Chinese Glazes

by Wood, Nigel

• ISBN13: 9780812234763
• ISBN10: 0812234766
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-30
• Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr

Summary

Selected byChoicemagazine as an Outstanding Academic Book, 2000 In this major work on Oriental ceramics and glazes, a leading authority on Far Eastern pottery traces the development of Chinese glazes and glazing techniques from antiquity to the modern era. Nigel Wood describes how glazes were made, provides an analysis of their composition, and shows how they can be duplicated today with common raw materials available in the West. The book is lavishly illustrated, with nearly three hundred photographs, one hundred in full color. These depict examples of the Chinese arts as found in pottery ranging from simple earthenware jars excavated at Neolithic sites to exquisitely designed dishes found in imperial tombs. They also show examples of modern Western ware that employ these remarkable glazing techniques.

Author Biography

Nigel Wood is Professor of Ceramics at the University of Westminster, Harrow; Honorary Research Associate at the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University; and Visiting Tutor at the Royal College of Art, London.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(1)
Author's Note	7	(2)
Acknowledgements	9	(2)
1 Neolithic and Bronze Age Ceramics	11	(16)
2 South China's Early Lime Glazes	27	(20)
3 The Porcelain Glazes of Southern China	47	(28)
4 Longquan, Guan and Ge	75	(16)
5 The Porcelains of North China	91	(16)
6 The Stonewares of North China	107	(30)
7 The Blackwares and Brownwares of China	137	(22)
8 Iron in Chinese Glazes	159	(8)
9 Copper in Chinese Glazes	167	(22)
10 Chinese Low-fired Glazes	189	(24)
11 Chinese Alkaline Glazes	213	(16)
12 Chinese Overglaze Enamels	229	(20)
13 Reconstruction of Chinese Glazes	249	(14)
14 Glaze Recipes	263	(9)
Chronology	272	(1)
Index	273