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Chinese Ceramics

Lili Fang 2011

3rd edition. Paperback, 158 pages, 107 colour illus. 1 map, 230 x 156 mm

Selected Paintings of Wu Zuoren and Xiao Shufang. Cloth, ca. 26x36cm

by Ai Zhongxin

112 pages catalogue, in colour, with biographies, Chinese-English-French edition. 45 paintings by Wu Zuoren / 22 paintings by Xiao Shufang. Beijing: Second edition, 1985

Flower-and-Bird Painting. Technique of Chinese Painting. Paperback

by Bai Zhi, translated by Huang Zhenhua

83 pages, with a glossary, and 84 text figures in colour or black-white. 1986

Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting. Paperback

by Richard M. Barnhart (Editor) / Chongzheng, Nie / Shaojun, Lang / Barnhart, Richard M. / Cahill, James / Hung, Wu

402 pages, many colour and bw illustrations. Drawing on museum collections and archaeological sites in China, many previously closed to Westerners, a group of distinguished scholars chronicles the development of Chinese painting over three millennia and presents three hundred examples reproduced in color

Private Hong Kong. Where East Meets West

by Sophie Benge, Photography by Fritz von der Schulenburg

216 pages, with an index and with numerous colour illustrations. 1997. Interior decoration: Explores the interior design style of the island of Hong Kong, and includes a visitor's guide to the city

Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Cloth. 22x31cm

158 pages, with 64 colour and 68 black-white illustrations, index. 1996

Handbook of the Oriental Collection: Birmingham Museum of Art. Paperback

by John H. Seto

223 pages, with 143 black and white plates and 20 color plates. 1988

Painter's Practice: How Artists Lived and Worked in Traditional China. Hardcover. ca. 28 x 21 cm

James Cahill

xi, 187 pages, bibliography, index, many illustrations. 1994. Cahill blasts conventional notions of the elevated and disinterested scholar-artist in Chinese history. He studies the social and commercial context of art from the 16th century onward and the implications of that context for our understanding of traditional Chinese art.

Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares. Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art Illustrated Guide. Paperback

63 pages, colour throughout. 1989. Section 6 of the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art catalogue with images of ceramic wares from the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1912) accompanied by brief written descriptions and details on their time of origin and dates of exhibition.

Catalogue Traditional Chinese Paintings. Cloth. Ca. 27x37cm

45 plates traditional chinese paintings. 28 plates graphic paintings. 16 plates oil paintings. 8 plates watercolour gouache paintings. 10 plates sculptures. 1988. Many plates are, full-size, in colour. With biographies. Text generally in chinese Language. Titles of the Paintings and the Lists of them in both English and French Language

Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. Paperback

60 pages, colour throughout. 1997. Section 7 of the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art catalogue with images of celadon ceramics, also known as greenwares, dating from AD 300 to modern times, accompanied by written descriptions and details on their time of origin and dates of exhibition.

Painting of Children at Play. 21x30 cm. Paperback

Catalogue of the exhibition of paintings of children playing. Text both in Chinese and English language. 98 pages, 27 colour plates, many black-white illustrations

Paintings of Chen Zizhuang (1913-1976). A Blending of Vital Elements. Cloth, 26x36cm

Introduction by Wu Fan

171 full-size colour plates, first edition 1989

Chen Tingyou

Paperback, 134 pages, 114 colour illus. 1 map, 230 x 156 mm. Cambridge Introductions to Chinese Culture. The art of calligraphy is seen as the epitome of Chinese culture. Originating in the earliest abstract symbols carved on cave walls, animal bones and tortoise shells by the ancient Chinese people, over several thousand years calligraphy has become far more than a means of writing and recording events. This book provides an accessible, illustrated introduction to the history of calligraphy from the beginning of the Chinese written language, the methods and styles used by calligraphers through the ages and the influence that calligraphy has had on modern art around the world.

Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Early Ming Period Porcelain. Paperback

Preface by Chiang Fu-tsung

38 pages with text in Chinese and English, 72 black-white and 20 colour plates. 1990

Chinese Painting and Calligraphy by Guangdong and Hong Kong Artists from the Tayilou Collection. Hradcover, ca. 21x30 cm

Christina Chu, editor

224 pages, 100 plates, many in colour, text in Chinese and English. 1992

Art of Van Lau. Hong Kong Arts Festival: 1987. Paperback

Introduction by Christina K.L. Chu

96 pages, 46 colour plates including some black-white photo's, with a list of exhibits, artist's biography, text in Chinese and English. 1987

Art in China.

Craig Clunas.

