Chinese pottery and porcelain; vol. 1. Pottery and early waresHobson, R. L. (Robert Lockhart)
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Chinese pottery and porcelain; vol. 1. Pottery and early wares
Hobson, R. L. (Robert Lockhart)
Porcelain, Chinese; Pottery, Chinese
_Birmingham_ and _Edinburgh_ have important collections in their art
galleries, and most of the large towns have some Chinese wares in their
museums.
_Paris._--The Grandidier Collection in the Louvre is one of the largest
in the world. The Cernuschi Museum contains many interesting examples,
especially of the early celadons, and the Musée Guimet and the Sèvres
Museum have important collections.
_Berlin._--The Kunstgewerbe Museum has a small collection containing
some important specimens. The Hohenzollern Museum and the Palace of
Charlottenburg have historic collections formed chiefly at the end of the
seventeenth century.
_Dresden._--The famous and historic collection, formed principally by
Augustus the Strong, is exhibited in the Johanneum, and is especially
important for the study of the K´ang Hsi porcelains. The Stübel Collection
in the Kunstgewerbe Museum, too, is of interest.
_Gotha._--The Herzögliches Museum contains an important series of the Sung
and Yüan wares formed by Professor Hirth.
_Cologne._--An important and peculiarly well-arranged museum of
Far-Eastern art, formed by the late Dr. Adolf Fischer and his wife, is
attached to the Kunstgewerbe Museum.
_New York._--The Metropolitan Museum is particularly rich in Ming and
Ch´ing porcelains. It is fortunate in having the splendid Pierpont Morgan
Collection and the Avery Collection, and when the Altmann Collection is
duly installed in its galleries it will be unrivalled in the wares of the
last dynasty. The Natural History Museum has a good series of Han pottery.
_Chicago._--The Field Museum of Natural History has probably the largest
collection of Han pottery and T´ang figurines in the world. It has also
an interesting series of later Chinese pottery, including specimens from
certain modern factories which are important for comparative study. These
collections were formed by Dr. Laufer in China. There is also a small
collection of the later porcelains in the Art Institute.
_Boston._--The Museum of Fine Arts has a considerable collection of
Chinese porcelain, in which the earlier periods are specially well
represented. The American collections, both public and private, are
especially strong in monochrome porcelains, and in this department they
are much in advance of the European.
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