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Zao Wou-Ki by de Cortanze, Gérard - 1998

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Zao Wou-Ki by de Cortanze, Gérard - 1998

Zao Wou-Ki

by de Cortanze, Gérard

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A very good hardcover in very good+ slipcase, 1st edition, ex library with usual markings & stamps, chiped top back covee/spine edge as in image, slipcase minor bumps, text as new. FRENCH text. 3kg.
Illustrated hardcover with slipcase, Paintings 1935-1998. 268 color reproductions. A selection of Critical Writing. Biography. Photo biography - 37 black and white illustrations. Exhibitions. Bibliography. Films. Public collections. foreword: Yves Bonnefoy.
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  • ISBN 10 2729112103
  • ISBN 13 9782729112103
  • Publisher la Différence / Galerie Navarra
  • Place of Publication Paris
  • Date Published 1998
  • Size 381p. 29X30cm. 3kg.
  • Language Francais
Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J & J Collection, Parts 1 Through 5

Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J & J Collection, Parts 1 Through 5

by Christie's

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Hong Kong: Christie's, 2004. This is a near fine hardcover 5 volume set with almost no wear. No marks inside or out, completely clean. These sales were held on different dates in Hong Kong and New York. Part 1 was held in Hong Kong on Sunday April 25, 2004. Text in Chinese and English. Introduction by Hugh Moss. Lots numbered 881 through 888. All with lengthy catalogue entries and color photographs. Parts 2 through 5 were held in New York on March 30, 2005, March 29, 2006, March 22, 2007and September 17, 2008. Part 2, lots 1-88. Part 3, lots 1-88. Part 4, lots 1-88. Part 5, lots 1-88. All lots illustrated in color, some with several photographs. Lengthy entries include date, provenance, materials, etc. 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 206, 175, 176, 168 and 168 pages. Prices realized sheets included. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Near Fine.
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Chinese Export Art in the Eighteenth Century
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Chinese Export Art in the Eighteenth Century

by Jourdain, Margaret & Jenyns, R. Soame

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London: Country Life Limited, 1950. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Country Life Limited, 1950. 4to., 8 3/4" x 11 1/4", 152pp. color frontis and 144 black and white illustrations. Light foxing to endpapers, else very good in very good minus dust jacket with old internal tape repairs. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.
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The Chinese Theatre -- translated from the French by James A Graham with illustrations from...
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The Chinese Theatre -- translated from the French by James A Graham with illustrations from paintings, sketches and crayon drawings by Alexandre Jacovleff

by A Jacovleff & Tchou-Kia-Kien

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1922 h/b papered-boards Larger-4to-Format, col + b&w illus EX-LIBRARY Content in vg condition, covers worn esp edges & sl torn with sm portion of covers spine missing, minimal ex-library markings 7 magnificent full-page lge-4to col plates have protective tissues intact, one of them, together with the majority of text, printed on sumptious 'craft'-paper. The other 6 col plates & all b&w plates (many also full-page) are on gloss paper. The book was a stylish production with many 'cottage'-crafted features. Jacovleff illustrates Chinese Theatre (1922)
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Adornment for the Body and Soul: Ancient Chinese Ornaments from the Mengdiexuan Collection
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Adornment for the Body and Soul: Ancient Chinese Ornaments from the Mengdiexuan Collection

by Bunker, Emma C.; White, Julia M.; So., Jenny F

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University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 1999 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. English and Chinese text.; Paperback; 23 x 30.5 cm; 1.6 Kg; 327 pages with colour illustrations throughout..; Signs of wear on the exterior. Edgewear. Minor signs of wear on the interior, with some pages slightly bent on the bottom.; Catalogue from the exhibition held at University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong from the 13 March 1999 to 11 August 1999.; Exhibition presentation from the University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong: The Mengdiexuan Collection is a private collection in Hong Kong. On display were about 250 exquisite and important items of Chinese personal ornaments. The artefacts date from the Shang (1600-1100 B.C.) to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). This was the largest exhibition of ancient Chinese ornaments ever held in Hong Kong. Among the exhibits, about 110 objects were included in a previous travelling exhibition "Adornment for Eternity"… Read More
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Chinese Porcelain of the 19th and 20th centuries
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Chinese Porcelain of the 19th and 20th centuries

