Folk Pottery in South-East Asia, Images of Asia, 1987, Near Fine hardcover

Rooney, Dawn F. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1987.

English, Near Fine, HC, 12mo, 7 7/8" x 5 3/8", 102 pp. 

ISBN: 0195888669

Hardcover in pictorial paper. Light toning. 102 pp. Includes 23 full-color and 8 black-and-white images, 5 illustrative figures, and endpaper maps. From the back panel: "'Images of Asia' offers a range of titles covering aspects of life and culture in East Asia. Each book in the series combines an introductory text, written for the non-specialist reader by an authority on the subject, with extensive illustrations both in colour and black-and-white." This volume covers the origin, production, and use of folk pottery in South-East Asia, detailing how the wares reflect the culture, religion, and needs of the people who made them.