The decorative details on Chinese porcelain are admired especially for their striking beauty, but the symbolic language hidden within them is less well-known in

Information on "origins and development of the Chinese written language" precedes the extensive catalog of marks, including marks in regular kaishu script, mark

This book is an easy reference book and starts with an introduction on the matter of Chinese porcelain on the first pages. Later on the book comes with explanat

Describes historical, legendary, and supernatural persons, animals, and objects that recur as symbols in Oriental art and literature