Search Results: Titles starting with T from Jorge Welsh Books

Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge (Massachusetts) and London, 2004 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 16 x 23.5 cm; 0.7 kg; 370 pages with a few illustrations.; Used with minor signs of wear. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; Harvard East Asian Monographs 230.; Until 350 years ago, the Chinese considered Taiwan a "savage island" beyond the pale of Chinese civilization. When the Qing conquered the island in 1683, the court debated the value of colonizing this "ball of mud". Yet, two centuries later, in 1895, Chinese writers lamented the island's cession to Japan as a loss of sacred national territory. Taiwan's trajectory from "savage island" to China's "sovereign territory" is the subject of this book. The author argues that colonial travel writing, ethnographic illustrations, and maps were central to this transformation and that traveler's representations of Taiwan… Read More

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England, 1995 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 17 x 24.5 cm.; 0.78 Kg.; 428 pages.; Used with signs of wear, namely on the outside text block. Interior as new. Signs of wear on the dust jacket that is now protected with a clearcover.; Modern Japan offers us a view of a highly developed society with its own internal logic. Eiko Ikegami makes this logic accessible to us through a sweeping investigation into the roots of Japanese organizational structures. She accomplishes this by focusing on the diverse roles that the samurai have played in Japanese history. From their rise in ancient Japan, through their dominance as warrior lords in the medieval period, and their subsequent transformation to quasi-bureaucrats at the beginning of the Tokugawa era, the samurai held center stage in Japan until their abolishment after the opening up of Japan in the mid-nineteenth century. This book demonstrates how… Read More

Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1981 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 16.3 x 25.5 cm; 0.575 Kg; 151 pages with 143 black and white illustrations and 18 colour illustrations; Used book with signs wear. The dust jacket is faded on spine and is now protected with a clearcover. The interior is in very good condition.; During the rich and colourful T'ang dynasty, which lasted from 618 to 906, Chinese civilization reached one of its high peaks, some would say its highest peak of all. Territorial expansion and international trade led to an unprecedented influx of foreign merchants and diplomats, of new ideas and fashions. There was a fresh and open delight in the arts, in painting, poetry, music, and not least in ceramics. Scarcely ever before had the world seen such virtuosity, variety and sheer joie de vivre in their production. It is remarkable that Margaret Medley's T'ang Pottery and Porcelain is the first major book to have been solely devoted… Read More

Rizolli International Publications, Inc., New York, 1984 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 29 x 32.8 cm; 2,690 kg; 283 pages. Includes 319 illustrations, of which 40 are in colour; Used book with minor signs of wear namely some small bumps on the hardcover cloth. The spine of the dust jacket is slightly faded. The interior is in very good condition.; Chinese ceramics of the Tang and Liao periods receive the most comprehensive examination in Western literature in this new study by one of the world's foremost scholars on Far Eastern art. William Watson describes and analyses all aspects of these extraordinary wares wholly from the evidence of the most recent excavations and Chinese archaeological studies appearing since 1949. No other history of the ceramics of this era has attempted so detailed a survey based on the latest findings. The ceramics of the Tang dynasty (618-907), through its lead-glazed pottery and its figurines, dramatically reflect the… Read More

Jorge Welsh Research & Publishing, London, 2016 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover; 352 pages with 431 colour illustrations; 23.5 x 29.7 cm; 2.4 kg; LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES.; The first comprehensive study on Chinese Porcelain Tankards and Mugs, with pieces from 23 museums, 18 private collectors and 3 dealers, from around the world.; Tankards and mugs are vessels that illuminate many aspects of social, economic and art history. This book focuses on Chinese export porcelain tankards and mugs dating from the 15th to the 19th century. Drinking is a pleasurable and social activity, enjoyed by most cultures of the world. In China, alcohol was used for feasts, festivals and religious ritual as early as the Neolithic age. In the West, beer, cider and porter were drunk on both convivial and solemn occasions. Vessels used to contain drink were often treasured containers, and time and care was spent on their manufacture and decoration. They needed to be practical, functional… Read More

