Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Song dynasty ceramics
Other Name
Far Eastern series (Series)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
V&A Publications
Place
Date
Circa 2004
Physical Description
128 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
ISBN/ISSN
1851774157
9781851774159
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
Ceramics from this era have always been prized by both Asian and Western collectors for their purity of form and glaze and inventiveness of decoration. Admired in China since the 13th century, they are still avidly collected today. In the last 20 years new research in China has led to an expansion in knowledge about this era. Rose Kerr has travelled to China annually and has brought together here the fruits of new research. She uses it to provide context for the pieces illustrated here, and to bring the subject up-to-date for an English speaking audience. The wealth and variety of the V&A's collection is brought definitively and authoritatively to life in a way that throws light on the material culture of the Song Dynasty as a whole, and the changing perspectives upon it over the past century.
Collection Type
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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