by Oort, H.A. Van

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9060876407
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Uitgeversmaatschappij De Tijdstroom b.v., Lochem, The Netherlands, 1977 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 17 x 25 cm; 0.542 Kg; 198 pages with black-and-white and colour illustrations.; The dust jacket has minor chips, tears and scuffs. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. The interior is in very good condition.; Between the reign of Chia-Ch'ing and the Japanese invasion in 1937 much porcelain was made in China, albeit of very diverse quality. It is, in fact, a strange phenomenon that, up to now, most experts have neglected this span of approximately 150 years during which so many interesting pieces were made. In this book the author makes an attempt, for the first time, to bring order into the porcelains of the various periods concerned and to show their interrelationships as well as their relationships to earlier periods. Some of the porcelain is undoubtedly rather poor, but many pieces, especially those produced during the second and… Read More
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The Heretical Imperative

The Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation

by Peter L. Berger

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0385159676
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Contemporary Chinese Women Painters

Contemporary Chinese Women Painters

by Shi, Ling Zheng Ziaojuan

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7119007246
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Beijing: Foreign Languages Press / Hunan Art Publishing House , 1995. This is a fine hardcover copy in brown embossed cloth in a fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Very clean inside and out. No marks internally. Text in Chinese and English. This massive survey of Chinese women painters shows 173 works by 69 artists. The majority of the artworks were produced after 1980. Preface by Tao Yongbai. All artworks illustrated with large color plates. Also smaller portraits of each artist and statements by them about their work. This work covers oil painters, graphic artists, decorative painters, lacquer painting, mural painting and watercolors. This is a major reference work for late 20th century Chinese painting. 15" high X 10.5" wide, 245 pages. A beautiful copy. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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The Chinese Woodcut: A New Art for the 400 Million
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New York, Touchstone Press with the cooperation of the Tribune Subway Gallery, 1948. Soft portfolio. 9 x 12 inches. Very Good. Nine of the original loose eleven black and white plates (plus cover art) in slightly worn portfolio. Contents clean, slightly toned. Please note: Text introduction by Anges Smedley missing. Communist era China, revolutionary period.
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Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties: Jointly Presented by the Min Chiu Society and...
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Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties: Jointly Presented by the Min Chiu Society and the Urban Council, Hong Kong

by TAM, Laurence C S (Curator)

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Hong Kong: The Urban Council Hong Kong, 1977. First Edition. Original Cloth. Near fine/very good. 4to. (26.5cm). Bound in the grey green cloth, black lettered titles to spine and cover. Text in English and Chinese. pp. 142. With 155 plates, chiefly b&w, some in colour. A clean, sound copy, in a dust jacket with a couple of small closed tears, repaired to back with archival tape. An excellent resource on the subject.
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A Thousand Auspicious Meanings: Chinese Porcelain Teapots from the Sapientia Collection for the...
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A Thousand Auspicious Meanings: Chinese Porcelain Teapots from the Sapientia Collection for the Domestic Market (Volumes I & II) (English Edition)

by Ngai, Pauline

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9781838216344
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Jorge Welsh Research & Publishing, Lisbon/London, 2022 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover in slipcase (2 VOLUMES); 594 pages, 626 colour illustrations and 2 black & white illustrations; 312 colour illustrations; 23,5 x 29,7 cm; 4.4 kg; Volume One - Introduction: Teapots for the Domestic Market; Volume Two - Teapots for the Domestic Market.; This two-volume book focuses on the artistic, cultural, and historical motifs of Chinese porcelain teapots made for the domestic market, and will ultimately be part of a four-volume set, the third and fourth volumes to be dedicated to teapots made for the export market. The collection was started by Franco Cutrupia in 1981, who, soon after arriving in China, became fascinated by the beauty, variety of shapes, and decorative motifs of Chinese porcelain teapots. Later he was joined in his passion for Chinese porcelain by his wife, Pauline Ngai, a Chinese history major and author of this book. The book examines the auspicious motifs… Read More
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Chinese Paintings
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Chinese Paintings

by Liu - Editior

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Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover in slipcase. White cloth boards with bold stamped gilt Chinese characters on front. Text in Chinese and English. Slipcase shows some wear with rubs to orange side, Title spine minor separation of paper cover. Book in Jacket has no flaws. 15 inches tall (slipcase 15 ½ inches). 121 color and b/w prints. The editor is Liu Professor and Deputy President of Xian Art Institute. Artists represented: Yu Jigao, [21 prints] Ye Wei, [23 prints] Gai Maosheng, [23 prints] Li Kuhan, [54 prints] Other publishing information is difficult to determine. I have found that this same ISBN was used for a paperback of the same title but am unsure if it is similar or a different presentation. .
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Between Two Cultures: Late-Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Paintings from the Robert H....
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Between Two Cultures: Late-Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

by Fong, Wen;Fong, Wen C

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NY/New Haven: Yale Univ Press/Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY/New Haven: Yale Univ Press/Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/8", xiii+286pp., 234pp., including 114 colorplates. Fine, as new in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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Artworld of Chung, Kyung-Yeun

