Chinese Arts

Hong Kong: Christie's, 2004. This is a near fine hardcover 5 volume set with almost no wear. No marks inside or out, completely clean. These sales were held on different dates in Hong Kong and New York. Part 1 was held in Hong Kong on Sunday April 25, 2004. Text in Chinese and English. Introduction by Hugh Moss. Lots numbered 881 through 888. All with lengthy catalogue entries and color photographs. Parts 2 through 5 were held in New York on March 30, 2005, March 29, 2006, March 22, 2007and September 17, 2008. Part 2, lots 1-88. Part 3, lots 1-88. Part 4, lots 1-88. Part 5, lots 1-88. All lots illustrated in color, some with several photographs. Lengthy entries include date, provenance, materials, etc. 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 206, 175, 176, 168 and 168 pages. Prices realized sheets included. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Privately Published, New York, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Ltd to 100 numbered copies, this unnumbered 127 pages. Top edge gilt - bright, rich condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; China; Illustrated. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8684. .

New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1987-1996. First Editions . Hardcover. Vg/Vg. 3 Volumes. 627 pgs. - 404 pgs. - 449 pgs. Each volume with Index & Bibliography. Name to front endpapers. No marks in text. Volume one a little shaken. Vol. 2 and 3 are gently used. Dust jackets with light wear overall. The Wen xuan is the oldest surviving anthology of Chinese literature arranged by genre, compiled by Xiao Tong (501-531) "It was one of the primary sources of literary knowledge for educated Chinese in the premodern period, and is still an essential work for specialists in classical Chinese literature." An oversized 3 volume package; additional shipping charges required.

Hong Kong: Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hong Kong: Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. First edition. Very Good/good. A catalogue of the exhibition of Dr. Simon Kwan's collection, illustrated in colour throughout., text in Chinese and English. Now rare. D.j. a bit rubbed,minor crease to lower right corner of cover, interior with some foxing particularly on prelim pages, otherwise crisp, bright and tightly bound. A heavy book, it will incur increased postage charges, please contact us before ordering.

I am unable to read Chinese so please refer to the ISBN numbers for further information. The only copies of this book I could find were the American Edition in 37 University Libraries in the U.S.A. The book is in Near Fine condition with an ink stamp that transferred to the next page. The dust jacket is in Good or better condition with some creasing and wear at the top and a small corner tear. The white is somewhat soiled and has movement marks. The book opens from the back and left to right. The copyright page states it is the Chinese Orthodox Language Edition. The UPC code states published and printed in Hong Kong with the Original price of H.K. $250.00. No other copies of this Edition found.

National Palace Museum, 2011. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. In near-fine, clean and crisp order throughout. English preface and contents listing, Chinese text. Very well illustrated. Smart cream boards with bright gilt titling. D/j shows only light wear. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831). Folio. 366pp

Uitgeversmaatschappij De Tijdstroom b.v., Lochem, The Netherlands, 1977 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 17 x 25 cm; 0.542 Kg; 198 pages with black-and-white and colour illustrations.; The dust jacket has minor chips, tears and scuffs. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. The interior is in very good condition.; Between the reign of Chia-Ch'ing and the Japanese invasion in 1937 much porcelain was made in China, albeit of very diverse quality. It is, in fact, a strange phenomenon that, up to now, most experts have neglected this span of approximately 150 years during which so many interesting pieces were made. In this book the author makes an attempt, for the first time, to bring order into the porcelains of the various periods concerned and to show their interrelationships as well as their relationships to earlier periods. Some of the porcelain is undoubtedly rather poor, but many pieces, especially those produced during the second and… Read More

Paris, 1888. Fine. Paris 1888, 18x23cm, relié. - Manuscrit intitulé ""La Porcelaine de Chine"" orné de nombreux dessins originaux in et hors-texte en noir et en couleurs réalisés à même la page, sur de fins morceaux de papier de Chine contrecollés dans le texte ou sur des planches isolées de papier fort. L'exemplaire est également truffé d'une planche provenant du Costume historique de Racinet (1888) ainsi que d'une page imprimée de ce même texte. Il s'agit d'un recueil factice réalisé d'après plusieurs textes : Octave de Sartel, La Porcelaine de Chine (1881), Stanislas Julien, Histoire et fabrication de la porcelaine chinoise (1856), Maurice Paléologue, L'Art chinois (1887) et Louis Figuier, Les Merveilles de l'industrie (1873). Une dernière partie sur les bronzes chinois provient également de L'Art chinois de Paléologue. Tous les dessins sont réalisés d'après les illustrations des ouvrages sus-mentionnés et très… Read More

New York: Crown, 2021. Signed by Ai Weiwei. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Includes 8.5" x 18.125" 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows Letterpress Broadside. Requires additional shipping charge to ship book and print in the same box.

Rhodos International Publisher, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/First edition. Collaboration by Donald B. Wagner Clean and tight, this book has no apparent wear. Jacket has excellent even color, no nicks or tears. Now covered with a mylar sleeve. Book has no foxing, no marking to the slick higher quality paper. Cloth covering on book is clean with no breaks to material, title in black on front cover. 316pp., with bibliography, index, and many black and white illustrations. Sent to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC

New York: Privately Printed by Order of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan (DeVinne Press &, 1911. First, Limited Edition. Near fine. 2 volumes; Royal 8vo; 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (240 x 160 mm); Vol. 1: pp. xvii + 196; Vol. 2: lxxiii + 145; + 158 chromolithographs with rice paper guards inscribed with legend, many double-tissued. In vol. 2 plate no. 147 is used as a frontispiece. Each volume includes an index of cases with schematic drawings and key numbers, as well as Chinese characters and diagrams of maker marks. Top edges gilt, rest uncut; Brown pebbled morocco, with gold fillets on boards, five raised spines, gilt titling and decorations in compartments. Fillets on wide turn-ins, moiré silk and morocco doublures, spine sunned and some very light shelfwear to volume 1. Volume 2 bound in slightly darker morocco, with similar detailing and moiré-silk doublures, front cover re-attached by the Baytun-Riviere bindery. Volume two bears the pictorial bookplate of Earl Gifford Talbott. LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies… Read More

Beautiful artwork....

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Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art is richly illustrated with photographs of art objects and original hand-painted drawings by the author and by Mulan Bartholomew, organized in numbered sectors for ease of reference, and enhanced with extensive bilingual indexes and other supporting materials, making it an indispensable reference book for anyone interested in Chinese art and culture.

Hong Kong: The Urban Council Hong Kong, 1977. First Edition. Original Cloth. Near fine/very good. 4to. (26.5cm). Bound in the grey green cloth, black lettered titles to spine and cover. Text in English and Chinese. pp. 142. With 155 plates, chiefly b&w, some in colour. A clean, sound copy, in a dust jacket with a couple of small closed tears, repaired to back with archival tape. An excellent resource on the subject.

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