The Apple Press, London, 1994 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 24.3 x 31.5 cm; 0.682 Kg; 80 pages with 200 exclusive photograps of teapots; Used with signs of wear. The interior is in good condition apart from the first few pages that show some yellowing.; The collector's guide to selecting, displaying and enjoying new and vintage teapots, mainly written for newcomers to teapot collecting. This book is illustrated with more than 200 examples from around the world, plus their associated milk jugs and sugar bowls, trays, stands, and tiles. Connoisseurs collect unusual shaped teapots made in ancient China and medieval Japan, classics by Meissen or Wedgwood, or Staffordshire cottagepots. Enthusiasts collect new, affordable, fantasy teapots shaped like storybook or film characters, animals or even food. There are favourite royal commemorative teapots, and the famous Hall China Doughnut, a Georgian silver tea kettle, and a Victorian children's tea service. The… Read More

University of California Press, 1974 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text, Hardcover, 15.8 x 23.4 cm, 0.507 Kg; 231 pages with no illustrations.; Standard book number 520-01008-6.; Used with minor signs of wear on the dust jacket and interior. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; Readers interested in the psychology of non-western peoples will find this volume provocative in both descriptive and theoretical detail. The first book-length study of Siamese psychological life, it describes the members of an Asian peasant community whose dominant personality traits are aimed at the maintenance of their individuality, privacy, and sense of self-regard. In addition, it offers suggestions for handling many of the theoretical and technical problems crucial to cross-cultural personality research. Basing his research on two years of field work in the Central Plain community of Bang Chan, Mr.Phillips offers a systematic analysis and comparison of two kinds of data: observations of the… 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

The Friends of the National Museum, Singapore, 1987 Book. Good. Soft cover. English text.; Paperback (stapled); 28 x 21.5 cm; 0.2 Kg; 32 pages with colour illustrations accompanying the text.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior.; Exhibition catalogue with texts focusing on: Traditional Furniture, Bamboo, Porcelain and Pottery, Lacquerware, Prints, Toys and Games, Children's Festivals, Dolls, Costume, The Tea Cerimony - Chanoyu, Netsuke.; Full catalogue listing with captions at the end.; "Welcome to 'Images of Japan', a month long programme of exhibition, performances and lectures, organised by the Friends of the National Museum and the National Museum. We hope this series of events will provide you with a broad and stimulating look at Japanese culture. This catalogue has been prepared for the exhibition 'Things Japanese' and to serve as permanent reminder of these events." excerpt from the foreword by Richard K.B. Poh, Director, National Museum and Julia… Read More

Jorge Welsh Research & Publishing, Lisbon/London, 2022 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover in slipcase (2 VOLUMES); 594 pages, 626 colour illustrations and 2 black & white illustrations; 312 colour illustrations; 23,5 x 29,7 cm; 4.4 kg; Volume One - Introduction: Teapots for the Domestic Market; Volume Two - Teapots for the Domestic Market.; This two-volume book focuses on the artistic, cultural, and historical motifs of Chinese porcelain teapots made for the domestic market, and will ultimately be part of a four-volume set, the third and fourth volumes to be dedicated to teapots made for the export market. The collection was started by Franco Cutrupia in 1981, who, soon after arriving in China, became fascinated by the beauty, variety of shapes, and decorative motifs of Chinese porcelain teapots. Later he was joined in his passion for Chinese porcelain by his wife, Pauline Ngai, a Chinese history major and author of this book. The book examines the auspicious motifs… Read More

Jorge Welsh Research & Publishing, Lisbon/London, 2022 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Chinese text; Hardcover in slipcase (2 VOLUMES); 594 pages, 626 colour illustrations and 2 black & white illustrations; 312 colour illustrations; 23,5 x 29,7 cm; 4.4 kg; Volume One - Introduction: Teapots for the Domestic Market; Volume Two - Teapots for the Domestic Market.; This two-volume book focuses on the artistic, cultural, and historical motifs of Chinese porcelain teapots made for the domestic market, and will ultimately be part of a four-volume set, the third and fourth volumes to be dedicated to teapots made for the export market. The collection was started by Franco Cutrupia in 1981, who, soon after arriving in China, became fascinated by the beauty, variety of shapes, and decorative motifs of Chinese porcelain teapots. Later he was joined in his passion for Chinese porcelain by his wife, Pauline Ngai, a Chinese history major and author of this book. The book examines the auspicious motifs… Read More