Paperback, 288 pages, 130 halftones, 79 colour illustrations. 2009. Presents an overview of art in China from the Neolithic period to the 1990s. This updated edition contains expanded coverage of modern and contemporary art, from the fall of the empire in 1911 to the growing international interest in the art of an increasingly confident and booming China.

Chinese Export Porcelain from the Liebman Collection. Paperback

by Catherine Coleman Brawer. Elvehjem Museum of Art

160 pages, with 11 figures, 7 color plates, 124 black-white plates

Chinese Domestic Furniture in Photographs and Measured Drawings. Paperback. Ca. 10x30cm

by Gustav Ecke. ix, 161 plates of photographs and drawings, with a list of pieces, list of plates, bibliography, 59 pages with text. Reprint

World Around the Chinese Artist. Aspects of Realism in Chinese Painting. Paperback

by Richard Edwards

156 pages, with about 80 illustrations

82 Contemporary Chinese Painters. Cloth, with dustjacket, 26x37cm

foreword by Han Suyin

82 photo's and short biographies of each painter, 82 full-size colour illustrations, text in english language, first edition Beijing 1986

Painting and Private Life in Eleventh-Century China: Mountain Villa by Li Gonglin. Hardcover. Ca. 19.5x26 cm

Robert E. Harrist, Jr.

xvii, 164 pages with text, glossary, index, bibliography, notes, 72 plates with black-white illustrations

Chinese Ceramics. The New Standard Guide. Paperback, ca. 25x32 cm

He Li. 352 pages, 850 illustrations, including 704 plates in colour, 6 maps, chronology, bibliography, list of Chinese characters, index. A guide to Chinese ceramics which cites the latest scientific and archaeological evidence, as well as ancient traditions of Chinese connoisseurship and patronage. The book draws on the holding of Chinese ceramics in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

How to Read Chinese Paintings. Paperback

Maxwell K. Hearn

184 pages, 175 color illustrations, 1 map. 2008. This volume closely “reads” thirty-six masterpieces of Chinese painting from the encyclopedic collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in order to reveal the major characteristics and themes of this rich pictorial tradition.

Landscapes Clear and Radiant. The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717). Hardcover

Edited by Maxwell K. Hearn

248 pages. 184 b/w and 81 color illustrations, 5 maps. 2008. This comprehensive study of the painter’s career features essays examining his life and achievement as well as his masterwork, the monumental scroll depicting the Kangxi emperor’s Southern Inspection Tour

Hong Kong Calligraphy. Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Paperback. 21x28cm

by Hoi-chiu Tang & Yuen-kit Szeto, editors

174 pages, and 86 plates. Contents: Seal Script. Clerical Script. Regular Script. Running Script and Cursive Script. 1990. Presented by the Urban Council, Hong Kong. Organized by the Hong Kong Museum of Art: 10-4-1990 - 10-6-1990

Treasures of Asian Art. Selections from the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection. The Asia Society, New York. Paperback. Ca. 21x28cm

192 pages with text, 69 full-size color plates, select bibliography. Catalogue of the Exhibition Hong Kong 1993

Bushel of Pearls: Painting for Sale in Eighteenth-Century Yangchow. Hardcover

by Ginger Cheng-chi Hsü

xiii,  314 pages. Ca. 50 illustrations. 2001. She shows how aesthetic choice is not free from political, economic, and social conditions. She discusses the merchant patrons associated with the Yangchow school of painting and reconstructs the lives of four painters who exemplify the diversity of the school's traditions: Fang Shih-Shu, Huang Shen, Cheng Shieh, and Chin Nung

Art of Chinese Miniature Landscape. Hardback. ca. 23x26cm

Scholars Rocks in Ancient China: The Suyuan Stone Catalogue. Hardcover

by Kemin Hu

164 pages, 188 figures, most of them in colour. 2002

Kiln Sites of Ancient China: Recent Finds of Pottery & Porcelain. Paperback

Penelope Hughes-Stanton, Rose Kerr

166 pages, illustrations throughout. 1981. Divided by province, this catalogue of recent Chinese pottery and porcelain finds provides a detailed description of each piece displayed, with a brief chronology of Chinese history and map of the provinces listed.

Deities, Emperors, Ladies and Literati. Figure Painting of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Paperback, ca. 21x30 cm

by Alice R.M. Hyland

96 pages, with a map, bibliography, 37 black-white and colour plates. 1987

Selected Works from Jiangsu Academy of Traditional Chinese Painting.

