Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties (Second Impression)

TAM, Laurence C. S. (curator). Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties. Hong Kong: Jointly presented by the Min Chiu Society and the Urban Council, Hong Kong (Hong Kong Museum of Art), 1979.

Large Octavo (26.5 x 21cm). Pale green cloth boards. Original pictorial dust jacket. 142 pp. 89 colour and black-and-white plates; 240 illustrations throughout. Text primarily in Chinese, with English content. Second impression (first published 1977). Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Hong Kong Museum of Art during the 1977 Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, produced jointly with the Min Chiu Society, documents one of the most technically demanding and aesthetically refined branches of Chinese ceramic production: the single-colour glazed wares of the Ming and Qing dynasties, in which the entire visual and technical achievement of a piece rests on the purity, depth, and consistency of a single unbroken glaze, rather than on painted or applied decoration. Monochrome wares, prized within Chinese collecting tradition for their restraint and technical perfection, range across the celebrated palette of imperial glaze colours, each requiring exacting control of kiln temperature and atmosphere to achieve.

With 89 colour and black-and-white plates and 240 illustrations documenting pieces drawn substantially from private Hong Kong collections assembled through the Min Chiu Society, this catalogue remains a frequently cited reference for the study of Ming and Qing monochrome production, valued by specialists for the range and quality of material it brought together from private hands not otherwise generally accessible to researchers.

Near fine in good dust jacket. Jacket torn and creased at spine head. Volume presents well, some very mild toning at text block edges.

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Catalogue Number: HH000689