Search Results: Authors starting with A from Jorge Welsh Books

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications by Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, London, 1978 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 189 pages with various black and white illustrations; 21.3 x 28 cm; 1.402 Kg; Used book with signs of wear, namely on the dust jacket that shows edgeworn. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. The interior is in good condition, except for a sticker glued on the rear of the front cover, signs of a removed stick on the top right corner of the front free endpaper and one page that has a small tear towards the outside text block.; The study of Chinese ceramics has, until now, been severely hampered by lack of archaeological evidence, particularly with regard to dating. There are good representative collections in Western museums, but very few items can be given a precise, or even an approximate, date on firm evidence. Since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, random looting of tombs, the source of… Read More

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications by Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, London, 1978 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 189 pages with various black and white illustrations; 21.3 x 28 cm; 1.402 Kg; Used book with minor signs of wear. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. Interior in very good condition, except for a sticker glued on the front free endpaper. Very good copy overall.; The study of Chinese ceramics has, until now, been severely hampered by lack of archaeological evidence, particularly with regard to dating. There are good representative collections in Western museums, but very few items can be given a precise, or even an approximate, date on firm evidence. Since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, random looting of tombs, the source of most early ceramics in Western collections, had been stopped, and the Chinese authorities have carried out many important controlled excavations. A small proportion… Read More

The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1977 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth); 22.5 x 28.8 cm; 1.814 Kg; 29 pages (Members of the Council, List of Members, Transactions and obituaries) plus 293 pages (articles) and 120 plates; one of 1500 limited copies; Used book with signs of shelf wear and edgeworn, the interior is in good condition apart from some minor rusty marks on the front hinge. Protected with a clearcover.; Includes the following articles: A Visit to Ching-tê-Chên by Sir John Addis; Hung-wu and Yung-lo White by Sir John Addis; Oriental Ceramics Excavated in North Sumatra by Mr. E.P. Edwards McKinnon; China and Islam in the Maldive Islands by Professor John Carswell; Fourteenth Century-Chinese Porcelain from a Tughlaq Palace in Delhi by Dr. Ellen S. Smart; The Export of Chinese Porcelain to the Islamic World: Some reflections on its significance for Islamic Art before 1400 by Mr. Basil Gray; Early Islamic Pottery and China by Dr. Yolande Crowe; and… Read More

Hugh M.Moss Ltd., London, 1970 Book. Fair. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback; 20 x 25.5 cm; 0.376 Kg; 80 pages with black and white illustrations; Signs of wear in the back cover, front cover and spine. Mark on the cover, spine and back cover due to the removal of an old sticker. No highlighting or writing is text. Good readable copy.; Catalogue from the exhibition Chinese Pottery Burial Objects of the Sui and T'ang Dynasties with special reference to the scientific testing of pottery wares, and the works of the forger. Arranged in conjunction with the Research Laboratory for Archaeology, Oxford.; "When one thinks of T'ang ceramics it is not the wares which were in everyday life use during the period which spring to mind, but the prancing horses and camels, and the dancers and musicians, together with the exotic, partially glazed bowls, ewers and vases. These are the wares recovered from tombs when the railways ploughed their way across China. The point which has never been… Read More

Tate Gallery Publications Department, London, 1974 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. English text.; Paperback.; 21 x 30 cm ; 0.8 Kg.; 172 pages with mainly black and white and a few colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior. Edgewear. Interior in very good condition.; Catalogue from the exhibition of 19 June - 18 August 1974 at Tate Gallery London.; "Richard Dadd is mainly known today as the artist of 'The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke' in the Tate Gallery and as the man who murdered his father and was, as a result confined to Bethlem Hospital for life. With this exhibition we are showing for the first time the whole range of Dadd's work in all its variaty. Included is almost every known painting and drawing that can be traced. For this we are indebted to Patricia Allderidge, Archivist to the Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital, who has been researching into Dadd's work for several years and has discovered much new material. She has selected the… 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

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

Fontanka, London, 2006 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English text.; Paperback.; 25 x 29,5 cm; 1.1 kg.; 191 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs on wear on the exterior. Interior in very good condition.; Catalogue from an exhibition held at Hermitage Rooms at Somerset House, London, from 30 March to 6 Setember 2006.; An eastern perspective on the Greek and Byzantine worlds; objects made for wealthy patrons between 500 BC and 1000 AD discovered in tombs and burial sites in Russia and the Crimea..

Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, Spain, 1992 Book. Good. Hardcover. Spanish text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 25 x 31 cm.; 4.4 Kg.; 812 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Includes previous owner sticker on the rear of the front cover of the dust jacket. The dust jacket shows a small chip on the bottom of the front cover.; Catalogue raisonné of all the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum from the XIII to the XIX century included biographies of the artists and an index of works. Includes an introduction to the Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza..

