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| Folk Arts of New China.
[FOLK ARTS] Stock ID: 50235 Colour & black and white illustrations, 64pp, original boards, good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 50235) ... more |
AU$25.00 |
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| Chinese Furniture. Hardwood examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasties.
ELLSWORTH, ROBERT H. Stock ID: 63475 Author's signature on half title, some coloured photographic plates, profusely illustrated with black and white illustrations, contents, appendices, annotated bibliography, index, an excellent copy in a slip-case. A reprint of an authoritative book on Chinese furniture which was first published in 1971. In the introduction to this edition Ellsworth states "We are now aware that huang hua-li properly cared for and with little exposure to sunlight is as dark as tzu-t'an, reversing the original misconception that the paler the wood, the earlier the furniture." Through subsequent research he believes that a number of pieces published in this volume should be dated 50 to 100 years earlier and other pieces be dated later. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 63475) ... more |
AU$360.00 |
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| The Wu Liang Shrine. The Ideology of Early Chinese Pictorial Art.
HUNG, WU. Stock ID: 64632 Black and white photographic illustrations, black and white line drawings, maps, xxiv + 412pp, four appendices, list of figures, notes, works cited, glossary of Chinese characters, index, small quarto, an excellent copy in paperback. "This is a complete analysis and depiction of the most important surviving pre-Buddhist momument in China (created in A.D. 151), one that incorporates much of the history and culture of Han China. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 64632) ... more |
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| Contradictions: artistic life, the socialist state and the Chinese painter Li Huasheng.
SILBERGELD, JEROME WITH GONG JISUI. Stock ID: 67686 Black and white line map, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xxii + 242pp, notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket, quarto. "Contradictions combines art, institutional history, and extensive and uncensored interviews and correspondence with a wide range of individuals, both friends and rivals, who have shaped Li Huasheng's career: his teachers and artistic colleagues, the leaders of Sichuan's arts administration, the patrons ranging from army commisar to Daoist priest, the illicit love, the state managed journalist looking for a target, the state arts store manager, and the newly liberated dealers in art and artistic forgeries." (Publisher's description). (When referring to this item please quote stockid 67686) ... more |
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Pointers and Clues to the Subjects of Chinese and Japanese Art. As Shown in Drawings, Prints, Carvings and the Decoration of Porcelain and Lacquer With Brief Notes of the Related Subjects.
EDMUNDS, WILLIAM H. Stock ID: 99086 Black and white illustrations, xiii + 706pp, glossaries, paperback. "An important reprint of the classic reference on Chinese and Japanese arts. The book explains the popular subjects that appear in Chinese and Japanese decorative arts, including mythological and Buddhist themes. A useful reference for scholars, dealers and other researchers of Chinese and Japanese arts." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 99086) ... more |
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Blue and White. Chinese Porcelain Around the World.
CARSWELL, JOHN. Stock ID: 100436 Colour photographic illustrations, 208pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. "Chinese blue and white porcelain was a unique contribution to the history of ceramic technology. From its development at the beginning of the fourteenth century, and through its technical originality and artistic brilliance in intervening years, it has continued to captivate and inspire around the world. This beautifully illustrated book traces the history and evolution of blue and white in China, first during the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), when the Mongols ruled all of Asia, creating an environment in which blue and white could travel swiftly as far as the Mediterranean. In the fifteenth century, the Chinese became enamoured of their own product, while at the same time the Ming potters were susceptible to ideas and influences from the Islamic world. During the colonial period of the Portuguese, Dutch and British expansion they responded to other commercial and aesthetic pressures. From the sixteenth century onwards, collecting became a passion and was a major influence on the concept of Chinoiserie. This book draws from the combined efforts of scholars, collectors and archaeologists to illuminate how, why and when blue and white developed and its major impact on world civilisations." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 100436) ... more |
AU$59.95 |
| Chinese Fans. Artistry and Aesthetics.
QIAN, GONGLIN Stock ID: 101578 Arts of China, #2. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 101578) ... more |
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Chinese Prints 1950-2006 In the Ashmolean Museum.
HE, WEIMIN AND SHELAGH VAINKER. Stock ID: 118100 Colour photographic illustrations, 159pp, chronology, index, paperback. Focusing on the period since the establishment of the People's Republic of China, this catalogue accompanies the exhibition of the Ashmolean Museum's Chinese prints in October 2007. It reproduces 120 works from 67 established Chinese printmakers, tracing the development from the first generation of printmaking masters to younger generations. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 118100) ... more |
AU$49.95 |
| Guangdong Traditional Carvings.
