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Victoria and Albert Museum, London Book. Fair. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. English text; Hardcover; 15.5 x 22 cm; 1.546 Kg; Two volumes.; Volume I: 148 pages with black-and-white illustrations. Reprint of the 2nd edition, 1914. Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. Edgeworn. Yellowing on the first and last pages. The rest of the text has minor yellowing throughout. Cracked hinge on the rear, but the binding is still firm. Volume II: 158 pages with black-and-white illustrations. Reprint of the 2nd revised edition, 1919. Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. Minor edgeworn. Minor yellowing on the first and last pages. The rest of the text has minor yellowing. Cracked hinge but the binding remains firm.; Good readable copies.; Despite having been written in 1909, this two-volume book on Chinese art is still current and may still be regarded as an indispensable handbook for the comprehension of the vast range of Chinese arts. Covering six art branches in the first volume -… Read More

Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan, 1990 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Japanese text.; Paperback; 21.5 x 27.8 cm; 0.8 Kg; 187 pages with colour and black and white illustrations. Captions in Japanese and English; Used with minor signs of wear.; Catalogue from the collection of overseas prints from Europe, America and other countries from the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan, which consists of approximately 3300 works from the 15th to the 20th century..

artemágica, Lisboa Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Portuguese and English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 25 x 32 cm.; 9 Kg; 1312 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; 4 VOLUMES, VOL I-ISBN 978-989-605-034-4, Lisbon 2007, 263 pages; VOL II-ISBN 978-989-605-052-8, Lisbon 2008, pages 264 to 712; VOL III-ISBN 978-989-605-058-0, Lisbon 2009, pages 713 to 1000; VOL IV-ISBN 978-989-605-062-7, Lisbon 2010, pages 1001 to 1312; Used with signs of wear on the dust jackets. Interior with minor signs of wear. Bottom of first pages on volume 3 slightly bent.; Portugal in Porcelain from China: 500 Years of Trade, a multi-volume publication, is the long-awaited, comprehensive study of Chinese porcelain made specifically for the Portuguese market. Encompassing five centuries and first in its scope, this bilingual work, written in Portuguese and English, relates the history of Portugal's trade with China, through a complete documentation of the pieces of porcelain that were specially… Read More

Ediciones El Viso, 2015 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 25.4 x 31 cm; 2.378 Kg; 302 Pages, 180 colour photographs and 4 in black and white; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; The Chinese porcelain objects collected by Álvaro Conde constitute one of the finest private collections worldwide. This publication includes texts by leading experts in this area: an introduction by Christie's Becky MacGuire, a main essay by porcelain specialist William Sargent and an essay about the business relationship between China and New Spain by Maria Bonta de La Pezuela.;“ "To visit the magnificent collection of Álvaro Conde is to step into a world many fear no longer exists: a world of cultivated connoisseurship, elegant living and courtly hospitality. Álvaro greets you at the door of his discretely chic, vine-covered house tucked away in a quiet corner of central Mexico City, embracing you with an enveloping warmth. Entering the small lobby you… Read More

Yale University Press, 2012 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English Text; Hardcover (with Dust Jacket); 568 Pages with 428 colour ilustrations; 31. 4 x 25 cm; 3.62 Kg; Beginning in the sixteenth century when Portuguese traders started importing blue and white porcelain to Europe, Chinese ceramics manufacturers produced goods specifically for export to the West. The industry flourished through the early twentieth century as the market for fine porcelain expanded in Europe and the Americas. Among the Peabody Essex Museum's founders in 1799 were sea captains and supercargoes involved in extensive trade with Asia, and many of the remarkable examples of export wares they brought back provided a foundation for the Museum's world renowned collection of Chinese export ceramics. Written by William R. Sargent, a leading expert in the field, Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics is one of the most authoritative sources on this topic. Its scholarly entries on 287 representative objects that date from… Read More

