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How to read Chinese ceramics

by Denise Patry Leidy

This book introduces five millennia of Chinese ceramics through the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, analysing the materials, shapes and cultural meanings of vessels and sculptures from the Neolithic period to the modern era.

Accession 28679 ISBN 9781588395719 Publisher Metropolitan Museum of Art
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