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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2002. Interest in scholars stones (gongshi), collected by Chinese literati and artists since the Tang dynasty, has expanded greatly in the West over the last five years, with over a dozen major exhibits mounted in museums around the world. Yet there exists only a handful of titles in English on the subject, and important texts such as the Suyuan Stone Catalogue, one of China's earliest and most comprehensive illustrated books on the subject, have never been translated. With its illuminating commentary and well-rendered wood-block illustrations, the Suyuan catalogue is an invaluable reference book for the study of ancient Chinese scholars' rocks. From the 101 entries of various stones and stone types listed in the catalogue, the author has chosen to focus on twenty of the historically most important, then provided translated text, original illustrations, and commentary for each. These stones are used as a springboard for an extended discussion of the connoisseurship and…
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Scholars' Rocks in Ancient China: The Suyuan Stone Collection Hardcover - 2003
by Kemin Hu
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- Title Scholars' Rocks in Ancient China: The Suyuan Stone Collection
- Author Kemin Hu
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Orchid Press, Bangkok
- Date May 2003
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9789745240162 / 9745240168
- Weight 2.15 lbs (0.98 kg)
- Dimensions 11.26 x 8.89 x 0.76 in (28.60 x 22.58 x 1.93 cm)
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