Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine: Research Materials and Publication Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Pope, John Alexander, 1906-1982
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content: John Alexander Pope Papers
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content: John Alexander Pope Papers / Series 3: Published and Unpublished Materials
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
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content: FSA.A1988.01, Subseries 3.2
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content: Archival materials
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content: Published in 1956, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine is Pope's best-known work and is generally accepted as a standard analysis of Ming dynasty porcelains. It was reprinted in 1981. The research material includes notebooks of photographs of Chinese ceramics and background material on the shrine, the ancient Near East, and Chinese interaction with the Muslim world. Several folders of post-publication correspondence and reviews as well as correspondence and notes relating to the second edition are also included.