Search Results: Asian Art from Jorge Welsh Books

Jorge Welsh Books, 2008 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English Edition; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 352 pages, 250 colour illustrations, 25 black and white illustrations; 23.5 x 30 cm; 2.5 kg; May show signs of shelf wear.; Exhibition catalogue, introduction and entries by Teresa Canepa, articles by Alexandra Curvelo, Christian J.A.Jörg, Pedro Cancela de Abreu, Miho Kitagawa; This impressive catalogue explores 48 exceptional pieces of namban art made for Western markets. Many of the namban objects discussed are of important historical relevance. They illustrate the short, but eventful period of the Western presence in Japan. Several objects are previously unrecorded. This catalogue won the ArtWorldDealers 2008 Award in the category of ‘Antiques & Works of Art’ at the European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) Maastricht in 2008..

Bracken Books, 1986 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 16,5 x 22,4 cm; 1,174 Kg; 454 pages with 32 colour illustrations. ; Facsmile of the original edition.; Used book with signs of wear. Minor signs of wear on the dust jacket, which is price clipped. Previous owner dedication and stamp on front free endpaper. The interior is in very good condition.; To the majority of the western world the land of China and its people remain a mystery: vast, unknown, incomprehensible. But China contains one of the finest civilisations of the world and has its own heroes, folk, tales and traditions as the western world has the legends of the Nibelungs and King Arthur.This wonderful book of China and her people was written in 1922 by Edward Werner. He spent many years as British Consul in Foochow and made a profound study of the Chinese. At the start of the book he gives a brief description of the Chinese people setting the tales in their social context. Then he narrates the… Read More

Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1977 Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 16.5 x 25.5 cm; 0.7 Kg; 128 pages plus appendix with black and white illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the dust jacket. The dust jacket is slightly loose due to use. Interior in very good condition with minor signs of wear except for a previous owner stamp on front free endpaper.; Since it appeared in 1962, Professor Watson's masterly account of the bronzes of ancient China from the earliest times down to the Han Dynasty has come to be regarded as the standard work on the subject. For this new edition, he has added a long preface incorporating the results of the latest research - in particular the substantial research carried out by Chinese field archaeologists in the past few years - and seven new colour plates. He has also made a number of corrections and amplifications in the main text and expanded the bibliography.;"This is a book for careful study and as such it… Read More

Casell Publishers, London, 1987 Book. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback; 19 x 13 cm; 0.230 kg; 155 pages with colour illustrations.; Used book with minor signs of wear.The interior is in good condition, except for minor yellowing on the front and free endpaper.; The word 'jade' conjures up an image of strange carvings in a smooth green stone. In fact jade comes in many different colours, but all the various types have a delicate beauty which has always appealed to connoisseur and craftsman alike. In China jade was being carved as far back as Neolithic times, even before the discoveries of metal. To cut and shape such a hard material using only bone or bamboo with an abrasive must have demanded extraordinary patience. No wonder the Chinese regarded it as more precious than gold. The objects made were often symbolic, since jade was thought to have magical properties, and shapes represent deities such as the Earth or the Sun. Owing to the hardness of jade it was frequently used to make… Read More

Art Gallery, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1984 Book. Good. Soft cover. Chinese and English text; Paperback; 21.2 x 28.1 cm; 1.142 Kg; 299 pages with black and white (mainly) and colour illustrations; Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. Some yellowing throughout; Catalogue for the "Exhibition of Archaeological Finds from the Pre-Qin Sites in Guangdong" jointly organized by the Guangdong Provincial Museum and the Art Gallery of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. "The exhibits contributed by the Guangdong Provincial Museum to the present exhibition are all drawn from archaeological finds in the last thirty years. Most of the major dwelling and burial sites have been included, especially the site at Shishia of Maba town, Qujiang county, said to have heralded a new era in Neolithic archaeology in Guangdong, is represented by no least than eighteen items. The exhibits from Hong Kong are primarily selected from local excavations, supplemented by a few examples of… Read More

Art Gallery, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983 Book. Good. Soft cover. Chinese and English text; Paperback; 21.5 x 28.2 cm; 1.076 Kg; 261 pages with black and white (mainly) and colour illustrations; ISBN: 962-7101-01-10; Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. Minor yellowing throughout; No writing or highlighting inside; Catalogue from the "Exhibition of Archaeological Finds from Han Tombs at Guangzhou and Hong Kong", jointly organized by the Guangzhou Museum and the Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The exhibits contributed by the Guangzhou Museum to the present exhibition are drawn entirely from archaeological finds in the last thirty years, including some latest materials as yet to be published.; "The exhibits from Hong Kong are primarily selected from the objects found in the Han tomb at Lizhengwu (Li Cheng Uk). These are supplemented by objects excavated in Guangzhou prior to 1949, including a selection from the former collection of… Read More