YIM, S.Y. (EDITOR). Stock ID: 60511 Text in Chinese and English, lavishly illustrated with colour photographic plates, 114pp, quarto, an excellent copy in paperback. Many beautiful illustrations of wood, stone, jade, brick, ivory and other carvings. Also includes a chapter on the architectural decorations of the Chen Clan Academy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 60511) ... more |
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| Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom. The Monimar collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles.
LAWRENCE, CLARE. Stock ID: 63401 Many coloured photographic illustrations including a few lift out pages, contents, foreword, bibliography, index, 318pp., an excellent copy in a dustjacket. Beautifully presented volume with sections on different types of snuff bottles (enamel, stone, jade, glass, inside-painted). Most snuff bottles described come from the Qing or Manchu Dynasty. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 63401) ... more |
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Chinese Snuff Bottles. From the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect III.
LOW, DENIS S. K. Stock ID: 118003 735 colour photographic illustrations, boxed, hardback. The art of the snuff bottle has its origins in the introduction of tobacco snuff to the Imperial Court of the Manchus (Qing Dynasty 1642-1911). This book showcases the style, history and significance of rare bottles from the 17th Century until the end of Imperial China and beyond. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 118003) ... more |
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| The Arts of China After 1620.
WATSON, WILLIAM AND HO CHUIMEI. Stock ID: 117471 Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, map, 275pp, index, very good copy in dustjacket. Quarto. Yale Pelican History of Art Series. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 117471) ... more |
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British Museum Book of Chinese Art.
RAWSON, JESSICA. Stock ID: 103628 175 colour illustrations, 80 black and white illustrations, 395pp, glossaries, bibliography, list of illustrations, index, paperback. This is a newly revised and updated edition of this award-winning guide to the arts of China. The book explains why chinese silks and porcelains, unsurpassed for over a thousand years, have been prized around the world for their fine textures and brilliant colours. Paradoxically, the arts valued most in China have been calligraphy, ink painting, jade carving and bronze casting. The authors explain why, describing the origins of these diverse achievements and setting them in their historical context alongside decorative arts such as lacquer, cloisonne and glass. The wealth of illustrations include well-known blue-and-white Ming ceramics as well as less familiar jades of the Neolithic period and rare world-famous paintings on silk from the Buddhist Silk Road caves at Dunhuang. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 103628) ... more |
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| Chinese Colour Prints of Today.
TSCHICHOLD, JAN. Stock ID: 61946 16 colour plates reproduced from Chinese colour prints, 17pp + plates, notes, bibliography, edges lightly foxed, wrappers bound in Chinese style, folded leaves, label with Chinese characters laid down upper cover, minor fading edges of wrappers, particularly upper edge of the upper cover, very occasional light mark to wrappers, otherwise a very nice copy. Quarto. This lovely work features 16 colour plates of flowers, fruit and insects, reproduced from Chinese colour prints. The accompanying text discusses the art and history of Chinese colour prints. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 61946) ... more |
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| Chanteurs Conteurs Bataleurs. Litterature orale et spectables populaires en Chine.
PIMPANEAU, JACQUES. Stock ID: 65246 Black and white illustrations, 105pp, bibliography, little worn paperback copy, small quarto. Text in French. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 65246) ... more |
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| Important Chinese Snuff Bottles. Including a Private European Collection.
[SOTHEBY'S AUCTION CATALOGUE]. Stock ID: 67935 Colour photographic illustrations throughout, unpaginated, one page folding, annotated in red biro throughout, dustjacket a trifle rubbed. Quarto. Sale includes a fascinating collection of rare snuff bottles including examples of glass overlay, carved walnut and moulded porcelain. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 67935) ... more |
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| Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art.
[SOTHEBY'S AUCTION CATALOGUE]. Stock ID: 68026 Profuse colour photographic illustrations, unpaginated, wrappers. Quarto. Sale includes a variety of textiles, bronzes, ceramics and furniture. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 68026) ... more |
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| Orientations. The Monthly Magazine for Collectors and Connoisseurs of Asian Art.
[ASIAN ART MAGAZINE]. Stock ID: 68908 Colour and black and white photographic illustrations throughout, 78pp, Quarto, wrappers. Articles in this issue include: 'Wu Guanzhong and the Task of Painting a New China' - Peter C. Sturman; 'Kang Youwei and the Westernization of Modern Chinese Art' - Lawrence Wu; 'The Chinese Spirit Road Part III - Symbolism and Atrophy' - Ann Paludan; 'A Tang Dynasty Tile in the British Museum' - Jane Portal. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 68908) ... more |
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| Chinese Ivories. Catalogue and Souvenier of the Grice Collection.
