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Yinliuzhai shuoci 飲流齋說瓷

Jul 14, 2024 © Ulrich Theobald

Yinliuzhai shuoci 飲流齋說瓷 is a book on porcelain written written during the early Republican period (1920s) by Xu Zhiheng 許之衡 (1877–1935), courtesy name Shoubai 守白, from Panyu 番禺, Guangdong.

The text consists of 2 juan with ten chapters that give an overview of the topic and explain details of the production process, like the kilns, glazing, painting, marks (kuanzhi 款識), various types of vessels, and how to detect flaws and forgeries (ci wei 疵偽). Xu's book is, in spite of several errors, very helpful for the classification and appreciation of ancient porcelain.

It is found in the series Meishu congshu 美術叢書.

Sources:
Beijing dongfang shoucangjia xiehui 北京東方收藏家協會, ed. 1996. Zhonghua shoucang da cidian 中華收藏大辭典, 175. Beijing: Beijing Yanshan chubanshe.
Jing Zhiping 荊芷萍. 1993. "Yinliuzhai shuoci 飲流齋說瓷." In Zhonghua baike yaolan 中華百科要覽, edited by Shi Quanchang 石泉長, 1121. Shenyang: Liaoning renmin chubanshe.
Wang Guangxi 王廣西, and Zhou Guangwu 周觀武, eds. 1998. Zhongguo jin-xiandai wenxue yishu cidian 中國近現代文學藝術辭典, 495. Zhengzhou: Zhongzhou guji chubanshe.
蜀漢 (221-263)