Reaktion Books, London, 2010 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 26 x 26 cm; 1.8 kg; 230 pages with 230 illustrations, 83 in colour.; Used book with minor signs of wear. As new. Minor signs of wear on the dust jacket which is now protected with a clearcover.; No other civilisation in the pre-modern world was more obsessed with creating underground burial structures than the Chinese. For at least five thousand years, from the fourth millennium BCE to the early twentieth century, Chinese people devoted an extraordinary amount of wealth and labour to building tombs and furnishing them with exquisite objects and images. In art history these ancient burial sites have mainly been appreciated as "treasures troves" of exciting and often previously unknown works of art. New trends in Chinese art history are challenging this way of studying funerary art: now an entire memorial site - rather than any of its individual components - has become the focus of… Read More

Jorge Welsh Books, 2009 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 188 pages, 122 colour illustrations, 2 black and white illustrations; 23.9 x 29.5 cm; 1.5 kg; May show signs of shelf wear.; Exhibition catalogue with introduction by Alexandra Curvelo.; An academic catalogue exploring porcelain and works of art from Africa, India, China and Japan from the 16th to 18th centuries. These objects, that embody the Age of Discovery, were made by local craftsmen in various materials and decorative techniques. They serve to illustrate this great epoch of early contact and trade relations and show how European, particularly Portuguese, culture and art influenced the world from the 15th century onwards. The works of art include a brass plaque from the Kingdom of Benin; a tortoiseshell casket and two black mastic and mother-of-pearl overlaid objects from Gujarat; a group of rare export porcelains and a six-fold lacquer screen from China; and three namban objects from Japan..

Jorge Welsh Books, 2009 Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback; available, 188 pages, 122 colour illustrations, 2 black and white illustrations; 23.9 x 29.5 cm; 1.3 kg; May show signs of shelf wear.; Exhibition catalogue with introduction by Alexandra Curvelo and catalogue entries by Teresa Canepa; An academic catalogue exploring porcelain and works of art from Africa, India, China and Japan from the 16th to 18th centuries. These objects, that embody the Age of Discovery, were made by local craftsmen in various materials and decorative techniques. They serve to illustrate this great epoch of early contact and trade relations and show how European, particularly Portuguese, culture and art influenced the world from the 15th century onwards. The works of art include a brass plaque from the Kingdom of Benin; a tortoiseshell casket and two black mastic and mother-of-pearl overlaid objects from Gujarat; a group of rare export porcelains and a six-fold lacquer screen from China; and… Read More

Sotheby's Publications by Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd, 1987 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; 2 Hardcover VOLUMES (with dust jackets) in slipcase.; 24.6 x 33.5 cm; 6.9 Kg; 1132 pages with colour and black and white illustrations throughout.; VOLUME I: 3.681 Kg, 608 pages; VOLUME II: 3.236 Kg, from page 609 to 1132.; Minor signs of wear on the slipcase and dust jackets. Interior as new.; It is surprising that so little of the great heritage of Japanese art in book form has been appreciated in the west, where attention has been largely confined to Ukyo-e prints. There has hitherto been no publication, in Japanese or in any non-Japanese language, that does justice to the art of the Japanese illustrated book. Jack Hiller, a wood engraver himself, has been a collector and connoisseur of the Japanese book for over thirty years. An unrivalled knowledge of the subject, and of the location of the rarer key works, has enabled him to present, for the first time, a balanced, appositely… Read More

Jorge Welsh Books, 2009 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Portuguese text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 188 pages, 122 colour illustrations, 2 black and white illustrations; 23.9 x 29.5 cm; 1.5 kg; May show signs of shelf wear.; Exhibition catalogue with introduction by Alexandra Curvelo.; An academic catalogue exploring porcelain and works of art from Africa, India, China and Japan from the 16th to 18th centuries. These objects, that embody the Age of Discovery, were made by local craftsmen in various materials and decorative techniques. They serve to illustrate this great epoch of early contact and trade relations and show how European, particularly Portuguese, culture and art influenced the world from the 15th century onwards. The works of art include a brass plaque from the Kingdom of Benin; a tortoiseshell casket and two black mastic and mother-of-pearl overlaid objects from Gujarat; a group of rare export porcelains and a six-fold lacquer screen from China; and three namban objects from Japan.

