By Imperial Command: An Introduction to Ch'ing Imperial Painted Enamels by Hugh Moss ISBN 13: 9780905298009

Hibiya Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1976 Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. English text; 2 hardcover volumes with dust jacket in slip case.; 27.5 x 41 x 7 cm; 5.2 kg; The 2 volumes comprise: TEXT with 98 pages and PLATES with 87 colour plates (174 images, showing the front and rear of each piece).; Volume I, minor signs of wear on the exterior. Interior in very good condition apart from a few lines on three pages from the introduction that were highlighted with a green marker.; Volume II, minor signs of wear on the exterior. Interior in very good condition.; The slipcase shows signs of wear and a small crack on top.; LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 733. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR HUGH MOSS.; "In this book I believe Hugh Moss has made a quite conclusive case for the authenticity of the yu chih marked porcelains. By doing so he has corrected a far-reaching error of recent Western scholarship in the field of Ch'ing porcelain. An essential part of his case… Read More

Hong Kong: Hibiya, 1976. Limited edition. SIGNED. A text volume and a plate volume. Folio [40 cm] Blue cloth over boards. Both the books and the dust jackets are in very good plus condition. There is a previous owner's blind stamp on the limitation page. The pages of the plate volume are periodically lightly foxed. In a chemise and slipcase. The chemise, in good condition only, has a number of light stains, and has long splits to the edges at the head and foot. The slipcase has general light soiling, and some peeling to the paper at the edges.A couple of the edges of the case have been glued. Publisher's notes tucked in. A work covering painted enamels on metal, glass, and porcelain. The main purpose of this work is to establish the authenticity of the group of controversial wares marked K'ang-hsi yü chih and to illustrate that much of the finest enameled porcelain from the eighteenth century was decorated within the palace at Peking. An important addition to Western scholarship in the field of… Read More