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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.
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A Arte Expansionista, Objectos Contempor�neos e Posteriores Hardcover - 2009
by Jorge Welsh (ed.)
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- Title A Arte Expansionista, Objectos Contempor�neos e Posteriores
- Author Jorge Welsh (ed.)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Publisher Jorge Welsh Books
- Date 2009
- ISBN 9780955743269
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A Arte Expansionista, Objectos Contemporâneos e Posteriores
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