Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Jorge Welsh Books

Shanghai Museum/The Woods Publishing Co., Hong Kong, 1987 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Chinese text with captions in Chinese and English; Hardcover (cloth with gilt lettering. Dust jacket included); 22.8 x 28.8 cm; 1.176 Kg; 248 pages with colour illustrations; Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. Tear on the top of the dust jacket spine. The first and the last two pages show some yellowing as well as the rear of the front and back cover. The interior shows minor signs of wear. The dust jacket shows some yellowing on the rear and is now protected with a clearcover.; This highly illustrated book includes a considerable number of the most important Chinese porcelain pieces decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, and in the rare underglaze red. It comprises the most important pieces from the collection of the Shanghai Museum, encompassing objects dating from the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) to the more recent Jiaqing period (1796-1820). It also traces the most popular and demanded… Read More

Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd., 1996 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and Chinese text; Hardcover (colour illustration boards without dust jacket - as issued); 25.9 x 30.6 cm, 1.333 Kg; 180 pages with various colour illustrations; Used book with some shelf wear, and some markings on the back cover, namely a small scuff. Protected with a clearcover; Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, Mr. Chen Yifei was educated and began his oil painting career in Shangai. Having left for the United States in 1980 to further his study of fine art, he has focused his artistic creativity on Chinese subjects. After years of diligent and unremitting hard work, he has attained great success and has become a well-known Chinese painter at home and abroad. The most outstanding characteristics of Chen Yifei’ painting is the tranquility and stillness. His realistic painting style is infused with traditional Chinese aesthetics. In depicting the landscapes, rivers and lakes of southern China, or in portraying a… Read More