Song blue and white porcelain on the Silk Road / by Adam T. Kessler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kessler, Adam Theodore, 1958-

Series:

Studies in Asian Art and Archaeology 27.

Studies in Asian art and archaeology ; v. 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blue and white ware--China--Inner Mongolia.

Blue and white ware.

Porcelain, Chinese--China--Inner Mongolia--Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368.

Porcelain, Chinese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (678 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Western scholars of ancient Chinese ceramics have long thought blue and white porcelain manufactured before the Ming (1368-1644 A.D.), dates to the Yuan (1279-1368 A.D.). Even in China today these porcelains are still termed “ Yuan Blue and White .” Based upon first-hand surveys of sites in Inner Mongolia, Adam T. Kessler’s Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road demonstrates that blue and white was made during the Song (960-1279 A.D.) ended up in the hands of the Xi Xia (1038-1226 A.D.) and the Jin (1115-1234 A.D.). Blue and white found today in hoards was buried prior to Mongol invasions of China in the 1200s. Sites from the Philippines to Egypt have yielded Song blue and white. Also reviewed is the cobalt-bearing ore used by Song China to create blue and white.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

The Ejina River Oasis Finds and the Xi Xia State (1038–1226 AD)

The Jin Dynasty (1115–1234 AD)

Song and Yuan: A Review of the Evidence

Appendix 1: Concerning the Pre-Ming Blue and White Yuhuchun Vase Retrieved from the Yuan Tomb near Wengniute Banner, Inner Mongolia

Appendix 2: Concerning the Yuhuchun Wine Vase

Cobalt

References

Index

Figures.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-55104-7

9786613863492

90-04-23127-7

OCLC:

809775248

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004231276 DOI