BAU171 Fondation Baur; Crick, Monique, Lam, Peter et al: A MILLENNIUM OF MONOCHROMES. From the Great Tang to the High Qing: The Baur and the Zhuyuetang Collections. 2018. 392 pp. Colour plates throughout, a good number full page. 27x21 cm. Boards. GBP 80.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Foundation Baur in Geneva showing fine Chinese monochrome ceramics from the Tang to the Qing dynasties and from two excellent holdings - the Baur itself and the Hong Kong Zhuyetang collection. Whilst the exhibition covered over 1000 years of Chinese ceramics, the highlight of the exhibition, and the majority of the exhibits, were superb Qing dynasty monochromes. Illustrated throughout in colour showing a total of 200 exhibits, a number in multiple views and all basemarks shown. Essays accompany. Dual texts in French and English with an introduction and additional captions to plates in Chinese. Excellent visual reference. Subjects: Ceramics Item 273 in List 213. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?f/BAU171.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |