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	Kathmandu Valley Painting: The Jucker Collection - 0906026520 For most lovers of Nepalese art, the Jucker collection will come as a revelation. The core of the collection was assembled during the 1960s in India, with a few well-judged additions in recent years filling in the remaining stylistic and iconographic lacunae. The collection as it stands gives excellent overall view of the painting tradition in the Kathmandu Valley from the thirteenth to the early twentieth century - including several extremely rare scrolls for which there are no comparable pi... $45.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Lacquer Treasures from China Vol. 4: Yuan Dynasty - 7539307609 Written by Chen Jing, this volume includes the rarest lacquerwares to have been preserved from the Three Kingdoms, Northern Wei, Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties. $67.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Lacquer Treasures from China Volume 2: Warring States Period to Qin Dynasty - 753930605X Written by Chen Zhenyu, the second volume continues with the wonderful lacquer animal figures, boxes, vessels, combs, and ear-cups of the mid-Warring States and the Qin dynasties. The essay in this volume focuses primarily on the Qin lacquer designs and techniques. $49.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Lacquerware from the Warring States to the Han Periods - 9627101184 The 82 exhibits in this unprecedented exhibition of ancient lacquerwares are selected from the superb collection of the Hubei Provincial Museum, illustrating the various production techniques and decorative styles of lacquerwares of the Warring States to the Han periods. Includes 4 scholarly essays on the styles, musical instruments, the qiagin and zanxi techniques, and the conservation of technology of ancient lacquerware. $59.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Leisurely Pursuit: Splendid Hardwood Antiquities from the Liang Yi Collection - 9628607111 The phenomenon of antique hardwood furniture streaming into Hong Kong during the late 80s and early 90s will long be cherished as the 'Golden Years' for collecting Chinese furniture. Reduced from a trickle to intermittent drops, the source at the turn of the millennium is all but dry. Still, many treasures gathered away in private hands have yet to be seen, and with each unveiling, knowledge is increased and perspectives broadened. Such is the Liang Yi Collection, which expands into the board... $97.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Living with Ming: The Lu Ming Shi Collection - 9628089056 This volume presents the amazing Lu Ming Shi Collection, which comprises 71 examples of huanghuali and zitan furniture and scholar's objects. Together they represent the golden age of Chinese furniture design. Beautifully illustrated, each piece is described by Grace Wu Bruce, with a preface by Jean-Paul Desroches and an essay 'Collecting or the Passion of a Private Obsession: A Commentary on the Lu Ming Shi Collection' by Philippe De Backer. $102.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Lost At Sea: The Strange Route of the Lena Shoal Junk - 1902699130 The discovery of the Lena Shoal wreck northeast of Palawan in the Philippines in February 1997 shed valuable light on historical trading patterns in south-east Asia. The Lena Shoal junk carried a valuable cargo from China, Siam and Annam, some of which would have been destined for the distant ports of Hormuz and Aden, whilst other cargo would have been bartered for exotic products in the Muslim sultanates of the Philippine Islands, Borneo or Maluccas. High quality ceramics such as blue and wh... $178.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-Chien - 9627101249 Chang Dai-chien is considered one of the most prominent Chinese painters of the 20th century. This volume comprises 122 paintings of his masterpieces figures, landscapes, flora, and fauna painted between 1929 and 1968 selected from the Mei Yun Tang Collection, reflecting the evolution of the artist s styles and technics. Also included is the reprint of text related to the object, which makes this catalog worthwhile as another important research resource. $84.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Ming Ceramics in the British Museum - 071411488X Ming pottery and porcelain, dating from China's Renaissance period between the mid fourteenth and mid seventeenth centuries, has influenced the way people serve food and decorate their buildings from Europe to East Africa. In imperial China, ceramics were needed for the daily use of the emperors and their households as well as for the performance of sacred and secular rites. Inscribed vessels were presented to Buddhist, Daoist and Confucian temples, and pottery replicas were required after de... $250.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Ming Furniture - Grace Wu Bruce Co. - 1878529714 Ming Furniture features 37 pieces from the Grace Wu Bruce Co s showrooms in 1994 and 1995. A broad range of items are presented. A balance scale, a musical instrument stand, a traveling book cabinet, and a traveling table are some of the more unusual items. Mostly constructed of Huanghuali wood in the 16th and 17th centuries, the items are beautifully photographed and well documented with references to provenance and period drawings and works of art of similar pieces. $42.50     View Details Add To Cart