Rockliff, Salisbury Square, London, 1952 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 15 x 22.5 cm; 1 Kg; 435 pages with 250 black and white illustrations.; Used book with signs of wear on the exterior. The dust jacket has a tear on the top of the front cover and is now protected with a permanent clearcover. The interior is in very good condition. The outside text block shows some yellowing.; The wares, history and techniques of the great English porcelain factories of the 18th century are here described by a llife-long collector and student of ceramics, Chapiers are devoted to scienfific aids to attribution, including the latest developments in the use of the ultra violet lamp, and to expertise. The special characteristics, style and texture of the products of this golden age of English porcelain manufacture are discussed with authority and in detail. There is a special chapter on the enigmatic factory "X". The dramatis persona of the industy - Sprimont, Duesbury,… Read More

Mededelingenblad Nederlandse Vereniging van Vrienden van de Ceramiek, 1971 Book. Good. Soft cover. Dutch text with English summary.; 19 cm x 26 cm.; 0.4 Kg.; 116 pages including 197 black and white illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior.; Article from D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer focusing on Japanese porcelain with blue decorations from the second half of the seventeenth and the first half of the eighteenth centuries made for export..

Collections Baur, Genève, 1984 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and French text.; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket in slipcase); 24 x 30 cm; 1.8 Kg; 200 pages with colour and black and white illustrations throughout.; ISBN: 2-88031-004-X.; Limited edition of 1600 copies, of which this is 565.; Used book in very good condition. Looks as new. Minor signs of wear on the slipcase and the dust jacket..;"This volume is the ninth in the General Catalogue of the Baur Collection, and the fourth to be devoted to Japanese objects. It groups various series of lacquers, leaving aside pipe-cases. This catalogue, which only presents about a third of the objects in the inventory will I hope reflect as faithfully as possibly the totality of the collection: the numerical ratio of the different kinds of boxes (tea caddies, incense holders, writing boxes, inro, etc.) and of signed and unsigned pieces." excerpt from the introduction by Pierre F.Schneeberger (keeper of the Baur Collection)..

School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1993 Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback; 22 x 27.5 cm; 0.836 kg; 256 pages with black-and-white illustrations.; Used with signs of wear, namely a previous owner sticker glued to the front free endpaper. Edgworn. As new, showing minor signs of shelf wear on the front, spine and back cover. Edgeworn. Spine slightly discouloured.; Catalogue from the exhibition held June 15 - 17 1992 in Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Sir Percival David and the 40th Anniversary of the Opening of the Percival David Foundation.; "In this year of anniversaries for the Percival David Foundation it seemed appropriate that the Percival David Colloquy on Art and Archaeology in Asia should be devoted to a topic of particular relevance to the Foundation's own collection. Since well over half the ceramics in the collection were made at China's main porcelain producing centre, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province, the… Read More

Co-published by Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art and School of Oriental & African Studies, 1992 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardover (with dust jacket); 24.2 x 31.4 cm; 1.253 Kg; 176 pages with various colour illustrations; Used book with sign of wear on the dust jacket and interior. Previous owner sticker glued to the front free endpaper, that also show a wear mark at the middle of the page. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. ; Joint exhibition from the Collections of the Percival David Foundation and CP Lin; “The year 1992 is very significant for the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. Not only does it mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sir Percival David, but it was also 40 years ago on 10th June 1952 that the Foundation opened to the public. We are celebrating these anniversaries in two ways. In view of all recent archaeological discoveries made at the site of the Imperial kiln at Jingdezhen, we are holding a colloquy on the… Read More

Kyuryudo, Japan, 1969 Book. Good. Hardcover. Japanese text; Hardcover (without dust jacket in slipcase); 29.5 x 30.5 cm; 1.890 Kg; 161 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear. The slipcase shows edgewear. Signs of wear on the interior.; A catalogue of fine examples of those Chinese porcelain wares known as Ko-sometsuke or literally 'old blue and white', destined to the Japanese market. In 161 pages, the book comprises 33 colour plates and a number of black and white images throughout the rest of the book, along with explanatory articles and captions. Showing pieces with a variety of shapes and decorative themes, this catalogue is a reference book for those who are interested in this intriguing and distinctive group of blue and white tea ceremony porcelain wares produced at the kilns of Kigndezhen, Jiangxi, during the declining decades of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)..

