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1978. 1978 Lion-Goldschmidt, Daisy MING PORCELAIN Translated by Katherine Watson NY: Rizzoli, c1978 291pp index, illus color, b/w photos Sm folio As new copy in d/w with publisher's protective cardboard slipcase.
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MING PORCELAIN
by Lion-Goldschmidt, Daisy
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Landscape Reunited : Huang Gongwang and "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains
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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
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The Chinese Woodcut: A New Art for the 400 Million: 11 prints of life and Manners in Present day China, with an introduction by Agnes Smedley (Introduction by Anges Smedley missing.)
by Smedley, Agnes
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New York, Touchstone Press with the cooperation of the Tribune Subway Gallery, 1948. Soft portfolio. 9 x 12 inches. Very Good. Nine of the original loose eleven black and white plates (plus cover art) in slightly worn portfolio. Contents clean, slightly toned. Please note: Text introduction by Anges Smedley missing. Communist era China, revolutionary period.
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Qi Paintings (Set 2 Volumes) (Hardcover)
by QI BAI SHI
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Beautiful artwork....
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Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties: Jointly Presented by the Min Chiu Society and the Urban Council, Hong Kong
by TAM, Laurence C S (Curator)
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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.
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Chinese Export Art in the Eighteenth Century
by Jourdain, Margaret & Jenyns, R. Soame
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London: Country Life Limited, 1950. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Country Life Limited, 1950. 4to., 8 3/4" x 11 1/4", 152pp. color frontis and 144 black and white illustrations. Light foxing to endpapers, else very good in very good minus dust jacket with old internal tape repairs. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.
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The Chinese Theatre -- translated from the French by James A Graham with illustrations from paintings, sketches and crayon drawings by Alexandre Jacovleff
by A Jacovleff & Tchou-Kia-Kien
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1922 h/b papered-boards Larger-4to-Format, col + b&w illus EX-LIBRARY Content in vg condition, covers worn esp edges & sl torn with sm portion of covers spine missing, minimal ex-library markings 7 magnificent full-page lge-4to col plates have protective tissues intact, one of them, together with the majority of text, printed on sumptious 'craft'-paper. The other 6 col plates & all b&w plates (many also full-page) are on gloss paper. The book was a stylish production with many 'cottage'-crafted features. Jacovleff illustrates Chinese Theatre (1922)
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A Master of Pass, ( Sic ) [ Past ] , Present and Future Ihe First Exhibition Of Chang Dai-Chien's Paintings in Canada
by Chang Dai-Chien / Ba Tong / Barry Till
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Taipei: National Museum of History, 2000. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, apparently unread copy. Text in English and Chinese..
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Oil Paintings Of Buda Pest Series
by Arx Lee
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Guangzhou: Wilber Creations, 2012. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oil paintings by the renowned cartoonist, illustrator and graphic novelist Arx Lee (Li Chaoxiong). Exceptionally scarce and in VG/near-fine order throughout. Dual language English/Chinese interview with artist included among the excellent reproduced art works. Grey cloth board with white titling to front, very lightly marked. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 4to. 48pp
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Chinese Yixing Teawares
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Mai Foundation, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, unread copy, in a fine jacket. As new. Weighs over 2.5 kilos, so extra postage will be required..
