White Gold, Mohammedan Blue and Peach Blossom

The Chinese ceramic collection of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts constitutes of approximately 1,500 artefacts. The oldest items date back to the Western Han dynasty (2^nd century BC). The first volume, published in 2007, covers the 200-item collection of early Chinese ceramics. Volume 2 publishes the Qing ceramics of the collection. The six chapters (organized on the basis of the production technique and the function of the items) are as follows: monochrome ceramics, blue-and-white porcelains, figural ceramics, Dehua porcelains, Yixing ceramics and tobacco flasks. The publication discusses the presence of Qing ceramics in the Hungarian collections in the 18^th–19^th centuries, giving a detailed account of the Qing ceramics collection of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts, along with its history and growth. The volume contains a chronological chart, a glossary of the terms of Chinese ceramic art and a list of Chinese names (with Chinese characters and in their Romanised version).

ISBN: 978-963-87548-9-9
Author: Györgyi Fajcsák
Publisher: Budapest: Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts
Year of publication: 2011
Language: English