[CHINESE IVORY]. Stock ID: 70499 Black and white photographic plates, viii + 72pp, elegant bookplate tipped in reverse of upper cover, title page little creased and marked, fore edges little damaged without loss, upper edge browned, original wrappers discoloured and worn, plastic covering, small quarto, contents sound. Collection of Chinese carved ivory primarily from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 70499) ... more |
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| Chinese Cultural Art Treasures. National Palace Museum Illustrated Handbook.
(CHINESE ART). Stock ID: 70555 Colour and black and white plates, black and white line drawings, i + ii + 115pp + 14pp + plates, initials stamp and elegant bookplate tipped in front free endpaper, pale foxing edges, soiled and little worn paperback covers, head of spine bumped, quarto, still a sound copy. Includes chapters on: bronzes, jade, porcelain, sculpture, lacquer ware, writing materials, emanel ware, calligraphy, painting, tapestry and embriodery, portraits, and rare books. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 70555) ... more |
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| A Catalogue of China Trade Paintings and Objects.
CROSSMAN, CARL L. Stock ID: 70571 Black and white plates, 48pp, elegant bookplate tipped in front free endpaper, wrappers. Chapters covering the paintings (oil, watercolour and on glass), lacquerware, furniture, silver, fans, carved ivory and other objects. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 70571) ... more |
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| Chuka Jinmin Kyowakoku Shutsudo Bunbutsu-ten. (Exhibition of Archaological finds of the People's Republic of China.)
CHUNICHI SHINBUN. Stock ID: 70888 Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, maps and plans, 169pp, chronology, elegant bookplate tipped in one prelim, edges and first and last leaves lightly foxed, paperback covers little worn at extremities, square quarto. Text in Japanese with captions and list of exhibits also in English. Catalogue for an exhibition held in Nagoya and Tokyo in 1977 and 1978. The archaeological finds range from textiles and figurines to food and wine vessels, and date between 6000BC and 1367AD. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 70888) ... more |
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| Theories of the Arts in China.
BUSH, SUSAN. Stock ID: 123798 Black and white illustrations, xxvi + 447pp, index, glossary, notes, hardback. Dustjacket trifle rubbed at extremities, a very good copy. "This book is a collection of essays prepared originally for a conference on 'Theories of the Arts in China,' held in June 1979 under the auspices of the Committee on Studies of Chinese Civilization of the American Council of Learned Societies to encourage interest in Chinese aesthetics. The first work of its kind to be published in the field of Chinese studies, it offers a broad chronological scope and interdisciplinary content that underline the similarities that occur in writing on different art forms within the cultural framework of traditional China. The conference at which these papers were presented was the first sustained effort to bring together the studies of Chinese literary and art history. This volume provides the scholar with the results of the conference - many roads of access to fields of Chinese thought, literature and art." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 123798) ... more |
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| China's Imperial Tombs and Mausoleums.
LUO ZHEWEN. Stock ID: 123800 Many colour photographic illustrations, 216pp, appendices, hardback quarto. Dustjacket protected, a fine copy. The 15 chapters in this work each examine a different epoch in Chinese history from the mausoleums of the Yellow Emperor, Yao, Shun and Yu through to the imperial tombs of the Qing dynasty. Also discussed are the tombs of Confucius and Guan Yu and the tombs of early Tibetan Kings. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 123800) ... more |
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| de Verboden Stad. The Forbidden City. Court Culture of the Chinese Emperors ( 1644-1911).
CROUWEL, WM (DIRECTOR). Stock ID: 124272 Plans, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 245pp, bibliography, paper wrappers, very good condition, quarto. Catalogue of exhibition featuring a selection of works from the Palace Museum in Peking. Gives representative picture of the culture of the course of the Chinese emperors of the Qing Dynasty. Works include weapons, textiles and clothing and jewelry. Also gives information about significance of each piece featured. In Dutch and English. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 124272) ... more |
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| Arts of China Neolithic Cultures to the T'ang Dynasty. Recent Discoveries.
AKIYAMA, TERUKAZU, KOSEI ANDO, SABURO MATSUBARA, TAKASHI OKAZAKI, TAKESHI SEKINO. Stock ID: 126905 Colour tipped in plates, black and white photographic plates, bibliography, glossary, chronology, 251pp, ex-library with label and occasional neat cancelled stamps. Dustjacket torn and a little worn but now protected. A good ex-library copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 126905) ... more |
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The Patchwork Art of Shaanxi Province (Chinese/English) .
SHANYUN, FENG. Stock ID: 124384 Map, colour illustrations, 93pp, hardback, comes with sample. Patchwork, a traditional folk art of the Yanchuan region in Western China, with emergence of cotton cloth. It was a product of the farming society on the rugged Loess Plateau, where the young married women quickly became nimble-fingered from sewing patches ont the torn clothes of their husbands and children. With the laps of time, theylearned to shape suitable patches ito pictures of animals and plants, to add a touch of beauty to everyday work clothes. Bilingual. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 124384) ... more |
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| Imperial Gold From Ancient China, Part II.
