
History of Ancient Pottery
Samuel Birch(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 2. April 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
466 pages
978-1-108-08191-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Egyptologist Samuel Birch (1813-85) began to study Chinese at school, and obtained his first post at the British Museum cataloguing Chinese coins. He maintained his interest in Chinese civilisation throughout his life, but also collaborated with C. T. Newton on a catalogue of Greek and Etruscan vases, and with Sir Henry Rawlinson on cuneiform inscriptions, while also specialising in the examination and cataloguing of the Museum's growing collection of Egyptian papyri and other artefacts. Birch describes this two-volume, highly illustrated work on ancient pottery, published in 1858, as filling a perceived need: 'A work has long been required which should embody the general history of the fictile art of the ancients.' Volume 2 continues to examine Greek pottery, including the work of named or identified individual craftsmen, and then moves on to Etruscan and Roman wares, with a short final section on 'Celtic, Teutonic, and Scandinavian pottery'.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
6 Plates, color; 70 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
652 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-08191-7 (9781108081917)
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Samuel Birch
History of Ancient Pottery
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04/2015
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Content
Part II. Greek Pottery (cont.): 7. Glazed vases (cont.); 8. Ancient potters; 9. Uses of vases; 10. Sites of ancient potteries; Part III. Etruscan Pottery: 1. Etruscan terra-cottas; Part IV. Roman Pottery: 1. Bricks; 2. Statues; 3. Vases; 4. Division of Roman pottery; 5. Glazed Roman pottery; Part V. Celtic, Teutonic, and Scandinavian Pottery: 1. Celtic pottery; Appendix; Index.