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..

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

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

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

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. 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..

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. 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

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, 2000 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback magazine; 23 x 30 cm; 0.605 Kg; 144 pages with illustrations. Used with signs of wear. Edgeworn.; Main theme: Majapahit: The Golden Age of Indonesia Late 13th-Early 16th century; Includes: Preface by Hugo E. Kreijger; The Lingering Legacy of Majapahit by Jan Fontein; Stone Images of the Singhasari and Majapahit Periods by Marijke J. Klokke; Bronze Ritual Implements in the Majapahi Period: Meaning And Function by Nandana Chutiwongs; An Introduction Into Majapahit Ornamentation by Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer; A Unique Gold Modesty Plate from the Majapahit Period by Jaap Polak; Buddhist Bronzes of Southern India: Rediscovering a Lost History by John Guy; Salerooms news: Christie's New York: Japanese and Korean Art on September 19th 2000 by Heakyum Kim and Jeff Olson; Christie's New York: Indian and Southeast Asian Art including 20th century Indian Paintings on September 20th 2000 by Yamini Mehta,… Read More

Arts of Asia Publications, Hong Kong, 1995 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback magazine; 23 x 30 cm; 0.591 Kg; 140 pages with illustrations. Used with signs of wear. Edgeworn.; Main theme: The Art of Eastern India in the Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco ; Includes: The Art of Eastern India in the Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco by Claudine Bautze-Picron; Chinese Pig Tales by Ka Bo Tsang; Timorese Tribal Bracelets: A Cultural Perspective by S. Jefferson Kennard III; Chinese Textiles Related to Tibetan Buddhism in the Hong Kong Museum of Art by Rose Lee; Stone Architecture of the Karnali Basin, West Nepal by Sue Thompson; Head-Dresses of the Tibetan Nyinba in Nepal by Hannelore Gabriel; The Gold Treasure of Wonoboyo at the Jakarta National Museum by Kalpana Kartik; Saleroom news: Christie's Amsterdam: The Diana Cargo March 6th and 7th 1995 by Colin D. Sheaf, I.M. Chait Gallery/Auctionneers: Chinese, Japanese ans Asian Antiques,… 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..

Arts of Asia Publications, Hong Kong, 2009 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback magazine; 23 x 30 cm; 0.629 Kg; 148 pages with illustrations. Used with signs of wear. Edgeworn.; Main theme: ORNAMENTS of Wealth and Power; Includes: Ornaments of Wealth and Power: Bronze, Silver and gold artefacts of Ancient China and Neighbouring regions by Barry Till; A Scandinavian collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles by Robert Kleiner, Bhutan Celebrates the Coronation of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck: Part I-The King and I by Hoi Trinh and Part II-Documentary Photographs by Government of Bhutan; Reflection on Namban Lacquers in Spain: Collection and Use by Yayoi Kawamura; Oriental Ceramic Society: Exhibition of Single Colour Asian Ceramics at the Brunei Gallery, London (SOAS) by Rosemary Scott; A Stellar Collection of Khmer Ceramics by Dawn F. Rooney; Saleroom news: Hong Kong Autumn 2008 Auctions of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art at Christie's and Bonhams by Robin Markbreiter, Sotheby's… Read More

Arts of Asia Publications, Hong Kong, 1982 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback magazine; 23 x 30 cm; 0.602 Kg; 160 pages with illustrations. Used with signs of wear. Edgeworn.; Main theme: Bangkok Bicentennial Issue; Includes: Sculpture of the Bangkok Period by Piriya Krairiksh; Jewellery and other Decorative Arts in Thailand by Chira Chongkol; Ban Chiang Painted Pottery by Somchai Na-Nakhonphanom; Major Buddhist Images at Wat Po by K.I. Matics; Hamsas in Indian Art by C. Krishna Gairola; Glazed Ceramic Decorations in Thai Architecture by Laszlo Legeza; Thai Votive Tables and Amulets by Bhujjong Chandavij; Textiles and Costumes in Thailand by Chira Chongkol; Saleroom news by Jane W. Oliver, Robert Klieiner, Colin Sheaf.; Book reviews by Ursula Roberts of the publication: The Compelling Image: Nature and Style in Seventeenth-Century Chinese Painting by James Cahill; and by Ursula Roberts of the publication: The Imperial Ming Tombs by Ann Paludan.; Viewing the Dragon by Alan Dwight.;… Read More

Arts of Asia Publications, Hong Kong, 1996 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback magazine; 23 x 30 cm; 0.672 Kg; 160 pages with illustrations. Used with signs of wear. Edgeworn.; Main theme: The Textile Museum; Includes: Introduction by Ursula Eland McCracken; Legacy of Collector George Hewitt Myers by Carol Bier; Approaches to Understanding Oriental Carpets by Carol Bier; Increase the Prestige: Islamic Textiles by Louise W. Mackie; Southeast Asian Textiles at the Textile Museum by Mattiebelle Gittinger; At the Crossroads of the Continent: Textiles from Central Asia by Lorna Carmel; Caring for Textiles by Sara J. World; Arthur D. Jenkins, Library by Mary Mallia Samms; Saleroom News: Sotheby's New York: Indian and Southeast Asian Art on September 21st 1995 by Jeanne de Guardiola, Sotheby's New York: Chinese Ceramics, Furniture and Works of Art on September 22nd and 23rd 1995 by Hugo Keith Wiehe and Christie's Honk Kong: Autumn Chinese Sales on October 29th to November 1st 1995… Read More

Cardinal edition, published by Sphere Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 1973 Book. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback.; 15,5 x 24 cm; 1 Kg.; 256 pages with 235 black and white and colour illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear. Includes signature of previous owner and a bookseller stamp glued on front free endpaper.; New and revised edition of 'A Short History of Chinese Art, published by Faber and Faber in 1967.; The Arts of China paints a fascinating and balanced picture of the unique artistic achievements of the Chinese people from the Stone Age to the present day. Since this book appeared in 1967 under the title A Short History of Chinese Art, the pace of archaeological discovery and research has quicked and some of the most sensational findings took place at the height of the Cultural Revolution in 1966-8, when it seemed to the outside world as if China had turned her back on her cultural heritage. In this revised edition, Michael Sullivan describes these exciting… Read More

Arts of Asia Publications, Hong Kong, 2000 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback magazine; 23 x 30 cm; 0.612 Kg; 144 pages with illustrations. Used with signs of wear. Edgeworn.; Main theme: Gold Jewellery: Pre-Angkor And Angkor Civilisations Of Cambodia; Includes: Sacred Spaces, Sacred Art: A new installation of Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum by Christine Knoke; Gold Jewellery: Pre-Angkor And Angkor Civilisations of Cambodia by Theresa McCullough; Indian Paintings: A Selection from the Israel Museum, Jerusalem by Catherine Glynn; The Mandarin Hesing and the Chinese Junk the "Keying" by Victor E. Graham; Felice Beato In Macao? Notes on a panoramic photograph at Princeton by Andrew Hershberger; Saleroom news: I.M. Chait Gallery: Special Auction of Fine Asian Art in October 3rd 1999 by Mary Ann Chait, Sotheby's Honk Kong: Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on November 1st 1999 by Henry Howard-Sneyd, Chinese Paintings in Hong Kong: Sotheby's on October 31st 1999,… Read More