DEYDIER, CHRISTIAN. Stock ID: 127504 Colour photographic illustrations, 67pp, bibliography, paperback, quarto, very good. Accompanying catalogue for exhibition exploring Liao metalwork. Includes boxes, bowls, a belt and other objects. The exhibition attempts to show rare works of art of exceptional beauty and quality, as well as shedding some light on the Liao Dynasty and its complex role in Chinese history. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 127504) ... more |
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| Catalogue. Reproductions of Chinese Arts and Crafts. Ancient and Modern.
Stock ID: 127328 In protective sleeve. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 127328) ... more |
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| Arts of Asia. November-December 1991.
(ARTS OF ASIA). Stock ID: 127681 Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 176pp, paper boards, quarto, corners little bumped, a very good copy. This issue mainly devoted to the new Hong Kong Museum of Art. Also includes articles: Classic Chinese Furniture in Tzu-t'an Wood; Chinese Greenware Found in the Philippines; The World of Tribal Art - A Report on the June 1991 Sales in London and Some Notes for New Collectors; The Story of the Lao Nua 'Long Rolls'. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 127681) ... more |
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A Grammar of Chinese Lattice.
DYE, DANIEL SHEETS. Stock ID: 66916 Black and white line illustrations, 469pp, dustjacket. Originally printed in 1949. This book illustrates nearly 2500 designs of lattice windows in old Chinese buildings, together with an introduction covering the historical development of lattice in China, the principles of governing the author's classification of the designs and a lively description from personal observation as to how lattice is constructed and put in place. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 66916) ... more |
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Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs. A comprehensive handbook on symbolism in Chinese art through the ages.
WILLIAMS, C. A.S. Stock ID: 96203 Introduction to this new edition by Terence Barrow. Black and white line illustrations throughout, colour flags of China lower pastedown endpaper, 448pp, paperback. Without understanding the significance of the cultural symbols that are pervasive in Chinese art and architecture, much Asian art cannot be fully appreciated. This comprehensive resource offers concise explanations of these important symbols and motifs. Illustrated with black and white line drawings this has become the standard work on the subject. Suitable for middle to senior high school. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 96203) ... more |
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| Chinese Art.
ASHTON, LEIGH AND BASIL GRAY. Stock ID: 663 Map, black and white plates, 397pp, spine and upper cover patchily faded, endpapers foxed, pencilled name front free endpaper. Short introduction to history of Chinese art. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 663) ... more |
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| Qin Shihuang. Terracotta Warriors and Horses.
CAPON, EDMUND. Stock ID: 2788 Maps, photographic illustrations, mostly colour, 96pp, chronological table, bibliography, quarto. Catalogue to the `Exhibition of the Terracotta Figures of Warriors and Horses of the Qin Dynasty of China' organised by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 2788) ... more |
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| The Chinese Exhibition. A Selection of Recent Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China.
[ARCHAEOLOGY]. Stock ID: 3260 Map, many black and white and colour photographs, 127pp, quarto, covers little marked and worn extremities, neat signature of prior owner one prelim, paperback. Catalogue of the exhibition held at National Gallery of Victoria and Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1977. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 3260) ... more |
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| Chinese Art. One hundred plates in Colour reproducing Pottery and Porcelain of all Periods. Jades Lacquer Paintings Bronzes, Furniture etc., etc.,
HOBSON, R.L. Stock ID: 7878 Introduced by an Outline Sketch of Chinese Art by R.L. Hobson, Keeper of the Department of Ceramics and Ethnography at the British Museum. Tiny tear head of spine, dustjacket torn with loss, some foxing endpapers and prelims, a good copy. Quarto. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 7878) ... more |
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| Chinese Art. One hundred plates in Colour reproducing Pottery and Porcelain of all Periods. Jades Lacquer Paintings Bronzes, Furniture etc., etc.,
HOBSON, R.L. Stock ID: 20591 Revised by Soame Jenyns. 99 colour full page plates with text on opposite leaf, 20 page introduction by R.L. Hobson, some even browning throughout the text, elegant bookplate tipped in front free endpaper, dustjacket lightly browned and soiled with a little minor damage. Good copy. Quarto. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 20591) ... more |
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| The Wares of the Ming Dynasty.
HOBSON, R.L. Stock ID: 30736 128 illustrations, 11 in colour, xvi + 240pp, bibliography, index, quarto, pictorial upper cover gilt, covers somewhat rubbed, three small tears upper joint (1 cm each), repaired hinges splitting, name front pastedown and title page, tiny tears lower margin one leaf, still a good, clean copy of this interesting and handsomely illustrated work. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 30736) ... more |
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| Chinese Export Porcelain. Chine de Commade.
