BLUE ET WHITE CHINESE
Acknowledgements 7
Introduction 8
ORIGINS 11
The origins of blue and white in the Yuan c-dynasty
PATTERN AND PERCEPTION 35
Blue and white porcelain and its perception
DESTINY 59
Asia, Africa, Syria and Egypt
CHANGE 79
The decline of the Mongols and the early Ming dynasty
CELADON AND COPPER RED 107
Parallel developments in Chinese ceramics
EMPIRES 127
Portuguese and Spaniards, sultans and shahs
IMITATION AND RIVALRY 153
Korea and Japan
SURVIVAL 168
Shipwrecks, China and the West
COLLECTORS AND EXCAVATORS 193
Collectors and chinoiserie, excavators and scholars
Notes 196
Bibliography 199
Illustration credits 203
Index 204
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