Porcelain

Beskrivning:

The Chinese were the first to make secret with the utmost rigour.
The first pieces to leave China in the Middle Ages (some were probably brought back by Marco Polo) were highly prized at the princely courts of Europé. Later, however, the supply of porcelain increased and, with it, the endeavours of the European potters to discover the secret of making it. Many atteinpts were made, with only limited success, until in 1709 the first true European porcehin was produced at Meissen near Dresden. Ten years later Meissen's secret was pirated, and gradually the knowledge spread throughout Europé.
Hugh Tait, F.S.A., Assistant Keeper of the British and Medieval Antiquities at the British Museum, gives a vivid account of the rivalry between the factories, deals with the various techniques used to achieve purity of colour and describes some of the finest pieces. including some which have not survived.
He has also written the Notes on the fifty-five magnificent illustrations, all in full colour, and all specially photographed for this book. Pictures of thirty-seven of the ninety splendid pieces have never before been published, and a further thirty-eight are here illustrated in colour for the first time. Thus a wide selection of some of the finest porcelain ever produced may now be enjoyed with the help of Mr Tait's authoritative comments.
This is an absorbing introduction to this most delicate and colourful of all the arts.

Porslin Historia