SCHEURLEER, D.F. LUNSINGH. Stock ID: 32019 Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, black and white line illustrations, 256pp, appendix, bibliography, index, slightly shelf worn dustjacket, now protected, quarto, light foxing edges, a very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 32019) ... more |
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Shanghai's Schemozzle. Volumes 1 and 2.
SAPAJOU. Stock ID: 127280 Black and white cartoon illustrations, 160pp, dustjacket. A classic of old Shanghai, first published in 1937 and featuring a host of superb and rarely seen Sapajou cartoons. Lovingly reproduced with volumes 1 and 2 together and a foreword by China scholar Richard Rigby. Nowhere has the Shanghai and China of which Ransome wrote been better portrayed than in the works of Sapajou, and Shanghai's Schemozzle is the best and most typical compilation of his work. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 127280) ... more |
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| The Minor Arts of China.
(SPINK). Stock ID: 127496 Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 99pp, bibliography, paperback, quarto, name front endpaper, little wear to edges, otherwise very good. Catalogue of Chinese art, including: lacquer, wood, horn and ivory, metalwork, enamels, glass, textiles, snuff bottles, hardstones, inkcakes and paintings. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 127496) ... more |
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Origins of the Chinese Avant-Garde. The Modern Woodcut Movement.
TANG, XIAOBING. Stock ID: 127926 Black and white as well as colour photographic illustrations, xi + 300pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, dustjacket. In Origins of the Chinese Avant-Garde, Xiaobing Tang studies the art and art theories of the first half of the twentieth century, when modern Chinese art and literature emerged. He argues that the most consequential expression of the avant-garde was the modern woodcut movement that thrived in China in the 1930s. In this innovative study--also the first comprehensive account of this Chinese movement available in English--Tang examines the aesthetic, intellectual, and social appeal of the modern woodcut and places the movement at the intersection of historical events, individual efforts, and competing discourses on art. He also shows how the woodcut movement drew upon international inspiration--from German Expressionism, Soviet wood engravings, and Japanese creative prints. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 127926) ... more |
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China. Dawn of a Golden Age 200-750 AD.
WATT, JAMES C.Y. Stock ID: 127929 Map, colour photographic illustrations, xxiv + 392pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket, quarto. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 127929) ... more |
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Black Tigers. A Grammar of Chinese Rubbings.
STARR, KENNETH. Stock ID: 128278 Maps, black and white as well as colour photographic illustrations, x + 280pp, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. Slight crease to rear cover. Since at least the early sixth century C.E., ink rubbings of stone, metal, clay tiles, and wood inscriptions and pictorial images have been used in China to make precise copies of culturally valued material. These paper copies sometimes are all that remain of original works that have become illegible through erosion, or that have been destroyed by war or development, or have been rendered inaccessible through events such as flooding resulting from dam construction. Chinese rubbing techniques are used throughout East Asia to create copies that often also are prized in themselves as works of art. Despite the primary importance of this technology to history, art, archaeology, printing, and many other fields of knowledge, "Black Tigers" is the first comprehensive study of rubbings in a Western language, and as such will be welcomed by both scholars and collectors.In "Black Tigers", Kenneth Starr recounts what he has seen and learned in fifty years of fascination with rubbings and travels to China in search of the early inscriptions from which they came. The book is a history of rubbings, a guide to connoisseurship, and a technical handbook on the materials and techniques used to make rubbings. Now readers of English, with the author as their affable guide, can gain rich insight into a rigorous discipline of classical scholarship, the way in which traditional scholars viewed their world, and some of the exquisite subtleties of Chinese high culture and connoisseurship. "Black Tigers" will be an essential resource for students of Chinese art, history, calligraphy, archaeology, and the history of printing. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 128278) ... more |
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| Masterpieces of Chinese Miniature Crafts in the National Palace Museum.
CHIANG FU-TSUNG. Stock ID: 128548 Colour photographic illustrations, 97pp, good copy in pictorial card slipcase. Text in Chinese and English. Crafts include ivory work and some jewellery. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 128548) ... more |
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| The People's Progress. 20th Century Chinese Woodcuts.
[CHINESE WOODCUTS]. Stock ID: 60696 Black and white illustrations, 21pp, upper cover trifle damaged where a sticker has been removed but otherwise a very good paperback copy. Small quarto. Catalogue outlining the collection of contemporary Chinese woodcuts held by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 60696) ... more |
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Early Sino-Tibetan Art.
