United Kingdom: D Giles Ltd., 2017. 210pp, index, a good This is a completely new guide to the Freer-Sackler Gallery collection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographs from Asia and the Middle East, which features some remarkable early photography as well as newly acquired works by leading modern and contemporary artists..... More
United Kingdom: British Museum Press, 2011. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout, paperback. Produced from plants by a process akin to alchemy, indigo has a unique chemistry that renders it compatible with all natural fibres. From the time of the ancient Egyptians it made an incredible impact worldwide as..... More
Hong Kong. Hong Kong Heritage Museum. 1997. Chinese text, coloured and black and white photographic illustrations, black and white line drawings and diagrams, maps, tables, 144pp., an excellent copy in paperback. Quarto. Text in Chinese only many detailed photographic plates of porcelain items, both whole and fragments. (When referring to..... More
Illustrated throughout in colour, 142pp, glossary, index, paperback. 30.5 x 23cm. Very good copy. In Bali, textiles are more than just decorative fabrics; they are imbued with magical powers and deep ritual significance. Gods, humans, trees, and even temples are arrayed on festival days in exquisite hand-wrought cloths, some of..... More
United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press. 2011. Map, colour photographic illustrations, 128 pages, appendix, paperback. The art of calligraphy is seen as the epitome of Chinese culture. Originating in the earliest abstract symbols carved on cave walls, animal bones and tortoise shells by the ancient Chinese people, over several thousand years..... More
No place of publication. Ningxia People's Publishing House. No date of publication. Full colour and black and white reproductions of Arabic art, 239pp, introduction and conclusion in Simplified Chinese, includes CD. Paperback quarto. Excellent artbook showcasing Arabian fine art with commentary in Simplified Chinese. An excellent resource even for non-Chinese..... More
Singapore. Singapore Art Museum. 1998. Colour plates, 72pp, biography, list of works, text in Chinese and English, text and pictorial gilt upper cover and spine, small quarto, paperback. This catalogue published in conjunction with the Fan Chang Tien, His Art and Passion exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum presents ten..... More
United Kingdom: The Bodleian Library, 2011. 82 colour illustrations Many important and valuable manuscripts, rare books, and artefacts related to Korea have been acquired by donations throughout the long history of the Bodleian Library and the museums of the University of Oxford. However, due to an early lack of specialist..... More
Los Angeles. Getty Research Institute. 2011. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xi + 197 pages, hardback. 26.6 x 28.2cm. This title offers a lavishly illustrated exploration of the history of photography in China. Photography was introduced to China in the 1840s through the West's engagement in the Opium..... More
New Delhi. Munshiram Manoharlal. 1997. Reprint. Map, black and white plates, 2 folding, 368pp, some light soiling, minor wear slightly marked dustjacket. A good copy of an Indian reprint. First published in London in 1854. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170850). More
No place of publication. Mapin. 1999. Colour frontispiece, numerous colour photographic illustrations, 120 pp, glossary, bibliography, dustjacket. A presentation of the Goddess Parvati in all of her manifestations, with photographic illustrations of stone sculptures, bronzes and paintings. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 67538). More
Mansfield Center. Martino. (2000). Black and white line illustrations, ix + 322pp, index. Originally published in Paris in 1900. Describes over 500 early Japanese books in the Bibliotheque Nationale, plus information on the history of engraving of Japanese books, and on individual artists. (When referring to this item please quote..... More
London. I.B.Tauris. 1999. Many stricking black and white photographic plates, 128pp, bibliography, index, hardback with dustjacket. Oblong quarto. This book "documents the period between 1900 and 1950, which saw Kuwait's emergence from a vunerable shaikhdom negotiating a precarious independece amongst neighbouring powers - the British in India and the Gulf..... More
New York. The Museum For African Art. 1993. Colour plates, 91pp, very good paperback. Text in English with three articles also in French. This publication is the first for The Museum for African Art, in a new series of books and exhibitions, Focus on African Art. (When referring to this..... More
Ahmedabad. Mapin. 2001. Profuse colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 107pp, paperback, Contemporary Indian Artists Series, quarto. A biography of the Indian artist, Shyamal Dutta Ray, and his paintings, particularly watercolours. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 67554). More
United States. Dover Publications. 2006. Colour illustrations, 128 pages, accompanying CD-ROM, paperback. Superb collection of authentic Japanese art and design reproduced directly from rare and costly sources includes birds, florals, animals, fish, crests, geometric designs, and patterns. An invaluable resource for professional and amateur artists and craftspeople. Over 260 color..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2008. Maps, xi + 237pp, colour photographic illustrations, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, dustjacket. The collection of Burmese art housed at the Denison Museum in Granville, Ohio, USA, includes more than 1,500 objects dating from the late first millennium AD through the twentieth century. While particularly strong on..... More
Bangkok. Orchid Press. 2001. First edition. Map, profuse colour photographic plates, folding landscape line illustration, xiv + 206pp, notes, bibliography, index, protected dustjacket. Quarto. The monumental cave complexes of the Baodingshan site at Dazu, in Sichuan Province, and their vast treasure trove of Buddhist sculpture and painting have been little..... More
Bangkok. White Lotus. 2002. Map, profuse colour photographic plates, black and white illustrations, x + 290pp, references, paperback. Quarto. A thorough survey of the textiles of the peoples in Vietnam who speak Daic languages. The Daic peoples in Vietnam are divided into thirteen official ethnic groups and this book provides..... More
Thailand. White Lotus. 2005. Maps, black and white illustrations, black and white and colour photographic illustrations, xix + 163 pages, index, references, quarto, paperback. This is an indispensable contribution to the literature on the material culture of the peoples of Vietnam’s Central Highlands. In addition to providing a great deal..... More
Ahmedabad. Mapin. 1996. Profuse colour photographic illustrations by Stephen Huyler, 231pp, glossary, footnotes, bibliography, dustjacket, large quarto. There are more working potters in India than in any other country of the world - more than 350,000! In a text sumptuously illustrated in colour, Huyler surveys this exciting craft through examples..... More
Ahmedabad. Mapin. 1999. Colour map of West Bengal, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 232pp, bibliography, glossary, index, protected dustjacket, quarto. "Kalighat painting emerged from the changing world of nineteenth century Calcutta, with old and new images seemingly layered one upon another on a transparent plane. Traditionally inherited techniques..... More
Singapore. NUS Press, 2019. Black and white illustrations, 400pp, 229mm x 152mm. Paperback. What is the modern in Southeast Asia’s architecture and how do we approach its study critically? This pathbreaking multidisciplinary volume is the first critical survey of Southeast Asia’s modern architecture. It looks at the challenges of studying..... More
Folkestone. Global Oriental. 2008. Colour photographic plates, xi + 240pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket.. Using an interdisciplinary, theoretical and ethnographic approach, this book brings together a collection of research on contemporary Japanese performance practices. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 102569). More
Singapore. National University of Singapore. 2008. Maps/plans, black and white photographic illustratoins, xxviii + 321pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. Arguably Southeast Asia's most spectacular city, Kuala Lumpur - widely known as KL - has just celebrated 50 years as the national capital of Malaysia. But KL now has a very..... More
