Descripción

First Edition. Title-page, descriptive list of plates, and some photograph captions in English, additional text in Japanese, this the copy presented by M. Utsumi, once Japan's Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs. Extensively illustrated with hundreds of photographs of Southeast Asian ceramic works in both colour and black and white. 4to, publisher's original orange buckram, lettered in blind and with gilt number, in the original dustjacket and slipcase. xii, 306 pp. An as mint copy, very fine indeed with no wear to either book, jacket, or slipcase, pristine.

Edizione: a beautifully produced catalogue of southeast asian ceramics. there are sections on cultural traits of the region, vietnamese ceramics, khmer and thai ceramics, sukhothai province kiln sites, southern sea ceramics and japan, and earthenware in southeast asia.