Jorge Welsh (ed.) — Linglong

Book New Dust Jacket Included 1st Edition Jorge Welsh Oriental Porcelain and Works of Art Bilingual text: English and Portuguese; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 176 pages, 115 colour illustrations; 21.5 x 30.4 cm; 1.1 Kg; May show signs of shelf wear.; Exhibition catalogue.; 66 exceptional examples of "Linglong" porcelain decorated with fine openwork carving - are explored in this exhibition catalogue. These pieces of intricately reticulated porcelain are known in Chinese as linglong or guigong (devil's work). This catalogue illustrates the technical developments of this type of porcelain, as well as the aesthetic transformations that the designs on these wares underwent to adapt to different tastes of various export markets, specifically during the Ming and Qing dynasties.