Description

- Detailed introduction from prominent Chinese ceramic artist and scholar

- Unveiling China's finest traditional porcelain-making techniques

- Over 600 authentic, on-site images, full color

- Showing photos of Jingdezhen in the 1990s

The Art and Practice of Chinese Porcelain is the first book to systematically and comprehensively introduce the traditional porcelain-making techniques of Jingdezhen. Richly illustrated, these pages contain essential artworks and selected techniques, as curated by Bai Ming, a Chinese ceramic artist of international renown, whose impressive creations are made with Jingdezhen materials, using the authentic Jingdezhen methods. This illuminating volume provides key insights into Bai Ming's teaching, research and practice, and highlights the fundamentals of the porcelain-making process. With more than 600 images, painstakingly collected and photographed over seven years, this is a beautiful and scholarly showcase for the porcelain style of an ancient town and an invaluable document of representative works.