Fundação Oriente, Lisboa, 1998 Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Portuguese, English and Chinese text; Paperback; 24x 27,8 cm; 1,957 Kg; 331 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior.; Catalogue from the exhibition held at Fundacao Oriente, Lisbon, Portugal in 1998.; "During its ten years of existence, the Fundacao Oriente has striven to rekindle and intensify the ties which connected us to the Orient and which hold a decisive place in the Portugal's history. Perhaps, it may not even be possible to think about Portuguese history without including the ocean and the Orient. The Porcelain Route exhibition, which the Fundacao Oriente is proud to display and is only possible due to the pieces kindly lent by institutions and collectors, bears witness to the Portuguese presence in the Orient and expresses praise of the oceans that made possible Portugal's dialogue with the world." excerpt from the presentation by Carlos Augusto Pulido Valente… Read More

Fundação Ricardo do Espírito Santo Silva, Portugal, 2002 Book. New. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Portuguese text with translation to English (last 20 pages); Hardcover; 24.7 x 29 cm; 0.860 Kg; 120 pages with colour illustrations.; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; "This year we commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the birth of our Founder, Ricardo do Espírito Santo Silva, who created this foundation in 1953 with the aim of managing the private art collections he donated to the Portuguese nation, and to develop his legacy to Portuguese Decorative Arts and the crafts related to them. To pay tribute to our Founder, the Board of Directors decided to show to the public some of the most important items of Chinese porcelain commissioned by Europeans that once belonged to his private collection." excerpt from the foreword by Maria João Espírito Santo Bustorf Silva, 2000.; "Ricardo do Espírito Santo was one of the most distinguished Portuguese art… Read More

Fundação Ricardo do Espírito Santo Silva, Portugal, 1999 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Portuguese text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 24 x 29 cm; 1.230 Kg; 179 pages with colour illustrations.; New book with signs of shelf wear. Our logo is glued to the front free endpaper.; Porcelanas e Vidros (porcelain and glass) is one of a series of books, each one about a certain nuclei or art collection from the Museu-Escola de Artes Decorativas Portuguesas in Lisbon. It is divided into three distinct sections, each with an article and the respective catalogue entries. The first section is dedicated to the production of Chinese porcelain and the European presence in China, and shows a fine selection of Chinese porcelain pieces dating from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) to the 19th century. The second section focuses on porcelain produced by the Vista Alegre Factory in Portugal, the first porcelain factory in the Iberian Peninsula, showing a number of excellent examples of this… Read More

Apollo Magazine. London, 1996 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English Text; Magazine; 23.6 x 30.3 cm; 0.7 Kg; 156 pages with colour Illustration throughout.; Used with signs of wear.; Vol. CXLIII No. 409;Several specialised articles, including, "The Gowland Collection in the British Museum: Archaeology in nineteenth-century Japan" by Victor Harris, "A landscape by Fu Baoshi: Traditional painting in modern China" by Shelagh Vainker, "The 'Jinglar' and republican politics: Drinking, dining and japonisme" by Bernard Bumpus, "Acquisition in Focus - A Japanese No robe at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery" by Ann Yonemura, "A Delacroix pastel in Russia: An Arab resting in the open air" by Lee Johnson, "Van Gogh's first sale: A self-portrait in London"' by Martin Bailey, "The O'Connell Monument in Dublin: The political and artistic context of a public sculpture" by Paula Murphy , "Robert Adam and Charles Townley: The… Read More

Apollo Magazine. London, 1996 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English Text; Magazine; 23.6 x 30.3 cm; 0.6 Kg; 140 pages with colour Illustration throughout.; Used with signs of wear.; Vol. Vol. CXLIII No. 412; Several specialised articles, including: "The National Galleries of Scotland at the Grosvenor House Fair" by Timothy Clifford, "Huldah solves the problem: Identifying a Mantegna subject" by Creighton Gilbert, "Domenico Ghirlandaio and northern art" by Paula Nuttall, '"Couleur" and colour in the New Sculpture' by Donald Myers, "Consul Smith's villa at Mogliano: Antonio Visentini and Francesco Zuccarelli" by George Knox, "The Gentileschi Danaë in the Saint Louis Art Museum: Orazio or Artemisia?"' by Judith W. Mann,"'Georges de la Tour's St. Sebastian: Establishing a chronology" by Christopher Wright followed by sections of "Exhibition Reviews", "Exhibition Preview", "Acquisition… Read More

