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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: Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
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 2 continues to examine Greek pottery, including the work of named or identified individual craftsmen, and then moves on to Etruscan and Roman wares, with a short final section on 'Celtic, Teutonic, and Scandinavian pottery'.
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Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Volume:   Volume 2
Dimensions:   Height: 215mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 30mm
Weight:   627g
ISBN:   9781108081917
ISBN 10:   1108081916
Series:   Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
Pages:   466
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Part II. Greek Pottery (cont.): 7. Glazed vases (cont.); 8. Ancient potters; 9. Uses of vases; 10. Sites of ancient potteries; Part III. Etruscan Pottery: 1. Etruscan terra-cottas; Part IV. Roman Pottery: 1. Bricks; 2. Statues; 3. Vases; 4. Division of Roman pottery; 5. Glazed Roman pottery; Part V. Celtic, Teutonic, and Scandinavian Pottery: 1. Celtic pottery; Appendix; Index.

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