The Frick Collection: An Illustrated Catalogue - Volume VII Porcelains, Oriental and French de Pope, John A.; Brunet, Marcelle - 1974

Frick Collection, New York, 1974 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 21 x 27 cm; 2 Kg; 359 pages with black and white illustrations.; Used with signs of wear. Interior in very good condition. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; Oriental and French porcelains and pottery are published together in this latest addition to the projected nine-volume complete Catalogue of the Frick Collection. Eighty-five entries devoted to individual pieces, pairs, and groups provide an illuminating survey of the various types of French and Oriental porcelains included in this extraordinary collection. Each section of the Catalogue is preceded by a general introduction which traces the historical techniques. The Oriental porcelains in the Frick Collection date from the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties and embrace a range of types including blue-and-white, famille verte, famille noire, and famille rose. The French pieces include remarkable examples of Vincennes and Sèvres soft-paste porcelains of the eighteenth century, as well as a rare sixteenth-century ewer of Saint-Porchaire earthenware. Each entry is accompanied by one or more black-and-white gravure plates, including details, and by reproductions of painted and incised marks. Fifteen color plates in gravure reproduce outstanding pieces, and two show room views with porcelains installed at the Frick Collection..