De Waal, Edmund

Describes 300 makers, schools, and styles of pottery found all over the world. Features color photographs throughout.

Surveys some of the important ceramic artwork of the twentieth century by a variety of different artists.

Recounts the history of the Ephrussis family during the tumultuous events of the twentieth century, intertwined with the story behind a collection of netsuke that was smuggled away by a loyal maid when family members were imprisoned or scattered and their books are art were confiscated by Nazis.