Chats on Oriental China

A practical handbook for collectors surveys Chinese porcelain by form, paste and glaze, and by historical periods, explaining how to recognise techniques such as underglaze blue, enamel families (famille verte, jaune, rose, and noire), crackle and reticulated wares, and later overpainting and imitations. It interprets religious and mythological motifs and symbolic marks, outlines dating marks and cataloguing practice, and advises how to read museum labels and sale descriptions. Illustrated vase descriptions accompany compact chapters and a recommended bibliography and museum references guide further study.