Chinese Export Porcelain, Standard Patterns and Forms, 1780-1880

This book is the "bible" for people wanting to learn about chinese export porcelain or identify specific items. it exhibits many if not most of the types and styles of porcelain exported from China for the European and American markets during the late 18th, and 19th centuries.I grew up with parents who were collectors and still managed to learn things from the information in this book.Strongly recommend!

lots of good information

Good book, quick mailing. overall, Excellent!1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

I have to say that for my appraisal library that Schiffer publications are some of my favorites. This one actually by Herbert Peter and Nancy Schiffer is an excellent source of information. Beautifully done with easy to read text and loaded with b/w photos and a smallish section of color images. The writings are smooth and though done with a scholars hand never come off as pretentious or diffucult to understand. I wouldn't recommend this to someone if they were looking for lengthy text about the social, geographic or dynasty history of 18th -19th century China. Its a good guide for those who need relevant information and need it now. Highly recommended for the beginner as well as the more advanced collector or dealer.

I have used this book as an initial guide in my collecting of Rose Medallion and other Chinese Export Porcelain. Very good basic source.

Disapointing there were no patterns and the photographs were not very sharp.

I own several recent Nancy Schiffer books on Japanese porcelain that are of the highest quality in every regard; layout, printing, very clear close-up color photos, and with informative captions relative to the piece being illustrated.Based on this experience I purchased this earlier book and now regret it.The cover of this book is very misleading as to the contents.The pictures are mostly black and white, taken at a distance, out of focus, and poorly printed.This book is of little help when learning Chinese porcelain because the main attributes that educate are the subtle color variations used in the enamels and the base form which is not shown at all in this book.Also, the captions of the photos do not provide specific information such as dates, kilns, etc.The majority of this book is devoted to Rose Medallion when there are countless other decorations the Chinese produced during the era this book covers.Finally, the type face and printing used in this book is most primative, amateur, and unpleasant.I highly recommend you do not buy this book unless you have low expectations and are mainly interested in Rose Medallion dinnerware.

Thanks good item!

Dieses Buch wird öfters mal für seine Schwarzweißfotos kritisiert, und tatsächlich wirkt es heute ein wenig zusammengebastelt wie eine alte Schülerzeitung. Aber: 1975, als es zuerst erschien, waren durchgehend farbige Bildbände noch nicht üblich und vermutlich unbezahlbar. Bis zum Erscheinen eines farbigen Werkes füllt dieses Buch eine echte Lücke: Hier werden eben nicht die teuren Porzellane behandelt, die kaum jemand sich leisten kann, sondern die Massenware aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, die noch heute Ebay und andere Märkte überschwemmt. Das Buch beschränkt sich weise auf die Dekors Rose Medallion, Canton, Nanking und Fitzhugh und zeigt eine Unmenge verschiedener Formen und Artikel. Dabei werden nicht nur die besten Qualitäten abgebildet, sondern auch mittlere und schlechte, was ich persönlich sehr nützlich finde. Klar, in Farbe wäre es noch schöner, aber es ist auch so ein wichtiges Nachschlagewerk. Klare Empfehlung an alle, die sich für Export-Porzellan interessieren!

Very interesting with informative description on export porcelain