Jorge Welsh Research and Publishing, 2018 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover; 248 pages, 244 colour illustrations; 23.5 x 29.7 cm; 2 kg; LIMITED EDITION OF 400 COPIES.; Exhibition catalogue; This exhibition catalogue focuses on the representation of Westerners in export art during the 18th and 19th centuries, including objects of Chinese porcelain, unfired clay sculptures and paintings on glass. The catalogue brings together portraits of 40 different personalities in 62 catalogue entries. Mostly ordered through private trade and in small numbers, the objects featured in this catalogue were produced in China, but in some instances decorated in Holland, for a multiplicity of purposes: as tokens of personal association with religious or political movements, family mementos, emblems of personal status, fashionable furnishings, or served to commemorate or satirise current events. It explores the mastery of the Chinese artists in achieving an accurate appearance of those portrayed,… Read More

Jorge Welsh Research and Publishing, 2016 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover; 364 pages; 376 colour illustrations; 23.5 x 29.7 cm; 2.5 kg; LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES.; Exhibition catalogue; The 18th century saw the rise of 'views and perspectives' as a theme in European arts. The increasing popularity of this subject was not only influenced by the idea of the Picturesque, but also by a fashion for Antiquarianism. The appearance of 'views and perspectives' on Chinese works of art for Western markets was a direct result of this change in taste. Such scenes were painted for a variety of purposes, for family remembrance or status, a religious or political token, or simply as a souvenir. With 84 entries and over 60 supporting images, this catalogue focuses on 'views and perspectives' on Chinese art as a subject in its own right, revealing new sources for scenes that have not been identified before. Extending chronologically from the late 17th until the… Read More

Jorge Welsh Research and Publishing, 2019 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket).; 23.5 x 29.7 cm.; 0.8 Kg.; 76 pages with 44 colour illustrations.; Timeless Treasure: The Runic Calendar Staff accompanies the 20th annual exhibition of export art at Jorge Welsh Works of Art. This catalogue is part of the three-volume box set Treasures, alongside Pocket Treasures: Snuff Boxes from Past Times and Timeless Treasure: The Runic Calendar Staff. The mysterious symbols that decorate a rare enamelled copper staff are uncovered for the modern viewer in Timeless Treasure: The Runic Calendar Staff. Displaying a runic calendar based on a Swedish model of circa 1750, this staff is among the few copper objects enamelled with Western designs in China during the 18th century. Runic calendar staffs are so called due to the theme of their decoration, which comprises inscriptions with runes forming a perpetual calendar, or almanac. Wooden staffs of this type were important… Read More

La Société des Amis du Musée national de Céramique Sèvres, France, 2013 Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English and French text; Paperback; 21.6 x 22.7 cm; 0.99 Kg; 290 pages with various colour images.; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; "Tobacco Leaf" and "Pseudo Tobacco Leaf" constitute a family of motifs that were created in China and, starting in 1765, were used for a century to decorate porcelains destined for export to Europe (mainly Portugal and probably England) and Brazil. The total number of Tobacco Leaf and Pseudo motifs in existence is unknown. This study, the only one on this subject currently in existence, looks at 38 of these motifs (10 Tobacco Leaf and Pseudo) as well as 21 variations on them (12 Tobacco Leaf and 9 Pseudo). After describing the various elements that make up the different families of motifs, the motifs themselves are then studied one by one with the aid of the 400 color photographs that illustrate the the work. To make… Read More

