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CAPON, Edmund Qin Shihang Terracotta Warriorsand Horses.
Sydney Art Gallery of New South Wales 1983 095941227 Softcover
Octavo Size. Very Good condition. Cover lightly edgeworn. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and black and white drawings. 96 pages Catalogue to the "Exhibition of the Terracotta Figures of Warriors and Horses of the Qin Dynasty of China." ID209672
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Carter, Michael Crafts of China (Crafts of the World)
London Aldus Books 1977 1st Edition Hardback
Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with colour photographs and drawings. 144 pages Traces the history of various Chinese crafts including lacquer work, ceramics with explanations of the symbols and folktales which are such an important part of the craftsman's vocabulary. Includes directions for making a variety of Chinese crafts from making a kite to gold thread embroidery. ID267694
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Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. History of Indian and Indonesian Art
New York Dover Publications 1965 Softcover
Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Light wear to edges and corners. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. vii, 295 pages An unabridged and unaltered republication of the work first published by Karl W. Hiersemann in 1927 with extensive bibliography. ID257173
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Frankfort, Henri The Art and Architecture of The Ancient Orient
London Penguin Books 1954 1st Edition Hardback
Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Fine copy in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A very nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Fold-out map to rear. The Pelican History of Art Z7. 279 pages + plates Traces the development of Mesopotamian art from the emergence of Sumerian art 3500-3000 B.C., to the late Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods 1000-539 B.C. In the second section he covers the art and architecture of Asia Minor and the Hittites, of Levant in the second Millennium B.C., of the Aramaeans and the Phoenicians in Syria, and of Ancient Persia. ID268838
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GASCOIGNE, Bamber The Treasures and Dynasties of China
London Jonathan Cape 1973 0224009257 / 9780224009256 Hardcover
Octavo Size. VERY GOOD+ in VERY GOOD Dustjacket. DJ protected in Mylar cover. DJ chipped and worn along edges. Illustrated with colour and black & white photographs and Black and white drawings. Small stain on Title Page. 256 pages A unique view of 3500 years of Chinese civilization. ID209671
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Lei, Grace [Editor] The Magical Art of Paper-Cutting
Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government 2006 999370086X / 9789993700869 1st Edition Card Covers
Folio size [24x33cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Colour and black & white illustrations. Exhibition catalogue - limited to 500 copies - which includes papercuts from China and Switzerland. Text in multi-languages including Chinese, Portugese & English. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 195 pages Paper-cuts from Foshan [one of the "Four Famous Towns" during the Ming and Qing Dynasties] in the Guangdong province of China are folk handicraft with distinctive local cultural characteristics. While paper-cuts are generally made using scissors to cut designs on paper, those from Foshan are different - they are "paper carvings" rather than "scissor cuttings". They can be classified into different categories - copper lining, paper lining, colour on copper and silver, woodcut, copper chiseling, and monochrome. ID268413
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Light Industry Publishing House Chinese Arts and Crafts
Peking Foreign Languages Press 1973 Hardback
Large Quarto Size. VERY GOOD in GOOD+ Dustjacket. DJ is complete but has a few small chips and closed tears - now protected in plastic sleeve. Illustrated with over 220 Colour and Black & White Photographs (mostly colour). 220 plus pages ID222881
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Liu, Gretchen One Hundred Years Of The National Museum Singapore 1887-1987
Singapore National Museum Singapore 1987 997191722x / 9789971917227 1st Edition Hardback
Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. Lovely book in excellent condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 80 pages A celebration of Singapore's National Museum which since the 1960s has been divesting itself of its colonial beginnings and reflecting the cultural and intellectual interests of the nation. ID254216
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Loehr, Max The GREAT PAINTERS OF CHINA
London Phaidon Press Limited 1980 0714820083 / 9780714820088 1st Edition Hardback
Small Quarto Size. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket (now protected). Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 336 pages ID252205
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Ma Chengyuan [Edited by Hsio-Yen Shih] Ancient Chinese Bronzes
Hong Kong Oxford University Press 1986 0195837959 / 9780195837957 1st Edition (thus) Hardback
Small Quarto Size. Fine in Very Good Dustjacket. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 206 pages A succinct but still comprehensive survey of ancient Chinese bronzes - looking at the history, social background, the alloy, the casting and the ranges of bronze pieces. Some 115 examples are illustrated with 50 in colour. ID222947
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Munsterberg, Hugo The Arts of China
Vermont Charles E. Tuttle Co. 1989 0804816247 / 9780804816243 Softcover
Octavo Size. Near Fine copy. No dustjacket as issued. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 234 pages ID198578
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Neave-Hill, W.B.R. Chinese Ceramics
Edinburgh John Bartholomew & Son Ltd 1975 0702810215 / 9780702810213 1st Edition Hardback
Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good+ condition in Very Good Dustjacket - now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs as well as black and white diagrams, drawings and maps. 176 pages Summarises the main features of Chinese ceramic development from the Neolithic pottery of 2000B.C. to the enamelled porcelain of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. ID263524
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Paine, Robert Treat & Soper, Alexander The Art and Architecture of Japan. The Pelican History of Art
London Penguin Books 1955 1st Edition Hardback
Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Fine condition in a Very Good Dustjacket - DJ now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. The Pelican History of Art series. Well illustrated with black & white plates and drawings. 316 pages This volume is divided into two parts - Part 1 is devoted to painting and sculpture & Part 2 is on architecture. In time it ranges from the pre-Buddhist era to the nineteenth century. ID150909
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