John A Stevenson

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Dragons and Lotus Blossoms: Vietnamese Ceramics from the Birmingham Museum of ArtPaperback, 9 December 2011

Dragons and Lotus Blossoms: Vietnamese Ceramics from the Birmingham Museum of Art
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Print Length
320 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Date Published
9 Dec 2011
ISBN-10
0295991623
ISBN-13
9780295991627

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Vietnam created the most sophisticated ceramics in Southeast Asia. Though they borrowed from China, Vietnamese potters explored their own indigenous tastes and developed their own production techniques. Blessed with the smooth gray-white clays of the Red River Valley, they created pieces that are amazingly light and thin-walled, with skillfully painted, incised, and carved decoration. Two particularly popular decorative themes were dragons (from whom the Vietnamese believed they were descended) and lotuses (considered archetypal symbols of Buddhist purity, because the flower emerges unsullied from the mud).

Through a series of judicious purchases that began in the 1970s, the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, has created an extraordinary collection of Vietnamese ceramic art. Essays by three noted experts introduce the collection.

Product Details

Authors:
John A StevensonDonald A Wood
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
9 December 2011
Dimensions:
24.89 x 21.34 x 2.03 cm
Genre:
Southeast Asian
ISBN-10:
0295991623
ISBN-13:
9780295991627
Language:
English
Location:
Seattle
Pages:
320
Weight:
929.86 gm

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