Hidden Meanings in Chinese Children's Clothing and Accessories

Sally Yu Leung

In China, children?s clothing and accessories are more than mere adornments of the body; they are bearers of the hopes and blessings for these tiny human beings. The author reveals the enchanting mysteries behind the hidden meanings in Chinese children's clothing and accessories.  >More

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Khmer Bronzes: New Interpretations of the Past

Douglas Latchford and Emma C. Bunker

This book explores the ways in which the Indic gods appeared on the Khmer sacred landscape, together with new bronze-casting techniques adapted by Khmer artisan metalworkers. These techniques enabled the production of large-scale bronzes in anthropomorphic form to fulfill the sacred requirements of the newly arrived beliefs. Examining the econographic, stylistic, and technical...  >More

Price: US$110.00

Sacred & Secular: The Piccus Collection of Tibetan Rugs

Rugs have been woven and used in Tibet for centuries, but until recent years, have been ignored by collectors and scholars alike because available examples were generally brightly colored, chemically dyed, clearly modern commercial production of little aesthetic appeal. This situation changed in the mid-1980s when the Chinese authorities began to allow tourism and foreign visitors...  >More

Price: US$65.00

Bhutan: Hidden Lands of Happiness

John Wehrheim

Tibetan folksongs sometimes sing of beyul?hidden lands that can only be seen by those of pure heart and mind. Tucked into the towering peaks and steeply forested valleys of the Eastern Himalayas, the Bhutanese believe their country to be such a place. Bhutan: Hidden Lands of Happiness is a geographical and cultural passage from the yak pastures along the Tibetan border to the rice...  >More

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Selected Masterworks of Modern Chinese Painting

The Tsao Family Mozhai Collection (4 Volumes)

Zhao Li and Wan Qingli

This comprehensive selection of masterworks from the encyclopedic Mozhai Collection documents the context, developments and breakthroughs of traditional Chinese brush painting during the Modern period stretching from 1840 to 1965. The four-volume set beautifully illustrates each of the 311 works selected with a full-sized color plate as well as full-page brushwork and composition...  >More

Price: US$495.00

The MacLean Collection

Chinese Ritual Bronzes

Richard Pegg

The MacLean Collection: Chinese Ritual Bronzes is the first in the series of books related to the MacLean Collection. This book is arranged chronologically and covers three major historical periods of Chinese bronze history, the Shang, Zhou and Han dynasties, primarily with bronzes manufactured in the central plains of China. For this book, we have attempted to provide as much visual...  >More

Price: US$135.00

Through a Chinese Connoisseur's Eye

Private Notes of C.C. Wang

Kathleen Yang

C.C. Wang's collection of private notes was written over a period of 40 years on paintings in The Palace Museum in Taipei and other collections he has studied. These studied private notes opens the door to the inner thoughts of a formidable collector. It demonstrates his expertise and thought process of a Chinese connoisseur in Chinese literati paintings. Included are paintings in...  >More

Price: US$95.00

FranzArt Jade

Chinese Art from the Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection: Volume One

Hedda Franz

The Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection is an eclectic collection of outstanding snuff bottles, paperweights, thumb rings and other jade items.  >More

Price: US$250.00

Marks on Chinese Ceramics*

The New and Revised Handbook

Gerald Davison

Building on the gradual success of first the unique small format 'Guide' (450 marks) published in 1987 which was reprinted twice, and then the much acclaimed and more comprehensive 'Handbook' (1800 marks) published in 1994, this NEW and EXPANDED publication now contains TWICE the content with approaching 3,400 marks spread over 310 pages. Almost 10 years in the making it is the...  >More

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Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam

Virginia C. Raguin and Dina & Peters Bangdel

Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam explores pilgrimage as experienced in Buddhist, Christian, and Muslim faith communities. It addresses shared goals of personal development and communal solidarity as deep human needs. Unique in scope, this richly illustrated catalogue addresses religious diversity in a global perspective. Dating from the 12th century to the...  >More

Price: US$85.00

The Nordic Butterfly Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles (2 Vol)

