“Figures, of course, were moulded. Where they are hollow the join marks can be seen easily, though this is far from being the case with the nearly solid ones. We cannot be sure how much finishing off work was done by the modeling tool, but the existence of identical figures of high quality induces the belief that the moulds themselves must have achieved a high excellence.”
Blanc de Chine, with its exotic appeal due to form and glaze, adorned traditional country house collections predominately throughout the 18th century, but remains in production today. The seminal book on Blanc de Chine porcelain, Donnelly’s work is considered the main reference on the subject.
Author: P. J. Donnelly
Title: Blanc de Chine: The Porcelain of Têhua in Fukien
Edition: No edition remarks
Published: New York and Washington: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969
Physical Description: Hardcover; Quarto; 407p; 160 plates
Condition: Good condition dust jacket with edge wear, toning, and mild chipping—in protector. Boards and spine remarkably clean with gilt in place, showing mild crushing at spine ends. Binding solid and square. Pages tanned with owner’s name on front end-papers. First third of text-block with mild creasing as the result of on a object being placed in the book.
Comments: Stunning copy
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