Apollo Magazine. London, 1997 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English Text; Magazine; 23.6 x 30.3 cm; 0.7 Kg; 160 pages with colour Illustration throughout.; Used with signs of wear.; Vol. CXLV No. 424; Several specialised articles, including: "The Victoria and Albert Museum at the Grosvenor House Fair" by Christopher Wilk, "Michelangelo bronzista: Reflections on his mettle" by Paul Joannides, "Camille Claudel, Jessie Lipscomb and Rodin" by Odil Ayral-Clause, "Orazio Gentileschi's two version of The Finding of Moses reassessed" by Aidan Weston-Lewis, "Technical examination of Gentileschi's The Finding of Moses (ex Castle Howard)" by Nicola Christie, 'Four "Davids", a "Regault", and a "Girodet" reattributed: Female artists at the Paris salons" by Margaret Oppenheimer followed by sections of "Acquisition in focus", "Exhibition Reviews", "Book Reviews", "Round the… Read More

Apollo Magazine. London, 1993 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English Text; Magazine; 23.6 x 30.3 cm; 0.6 Kg; 128 pages with colour Illustration throughout.; Used with signs of wear.; Vol. CXXXIX No. 381.; Beginning with the editorial "All-American art: Thomas Eakins at the National Portrait Gallery"; the magazine has several specialised articles, including "Unkown Miró: Reflection on a centenary" by William Jeffett; Miró - Tracing the Origin:From Moi to the Birth of the World by David Lomas"; Miró and his critics; Early reactions 1918-27 by Victoria Combalia ; "Public Art: Miró and the arts and crafts tradition" by Duncan Macmillan ; "Theosophy and Abstraction in the Victorian era: The paintings of G. F. Watts' by David Stewart; "Paintings by Edward Edwards and William Daniell: The drawing rooms at the Mansion House" by Sally Jeffery; "William III at Hampton Court: The King's private eating room" by Susan… Read More

Apollo Magazine. London, 1998 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English Text; Magazine; 23.6 x 30.3 cm; 0.7 Kg; 168 pages with colour Illustration throughout.; Used with signs of wear.; Vol. CXLVII No. 436.; Several specialised articles, including: "Grosvenor House revisited: The collection of the Duke of Westminister" by David Ekserdjian, "Signac and Van Rysselbergh: The story of a friendship, 1887-1907" by Marina Ferretti Bocquillon, "A setting for Boulle furniture: The Duke of Wellington's Gallery at Stratfield Saye" by Megan Aldrich, "Poussin's A Calm and A Storm" by Denise Allen and David Jaffé, "Anti-gallicanism at Chelsea: Protestantism, protecionism and porcelain" by Hilary Young, "Romulus and Remus tapestries in the collection of Henry VIII" by Tom Campbell, "A patron for Pontormo's St. Quentin in Sansepolcro" by David Franklin followed by sections of "Exhibition Reviews", "Book Reviews",… Read More

Apollo Magazine. London, 1993 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English Text; Magazine; 23.6 x 30.3 cm; 0.5 Kg; 112 pages with colour Illustration throughout.; Used with signs of wear.; Vol. CXXXVIII No. 382; Beginning with an editorial "Win some, lose some" and a section of "Apollo Awards for 1993", the magazine has several specialised articles, including: "Parmigianino's Adoration of the Shepherds: The problem of nocturnal lighting" by Cecil Gould, "Samson destroying the Temple of Dagon: A rediscovered Rubens" by Michael Jaffé, "Michaelangelo's Samson and the Philistines: Conception, meaning and subsequent influence" by Angela Hass, "Two kings, their armies and some jugs: The Ashanti ewer" by Martin Bailey, "Ramon Lull, Miró and Surrealism: The link with medieval philosophy" by David Hopkins, '"In my view...Titian's reputation: The limitation of history" by Michael Rosenthal, "The Chiaramonte… Read More

Ministerio de Cultura, Spain, 2004 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Spanish text; Paperback.; 17 x 23.5 cm; 0.8 Kg; 256 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Minor signs of wear on the exterior.; Interior as new.; Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Museu Cerralbo in Madrid from October 2004 to January 2005, showing pieces from the Asian Art collection from the museum..

Aronson Publishers, Amsterdam, 2015 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback; 21 x 27 cm; 0,723 Kg.; 144 pages with 82 illustrated catalogue entries, with photos of marks.; Dealer Catalogue.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior.; With introduction to Dutch majolica, essay by Michelle Erickson and photography by Marie Cécile Thijs. Dutch majolica, Delft faience (fayence) 1620-1800. Including extensive bibliography and brief history on Dutch Delftware..