History of Ancient Pottery by Samuel Birch (English) Paperback Book

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Samuel Birch published this two-volume, highly illustrated work on ancient pottery in 1858. Volume 1 covers the composition and techniques of the pottery of ancient Egypt and Assyria, with notes on Jewish Phoenician wares, and begins an examination of the techniques and art of the Greek ceramicists.

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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 1 covers the composition and techniques of the pottery of ancient Egypt and Assyria, with notes on Jewish Phoenician wares, and begins an examination of the techniques and art of the Greek ceramicists.

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; Part I. Egyptian and Oriental Pottery: 1. Antiquity of the art; 2. Glazed ware; 3. Assyrian pottery; Part II. Greek Pottery: 1. Etymology; 2. Greek vases; 3. Glazed vases; 4. Glazed vases (cont.); 5. Glazed vases (cont.); 6. Glazed vases (cont.).

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This two-volume, highly illustrated 1858 work discusses the pottery of the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome.

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Samuel Birch published this two-volume, highly illustrated work on ancient pottery in 1858. Volume 1 covers the composition and techniques of the pottery of ancient Egypt and Assyria, with notes on Jewish Phoenician wares, and begins an examination of the techniques and art of the Greek ceramicists.

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Samuel Birch published this two-volume, highly illustrated work on ancient pottery in 1858. Volume 1 covers the composition and techniques of the pottery of ancient Egypt and Assyria, with notes on Jewish Phoenician wares, and begins an examination of the techniques and art of the Greek ceramicists.

Details ISBN1108081908 ISBN-10 1108081908 ISBN-13 9781108081900 Format Paperback Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Samuel Birch Pages 444 Language English Media Book Birth 1813 Death 1885 DEWEY 930.1 Short Title HIST OF ANCIENT POTTERY - V01 Year 2015 Publisher Cambridge University Press Publication Date 2015-04-02 Illustrations 6 Plates, color; 137 Line drawings, unspecified Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2015-04-02 AU Release Date 2015-04-02 NZ Release Date 2015-04-02 Series History of Ancient Pottery 2 Volume Set We've got this

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