STODDARD, HEATHER. Stock ID: 49004 Colour as well as black and white photographic illustrations, 140pp, dustjacket. A study of the artistic dialogue between the two great north Asian cultural centers of Tibet and China, commencing as early as the 9th century, through to the 15th century. This groundbreaking monograph is well illustrated with many objects which are otherwise inaccessible and bases its findings on translations of indigenous Tibetan, Chinese and Central Asian inscriptions. With new foreword by the author and extensive bibliography of Western language, Tibetan, Chinese and Japanese sources, it is both attractive and scholarly. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 49004) ... more |
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China at the Court of the Emperors. Unknown Masterpieces from Han Tradition to Tang Elegance (25-907).
RASTELLI, SABRINA. (EDITOR). Stock ID: 127905 Chronology, map, 317pp, bibliography, dustjacket, square quarto. China at the Court of the Emperors presents almost two hundred masterpieces, various in form and rich in beauty, coming from thirty-two museums and institutes in Shaanxi, Henan, Gansu, and Jiangsu provinces, many of them never seen in the West before. It examines the vast period from the Eastern Han dynasty (25?220) through the Tang (618?907), during which Chinese civilization underwent radical transformation. As a matter of fact, Tang China synthesized foreign and indigenous elements that had been present for centuries, thus creating a new, distinctive, and extraordinary cosmopolitan civilization, made possible by tolerance?a message as important today as it was 1,500 years ago. The book includes essays by some of the foremost experts in the field, including Roderick Whitfield (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), Felix Schoeber (University of Westminster, London), Lillian Lan-ying Tseng (Yale University), Nicola di Cosmo (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton), Stefano Zacchetti (Università Ca? Foscari, Venice), and Chao-Hui Jenny Liu (New York University). (When referring to this item please quote stockid 127905) ... more |
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The Art of Chinese Traditional Woodblock Printing.
YIM SHUI-YEN (ED). Stock ID: 60521 In Chinese and English text, folded coloured reproduction woodblocks loosely inserted within wrappers, coloured illustrations, contents, preface, introduction, oblong octavo, 192pp., an excellent copy in wrappers. A brief description of the traditional chinese art of woodblock printing. This book provides information pertaining to the creation of a woodblock including tracing, carving and finally printing. In addition, there are many woodblock illustrations, with descriptions, which are mainly 20th century. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 60521) ... more |
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China on Paper. European and Chinese Works from the Late Sixteenth to the Early Nineteenth Century.
REED, MARCIA AND PAULO DEMATTE. Stock ID: 102849 35 colour and 66 black and white illustrations, ix + 235pp, list of illustrations, dustjacket. The striking illustrated books, maps, and prints featured in China on Paper are some of the most notable among the printed works produced at the dawn of the era of global trade to present China to Europe and to bring Western science, religion, and art to China. From a Chinese translation of the rosary to French editions of Confucian classics, from a monumental map of the world to magnificent engravings of the European Pavilions built by Jesuits at the behest of the Qianlong emperor, these works on paper reveal a compelling and largely hidden history of mutual curiosity and fruitful collaboration at a time when few people traveled far from home. This volume is published in conjunction with an exhibition on view at the Getty Research Institute from November 6, 2007, to February 10, 2008. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 102849) ... more |
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| The Minor Arts of China III.
(SPINK). Stock ID: 127506 Colour photographic illustrations, 128pp, paperback, quarto, corners slightly bumped, otherwise very good. Catalogue of Chinese artwork, including: lacquer; wood; horn, ivory and shell; fans; metalwork, enamels; glass; paintings and textiles; snuff bottles; hardstones. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 127506) ... more |
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| Chinese Treasures from the Avery Brundage Collection.
D'ARGENCE, RENE-YVON LEFEBVRE. Stock ID: 20714 Black and white photographic illustrations, a few in colour, 151pp, chronology, bibliography, paperback covers marked, a good copy. Square octavo. Contents include Ritual Bronzes; Miscellaneous Bronzes; Jades; Ceramics; Decorative Arts; Gilt Bronze Sculpture; Stone Sculpture; Paintings. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 20714) ... more |
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China in a Mirror.
ROLAND, MICHAUD AND SABRINA. Stock ID: 122997 Beautifully photographed and illustrated, map, chronology, 237pp, small oblong quarto, dustjacket. This book is the third and final part of a triptych devoted to three great civilizations - Islam, India and China - exploring the theme of permanence. Using the mirror as their motif, photographer-poets Roland and Sabrina Michaud pair traditional Chinese artworks with their own photographs taken over a period of nearly twenty years. These astonishing pairings bear witness to an enduring civilization, just as the mirror, transcending space, links the past with the present. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 122997) ... more |
AU$90.00 |
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Art in China.
