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Publications by Jorge Welsh Books
Catalogues
2012
Biscuit: Refined Chinese Famille Verte Wares
2009
Art of the Expansion and Beyond
2008
Kraak Porcelain: The Rise of Global Trade in the late
16th and early 17th Centuries
2008
After the Barbarians II: Namban Works of Art for the
Japanese, Portuguese and Dutch Markets
2007
The ‘West Lake’ Garniture
2007
The ‘Osaka to Nagasaki Sea Route’ Map Screens
2006
Zhangzhou Export Ceramics: The So-Called Swatow Wares
2005
European Scenes on Chinese Art
2004
Linglong
2003
After the Barbarians: An Exceptional Group of Namban
Works of Art
2003
Christian Images in Chinese Porcelain
2002
Flora & Fauna: A Collection of Qing Dynasty Porcelain
CONTENTS
2001
Western Orders of Chinese Porcelain
Setting the Scene: An Introduction to Famille Verte Biscuit
Wares
Historical Context
Jingdezhen
Famille Verte Biscuit Shapes and Uses
Technical Aspects and Historical Development of Famille
Verte Biscuit
Porcelain Production at Jingdezhen
Manufacture
Decoration
Historical Development of Famille Verte Biscuit Wares
Export to the West
Collections
Auction Catalogues
Ship Records and Shipwrecks
The Taste for Biscuit Porcelain in the Late 19th and Early
20th Centuries
Famille Verte
Famille Noire
Catalogue
2000
Important Collection of Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art
from the 16th to the 19th century
1999
Important Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain
Biscuit: Refined Chinese Famille Verte Wares
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Jorge Welsh Books
Publication date: October 2012
Books
2011
The RA Collection of Chinese Ceramics: A Collector’s Vision
Author: Maria Antónia Pinto de Matos
2010
Chinese Armorial Porcelain for Spain
Author: Rocío Díaz
2005
European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, 1700-1830
Author: Helen Espir
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BISCUIT
Refined Chinese
Famille Verte Wares
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BISCUIT
Refined Chinese
Famille Verte Wares
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Famille verte biscuit wares are
an exceptional group of refined
Chinese porcelain, which has
not been the sole subject
of any academic publication
until now. Produced at the
Biscuit: Refined Chinese Famille Verte Wares
English edition ISBN 978-0-9557432-9-0
Hardcover
Format: 23.5 x 29.7 cm
240 pages, 197 colour illustrations and 7 black and white illustrations
Limited edition of 1,500 copies
Price: £120
kilns of Jingdezhen primarily
during the Kangxi reign
period (1662-1722), this group
is distinguished by a bright
colour palette and a
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remarkably diverse range of
shapes. Items from this group were made using a
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distinctive technique; enamels were applied directly to the
high-fired surface of a piece (known as the ‘biscuit’) either
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without a glaze or alternatively with only a very thin clear
or e-mail. Please charge AMEX / Visa / Access / Mastercard
glaze wash. This catalogue will present and analyse a
selection of famille verte biscuit pieces, including figurines
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and animals, small practical items for use within the
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Chinese domestic environment, as well as religious icons
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made for personal devotion and worship. Together, the
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famille verte biscuit wares open a window onto Chinese
culture and society. Famille verte biscuit also became
increasingly fashionable for the European market at this
time. While most were collected as curiosities, others were
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produced exclusively for this market. Thus they also reflect
an aspect of the trade between East and West in this period.
Kangxi biscuit porcelain, including famille noire and famille
jaune, enjoyed another period of popularity at the turn of
the 20th century in Europe and America. A complicated yet
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fascinating group, famille verte biscuit formed a significant
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part of European taste in Chinese porcelain.
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