Chinese, Corean and Japanese potteries : descriptive catalogue of loan exhibition of selected examples
A 1914 descriptive catalogue published in New York by the Japan Society for its loan exhibition of Chinese, Korean and Japanese pottery, aimed at collectors and museum visitors. Its photographs are sepia studio views of ceramics set in glass display cases against plain backdrops, with soft lighting that shows glaze sheen and the silhouettes of vases, bowls and dishes. A designer might take from them the restrained, grouped arrangement of ceramic forms and the pale cream-and-brown tonal palette.