Cloth. ca. 26x36 cm. 114 colour illustrations, short biographies in Chinese, and photos of all the artists. 1987

Index to Reproductions of Paintings by Twentieth Century Chinese Artists. Hardcover

by Ellen Johnston Laing

xxi, 530 pages. Revised edition 1998

Ten Thousand Things. Module and Mass Production in Chinese Art. Paperback

by L. Ledderose. 266 pages, illustrated throughout, glossary, bibliography, index. 2001

History of Far Eastern Art. Fifth edition. 22x30 cm. Cloth

by Sherman E. Lee, edited by Naomi N. Richard

576 pages, 66 colour and 735 bw-illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. 1994. This is an account of the visual arts of Asia, from the Indus River to Japan and Java, between the fifth millennium BC and AD 1850. Each chapter begins with a concise historical introduction and the discussions are structured chronologically, examining many archaeological discoveries.

Great Treasury of Chines Fine Arts: Arts & Crafts 4: Bronzes I. Hardcover

by Li  Xueqin

240 plates, with 240 black-and-white figures with a description, and 15 pages with origin and development of Chinese bronzes. 1987, cover slightly damaged, see picture at end of word Chinese, reduced price

Chinese Export Porcelain In the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University. Cloth, 23x30cm

Thomas V. Litzenburg in collaboration with Ann T. Bailey and with a preface by David S. Howard

288 pages, 310 colour and 25 mono illustrations. 2003

Selection of Sculptures by Ye Yushan. Paperback, ca. 21 x 28 cm

Executive editor Du Qi. Introduction by Liu Kaiqu

98 pages, with numerous, mainly colour, illustrations. 1986

Selected Paintings of Wang Yanzhang. Cloth, ca. 26x36 cm

editor: Liu Ruyang

18 pages text in Chinese and English, 75 full-size colour plates, biography. Beijing 1988

Great Treasury of Chines Fine Arts: Sculpture 2: Sculpture of the Qin and Han Dynasties. Hardcover

Liu Yushan, editor

148 plates, with 148 black-white figures with a description, text pages 1-17 with "Sculpture during the Qin and Western Han Dynasties", by Tang Chi, text pages 18-34 with "Sculpture during the Eastern Han Dynasty", by Liu Xingzhen, text pages 35-44 with "Sculpture during the Qin and Han Dynasties", by Fu Tiangchou. A translation of Zhongguo Meishu Quanji: Diaosu volume 2.

Life of the Emperors and Empresses in the Forbidden City: 1644-1911. Photobook.

by Lu Yanzhen, Li Wenshan & Wan Yi, editors. 1983

Paperback. Ca. 23x31 cm, 121 pages. With numerous, mainly colour, illustrations

Text in Chinese, with a translation into English

Traditional Chinese Rubbing Techniques. Paperback

by Lui Wing-fong

77 pages, text in Chinese and English language, richly illustrated, very nice, informative, booklet.

Chinese Popular Prints. Cloth

John Lust

xiv, 352 pages, 28 illustrations. 1996. The book is a first attempt to present the Chinese popular blockprint illustration for display, its culture, history and workshops. It shows how it blossomed out in the urban and rural scenes of recent centuries, finally to succumb to nationalism and revolution

Currency of Macau. Paperback

Ma Tak-wo

84 pages, with many colour illustrations. You will like the beautiful illustrations in this book even if you don't like money

Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Procelains. Paperback

Margaret Medley

86 pages, 16 plates. 1976. An illustrated stapled catalogue of blue and red Chinese ceramic wares throughout ancient Chinese history, with an introductory essay on various types of wares and research associated with them and descriptions of each example, along with historical information such as where the pieces have been exhibited.

Chinese Potter: A practical history of Chinese ceramics. Third revised edition

Margaret Medley

288 pages, with 215 figures, 8 colour plates. 1989, 3rd revised edition. Most studies of Chinese art deal with types, period or styles, but this historical examination of Chinese ceramics, which uses recent research, explains how the evolution of pottery depended upon the technological developments of the Chinese culture.

Art of Mu Xin: The Landscape Paintings and Prison Notes. Hardcover

by Alexandra Monroe (Int)

192 pages, 54 colour plates and 56 bw illustrations. 2002. Mu Xin (b. 1927) is one of the leading expatriate artist-intellectuals of our time. This beautifull catalogue focuses on a group of 33 landscape paintings that Mu Xin painted in 1978–79, in the aftermath of the Great Cultural Revolution.

Arts of China. Hardcover

by Hugo Munsterberg

234 pages, with 115 black-white and color illustrations, bibliography and index. 1972, reduced price