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A Primer of Chinese Acrobatics (Meet a Cultural China)
by Qifeng Fu, Xining Li
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Beijing: Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China, no date, [about 2002]. Boxed Set. Rare presentation copy issued by the PRC government to foreign institutions and VIPs. Boxed set includes hardcover book, CD-ROM for windows computers and a VHS tape. All are unused and suitable for gifting. Box shows minor shelfwear. Book cover shows many very-small bubble-like spots, most on the rear. See photo. Ninety page book with many color illustrations provides an overview of Chinese acrobatics and how it developed from diverse origins such as hunting, farming, the military, ritual, games and sports, palace entertainments and cultural exchange. CD-ROM includes music clips, text and images. Videocassette shows 16 winning acrobatic performances from competition in a range of disciplines, including unfixed pole climbing, plate spinning, contortionism, chair stacking and loose steel wire stunts. Purchasers should take precautions against the possibility that the PRC-government produced CD-ROM may host…
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Between Two Cultures: Late-Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Fong, Wen;Fong, Wen C
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NY/New Haven: Yale Univ Press/Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY/New Haven: Yale Univ Press/Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/8", xiii+286pp., 234pp., including 114 colorplates. Fine, as new in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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Painting in the Chinese Manner
by Chang, Shu-Chi
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NY: Viking, 1960. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Viking, 1960, first printing. 4to., 8 1/2" x 11 1/4", 80pp., illustrated with tipped-in color plates and b/w reproductions. English text by Helen F. Chang. Near fine in very good plus, price-clipped dust jacket with light edgewear and one closed tear. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to.
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Artworld of Chung, Kyung-Yeun
by Chung Kyung-Yeun
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Seoul: Hain Creative Agency, 1992. First Edition, first printing. Softcover in dust jacket. 1992 Lynn City Museum, Massachusetts Exhibition. Published Seoul: Hain Creative Agency, 1992. Oblong folio, 8 3/4" x 12." 106pp., profusely illus. color plates. Artist profile and critcal essays in Korean and English. Dark green card wrappers with black lettering, black art paper end papers. White enamel dust jacket printed in color. Additional three page, stapled 8 1/2" x 11" artist bio from Boston Fine Arts Gallery laid in. Book, dj and bio all pristine, near very fine. Scarce.. 1st. Hard. Very Fine/Very Fine. Folio. Illus.
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The Fan Zeng Paintings (upper and lower volumes)(Chinese Edition)
by Fan Zeng
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People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 2003, Two Volumes, Fine Hardcovers / Fine Dustjackets, 422 pages, 8.5" x 11.5". Chinese Text.
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China: Through the Looking Glass
by Andrew Bolton
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Stated First Printing.Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked, slight bend on lower corner of some pages – spine like new. Small repaired tear in mini paper over-sleeve.
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A lavish exploration of the evocative and complex fashions inspired by Chinese culture.For centuries, Chinas export artsjade, silks, porcelains, and, more recently, cinemahave fueled Western fantasies of an exotic East and served as enduring sources of inspiration for fashion. This stunning publication, which accompanied one of the most successful exhibitions in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's history, explores the influence of Chinese aesthetics on designers, including Giorgio Armani, Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Ralph Lauren, Alexander McQueen, and Yves Saint Laurent. Drawing upon Chinese decorative arts, cinema, and costumenotably imperial court robes,… Read More
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 204, Number 6 (December 1959) - Special Issue : Red China, The First Ten Years
by Weeks, Edward A. (ed.), Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong), Michael Lindsay, Tao Chu, Ted Hughes, Isak Dinesen, Peter Ustinov, Wolf Mankowitz, et al
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Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1959. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 176pp, printed wrappers. A Special Issue devoted to China under Mao Zedong, includes poems by Mao and a profile of him, plus other content on Chinese culture and politics. Also a poem by Ted Hughes, a story by Isak Dinesen, and work from other important contributors. Unmarked copy, a bit of general wear and toning, minor closed tearing to covers.
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The Five Famous Imperial Wares of the Song Dynasty
by Youngman, Robert P
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The Lokapala Hard cover in dust jacket. Published The Lokapala. 4to., 8 3/4" x 11 1/4", 27pp., illustrated with full-color plates. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a short, closed tear. . Hard. Fine/Near Fine. 4to.
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir. Signed Book Plus Broadside Print.
by WEIWEI, Ai. Translated by Allan H. Barr
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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.
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The Chinese Dragon
by L. Newton Hayes With An Introduction Fong F. Sec
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Original 1922 Very Good+ First Hardcover story of the Dragon in Chinese folklore and Asian roof Pagodas Printed and published in Shanghai pre-World War II China. This Edition is referenced in John Michell Ley Lines book "View over Atlantis" here in original edition, See our scans.
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