Photograph album containing photographs of Chinese ceramics

Photograph album of John Sparks Ltd, dealer in Chinese art (London) - containing 123 black and white studio photographic prints of Chinese and East Asian ceramic artworks and antiques. Contains images of Chinese Porcelain and stoneware, including Celadon ware, Jun ware, Dehua ware or Blanc de Chine,...

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Order number: JSP, Box 44
Date(s) of creation: 1950s
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSP.13.02.07
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSP, Box 44
callnumber JSP/13/02/07
callnumber_txt JSP/13/02/07
callnumber-sort JSP/13/02/07
prefix_number 07
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 123 black and white studio photographic prints of Chinese and East Asian ceramic artworks and antiques. Contains images of Chinese Porcelain and stoneware, including Celadon ware, Jun ware, Dehua ware or Blanc de Chine, Fujian ware and earthenware. Objects featured date from Qing (Qianlong, Kangxi), Ming Sung, Yuan, Wei, Tang dynasties. Shapes featured include vases, bottles, dishes, libation cups, human and animal figurines, brush pots, snuff bottles, 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. 124 pp. (loose). Disbound. No cover.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSP
hierarchy_sequence JSP.0013.0002.0007