CLUNAS, CRAIG. Stock ID: 128478 Oxford History of Art Series. Maps, colour and black and white illustrations, 276pp, index, paperback. China boasts a history of art lasting over 5,000 years and embracing a huge diversity of forms - objects of jade, lacquer and porcelain, painted scrolls and fans, sculptures in stone, bronze and wood, and murals. But this rich tradition has not, until now been fully appreciated in the West where scholars have focused attention on the European high arts of painting and sculpture, downplaying arts more highly prized by the Chinese themselves, such as calligraphy. Art in China marks a breakthrough in the study of the subject. Drawing on recent innovative scholarship - and newly-accessible studies in China itself - Craig Clunas surveys the full spectrum of the visual arts in China. He ranges from the Neolithic period to the art scene of the early 21st century, examining Chinese art in a variety of contexts - as it has been designed for tombs, commissioned by rulers, displayed in temples, created by the men and women of the educated elite, and bought and sold in the marketplace. This updated edition contains expanded coverage of modern and contemporary art, from the fall of the empire in 1911 to the growing international interest in the art of an increasingly confident and booming China. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 128478) ... more |
AU$39.95 |
| Early Chinese Gold and Silver.
SINGER, DR. PAUL. Stock ID: 132383 Black and white photographic illustrations, 72pp, paperback octavo, a very good copy. An exhibition catalogue of gold and silver objects, dating from the Chou to the Sung dynasties. Objects include bowls, belt hooks, plaques and decorative items. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 132383) ... more |
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| Xin Chuang Hua. [New Decorative Paper-Cuts for Windows].
[CHINESE PAPER-CUTS]. Stock ID: 130995 12 page introduction, 70 full page colour illustrations of paper cuts, original wrappers, lower corner bumped, lightly browned throughout typical of this paper, from the collection of New Zealand Sinophile and author Rewi Alley with his signature on the half title. Text in Chinese. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 130995) ... more |
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Chinese Art. An Introduction.
PRODAN, MARIO. Stock ID: 13867 219pp, colour and black and white plates, bibliography, index, endpapers minor browning, minor wear and fading to dustjacket, price clipped. A good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 13867) ... more |
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The Language of Paper. A History of 2000 Years.
WEBER, THERESE. Stock ID: 127843 Map, olour photographic illustrations, xvii + 206pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket. Paper technology originated in China some two millennia ago, from where it spread east, to Korea and Japan, and west, along the Silk Road, to Central Asia, eventually reaching Europe in the 13th century. As the technology propagated, paper effected profound changes in each society it touched, becoming one of the most important of all cultural media, a status that it retains to the present. Paper accrues value as religious and symbolic markings are added to its surface; fortune papers transport messages to the gods, paper is given the value of money in the form of banknotes, and the dream of flying was first realised in hot-air balloons made of paper. Paper can even be employed as architectural elements, as textiles for garments, and as a medium for artistic expression. In one or many of these manifestations, paper effects the lives of all on earth today. In this cultural history of paper, acclaimed paper artist Therese Weber travels to the few remaining places where traditional methods of papermaking have been preserved. Commencing there Weber takes the reader on a fascinating and colourful journey of discovery of a commodity that many may take for granted, but few fully understand. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 127843) ... more |
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Printed Image in China From the 8th to the 21st Centuries
SPEE, CLARISSA VON Stock ID: 131634 140 colour illustrations The British Museum holds one of the finest collections of Chinese prints outside Asia, with particular strength in the modern period. Its wide range includes examples dating back to the invention of printing in China through its development, both technically and aesthetically, over more than a millennium, from the 8th to the 20th century. This book features 100 of the most iconic and important examples from the British Museums collection, all illustrated with color photographs taken specially for this publication. Many have never before been published. The accompanying text explains the important features of each print, including techniques, aesthetic principles and cultural context, to open up this fascinating subject to a wider audience. The introduction gives a concise survey of the subject, explaining how revolutionary the invention of printing in China was and how its influence spread worldwide. Contributions from three international experts give context for the major sections. The unique range and scope of the British Museums collection offer the material for a stunning overview which provides a long overdue introduction to the Chinese printmakers art. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 131634) ... more |
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The Golden Phoenix. Essays on Chinese Art and Culture.
WINGATE, MRS ALFRED. Stock ID: 131763 252pp, black and white plates, front and back cover patchily faded, front cover has minor marking, spine semi detached and sun faded, front free endpaper browned with previous owners bookplate laid down, minor browning on first and last few pages. A good copy. Chapters include: The Winged Emblem; A Divinity That Shapes; The Ancestral Idea; The Four Essential Creatures; The Greater Renaissance; The Art of Letters; and The Oldest Art. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 131763) ... more |
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Some Contemporary Elements in Classical Chinese Art
YU-HO, TSENG. Stock ID: 131764 viii + 72pp, black and white plates, minor wear and marking to front and back cover, previous owners bookplate laid down on front free enpaper. Translation into Chinese after page 73. A good copy. "This collection of Chinese pictorial motifs, a fraction of art-morale, makes no pretense other than to illustrate the lecture on which it is based. It makes no claims, nor does it offer an analysis; it si simply an attempt to capture poetic truth." (When referring to this item please quote stockid 131764) ... more |
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Chinese Art. An Introduction.
