Chinese glazes : their origins, chemistry, and recreation / Nigel Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Nigel, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glazes.

Pottery, Asian.

Physical Description:

280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

London : A & C Black ; Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.

Summary:

"Chinese glazes have long presented a technical challenge to Western potters, and this book is the most complete account yet of their nature and their reconstruction. The story of Chinese glazes is also the story of Chinese ceramics itself - one of the most fascinating and influential traditions in ceramic history."--BOOK JACKET. "Chinese Glazes traces the development of China's great high-fired glaze tradition from its roots in the Bronze Age, through the famous monochrome stoneware glazes of the Song dynasty, to the fine porcelain glazes of southern China. The book also examines in detail the story of China's low-fired glazes, from the time of China's first emperor to the present day."--Jacket.

"This book is a must not only for potters wishing to replicate Chinese glazes but for anyone interested in the fascinating history of Chinese ceramics."--Jacket.

Contents:

Neolithic and Bronze Age ceramics

South China's early lime glazes

The porcelain glazes of southern China

Longquan, Guan and Ge

The porcelains of north China

The stonewares of north China

The blackwares and brownwares of China

Iron in Chinese glazes

Copper in Chinese glazes

Chinese low-fired glazes

Chinese alkaline glazes

Chinese overglaze enamels

Reconstruction of Chinese glazes

Glaze recipes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0812234766

9780812234763

0713638370

9780713638370

OCLC:

39334665

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