Oriental Ceramic Society, 2011 Book. New. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. English text with captions also in Chinese; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 36 x 26 cm 2.4 Kg; , 287 pages with black and white and colour illustrations throughout.; New. May show signs of shelf wear.The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; The book includes an introductory essay and descriptive captions of 277 exhibits by Gerald Tsang and Hugh Moss.; The first edition was published in Hong Kong, in 1986, and is now very hard to find. This is the second edition, published in 2011. Limited and numbered edition of 1,500 copies., of which this is number 1209.; The book "Arts from the Scholar's Studio" has long been out-of-print. In light of increasing demands from collectors, and in the hope of stimulating further interest and scholarship in the field, the book was reprinted and now available for sale. It is the catalogue of an exhibition jointly presented by the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Fung… Read More

Arts of Asia Publications, Hong Kong, 2009 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback magazine; 23 x 30 cm; 0.654 Kg; 152 pages with illustrations. Used with signs of wear. Edgeworn.; Main theme: Sir Percival David Collection at the British Museum.; Includes: New at the British Museum: The Sir Percival David Collection in the Sir Joseph Hotung Centre for Ceramic Studies by Jan Stuart; Sir Joseph Hotung: A Benefactor's Perspective by Carol Michaelson; The Percival David Collection: Towards a History of Acquisitions by Stacey Pierson; Some Notable Tang to Song Dynasty Ceramics in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art by Rose Kerr; Sir Percival David's Yuan Dynasty Ceramics by Rosemary Scott; A New Concept for a Classic Collection: The Ming Ceramics in the Sir Percival David Collection at the British Museum by Jessica Harrison-Hall; Qing Imperial Porcelain ang Glass by Regina Krahl; Beyond Orientalism: Works Inspired by Islamic Art by Lucien de Guise; 20th-21st Century Artists… Read More

Arts of Asia Publications, Hong Kong, 1982 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback magazine; 23 x 30 cm; 0.556 Kg; 152 pages with illustrations. Used with signs of wear. Edgeworn.; Main theme: The Antique Weavings of the Lao Neua; Includes: Chinese Cyclical Dating in Algebraic Form by Paul Kandell; Bandha Textiles by Katherine F. Hacker; Kalagas: Burmese Wall Hangings and Related Embroideries by Sylvia Fraser-Lu; Modern Mien Needlework by Margaret G. Forsythe; Sacred Cloth of Plant and Palm by Pat Justianiani McReynolds; The Use of Manipulation in Chinese Rhinoceros Horn Cups by Jan Chapman; Recollections: Elizabeth Bayley Willis and her Collections by Krista Jensen Turnbull; The Antique Weavings of the Lao Neua by Patricia Cheesman; Saleroom news by Patricia Curtin, Colin Sheaf and Robert Kleiner; Book reviews by Elizabeth H. Moore of the publication: Nonya ware and Kitchen Ch'ing: Ceremonial and domestic pottery of the 19th-20th centuries commonly found in Malaysia by the Southeast… Read More

Thames & Hudson, United Kingdom, 1973 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 16,5 x 25 cm; 1 Kg.; 256 pages with 235 illustrations, 14 in colour, and 34 diagrams and maps.; Used with signs of wear.; New and revised edition of 'A Short History of Chinese Art, published by Faber and Faber in 1967.; Michael Sullivan presents a balanced picture of the arts of China from the Stone Age to the present day. It has grown out of the author's Introduction to Chinese Art, which first appeared in 1961 and was reissued in a revised edition in 1967 under the title of 'A Short History of Chinese Art'. Since then, the pace of archaeological discovery and research has quickened, some of the most sensational finds having been made at the height of the Cultural Revolution in 1966-68, when to the outside world it seemed for a time as if China had turned her back on cultural heritage. These new developments, which have been watched by admirers of Chinese culture with… Read More

Arts of Asia Publications, Hong Kong, 1995 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback magazine; 23 x 30 cm; 0.613 Kg; 144 pages with illustrations. Used with signs of wear. Edgeworn.; Main theme: Hong Kong Collections: Ceramics, Metalwork, Paintings, Textiles, Snuff Bottles; Includes: The C.P. Lin Collection: Chinese Ceramics from Song to Qing by Anthony Lin; The Mengdiexuan Collection: Chinese Metalwork from the Shang Through the Song Dynasty by Anthony Lin; The Chris Hall Collection: Chinese Textiles and Regalia by Don J. Cohn; The M.K. Lau Collection: Twentieth Century Chinese Paintings by Catherine Maudsley; The Christopher Sin and Humphrey Hui Collections: Chinese Snuff Bottles by Michael C. Hughes; The saleroom news: Christie's New York: Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy on Novemver 30th 1994 by Elizabeth Hammer, Sotheby's New York: Indian and Southeast Asian Art on November 30th 1994 by Carlton C. Rochell, Jr and R. Seth Bright.; Nagarjunakonda Museum: Buddhist Site of Andhra… Read More

