Art-Asia

Taiwan, Republic of China: National Palace Museum, 1993 340 pages; 173 "treasures" illustrated full-page in color. Enclosed in a pictorial slipcase, fine condition. Chinese and English text.. Revision, Second Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to. more information

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China: National Museum of History, 2000 242 pages; numerous color photographs. Chinese text; some English captions. Accompanied an exhibition in Taiwan.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. 4to. more information

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Taiwan: Sun Boy International Company, 2007 118 pages; essays; 69 color plates; text illustrations. Totemic art.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. 4to. more information

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Osaka: Museum of Oriental Ceramics 32 pages; endpaper maps; 54 ceramic pieces in color with labels. Most text in Japanese; labels in English.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. Slim 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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Japan Society, 1983 125 pages; 50 full-page color plates with complete descriptive entries; four essays on the Japanese Aesthetic by four Japanese authors; chronology; bibliography. All text is English. Some rubbing to dustjacket edges.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12" x 9". Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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New York, 1986 unpaginated; 70 color reproductions; exhibition checklist organized by artist in second volume. Clean and tight.. Printed Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. Oblong 12mo. Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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Saint Paul: Minnesota Museum of Art, 1975 110 illustrated examples of jade sculpture in b&w photos and several tipped-in color plates. Preceding are introductory and perspective essays.. Decorated Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. Square 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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New York: Asia Society, 1967 113 pages. Volume 20, 1966-7. Various scholarly articles; report of acquisitions of Asian art by American museums.. Printed Wrapper (softcover). Very Good.. 4to. more information

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Ana, 2002 130 pages; numerous color plates. The ceramic sculpture of SangHo Shin, focusing on the numerous figures in his Dream of Africa series. Text is Korean and English.. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Folio - 12.5" x 10" . Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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New York: J.J. Lally & Co., 2004 20 examples (pottery, marble and wood) illustrated with full-page color photography accompanied by catalogue entries. Examples include "A Large Painted Pottery Orchestral Group of Three Musicians Playing Bells, Chimes and a Drum, Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - A.D. 8)". This example is shown in 5 full-page illustrations, including detail. Bibliography.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. 4to. Gallery exhibition catalogue. more information

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Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co., 1963 56 pages. Exhibition catalogue of the works of 26 contemporary Japanese calligraphers. Entries include indentification of the ideographs, the literal meaning and acrediting the text. Often includes comments by the calligraphers. Photo portraits of the calligraphers.. Printed Wrapper (softcover). Good.. Square 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co., 1963 56 pages. Exhibition catalogue of works of 26 contemporary Japanese calligraphers. Entries include identification of the ideographs, the literal meaning and acrediting the text. Often includes the calligrapher's comments. Photo portraits of the calligraphers.. Printed Wrapper (softcover). Good.. Square 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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London: Paul Hamlyn, 1967 176 pages; 228 illustrations, 112 color; endpaper maps; glossary. The authors were respectively Chief Curator, Musée Guimet, Paris and Director of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Cologne. From the series Landmarks of the World's Art.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. more information

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New York: Dodd, Mead, 1933 218 pages; 88 illustrations (black and white drawings); frontispiece photograph; floral-decorated boards. Clean and tight, nearly unblemished within; paper boards darkened and titles on spine rubbed off.. quarter-cloth and paper boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. more information

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New York: Exeter, 1982 382 pages; illustrated throughout with color photography. Ten essays by ten authors with intimate familiarity of the "new" China. Essays cover such as, tourism, minorities, sports, politics, cookery. Book and jacket are nearly fine save for a small gift inscription on the half-title page.. Hard Cover - Paper Boards. Very Good/Fine. Folio. more information

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Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969 220 pages; 24 color plates; 100 b&w illustrations; appendix catalogue of 244 items illustrated in b&w thumbnail with text descriptions; chronological table; bibliography; index. A comprehensive book of the trade, manufacture and design of the porcelain. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise fine.. second printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. more information

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Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, 1966 288 pages; 184 catalogued items illustrated in b&w; 24 color plates, 116 b&w illustrations with the text. Appendix has bibliography, map, chronology of dynasties and principal historical and artistic events. The author considers the aesthetic and economic motivations of collectors of Chinese arts. Fine condition except for previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. more information

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Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1927 pp.xii; 514; xiii-xx. 38 b&w and 2 color photo illustrations; folding Chart of the Chinese Year; bibliography; index. Very attractive compilation; clean and tight within; boards and spine only showing some age.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. more information