Artworld of Chung, Kyung-Yeun

by Chung Kyung-Yeun

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Seoul: Hain Creative Agency, 1992. First Edition, first printing. Softcover in dust jacket. 1992 Lynn City Museum, Massachusetts Exhibition. Published Seoul: Hain Creative Agency, 1992. Oblong folio, 8 3/4" x 12." 106pp., profusely illus. color plates. Artist profile and critcal essays in Korean and English. Dark green card wrappers with black lettering, black art paper end papers. White enamel dust jacket printed in color. Additional three page, stapled 8 1/2" x 11" artist bio from Boston Fine Arts Gallery laid in. Book, dj and bio all pristine, near very fine. Scarce.. 1st. Hard. Very Fine/Very Fine. Folio. Illus.
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Painting in the Chinese Manner
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Painting in the Chinese Manner

by Chang, Shu-Chi

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NY: Viking, 1960. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Viking, 1960, first printing. 4to., 8 1/2" x 11 1/4", 80pp., illustrated with tipped-in color plates and b/w reproductions. English text by Helen F. Chang. Near fine in very good plus, price-clipped dust jacket with light edgewear and one closed tear. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to.
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China: Through the Looking Glass
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China: Through the Looking Glass

by Andrew Bolton

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Stated First Printing.
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A lavish exploration of the evocative and complex fashions inspired by Chinese culture.For centuries, Chinas export artsjade, silks, porcelains, and, more recently, cinemahave fueled Western fantasies of an exotic East and served as enduring sources of inspiration for fashion. This stunning publication, which accompanied one of the most successful exhibitions in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's history, explores the influence of Chinese aesthetics on designers, including Giorgio Armani, Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Ralph Lauren, Alexander McQueen, and Yves Saint Laurent. Drawing upon Chinese decorative arts, cinema, and costumenotably imperial court robes,… Read More
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The Fan Zeng Paintings (upper and lower volumes)(Chinese Edition)
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The Fan Zeng Paintings (upper and lower volumes)(Chinese Edition)

by Fan Zeng

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7102028687
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People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 2003, Two Volumes, Fine Hardcovers / Fine Dustjackets, 422 pages, 8.5" x 11.5". Chinese Text.
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 204, Number 6 (December 1959) - Special Issue : Red China, The First...

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 204, Number 6 (December 1959) - Special Issue : Red China, The First Ten Years

by Weeks, Edward A. (ed.), Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong), Michael Lindsay, Tao Chu, Ted Hughes, Isak Dinesen, Peter Ustinov, Wolf Mankowitz, et al

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Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1959. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 176pp, printed wrappers. A Special Issue devoted to China under Mao Zedong, includes poems by Mao and a profile of him, plus other content on Chinese culture and politics. Also a poem by Ted Hughes, a story by Isak Dinesen, and work from other important contributors. Unmarked copy, a bit of general wear and toning, minor closed tearing to covers.
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The Five Famous Imperial Wares of the Song Dynasty
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The Five Famous Imperial Wares of the Song Dynasty

by Youngman, Robert P

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The Lokapala Hard cover in dust jacket. Published The Lokapala. 4to., 8 3/4" x 11 1/4", 27pp., illustrated with full-color plates. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a short, closed tear. . Hard. Fine/Near Fine. 4to.
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir. Signed Book Plus Broadside Print.
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir. Signed Book Plus Broadside Print.

by WEIWEI, Ai. Translated by Allan H. Barr

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New York: Crown, 2021. Signed by Ai Weiwei. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Includes 8.5" x 18.125" 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows Letterpress Broadside. Requires additional shipping charge to ship book and print in the same box.
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Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art
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Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art

by Terese Tse Bartholomew

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Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art is richly illustrated with photographs of art objects and original hand-painted drawings by the author and by Mulan Bartholomew, organized in numbered sectors for ease of reference, and enhanced with extensive bilingual indexes and other supporting materials, making it an indispensable reference book for anyone interested in Chinese art and culture.
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