Excerpt from Oriental Ceramic Art, Vol. 1: Illustrated by Examples From the Collection of W. T. Walters, With One Hundred and Sixteen Plates in Colors and Over Four Hundred Reproductions in Black and White HE late William Thompson Walters, of Baltimore, died on November 20, 1894. The work which is here briefly introduced was begun 'by him nearly fifteen years before. At his death he left it practically completed. It only remained, therefore, for those intrusted with its details to assemble the several parts and discharge the mechanical duties necessary to its publication. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.