Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty by Laufer, Berthold - 1962

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., 1962 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. xx, 339 pp, publisher's note, acknowledgments, list of 55 b&w illustrations and 75 plates, prefatory, I. Introductory, II. Pottery Prior to the Han Dynasty; III. Description of Han Pottery --- Imitative Forms; IV. Description of Han Pottery --- Vessels; V. Notes on Ornamentation; VI. Inscriptions; Appendix: I. Han Roffing Tiles; II. Mortuary Pottery of the Sung Dynasty; III. Mortuary Pottery of the Present Time; index. This is a completephotographic reprint of the original, with the plates slightly rearranged: Second Edition, 1962. "The pottery described in this book dates mainly from the first of the two most brilliant epochs in China's history. The dynasty of Han, beginning in 206 B.C., was equaled in cultural splendor only the the later T'ang, and the superior attainments of the Han potters reflect this splendor no less than do those of the dynasty's sculptors and painters." from the jacket flap. In Pristine Heavy Card Slipcase. Price clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with black title plate and gilt lettering to front board, and gilt lettering to spine..