Duangphorn Kemasingki, Thailand, 1987 Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 19.5 x 26.5 cm; 0.519 kg; 111 pages with colour and black and white illustrations.; Used book with signs of wear, namely on the dust jacket that has tears and wear marks. The interior shows also signs of wear, with some pages showings some wrinkles.; This publication focuses on Thai ceramics since prehistoric pottery to the discovery of Tak hilltop burial sites.; "The Tak finds have given a tremendous boost to our knowledge of Thai ceramics. Hundreds of Sukothai and Lan Na wares of an undreamed quality have been dug up by the hilltribe people. It is now established beyond doubt that Thai ceramics rank among the finest in the world. They are not poor provincial Chinese wares produced by potters who could not afford cobalt to make real blue and white decoration. They are an indigenous art form that reveals the genius and glory of the Thai people in the Golden Age of Ayuthya and Lan… Read More

Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Tokyo, Japan, 1972 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and Japanese text.; Hardcover cloth (with slipcase with two clasps.); Includes publisher carton box with wear marks.; book (26.5 x 35.5 cm; 3.7 Kg); book inside slipcase (27.5 x 37 cm x 5.5; 4.8 Kg); book inside slipcase in carton box (31.5 x 40.5 cm x 7; 5.3 Kg).; 49 pages with English text including list of plates plus 395 pages in Japanese, including 324 plates and 81 seal marks with English captions.; LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 920.; The hardcover cloth is in near fine condition. The slipcase shows minor signs of wear. The carton box has signs of wear throughout, namely a minor stain and some wear marks on the outside.; "The art of Rosanjin Kitaoji is in a sort of chaos even today. Rosanjin Kitaoji often said "Nothing should be discussed in a generalized manner". And, this is true of his art more than anything else. As a matter of fact, he among his… Read More

National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1999 Book. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback; 18 x 25.5 cm; 0.685 Kg; 191 pages.; Used with signs of wear on the interior and exterior. Interior in very good condition. With signs of shelf wear. The National Museum of African Art began as a private educational institution in 1964 and became part of the Smithsonian Institution in 1979. This volume includes highlights from the museum's holdings of traditional African art from throughout the continent, although the majority of works originated in sub-Saharan Africa. The 150 objects presented include sculpted masks and figures, regalia, items of personal adornment, textiles, furniture, and household objects. Each entry provides a discussion about the object's meaning and use and includes provenance and publication history. Fully illustrated in color, the handbook also includes maps, an extensive bibliography, and an introduction by Roy Sieber, America's foremost authority on… Read More

R.E.S.M, Lisboa, 1948 Book. Fair. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Portuguese text; 24,5 x 33 cm; 1.3 Kg; 212 pages with colour and black and white illustrations throughout; Used book with several signs of wear, namely chips and tears on the front cover, spine and back cover. Signs of wear on the interior. Good readable copy.; The images, writing and printing was made through Bertrand Irmãos Lda, under the supervision of Vicente Bertrand and Antonio Marques. Photos by several photographers, namely some private photographers from international museums. With the collaboration of Miahil Demetresco, Reynaldo dos Santos, Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva, Júlio Dantas, Varela Aldemira, Diogo de Macedo, Fernando de Pamplona, Guilherme Possollo, Raul Lino, Dulce Rumina Malta, Eduardo Malta, Fernando Rangel, L. H. Gilbert and Margarida de Abreu..