PRODAM, MARIO. Stock ID: 131765 Many black and white and colour plates, 219pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket trifle browning extremeties, now protected, some minor tear to head of spine, price clipped, small previous book sellers stamp inside front cover. A good sound copy. "After a preliminary chapter on the people and history of China, the author discusses with luminous authority and warmth the great Chinese achievements in painting, sculpture, porcelain, jade, bronze, ivory, lacquer, etc." (From the Publishers description). (When referring to this item please quote stockid 131765) ... more |
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Introduction to Chinese Art and History.
SILCOCK, ARNOLD. Stock ID: 131788 252pp, endpaper maps, colour and black and white illustrations, index, bibliography, dustjacket little wear to edges, price clipped, previous book sellers plate on half title page, trifle browning. Good copy. "Books about Chinese are no longer scarce. But this is, I believe, the first time that a book on this subject has been written in the form of a continuous narrative. ... Finally, I would emphasize that my Introduction to Chinese Art and history is not written from the point of view of the expert. It is literally an introduction: an attempt to provide a simple picture of the environment and the age-long development of a great people and a noble art". (From the Introduction). (When referring to this item please quote stockid 131788) ... more |
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Tao. The Chinese Philosophy of Time and Change.
RAWSON, PHILIP AND LASZLO LEGEZA. Stock ID: 90809 Many colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 128pp, paperback, quarto, wear to covers, edges little soiled, internally clean, still a good copy. A collection of various types of art, including ceramics and painting, depicting some aspect of Taoism. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 90809) ... more |
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Chinese Ceramics. A Design History.
PIERSON, STACEY. Stock ID: 129917 Black and white and colour photographic illustrations, 144 pages, index, bibliography, notes, hardback, dustjacket. quarto. Chinese ceramics are among the most widely admired and collected in the world. From elegant Song celadons to decorative Ming vases and colourful Qing famille rose, ceramics produced in China have influenced taste and daily life globally. This new design history draws on the V&A's comprehensive collection to look at the production, consumption, aesthetics and transfer of Chinese ceramics. Stunning new photography illustrates over 200 pieces, including previously unpublished objects. It also explores ceramics made in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from Republican period porcelain to propaganda ware and studio pottery, a first for any survey history of the subject. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 129917) ... more |
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Chinese Pictorial Art as Viewed by the Connoisseur. Notes on the Means and Methods of Traditional Chinese Connoisseurship of Pictorial Art, Based upon a Study of the Art of Mounting Scrolls in China and Japan.
VAN GULIK, R.H. Stock ID: 66913 Black and white photographic plates, black and white and colour illustrations, xxxvii + 537pp, appendicies, index, gilt Chinese lettering upper cover and spine, dustjacket, corners and spine bumped. Originally published in Italy 1958. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 66913) ... more |
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L'Art Chinois.
PALEOLOGUE, M. Stock ID: 91122 Black and white illustrations in the text throughout, 320pp, half title and title page damaged with a little loss, upper hinge cracked, one gathering loose, a little light browning on margins, front endpapers marked and a little torn. Bound in pictorial cloth lettered in gilt, cloth a little marked and worn but still quite attractive. Chapters discuss the architecture, bronzes, ceramics, painting and lacquers. Text in French. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 91122) ... more |
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Chinese Folk Art II In American Collections, From Early 15th Century to Early 20th Century
TSENG YU-HO ECKE. Stock ID: 131860 xvii + 159pp, bibliography, black and white and colour plates, light wear to covers, neat previous owners bookplate inside front cover, minor creasing on few pages. A good copy. This informative catalogue from the second exhibition of the same name focuses again on the folk arts of China and displays the artistry and craftsmanship of the Chinese people. Includes sections on wooden utensils, lacquered leathers and cotton textiles as well as woodblock prints, paper crafts and papercuts. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 131860) ... more |
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| 2000 Years of Chinese Lacquer. Catalogue of a Exhibition Jointly Presented by the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Art Gallery, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
SHIH-CHANG, HU, CHONG, TEO KHENG, SHING-YU, YIP Stock ID: 132108 Profuse colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 246pp, hardback quarto, a very good copy in protected dustjacket. 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. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 132108) ... more |
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