Arts of Asia Publications, Hong Kong, 2001 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback magazine; 23 x 30 cm; 0.593 Kg; 140 pages with illustrations. Used with signs of wear. Edgeworn.; Main theme: Chinese Buddhist Sculptures; Includes: Special Report on Asian Art In London by Robin Markbreiter; Typological Analysis of Northern Qi Buddhist Statues Unearthed from the site of Longxing Monastery by Wang Ruixia and Zhou Linlin; Time and Cause for the Destruction of the Longxing Monastery by Sun Xinsheng; The Mark Gordon Collection of Southeast Asian Tribal Sculpture by Sian E. Jay; Judging Authenticity in Tribal Art by Mark Gordon; Luohans on Chinese Altars by Keith Stevens; Treasures from The Hoi an Hoard by Kerry Nguyen-Long; The Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait by Jehan S. Rajab; Saleroom news: Sotheby's International: The Publisher Interviews Robin G. Woodhead by Tuyet Nguyet and Robin Markbreiter, Sotheby's Honk Kong: Autumn Chinese Sales on October 29th and 30th 2000 by Nicolas Chow;… Read More

Arts of Asia Publications, Hong Kong, 1997 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback magazine; 23 x 30 cm; 0.671 Kg; 156 pages with illustrations. Used with signs of wear. Edgeworn.; Main theme: The Three-Inch Golden Lotus: A Collection of Chinese Bound Foot Shoes; Includes: The Three-Inch Golden Lotus by Glenn Roberts and Valerie Steele; Mingei International Museum of Folk Art San Diego by Timothy Mertel; George Chinnery and China Coast Paintings in Japan by Patrick Conner; The Marvels of Sanchi by K.M. Srivastava; New Studies In Chinese Art and Antiquities by Cherry Barnett; Saleroom news: Christie's Hong Kong: The Jingguantang Collection of Chinese Works of Art on November 3rd 1996 by J.M. Eskenazi, James J. Lally and Richard P. Marchant, Sotheby's Hong Kong: An Important Private Collection of Chinese Celadons and other Ceramics on November 5th 1996 by Henry Howard-Sneyd, Christie's Amsterdam: Indian, Himalayian and Southeast Asian Art on November 18th 1996 by Hugo Kreijger;… Read More

Arts of Asia Publications, Hong Kong, 1999 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback magazine; 23 x 30 cm; 0.654 Kg; 152 pages with illustrations. Used with signs of wear. Edgeworn.; Main theme: Jade and Hardstone Artefacts; Includes: Jade and Hardstone Artefacts: New Finds from the Go Mun Culture, Vietnam by Christopher J. Frape; The Judy and Michael Steinhardt Collection of Chinese Textiles by Julie Segrave; Indian Textiles by Anamika Pathak; The Artist in Burma from the Earliest Times to 1910 by Noel F. Singer; The "Great Game" In Tibet: Early Twentieth Century photographs by Russian, British and American Travellers by Valrae Reynold; Warring States Treasures: Cultural Relics from the state of Zhongshan, Hebei Province by Rose Wing and Chong Lee; Saleroom news: Ceramics and Works of Art in London, Christie's on June 15th 1999; Sotheby's on June 16th 1999 by David Priestley, Christie's Tailand: The Treasure of Siam on August 7th 1999, Important Thai Paintings on… Read More

Arts of Asia Publications, Hong Kong, 1978 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback magazine; 23 x 30 cm; 0.475 Kg; 128 pages with illustrations. Used with signs of wear. Edgeworn. Minor writing on front free endpaper; Main theme: Costume as symbol in traditional China.; Includes: Costume as Symbol in Traditional China by John Vollmer; Chinese Collection of King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden by Sharon Ziesnitz; Snuff Bottle Portraits by Virgina Mead; The Traditional Temple Paintings of Thailand by Sonia Krug; Chinese Woodcarving of the Ch'ing Period by Willem Irik; Pre-Hispanic Gold in the Philippines by Angelita G. Legarda; The Second London Convention Netsuke in Japanese Art by George Lazarnick; Saleroom news by Simone Hartman & Ursula Roberts; Book review by Stephen Markbreiter of the publication: Anyang by Li Chi.; Collectors column: David & Harumi Yoshizawa Rose..