Neri Pozza Editore, Veneza, 1961 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 16.5 x 22 cm ; 0.654 Kg; 119 pages plus appendix with 98 plates. Includes 12 colour and 105 black and white illustrations.; Used book with signs of wear on the dust jacket, namely some tears. The interior is in good condition.; Catalogue from the exhibition Indian Miniatures from the XVth to XIXth centuries.; "Drawn largely from the Panjab Hills, it reveals a strand in Indian painting the very reverse of Mughal. In certain cases, compositions and motifs derive from Mughal practice but the styles are neither delicate nor naturalistic. Colour is employed as a means to emotional intensity, shapes are simplified and there is often a wilful cultivation of the truculent, the harsh and bold. Particularly in the case of portraits from Mandi - here shown for the first time in logical progression and brilliantly identified - the figures are endowed with primitive vigour as if they awaited some stark… Read More

Sotheby's New Bond Street, London, 1997 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 22.5 x 30.6 cm; 1.233 Kg; 198 pages with 197 lots illustrated in colour, including one fold out; Signs of wear in the dust jacket with some wear marks. The outside text block show some yellowing on top. The interior is in very good condition.; "Henri Vever (1854-1943) was among the earliest Europeans to succumb to the lure of Japan, and one of the leaders of the new fashion in collecting. At the time of the first sale at Sotheby's of the Vever collection in 1974, the owners elected to keep around 200 of the finest and/or rarest prints, their dispersal to be decided at a later date. These prints, subsequently illustrated with the remainder of the collection in Jack Hillier's three volume book on the collection, have been lying dormant since that time, seen only by a few scholars. It is this selection which is now offered for sale. The descriptions were prepared by Jack Hillier,… Read More

The Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, 1972 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 25.5 x 21 cm.; 1.1 Kg.; 243 pages with black and white and a few colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear, namely on the dust jacket that has scuffs and tears. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; "The present publication does not attempt to offer an archaeological or art historical survey of China. Rather it is arranged to convey the major strengths of our holdings. Ceramics are pre-eminent and include the greatest number of examples. Bronzes, though less numerous, are among the most ancient and rarest of Chinese artifacts. The Museum's examples are distinguished by virtue of having come almost directly from their sites of discovery, for the most part. Tomb figurines are now prized by Western collectors for their immediacy of representational effect, and by Chinese for their vivid expression of historical mores. At the time the Museum acquired most of… Read More

Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1985 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 16.4 x 24.1 cm; 0.634 kg; 244 pages, including some black and white images.; Used with signs of wear on the dust jacket and on the interior. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. Very good copy overall.; Over the last century, North Sumatra has been the site of one of the more intensive and successful pursuits of foreign agricultural enterprise in the Third World and of overt, sometimes violent, confrontation between capital and labor. This fascinating ethnographic history by Ann Laura Stoler analyses how popular resistance actively molded both the form of this colonial expansion and the social, economic, and political experience of the Javanese labouring communities on Sumatra's plantation borders. Stoler considers the nature and intensity of labor protest at critical moments of the estate industry's development: from the early pioneering years to the… Read More

Anness Publishing Limited, London, 2000 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. English Text; Paperback.; 22,8 x 29,6 cm; 0.5 Kg; 96 pages with colour illustration throughout; New, showing only signs of shelf wear. Interior as new.; An authoritative A to Z guide to the mythologies and legends of India, Tibet and Sri Lanka. Over 140 alphabetic entries describe the central mythical figures of each religion or culture and their importance to the people of the ancient world. Superb pictorial spreads illustrate the themes and symbols at the heart of each culture, from the Avatars of Vishnu, the Mother Goddess, and the life of the Buddha to Bodhisattvas and Tirthankaras. Wonderfully illustrated with over 150 colour images depicting the mythological gods, stories and people of old, this books looks at the current relevance of these enthralling legends. Lively and informed narrative written by an expert on myths and mythology. A unique and indispensable reference to the exciting tales and ancient legends of the East..