279 pages color illustrations, color maps 27 x 26 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Catalogues
catalogs (documents)
Date:
2023
To 618
Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960
Jusqu'à 618
Contents:
Foreword / Richard A. Pegg -- Chinese pottery and porcelains : from the Han (206 BCE - 220 CE) to the Tang (618-906 CE) dynasties / Zheng Wei -- The making of pottery in primitive and early China : materials, techniques, types, and functions / Tongyun Yin -- Catalogue
Summary:
"A thorough and stunning look at The MacLean Collection Asian Art Museum, which consists of more than five thousand objects, from Neolithic times to the present, focused in three media--pottery, bronze, and stone from primarily China and Southeast Asia. A selection of Chinese pottery from the MacLean Collection of Asian art, dating from the Neolithic period (ca. 10, 000-2000 BCE) to the Tang dynasty (618-906), providing insights into the material culture, belief systems, and social development of early to medieval China. Nowhere in the world has such a rich, distinguished, and continuous tradition of pottery production developed as in China. From the Neolithic period (ca. 10, 000-2000 BCE) to the Tang dynasty (618-906), the art of Chinese pottery making has developed as much in response to functional and aesthetic considerations as to technological improvement. The forty-eight objects selected from the MacLean Collection Asian Art Museum represent some of the most important stages of this unparallel tradition when the forms, the artistic styles, and the techniques of pottery making emerged, improved, and sophisticated. They also provide insights into the material culture, belief systems, and social development of early and medieval China"--Provided by publisher
