art book cologne GmbH & Co. KG
Deutzer Freiheit 107
50679 Köln
Germany
Opening hours (office and showroom):
Monday to Friday 8 – 17
info@artbookcologne.de
Phone: +49 221 800 80 80
Fax: +49 221 800 80 82
art book cologne, founded by Bernd Detsch in 1997, is a wholesale company and specializes in buying and selling high quality publications in art, art theory, architecture, design, photography, illustrated cultural history and all related subjects internationally. Our team includes specialists in art, culture, music, book trade and media but in spite of our diversity we have one common ground: the enthusiasm for unique art books.
We purchase remaining stocks from museums, publishers and art institutions. We sell these remainders to bookstores, museum shops, and art dealers all over the world.
Editor | Olaf Thormann |
Publisher | Arnoldsche |
Year | 2017 |
Cover | Hardcover |
Language | German |
ISBN | 978-3-89790-483-5 |
Pages | 312 |
Weight | 2010 g |
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Contributors | Klaus J. Brandt |
Type of book | Exhib'publication |
Museum / Place | GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst Leipzig |
Article ID | art-58624 |
For centuries ceramic has been a central feature of Chinese art and culture. It was employed in everyday life and served ritualistic purposes, also as funerary objects.
The preeminent Heribert Meurer Collection of 175 high-quality pieces dating from 1050 BC to AD 1368 – which up until now has remained unpublished – offers a panorama of the artefacts’ roles as well as vessel forms and techniques of early Chinese ceramic, all complemented by 29 objects from the GRASSI Museum Leipzig, where the collection was endowed.
The focal points of the collection are the ceramics of the Tang and Song dynasties. Examples of the popular Sancai lead glaze, Changsha and Cizhou wares, Celadon porcelain from Yaozhou, Longquan and Jingdezhen and Jian and Jizhou black ware illustrate the wealth, diversity, quality and exceptional appeal of early Chinese ceramics.