...Daniel Rhodes Temmoku. A Study of the Ware of Chien . By James Marshall Plummer . Edited and arranged by Caroline I. Plummer . Tokyo : Idemitsu Art Gallery , 1972 . xvii, 109 pp. Introduction, Plates, Appendices, Bibliography, Index. $28.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian...

...Bruce A. Coats Potters and Patrons in Edo Period Japan: Takatori Ware and the Kuroda Domain . By Andrew L. Maske . Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing , 2011 . xxi, 273 pp. $119.95/£70.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2014  2014 Brand names...

...John A. Pope Illustrated Catalogue of Tung, Ju, Kuan, Chün, Kuang-tung and Glazed I-Hsing Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art . By S. Yorke Hardy . Section I, London , 1953 . 44, xvi plates. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1954 1954 346 FAR EASTERN...

...Edith E. Ware New frontiers in Asia: a challenge to the West . By Philip Jaffe . New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 1945 . 365 p. and index. $3.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1946 1946 BOOK REVIEWS 81 looked, due to the fact that before he began to write...

...Edith E. Ware Documents on American foreign relations, vol. V., July 1942–June 1943 . Edited by Leland M. Goodrich and Marie J. Carroll . Boston : World Peace Foundation , 1944 . xxxv, 735 pp. $3.57. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1944 1944 BOOK REVIEWS 57...

..., in much the same manner as did gifts of fine ceramic ware, calligraphic scrolls, and ancient bronzes. The cultural prestige of the actor as a luxury good, in turn, was predicated on a highly refined discourse of connoisseurship. For example, the theater aficionado Pan Zhiheng's (1556–1622) disquisitions...

... fourth chapters summarize the development of pottery (prehistoric, unglazed and glazed historic, and imported wares) and the uses of folk pottery (everyday, religious and ceremonial, architectural). Capsule histories describe the glazed wares typical of Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam...

... The second through fourth chapters summarize the development of pottery (prehistoric, unglazed and glazed historic, and imported wares) and the uses of folk pottery (everyday, religious and ceremonial, architectural). Capsule histories describe the glazed wares typical of Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand...

... decoration; H. 8i/2". [1950/2.13] T'ang; jar with two small loop handles; stoneware with chocolate-brown glaze splashed with gray and blue; H. 5s/4", D. 5?/8". [1950/2.14] Sung; covered bowl of ting ware, from Chii-lu-hsien; H. (with cover) 51!/ie", D. 614". [1950/ 2.15] Sung; bowl of northern celadon ware...

..., the Netherlands. There are six chapters. The first is called "The Swatow Style: Favourite in SouthEast Asia, 1550 1650." On technical and stylistic grounds, Harrisson has divided the wares known as "Swatow" (the actual Chinese kiln site being unidentified) into separate families, which she calls "conservative...

... (pp. 3–35) presents a detailed analysis of the emergence of punch'ŏng ceramics, their rise and their decline. Profusely illustrated with color images of the ceramics featured in the exhibition as well as other Leeum wares, Jeon offers an interesting and insightful discussion of this important...

... on the artistic aspects of Japanese ceramics and their esthetic appeal to the Western layman-collector. The first three chapters are on the ways of collecting and selecting of the ceramic pieces; types of wares that would appeal to the "modern taste"; appreciation of Japanese ceramics at home and abroad...

... Collection now in the Archaeological Museum in Tehran. A preliminary report on the author's findings in the two Near Eastern collections has already been published.1 The volume under review is one of the studies he made on some of the wares in the Istanbul collection. This work is a critical analysis...

... of the development of Korea's ceramic art is followed by one hundred plates which illustrate three examples of Old Silla and one of Unified Silla wares, in addition to sixty-five pieces of Koryo and thirty-one of Yi periods. It should be noted that forty-five of the Koryo and twelve of the Yi specimens illustrated...

... of the development of Korea's ceramic art is followed by one hundred plates which illustrate three examples of Old Silla and one of Unified Silla wares, in addition to sixty-five pieces of Koryo and thirty-one of Yi periods. It should be noted that forty-five of the Koryo and twelve of the Yi specimens illustrated...

... ceramic wares has contributed to identification of trade ceramics newly discovered in the southern Philippines. These linkages, in turn, prompt reflection on how coastal habitation sites in northwestern Mindanao fit into the complex communication across the "South Seas." The collection of seven essays...

..., the Netherlands. There are six chapters. The first is called "The Swatow Style: Favourite in SouthEast Asia, 1550 1650." On technical and stylistic grounds, Harrisson has divided the wares known as "Swatow" (the actual Chinese kiln site being unidentified) into separate families, which she calls "conservative...

.... The first book (Part I) is the report on Fengpitou, a site near the sea in southwestern Taiwan. Two cultures are represented here, the "Corded Ware Culture" below the "Lungshanoid Culture," with a "depositional disconformity" between them (p. 53). The second book (Part II) is the report on Tapengkeng...

... with the prehistoric Jomon and Yoyoi potteries, and the Haji and Sue wares and haniwa sculpture of the proto-historic Tomb Period. In Chapter 5, "The Beginnings of the Japanese Ceramic Industry," are discussed the wares of the Nara, Heian, and Kamakura periods, important among them being the so-called "three-colored...

...; in the lower level, a plain red ware and a red-brown ware painted with linear designs in red occurred together; in the upper level were found a rather fine black pottery and a coarse brown ware (pp. 277-302). Though resemblances to the Chinese mainland Neolithic cultures are considered, dating is uncertain...