Photograph album containing photographs of Chinese ceramics

Photograph album of John Sparks Ltd, dealer in Chinese art (London) - containing 143 black and white studio photographic prints of Chinese and East Asian ceramic artworks and antiques. Includes images of Chinese Porcelain and stoneware, including Canton ware, Chinese export porcelain, Qingbai ware,...

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Archive & Special Collections JSP/13/02/06 Open

Order number: JSP, Box 43
Date(s) of creation: 1950s
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSP.13.02.06
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSP, Box 43
callnumber JSP/13/02/06
callnumber_txt JSP/13/02/06
callnumber-sort JSP/13/02/06
prefix_number 06
title Photograph album containing photographs of Chinese ceramics
scb_date_creation 1950s
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 volume
format Archive
description Photograph album of John Sparks Ltd, dealer in Chinese art (London) - containing 143 black and white studio photographic prints of Chinese and East Asian ceramic artworks and antiques. Includes images of Chinese Porcelain and stoneware, including Canton ware, Chinese export porcelain, Qingbai ware, Dehua ware or Blanc de Chine, Fujian ware, Celadon ware, Yixing ware, Tang burial ware, earthenware and Tenmoku ware (Japan). Decorative forms include blue and white pottery, famille rose and famille verte. Objects date from Qing (Qianlong, Kangxi, Yongzheng periods), Ming (Wanli, Zhengde periods), Sung, Tang dynasties. Shapes include vases, bottles, dishes, libation cups, human and animal figurines, snuff bottles, headrests, ewers and incense burners. Prints include typescript annotations, some have handwritten annotations indicating that the artwork was exhibited at the Centennial Marco Polo exhibition, 7th, 1954 Venice, Italy. 4 pages contain caption but no print. 1 volume. 143 pp. (loose). Disbound. No cover.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSP
hierarchy_sequence JSP.0013.0002.0006

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