Centro Cientifíco e Cultural de Macau, Portugal, 2009 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English and Portuguese text; Hardcover; 24 x 30.5 cm; 1.155 Kg; 148 pages with colour illustrations.; Limited edition of 750 copies.; As new with signs of shelf wear. Our logo is glued to the front free endpaper.; Exhibition Catalogue.; This catalogue results from a long period of research about the life of the Portuguese Jesuit Tomás Pereira, who was, until recently, very little known by the academic community and almost anonymous in the collective memory. The point of departure for this investigation project was Tomás Pereira's diary, Diário de 1689, which was published for the first time in 1961. From then onwards, the Jesuit priest remained relatively forgotten. From 2006 until 2008, when the results were presented at an international colloquium organised by the Centro Científico e Cultural de Macau, there was a systematic search for new documents relating to his life, with new… Read More

The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1980 Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback; 21.7 x 28.1 cm; 0.330 Kg; 17 pages (Members of the Council, List of Members, Transactions and obituaries) plus 65 pages (articles) and 6 plates; one of 1500 limited copies; Used book with signs of shelf wear and edgeworn. The interior is in good condition apart some minor marks throughout and the pages slightly bent on the top right corner. Protected with a clearcover.; Includes the following articles: Korean Indian Lacquer of the Koryo Period by G. St. G. M. Gompertz; Some observations on the Imperial Art Collection in China by Dr. Lothar Ledderose; and Soba-Cups and other Folk Porcelains of Japan by Dr. Oliver Impey..

The Oriental Ceramic Society in association with Sotheby Publications, 1983 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth) with dust jacket; 22 x 29 cm; 0.658 Kg; 94 pages with various black-and-white illustrations; Used book with signs of shelf wear in the dust jacket; the dust is slightly faded in the front cover and spine. The interior is in very good condition apart some minor markings on last page. Protected with a clearcover.; Includes the following articles: Categories of Post-Yuan Decorative Bronzes by William Watson; America and the China Trade 1770-1870 by Colin Sheaf; Chinese Ceramics in the Leeds Art Galleries by John Sweetman; Kiln Sites of Ancient China by Rose Kerr; and The West Chamber: a Literary Theme in Chinese Porcelain Decoration by Craig Clunas..

The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1995 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (cloth); 21.5 x 28.5 cm; 0.687 Kg; 11 pages (Members of the Council, Transactions and obituaries) plus 94 pages with various colour and black-and-white illustrations; Used book with almost no signs of shelf wear as the book is protected with a trimsleeve Dustwrapper. The interior is in very good condition.; Includes the following articles: Exoticism in Japan – Japanese Interest in Dutch Ceramics and Other Curiosities by Christiaan Jörg; Report on the Study Day on the 16th century Chinese Ceramics by Craig Clunas; Research Display on 16th century Chinese Ceramics at the British Museum by Jessica Harrison-Hall; A Group of Chinese Stoneware Sculptures Reunited by Nick Pearce; Continuity and Innovation in Ceramics by Alan Caiger-Smith; Decorative Links between Porcelain and Silk in the Qing Period by Rosemary Scott; Timurid Ceramics: Filling a Gap in Islamic Ceramic History by Ernst Grube; Summaries of Lectures by… Read More

The Oriental Ceramic Society in association with Sotheby Publications, 1981 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth) with dust jacket; 22 x 29 cm; 0.653 Kg; 7 pages (Members of the Council and Transactions) plus 86 pages (articles) with various black-and-white illustrations; Used book with signs of shelf wear in the dust jacket; the dust jacket is slightly faded in the front cover and spine. The interior is in very good condition. Protected with a clearcover.; Includes the following articles: Chinese Art in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight by Miss Margaret Medley; Aspects of Persian Blue and White and China in the Seventeenth Century by Dr. Yolande Crowe; King Gustav VI Adolf’'s Approach to Chinese Art by Dr. Bo Gyllensvärd; Some Decorative Techniques found in later Chinese Glass, A Small Group of Eighteen-century Chinese Court Lacquers by Professor P.H. Plesch; and A Small Group of Eighteen-century Chinese Court Lacquers by Mr. John da Silva..