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A Princely Pursuit: The Malcolm D. Gutter Collection of Early Meissen Porcelain
Contributor(s): Santangelo, Maria (Editor)

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 ISBN: 3777429848     ISBN-13: 9783777429847
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH
OUR PRICE: $61.75  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: July 2018
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Ceramics
- Crafts & Hobbies | Pottery & Ceramics
- Art | Asian - General
Dewey: 738.207
LCCN: 2017040004
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 9.8" W x 12" L (4.67 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Publisher Description:
Through tremendous grit and research, Malcolm D. Gutter has been forming a remarkable porcelain collection over several decades, primarily on a professor's salary. A Princely Pursuit presents more than one hundred significant pieces from the collection, which focuses primarily on early Meissen, particularly the royal collection that Augustus II (1670 - 1733) commissioned for the Japanisches Palais, his pleasure palace in Dresden, and the porcelain works he had imported from China and Japan.

In addition to reproducing many documented pieces from the royal collection, this volume includes numerous "collector's stories" which capture, in Gutter's own voice, his determined and painstaking hunt for Meissen porcelain around the world, as well as the legendary figures he has met and worked with along the way. Pairing Meissen history with exemplary objects from the German manufactory, A Princely Pursuit makes an essential contribution to the field of decorative arts.
 
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