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	2,000 Years of Chinese Lacquer - 9627101265 An excellent exhibition of Chinese lacquer ranging in date from the Warring States to the Qing dynasty. Includes many rare lacquer Guqin and scholarly essays on the subject. Language: Mandarin Chinese $54.50     View Details Add To Cart
	A Discourse on Hung Hsien Porcelain - PUB86 A Discourse on Hung Hsien Porcelain offers a discussion on porcelain produced in Jingdezhen by the order of Emperor Hongxian, also known as Yuan Shikai (President 1912-1915). $12.50     View Details Add To Cart
	A Journey Into China's Antiquity 4 Volumes - SET1316 This significant new publication tells the story of China's rich history and civilization through a collection of excellent photographs and textual descriptions of thousands of precious relics and remains drawn largely from the collection of the National Museum of Chinese History, Beijing. Arranged chronologically in four volumes, the books vividly portray the rise of the Chinese civilization, following its trails from remote antiquity in the Paleolithic Age through the end of the Qing dynast... $185.00     View Details Add To Cart
	A Treasury of Ming and Qing Dynasty Palace Furniture - 9781588860996 This two-volume set is an important publication in the study of furniture from the Palace Museum (Forbidden City) in Beijing. Through 30 years of work and research in the Palace Museum, furniture specialist and author Hu Desheng has selected 455 of the most outstanding pieces (or sets) of furniture, illustrated in these volumes in high-quality color photographs. Chapters 1, 2 and 3 introduce the origins, styles and types of furniture from the Ming and Qing palaces, providing a solid overview ... $242.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Adoration and Glory by Emma C. Bunker & Douglas Latchford - 1588860701 Adoration and Glory is a celebration of centuries of artistic achievements of the Khmer peoples, a civilization nearly forgotten. The Khmer empire created one of the worlds most glorious traditions of sculpture and architecture, inspired and influenced by the spiritual and in particular the Tantric, Hindu and Buddhist cultures and religions of India. The domains of the Khmer grew from a collection of small kingdoms to an empire that encompassed much of present day Cambodia, Thailand, L... $52.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections (3 Vols) - 0810919702 Volume I, a comprehensive introduction, the most thorough treatment of Shang bronzes in any language, lays the foundation for 104 catalogue entries, many of which explore in greater detail specific problems in casting technology, epigraphy, vessel typology, and provincial bronze styles. Color plates of all the Sackler bronzes are supplemented by rubbings, details, and more than 500 comparative illustrations. Throughout the book the author has made systematic use of the astonishing archaeologi... $319.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Ancient Chinese Calligraphic Rubbings - 9627101559 This is a catalogue to accompany an exhibition jointly organized by the Peking University Library and the Art Museum of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. A total of one hundred and forty-eight rubbings selected from the rich collection of the two institutions are included. Ink rubbings has been a rich source for the preservation of inscriptions and calligraphic pieces found on rocks, stelae, pillars, tomb-tablets, architectural elements, statues, as well as manuscripts and letters written ... $44.15     View Details Add To Cart
	Art of Contemporary Chinese Woodcuts - 0954604814 This volume presents contemporary Chinese woodcuts from the Muban Foundation. A groundbreaking reference in a new and exciting field for collectors and students of art history, it includes authoritative essays by An Bin, Julia F. Andrews, Ellen Johnston Laing and Frances Wood. Hwang Yin has provided biographies of the artists and David Barker contributes a glossary of Chinese printmaking terms. The Muban Foundation was formed in June 1997 by Christer von der Burg and the late Verena Bolin... $82.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Art of Li Jian and Xie Lansheng - 9627101257 This is another exhibition catalog from the Guangdong Painting Series published by the Art Museum. This volume comprehensively examines art works of Li Jian and Xie Lansheng, scholar-artists who accomplished in the three perfections of poetry, calligraphy, and painting and were recognized by scholars such as Jian Youwen to be of equal prominence in Guangdong painting. A total of 97 pieces of their calligraphy and painting, including scrolls, albums, and couplets are presented. Scholarly essay... $53.13     View Details Add To Cart
	Blanc de Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain - 0965427064 Curated by renowned Asian ceramics specialist John Ayers, this exhibition features the unique white-glazed porcelain known as Dehua ware in China and Blanc de Chine in the West. Dehua wares were produced in Fujian province as early as the Song dynasty (960-1279 C.E.) and became popular during the Ming (1368-1644 C.E.) and early Qing (1644-1911 C.E.) dynasties. Objects on display include Buddhist and Daoist deities, functional scholar's objects and pieces produced according to Western tastes f... $39.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Book Sumptuous Basket Chinese Lacquer with Basketry Panels - 295967927 In 1985, the China Institute in America launched an exhibition in The China House Gallery of bamboo lacquer baskets. Lenders sent items from across the country creating a comprehensive retrospective. An introduction is provided by James C. Y. Watt whose erudite text also accompanies the photos (black and white). The items range from the Xia Period to the end of the Qing (1911). A chronology, map and bibliography are included, as is a list of characters. $13.