	New Songs on Ancient Tunes - 9780937426807 New Songs on Ancient Tunes presents a sweeping selection of Chinese paintings and calligraphies from the turbulent century between 1850 and 1950. Drawn entirely from the private San Francisco collection of the Reverend Richard Fabian, the works span the years between the Opium War and the Cultural Revolution. The book includes a survey of the bold style of the late nineteenth-century Shanghai School, as contrasted with the conservative artists of the late Qing dynasty Orthodox School, and exa... $51.50     View Details Add To Cart
	On the Kang & Between the Walls - 9628089021 On the Kang and Between the Walls is the catalog for the Grace Wu Bruce London Inaugural Exhibition in November 1998. Subtitled, The Ming Furniture quietly installed, the book presents about 20 pieces, all beautifully photographed and fully annotated. As would become the standard with Grace Wu Bruce catalogs, the text not only describes each piece in detail, it also provides a context in which the piece existed. Original drawings and prints that depict the pieces or similar items suppl... $45.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Oracles and Demons Tibet - 8173030391 Oracles and Demons Tibet: The Cult and Iconography of the Tibetan Protective Deities is a study of the Tibetan protective deities and their cult, which, apart from giving an insight into a little known aspect of Lamaism, reveals new facets regarding beliefs of present Buddhist Tibet and their relation to the early shamanistic stratum out of which the Bon religion developed. Despite its secrecy, the author successfully provides valuable information gathered from three Tibetan Incarnate ... $45.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Painted Buddhas of Xinjiang: Hidden Treasures from the Silk Road - 1588860272 Hidden away beneath the mountains of Xinjiang, in former Chinese Turkestan, are a series of caves along what was once the Silk Route, but which have been inaccessible for half a century. After thirty years of negotiation, the photographer Reza finally gained permission to visit the caves became the first Westerner to record the extraordinary frescoes they contained. Intended as a focus for pilgrimage and prayer, these paintings, produced by monks in the kingdom of Kucha between the fourth an... $27.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Paintings and Calligraphy of the Ming and Qing Dynasties from the Chih Lo Lou - 9627101222 Catalog of the exhibition of Chinese painting and calligraphy drawn from the Chih Lo Lou Collection. The 80 works displayed date mostly from the 15th to the 19th century, shedding light on the artistic development of China from the mid-Ming to the mid-Qing period. Highlighted in this collection are works by important artists including the Four Ming Masters, Dong Qichang, the early Qing Orthodox Masters, and six of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. $50.58     View Details Add To Cart
	Paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties from the Guangzhou Art Gallery - 9627101079 Catalog of the exhibition of Chinese paintings from the Guangzhou Art Gallery at the Art Gallery, the Chinese University of Hong Kong; the exhibition held in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Guangzhou Art Gallery. 99 scrolls and albums are included in this volume, covering the period from the mid-Ming to the late Qing dynasty. $51.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Pavillion of Marital Harmony (Fan Tchunpi) - 2880310105 This unique exhibition shows an important selection of the works of Fan Tchunpi (1898-1986), who was born in China but who spent the final years of her life in Geneva. It also shows part of a rare collection of Chinese calligraphy and paintings assembled by her and her husband, Tsen Tsonming, who died tragically in Hanoi in 1939. The collection brought together old pieces along with the works of the most notable painters of the first half of the 20th century. The catalogue is divided into fou... $51.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Permanence: Classical Chinese Stone Furniture - 9572847619 This exhibition covers stone furniture form Han to Qing, illustrating the transition in the Chinese culture from mat level to chair. The earliest piece is a Han dynasty stone meditation platform, others include late pieces of Ming and Qing in the form of tables, stools, garden and plant stands, benches and drum stools. This is the first exhibition to present many variations of garden future, however, some items such as drum-shaped pieces are actually bases of of pillars form the interior of a... $68.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Pointers and Clues to The Subjects of Chinese & Japanese Art - 1588860019 Pointers and Clues to The Subjects of Chinese & Japanese Art is 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. $27.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Portraits of the Masters: Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages - 1932476008 Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism is rapidly becoming a part of our cultural landscape,an element of human civilisation with its own universal appeal. Nevertheless public awareness remains limited concerning the great teachers and visionaries who over fourteen centuries formulated and expounded the system of thought which in the 21st century seems the most contemporary of the world religions. And yet there is a rich written tradition dating back at least 800 years documenting their lives and teachin... $119.50     View Details Add To Cart

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