Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: Gillian Wilson
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2000-03-16
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0892365625

The Getty Museum’s large and exceptional collection of oriental porcelain embellished with Parisian gilt bronze or silver is comprehensively illustrated in this revised catalogue. The European practice of mounting exotic objects such as oriental porcelain dates from the Middle Ages and found its height of expression during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when Chinese and Japanese porcelains reached the West in considerable quantities. To meet the growing taste for such objects in fashionable Parisian society, marchands-merciers—guild members who combined the functions of the modern interior decorator, antique dealer, and picture dealer—devised ingenious settings in silver and gilt bronze for oriental porcelains, adapting their exotic character to the French interiors of the period. With the publication of this catalogue, the beauty and rarity with which buyers of these pieces were so enamored is vividly brought to life.

The Tale of Tea

The Tale of Tea
Author: George van Driem
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Tea
ISBN: 9789004386259

The Tale of Tea presents a comprehensive history of tea from prehistoric times to the present day in a single volume, covering the fascinating social history of tea and the origins, botany and biochemistry of this singularly important cultigen.

High Tea

High Tea
Author: Laurie E. Barnes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2015-02-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780692355848

The catalog for the Norton Museum of Art exhibition, High Tea: Glorious Manifestations East and West focuses on the art of tea in high society from eight key cultures worldwide: China, Korea, Japan, Germany/Austria, France, Russia, Britain, and America.

The Sale of Works of Art

The Sale of Works of Art
Author: Geraldine Keen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1971
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

Relationship betwen money and art and a general survey of the international art market.