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 publication on the collection described the Chinese ceramic collection of approximately 200 items and was related to the exhibition “Mohammedan Blue and Peach Blossom”.  The ceramics produced during the Han and the Tang dynasties, ceramics produced during the Song, Jin and Yuan dynasties, ceramics produced during the Ming dynasty. The section on Ming ceramics gives an insight into blue-and-white porcelains, ceramics with colour paintings, monochrome glazed porcelains and funeral ceramics. Finally, architectural ceramics of the 10^th-19^th centuries are presented. The artefacts are represented by colour illustrations. The Appendix contains a glossary of the key terms of ceramic production and a chronological table of the Chinese dynasties.

ISBN: 978-963-87548-1-3; 978-963-87548-3-7
Author: Györgyi Fajcsák
Publisher: Budapest: Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts
Year of publication: 2007
Language: Hungarian, English (bilingual)
Number of pages: 34 pages and with a DVD with colour illustrations