This guide to antique china and silver is arranged chronologically, starting in the 16th century and concluding in the 1950s. There is a detailed introduction d

An illustrated guide to antique china and silver pieces, arranged by period, that analyzes the unique details.

This beautifully illustrated volume examines the exquisite silver of the Straits Chinese, or Peranakans -- Hindu-Islamic in shape and function but strangely cha