The Wonderful World of Nippon Porcelain 1891-1921

About this book

A complete guide to the art and artistry of classic Japanese porcelain. Japanese porcelain pieces of the Nippon era 1891 to 1921 are visually exciting and form a plentiful group of beautiful high-quality items. They are popular today with a large number of collectors. This new and lavishly color-illustrated book shows thousands of items well known by their different styles of decoration-Moriage Coralene Cobalt molded-in-relief tapestry. Included are plaques dishes lamps dolls vases smoking accessories and other forms. Over 830 color photographs of Nippon porcelain identifying captions and a concise text present this phase of Oriental art along with 130 different manufacturers marks.