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New York: The Asia Society, 1980 174 pages; 66 catalogued items illustrated in b&w with lengthy descriptive entries ; 12 color plates. An exhibition of South and Southeast Asia, China, and Japan arts.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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Phoenix Art Museum, 1999 131 pages; 62 color plates, including a 4-page foldout. The artist is a modern Chinese painter using ink and color on a paper ground. His subjects include Lotus, Landscapes, Flowers and Birds, Faces and Figures.Clean throughout, no marks, tears, creases.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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New York: Lyle Stuart, 1969 160 pages; b&w illustrations. "Exotic Horizons": Asia, India, Africa,. quarter cloth / paper boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. more information

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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1971 228 pages; b&w illustrations. Clean and tight throughout.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 8vo. more information

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Montclair, New Jersey: Montclair Art Museum, 1992 99 pages; 490 catalogued snuff bottles; 28 bottles are illustrated in color; 8 essays addressing particulars of the bottles, including: symbolism, materials, methods of manufacture, and history of Chinese snuff bottles. Clean and crisp within; wrappers rubbed and worn at the spine.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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New Delhi, India: Lustre Press, 2002 96 pages; numerous full-color illustrations. Among the contents: Origin of the Buddha Image; Tibetan Buddhist Iconography; Classification of Thangkas; The Evolution of Style, and some other.. Third Impression. Hard Cover - Pictorial Boards. Fine/Fine. 4to. more information

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New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1973 400 pages; 357 illustrations, including 336 color plates. Joan Cohen taught Oriental art history at Tufts; Jerome Cohen was Director of East Asian Legal Studies at Harvard. Both speak Chinese and travelled extensively in China. Nearly fine condition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Thick 4to. more information

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New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1905 227 pages. 52 plates plus frontispiece, most are sepia-toned photographs. The ten chapters are ten different papers written by the noted American architect. Wine-red decorated cloth boards with handsome gilt titles, t.e.g. Wear to spine extremeties and corners.. First Edition. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. more information

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Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1979 192 pages; 40 color plates; 256 b&w illustrations; all with complete catalog entries, including commentary. An exhibition organized by the National Museum of Korea for a tour of seven museums in the United States. Lower outside corner bumped causing a wrinklle to every page corner and the wrappers.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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New York: China Institute in America`, 1976 98 pages; 59 folk art items reproduced in b/w. The exhibition included wooden utensils, cotton fabric, lacquered leather, pewter, silver, wooden statues, woodblock prints. Clean and tight overall.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Essex Museum, 2000 160 pages; hundreds netsuke are illustrated with b&w photographs and are arranged according to subject matter. The catalogue offers explanations of use; information about their stories; type; material dimension; signature;circa.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. 4to. Collection catalogue. more information

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Wellesley, Massachusetts: Wellesley College, 1993 272 pages; 216 illustrations, some color, most b/w. A handsome catalogue of a collection that extends from Ancient Greek to twentieth century photography and late twentieth century art.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. 8vo. Collection catalogue. more information

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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971 unpaginated. 92 works are illustrated in black and white, each with a complete entry. Many cast and sculpted pieces. Clean and tight within; wrappers lightly soiled.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Good. 4to. more information

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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1981 386 pages. One of the earliest exhibitions following the restoration of relations between China and the US, this was a major scholarly undertaking between the Met's curators, academic scholars, and the Shanghai Museum. Beautifully illustrated, including full page photographs of the objects, this remains a standard reference on the subject. Some fading to the cover. Includes map of China's administrative divisions.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980 192 pages. This is the popular, abridged version of the scholarly catalogue which accompanied the exhibition, The Great Bronze Age of China. Entries for 105 objects.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good.. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1981 80 pages; well illustrated in color and in b&w. The Bulletin Winter 1981/82. Clean and tight. . Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good.. 4to. Art periodical. more information

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Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1973 239 pages; 121 catalogued b&w illustrations; 132 b&w text illustrations. A survey of about 3000 years of archaeology in China, 1766 BC - 1912 AD. Special attention is given to excavations since 1950. The authors draw inferences from comparisons of the earliest and latest excavations as well as from an examination of specific objects from the full spectrum of time. Clean throughout; tight binding.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Square 4to. more information

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New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987 56 pages; 63 illustrations, mostly color. MMA Bulletin Summer 1987. Clean and tight.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good.. 4to. Art periodical. more information

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New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973 Twelve facsimile color plates with commentary on the opposite verso. Clean throughout within, pristine; the front board has ink blots at the top edge; the slipcase is worn.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket But a Slipcase. Slim folio. more information

