Fire and Colour: Imperial Kiln Porcelain of Qing Dynasty from the Palace Museum Collection

Macau: Macau Art Museum, 2011. Catalogue in three volumes of a magnificent selection of Imperial porcelain from the Qing Dynasty, on loan from the Palace Museum, Beijing. The catalogue examines the genre from the aspects of craftsmanship, form, pattern and glaze; an exceptional feature of this publication are the large, brilliant colour photographs of the objects, some of which are extreme close-ups of the surfaces, providing an almost tactile, three-dimensional experience of the objects being examined. One of the most beautifully produced volumes on Qing ceramics in many years and an essential resource for the collector, curator and student of Qing ceramics. Captions, introductory essays and text in trilingual English, Portuguese & Chinese in first two volumes; text in Chinese with some English abstracts in third volume. Printing limited to 1,000 sets only. Vol. 1: HB, 135 pp., over 195 col. plates incl. one three page fold-out; Vol. 2: HB, 156 pp., over 245 col. plates; Supplementary Vol. 3: SB, 64 pp., 136 b&w images. Three volumes housed in decorative hard slipcase. *** PLEASE NOTE - THIS THREE VOLUME SET IS HEAVY AND WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE. SHIPPING BY AIRMAIL ONLY ***. First Edition. HB (2) & SB (1) in slipcase. New. 36 x 26 cm..