Robert Kleiner

Volume one covers subjects such as, Monochrome Glass, Glass imitating other materials, Glass with coloured inclusions, Glass with incised decoration, Carved monochrome glass, and Glass overlay. Volume two covers, Nephrite & Jadeite, Rock Crystal & Chalcedony, Enamels & Porcelain, Organic & Embellished Materials, Inside Painted, and Snuff Dishes.  >More

Price: US$250.00

Ladakh 1974 - 2008: A Photographic Homage

Jaroslav Poncar

Ladakh 1974?2008: A Photographic Homage by Jaroslav Poncar is a rare tribute to Ladakh, the ?Land of Passes? ? one of the most beloved landscapes of the Himalayas. Poncar is one of the first Westerners to travel to Ladakh when it was open for visitors in 1974. His countless trips and his love for Ladakh resulted in this retrospective collection of photographs that span more than three...  >More

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Blooming in the Shadows

Unofficial Chinese Art, 1974-1985

Julia F. Andrews and Kuiyi Shen

In the last decade, contemporary Chinese art has taken the art world by storm through heralded museum exhibitions, well-read publications, and heavily attended art auctions. However, despite all this attention, few exhibitions have asked the question of how?against the background of thirty-five years of Socialist Realism?this internationally-oriented artwork appeared and why it...  >More

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Reinventing the Past

Archaism and Antiquarianism in Chinese Art and Visual Culture

Edited by Hung Wu

Much attention has been given to the importance of emulation of the past in Chinese history. Study and interpretation of the past are now recognized as persistent forces in the shaping of cultural identity in China from ancient times to the modern age. The present volume is based on two scholarly gatherings organized by the Center of the Art of East Asia, Department of Art History, at...  >More

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Cambodia Angkor A Lasting Legacy

Pierre Odier

In the mid-1980s, the award-winning movie "The Killing Fields" launched the Cambodian tragedy into the public consciousness. It deals with the genocide of nearly half the population of Cambodia at the hands of the Khmer Rouge which was the ruling Communist Party between 1975-1979.

Today, Cambodians are trying to put their past behind them and look to the future, yet their...  >More

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Asian Tales

Ted Adameck

Ted Adameck's Asian Tales is a long awaited literary volume that far exceeds earlier publications in both quality and scope. Scholars, art collectors and art dealers will find Asian Tales a treasure for enjoyable reading and reference.

Ted's invaluable volume includes tales not only from China and Japan, but also from Bhutan, India, Korea, Mongolia, the Philippines, Vietnam and...  >More

Price: US$95.00

Looking Modern: East Asian Visual Culture from Treaty Ports to World War II

Edited by Jennifer Purtle and Hans Bjarne Thomsen

Looking Modern: East Asian Visual Culture from Treaty Ports to World War II examines multiple dimensions of visual modernity in East Asia from the nineteenth century through the early decades of the twentieth. The papers were drawn from two symposia held at the Center for the Art of East Asia in the Department of Art History, the University of Chicago, which brought out important...  >More

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A Treasury of Ming and Qing Dynasty Palace Furniture

Desheng Hu

This two-volume set is an important publication in the study of furniture from the Palace Museum (Forbidden City) in Beijing. Through 30 years of work and research in the Palace Museum, furniture specialist and author Hu Desheng has selected 455 of the most outstanding pieces (or sets) of furniture, illustrated in these volumes in high-quality color photographs. Chapters 1, 2 and 3...  >More

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Along the Yangzi River*

Regional Culture of the Bronze Age from Hunan

The middle bank of the Yangzi River is one of the most significant cradles of Chinese civilization and a historical area for the study of China's Bronze Age. Several important excavations in the past few decades have enabled us to examine the little known aspects of this culture through exquisite bronze vessels.  >More

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The Immortal Stone

James C.S. Lin

The Immortal Stone draws on the extraordinarily rich collection of Chinese jades in The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The most exceptional of these include objects from the Qing imperial court, animal sculptures, utensils and desk items of remarkable draftsmanship and inventiveness. The use of jade declined after the collapse of the Han empire and it was not until the Ming and...  >More

Price: US$45.00