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Washiington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art and Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986 165 pages; 55 examples well illustrated, some in color; a variety of scripts; a variety of mediums: ink on paper or wood, watercolor on paper, cast in bronze, enamel on glass, glaze on ceramic, cut in steel.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. Folio. Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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New York: The Viking Press, 1965 157 pages; full-page b&w photographic plates throughout. A very attractive volume.. First Edition. Decorated cloth boards. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. more information

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New York: Crown, 1962 261 pages; 60 tipped-in color plates; line drawings; folding maps and chronological table. Clean and tight. Gift inscription in a nice hand on the front free endpaper.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. more information

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New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001 52 pages. MMA Bulletin Winter 2001. Well illustrated in color and in b&w. Clean and tight, nearly as new.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good.. 4to. Museum Bulletin. more information

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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art N.d. Unpaginated. An overview of Chinese art from Neolithic through the T'ang Dynasty (7-10th centuries A.D.) with objects from the Metropolitan Museum representing the various eras. MMA Bulletin No. 2 1973/1974.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good.. 4to. more information

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New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996 144 pages; 107 "treasures" illustrated in color.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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London: Phaidon Press, 1961 161 pages; 110 b&w illustrations; 17 color plates tipped-in. The author "traces Utamaro's development as an artist, providing at the same time an approach to the Japanese way of life in the late eighteenth century, as well as to some of the problems of Japanese art generally."-publisher. A very light dampstain line intrudes the top inside edge a quarter-inch, or less, and 3 inches across. Adhesive at the top edge of tipped-in color plate VIII, page 65 oozed outside the plate and stuck to the black-and-white plate opposite causing spots of abrasion. The edge of color plate XVII is curled; light wear to the foot of the spine; jacket has a repaired tear, but is intact. Other plates are flat and bright; other parts of the book are clean and bright. All the imperfections are minor: we feel the book could be described as very good.. First Edition. Decorated cloth boards. Good/Very Good. 4to. more information

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London: Ernest Benn, Limited, 1925 156 pages followed by 76 plates of which 26 are full-page color. This deluxe edition also contains 5 color plates (letterd A - E) not in other editions; color frontispiece. The edition was limited to 250 ; this is number 42 signed by Mr. Hobson, a renowned scholar who was British Museum Keeper of the Department of Ceramics. Printed on hand-made paper and bound in brown pigskin with gilt titles and ornament; t.e.g. Previous owners names on front pastedown and on a blank prelim; hinges reinforced; head of spine expertly restored; some chafing to the tail. A beautiful book with presence.. Signed by Author. DeLuxe Limited Edition. Pigskin. Very Good/No Jacket. Thick 4to. more information

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Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1971 208 pages followed by 50 b&w plates; 9 color plates within the text; color frontispiece; decorative endpapers. This is a reprint of the 1923 edition of the late Mr. Hobson, then and now regarded as a foremost scholar of Oriental Ceramics. He was, for the British Museum, Keeper of the Derpartment of Ceramics and later Keeper of Oriental Antiquities. A handsome book. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise in fine condition.. Later printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. more information

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New York: Dover, 1982 138 pages; 192 illustrations, 35 in color. A republication of The Art of the Chinese Potter from the Han Dynasty to the End of the Ming originally published in a limited edition in 1923.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 4to. more information

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Japan Society, 1973 164 pages. 62 prints reproduced in full-page images, 6 in color, with catalogue entries on the opposing page (the verso); Glossary; Bibliography. The exhibition brought together some of the prints earlier collected by Louis Vernon Ledoux which were then dispersed following Mr. Ledoux' death in 1948. Besides a renowned collector of Japanese prints he was the author of a five-volume ctalogue which documented the collection. Clean and tight; wrappers lightly shelf rubbed.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. Oblong 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue. more information

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Tokyo and Amsterdam: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha and Harry N. Abrams (1964). 554 pages; numerous b&w photographic plates by Tatsuzo Sato, Shihachi Fujimoto, Yoshio Watanabe, Ken Domon, Yasukichi Irie, Yukio Futagawa. An introductory survey is followed by commentary on each temple with full-page plates. Amber silk covered boards with blocked gilt titles; clear acetate jacket; green slipcase.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 13 1/2" x 10". more information

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New York: Harry N. Abrams 379 pages; 173 illustrations, including 54 tipped-in color plates. Clean and tight; a huge book, and beautiful. Jacket is lightly worn at the edges.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Good. Thick folio. more information

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