Folk pottery in South-East Asia / Dawn F. Rooney



Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)

1987

Folk pottery in South-East Asia / Dawn F. Rooney

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This book is on folk pottery in South-East Asia. The photographs in the book show the variety of utilitarian wares from prehistoric times to the twentieth century and are a visual record of the extensive use of pottery in South-East Asia. The historical and social environment in which the ceramics were used is also illustrated. The text reveals the riveting story of folk pottery in South- East Asia and the burgeoning production of modern copies. It introduces lesser known types of ceramics that have been found on the shores of mainland and insular South-East Asia, to the delight of treasure hunters.

Subjects

Pottery, Southeast Asian Folk art--Southeast Asia

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Title
Folk pottery in South-East Asia / Dawn F. Rooney
Creators
  • Rooney, Dawn
Subject
  • Pottery, Southeast Asian
  • Folk art--Southeast Asia
Publisher
  • Oxford University Press, 1987
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1987
Digital Description
application/pdf, maps
Table of Contents
  • Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Development of Pottery in South-East Asia -- 3. Uses of folk pottery -- 4. South-East Asian glazed wares -- 5. Imported wares -- 6. South-East Asian contemporary wares -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography.
Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.