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Bronzes Archaiques de Chine - 2950974805 The Guimet museum's collection of Chinese archaic bronzes is one of the most distinguished outside China. As well as exceptional pieces such as the Camondo elephant, the giant ladle, and the bird-handled ocver, without peer anywhere, including their land of origin, the collection boasts High-Shang bronzes, relics in the Royal style of Anyang, and objects of very diverse geographical origin, providing superb panorama of China in the bronze age. Beautifully illustrated and produced, this volume... $49.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Brush and the Stone: Dr. Dean Edell Collection of Chinese Art - 1878529544 Beautifully produced, this comprehensive catalogue of 100 selected items from Dr. Dean Edell Collection consists of two sections: 32 Chinese works of art both imperial and scholarly, including screens, brushes, inkstones, jade carvings and related items, and a separate section devoted to Chinese snuff bottles. The bottles are largely Imperial workshop jade snuff bottles of the Qianlong period, offering various shape and design associated with Palace workshops. Incised poetry by Emperor Qianlo... $80.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Buddhist Sculpture in Clay - 1932476024 Large-scale clay sculptures representing the main deities are characteristics of the earliest Tibetan Buddhist monuments and particularly of the monasteries and village-temples built -from the end of the 10th to the early 13th centuries in West Tibet and Ladakh. Commonly placed in the main niches along the central axis of the monuments, these images of highest quality constitute a major source for the cultural and religious history of western Himalayan (Indo-Tibetan) art and early Tibetan art... $80.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Buddhist Sculpture of Shanxi Province - 9627571016 Buddhist Sculpture of Shanxi Province is a comprehensive study of painted Buddhist sculptures in major temples of the Shanxi province. Besides their larger than life size, the sculptures are known for their unique artistic qualities: the facial expressions and exquisite painted details. Illustrating sculptures of the Buddha, Guanyin, Lohan, and numerous attendants, the book details their construction method and color pigments used, and covers the history and symbolism associated. Most ... $217.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Cast Chinese Coins by David Hartill - 1412054664 This catalog is the most comprehensive ever produced for western collectors: Covers the period from 650 BC to AD 1912. Over 5,000 coins illustrated, described, and numbered. Comprehensive Finding Guide allows any coin to be quickly located. Guide to rarity and value. Designed for use by beginners and experts. The latest research and archaeological findings are incorporated. Explains how to read the inscriptions on Chinese coins and describes the various writing styles used on the coins. Pinyi... $38.45     View Details Add To Cart
	Celestial Creations Art of the Chinese Goldsmith - 9789627101826 In this two-volume catalog, 395 items or 1,300 pieces of Chinese gold ornaments from the Shang to the Qing dynasties are featured. They are all selected from the renowned Cheng Xun Tang Collection. The catalog aims at providing a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the art of Chinese goldsmith. Presented in the gold ornaments are rich motifs ranging from flowers and insects to legendary figures and auspicious symbols. Alongside religious patterns originated from Buddhism, Daoism or T... $142.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Charles Greenfield Collection of Japanese Lacquer - 0950255629 With an introduction by E.A. Wrangham, this catalog presents 141 Japanese lacquer boxes and inro from one of the world's most prestigious collections. A majority of these pieces was exhibited at the Japan House Gallery in 1972, at the Frederick S. Wright Art Gallery in 1977, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1980. $105.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Cheng Xun Tang Collection of Painting and Calligraphy on Fans - 9627101346 Cheng Xun Tang Collection of Painting and Calligraphy on Fans presents Chinese paintings and calligraphy on fans from the Chen Xung Tang Collection of Hong Kong. Executed by 160 different artists, these fans include 130 paintings and 50 calligraphic works. The period involved spans from the 15th to the 19th centuries. There are not only works by famous masters of various schools, those by lesser artists, which have attained a certain degree of artistry, are also featured. Language: Man... $64.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Chinese Artists New Media 1990 - 2010 - 0764336754 The 2008 global financial crisis caused a precipitous drop in the multi-million dollar auction prices that modern Chinese art was fetching. This has led to increased focus on a highly experimental approach to contemporary art with new media that was born in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Become familiar with those artists who bucked the trend, even in the height of the boom. A retrospective of works and brief introductions to 19 Chinese artists working in performance and conceptual art, film... $34.50     View Details Add To Cart

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