Search Results: Chinese Art from Jorge Welsh Books

Umprum, Academy of Arts and, Architecture & Design in Prague, 2015 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 25.3 x 31.9 cm; 3.1 kg; 510 pages with colour illustrations, decorative endpapers. Includes ribbon bookmark.; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; Chinese porcelain ware is contained in many major art collections worldwide. The Czech Republic also has interesting collections, which, however, have not previously been very well known to the wider public. The boom in the trade of Chinese porcelain is linked to the discovery of the trade routes to China in the 16th century. Porcelain then became a popular artistic item that adorned the residences of the richest aristocrats in other European countries, as well as in our country during the reign of Emperor Rudolf II. Chinese porcelain can be found in a number of Czech castle and palace collections. The largest of these are mainly gathered in the former Waldstein, Schwarzenberg and Lichnowsky dominions. This… Read More

Allen's Enterprises Ltd, New Zealand, 2000 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 22 x 31 cm; 1,5 Kg; 264 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with minor signs of wear. Interior as new.; Allen's Authentication of Later Chinese Porcelain continues on from the earlier Allen's Introduction to Later Chinese Porcelain, in a more detailed examination of aspects of dating; providing even the novice collector or dealer with information, dating techniques and illustrations, which would otherwise take yours to learn. The focus of the work is primarily on the dating of porcelain made between the beginning of the Jiaqing reign in 1796AD, and ending in the penultimate year of the 20th century, 1999. As many of the porcelains made in this 200 year period were copies of earlier periods, there are also a number of illustrations of genuine porcelain and pottery pieces made in the late Ming and earlier Qing dynasties, i.e., prior to 1796AD.… Read More

Allen's Enterprises Ltd, New Zealand, 1996 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 22 x 31 cm; 1,3 Kg; 222 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with minor signs of wear. Front cover slightly faded on top.; Chinese porcelain of the period 1820 through 1920, to date has been the province of a minority of academic authors and a few adventurous dealers and collectors. This misunderstood but fascinating field of study is now brought within the reach of the average collector. Written with interests of novice collectors and dealers in mind, superbly illustrated in colour throughout, each of the introductory chapters conclude with suggestions for further reading, thus providing a fast but solid grounding for the primary focus of the book: dating of later Chinese porcelains. This book discusses marks, reign marks, footrims, glazes, bubbles, flaws and imperfections and other indications of a date of manufacture, including the contentious subjects of… 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

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

Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 2003 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Chinese text with captions in English; Hardcover; 22.6 x 29.4 cm; 1.82 Kg; 305 pages with various colour illustrations; Used book with signs of shelf wear. The interior is in very good condition, only one page shows signs of having been folded. One cd included (lacks the second).; ‘Appreciating Porcelains Through the Ages of China’ by Li Zongyang & Qiu Donglian is a highly illustrative and comprehensive book, covering some of the finest ceramic pieces produced in China from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) to the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911). A large number of the pieces illustrated were made for the Imperial Court..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fundacao Cultural do Estado da Bahia, Brazil, 1986 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Portuguese (Brazillian) text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 256 pages with colour and black and white illustrations; 22 x 30 cm; 1.6 Kg; Used book with signs of wear, namely a small tear at the top of the front cover and scuffs on the dust jacket. The dust jacket is now protected with e clearcover. Written dedication from a previous owner on front free endpaper. Special print of 2,000 copies for Ceramica Aruan, Sao Paulo, Brazil.; First book in portuguese dealing with the East India Companies and Chinese Porcelain made for export. The work is split in four main chapters: "Chinese Porcelain", "The East India Companies: Chinese Porcelain", "The West trade with China" and "The East India Companies: Chinese Porcelain and the Brazil". Reference work in Portuguese text on the field..

National Heritage Board, 1997 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and Chinese text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 23.7 x 28.8 cm; 1.325 Kg; 216 pages with colour illustrations.; Dust jacket wrapped in a permanent adhesive cover (the sale price on the rear cover was not removed and the adhesive was placed above it).; Signs of wear in the cover, spine and back cover of the dust jacket. The dust jacket is slightly faded on the back cover.No markings, writing or highlighting in text except for some minor yellowing on front free endpaper.; Two important essays, Chinese Civilisation in a Historical Perspective by Wang Gungwu; and The Motivations and Development of Chinese Connoisseurship and Collection by Lee Chor Lin, introduce this, the first catalogue of Chinese artefacts dating from the Bronze age in the collection of the Asian Civilisations Museum of Singapore..

