.); 6. Glazed vases (cont.).

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