A vindication of the decorated pottery of Japan (1891)
Bowes, James Lord, 1834-1899 · [Liverpool] : Printed for private circulation [by D. Marples and Co., Ltd.] · leaf 72
code that dictates the very formulae of admiration to be employed by its devotees and buries their fancies under a mountain of rigid conventionalities. We hold that Japanese art has been hampered, not promoted, by the tenets of the Tea Clubs. Happily the effect has only been partial. The spirit of… … Takaradzukushi. Collection of Precious Things,
Bowes, James Lord, 1834-1899 · Pottery, Japanese
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