Collections Baur-Genève, Switzerland, 1972 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and French text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 24 x 29 cm; 2.3 Kg; 266 pages (introduction of 22 pages followed by an extensive catalogue with black and white and colour illustrations, each with caption).; OUT OF PRINT. LIMITED EDITION OF 1100 COPIES, 50 DELUXE COPIES IN LEATHER NUMBERED FROM I to L; 1000 STANDARD COPIES IN CLOTH NUMBERED FROM 1 to 1000 AND 50 COPIES RESERVED TO EMPLOYEES, OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 188.; Signs of wear in the dust jacket, with some yellowing on spine and some peeling of the laminated layer of the dust jacket on the top and bottom of the spine and also on the top of the front and back cover. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. The outside text block shows some yellowing. The interior is in very good condition, apart from an old bookseller sticker glued to the front free endpaper and a tiny mark on the bottom right of one page (bent in the past).; When the… Read More

Collections Baur-Genève, Switzerland Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and French text; 4 VOLUMES Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket) without the slipcases; 24 x 29 cm; 7.9 Kg; Each volume includes an introduction followed by an extensive catalogue with black and white and colour illustrations, each with caption.; Used books with signs of wear on the dust jackets and interior. Good condition overall. The dust jackets of volume I and III have tears (vol I on rear of the front cover and vol III on the top of the front cover and on the top of the back cover). All dust jackets are now protected with a clearcover. OUT OF PRINT. LIMITED EDITION OF 1100 COPIES, 50 DELUXE COPIES IN LEATHER NUMBERED FROM I to L; 1000 STANDARD COPIES IN CLOTH NUMBERED FROM 1 to 1000 AND 50 COPIES RESERVED TO EMPLOYEES, OF WHICH THESE ARE: VOLUME I: 889, VOLUME II: 934, VOLUME III: 160 AND VOLUME IV: 819; VOLUME I: Korean and Thai Wares; 1968; 1.9 Kg; 232 pages.; VOLUME II: Ming Porcelain and Other Wares; 1.8 Kg;… Read More

Jorge Welsh Books, 2012 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover; 240 pages, 197 colour illustrations, 7 black and white illustrations; 23.5 x 29.7 cm; 1,8 kg; May show signs of shelf wear.; Exhibition catalogue; Famille verte biscuit wares are an important but so far little-studied group of refined Chinese porcelain made at the imperial kilns of Jingdezhen primarily during the Kangxi period (1662-1722). This group is defined by both the method of decoration and the colour palette, which is frequently dominated by green enamel. Presenting an extremely diverse range of shapes, including figurines and animals, small practical items for use within the Chinese domestic environment and religious icons, this group is as complicated as it is fascinating. Together they open a window on Chinese culture and society, through which the production and consumption of Chinese ceramics can also be studied. Famille verte biscuit wares became increasingly fashionable for the European market at this… Read More

Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1969 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 407 pages plus appendix with 160 black and white plates; 17 x 25.7 cm; 1.229 Kg; SBN 571 08078 2; Used book with signs of wear on the dust jacket. Minor signs of wear on the interior, which looks as new. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; REFERENCE BOOK ON BLANC DE CHINE; Blanc de chine, the white porcelain of Têhua in fukien, has waited long for its chronicler. This most beautiful of porcelains, satisfying entirely by form and glaze, so elusive to date, enjoys wide appeal. But collectors and others interested have up to now had to rest content with a page or so of general praise and description in the standard works on Chinese ceramics, for there has been no complete book on this subject. This deficiency is now made good. The author, with the advantage of an unrivalled collection of the ware itself, has devoted years of research into sources, Chinese and… Read More

Geldermalsen Publications, Haren, The Netherlands, 2011 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 28.5 x 28.5 cm.; 0.495 Kg; 30 pages; New book. May show signs of shelf wear.; How can one find true happiness? The little Chinese boy Kang, imprisoned in sadness on a Chinese porcelain vase for more than 350 years by a slip of the painter's brush, is suddenly released by a magical wish, he sets out on an adventure trough Chinese culture history. He is joined along the way by auspicious animals: Dragon, Lion, Dog, Elephant, the Mandarin Ducks and Feng Huang. The characters he meets, and what he learns during his travels, help him to realize eventually that sometimes happiness is to be found where you least expect it. Using the rich and colourful decoration of Chinese porcelain, this book captures children's imagination with lively characters taken from real pieces. It introduces children to the beauty of Chinese art and the symbolic meanings behind it, as well… Read More

Museu Nacional D'Art de Catalunya, Spain, 2004 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Spanish text.; Paperback; 24 x 29.5 cm.; 1.3 Kg.; 220 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used book in fine condtion. Interior as new. Minor signs of shelf wear on the exterior.; Exhibition catalogue.; From the 21st century BC, with the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, China enters the Bronze Age. From this period are preserved, among others, different bronze vessels of great beauty and complexity, used to offer food and wines to the ancestors. This shows us that already at that time the gastronomy and the feast were of great importance in the culture and the rite. In addition, the bronze denoted power as evidenced by the fact that many of those vessels were commissioned by kings and nobles, who took them on their last trip to enjoy them for all eternity. With the Iron Age (4th century BC), the bronzes will lose their ritual function. The discovery of bronze vessels in tombs or graves will be considered as an… Read More