Things: A Volume of Objects Devised by Man's Genius which are the Measure of His CivilizationGeoffrey Grigson, Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith Hawthorn Books, 1957 - 466 Seiten |
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... China CHINAWARE , or porcelain , next to printing , is the greatest of Chinese contributions to world civilization . Both in the East and the West it became the vehicle of a new expression and new enjoyment of the beautiful . In Europe ...
... China CHINAWARE , or porcelain , next to printing , is the greatest of Chinese contributions to world civilization . Both in the East and the West it became the vehicle of a new expression and new enjoyment of the beautiful . In Europe ...
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... china stone ) . In the methods of decorating porcelain , as in its manufacture , the primacy lay with China , and for long the decoration applied in Europe both to porcelain and to softer wares was influenced by Chinese designs or ...
... china stone ) . In the methods of decorating porcelain , as in its manufacture , the primacy lay with China , and for long the decoration applied in Europe both to porcelain and to softer wares was influenced by Chinese designs or ...
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... China under the imperial patronage . From the richly furnished tombs of officials in the Chinese colony of Lo Lang in Korea , Japanese archaeologists have excavated a great variety of lacquered articles , from tables to shoes , bowls ...
... China under the imperial patronage . From the richly furnished tombs of officials in the Chinese colony of Lo Lang in Korea , Japanese archaeologists have excavated a great variety of lacquered articles , from tables to shoes , bowls ...
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GROTTO at Painshill Park Surrey SirènChina | 186 |
Kircher Ars magna lucis | 294 |
Mavungu Pitt Rivers Museum | 399 |
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