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Catalogue >Oriental Art >  Porcelain for Palaces - The Fashion for Japan in Europe: 1650-1750 Porcelain for Palaces - The Fashion for Japan in Europe: 1650-1750 John Ayers, Oliver Impey and John Mallet Between the mid-17th and mid-18th centuries Japanese and Chinese porcelains were a notable sight in the great houses of Europe; amid the general enthusiasm for things oriental, princes had become major collectors of porcelain. This book is a wonderful reference work for early Japanese Export porcelain. 328 pages, 328 colour and 54 mono illustrations, cloth, 285 x 217mm ISBN 0 90342 124 0 | Retail price £35.00  Online price: £23.00 / €34.50 For this book, over 350 pieces have been selected from many of the oldest and most famous collections in Europe to demonstrate the range of imported Japanese wares and to show both the spread of the fashion for collecting porcelain and the styles that had the greatest effect on porcelain production in Europe, for instance at Meissen in Germany, Chantilly and St. Cloud in France and Chelsea, Bow and Worcester in England. Members of the Oriental Ceramic Society, under the chairmanship of Sir John Figgess, the authors are internationally recognised experts in their field.