Search Results: Authors starting with K from Jorge Welsh Books

The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1982 Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback; 20.3 x 22.8 cm; 0.2 Kg, 36 pages with black and white illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Previous owner sticker glued to the rear of the front cover and on the bottom of the first page. The dust jacket is worn, has tears and his chipped. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; Catalogue from an exhibition held at The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco from March 2 - June 6, 1982. "Assembled by Tu'tz and donated to the Museum by her daughters, Jeanette V. West and Betty V. Gewald, the present group of fifty kosometsuke and related ceramics is without counterpart outside Japan. It not only reflects the Tu'tz's taste for the unusual, it is also a striking illustration of her flair as a collector; she achieve uniqueness.".

Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., Japan, 1977 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Japanese and English text.; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket - as issued) in slipcase with carton box.; 23 x 32 cm; 3.5 Kg; Colour illustrations throughout, each with caption in Japanese and English.; Used with signs of wear on the card box. Signs of wear on the hardcover cloth and slipcase. The characters on the spine of the slipcase spine and also on the spines of the hardcover cloth are faded. Interior in very good condition.; HARD TO FIND.; Two volume set comprising Color Section (217 pages) and Monochrome Section (238 pages).; With texts by the noted ceramic scholar Masahiko Kawahara, this two-volume publication illustrates a vast selection of Ko-sometsuke ('old blue and white') porcelain presented in 934 catalogue entries. A thorough introduction in Japanese and English outlines the most relevant features of this porcelain ware produced in China for the Japanese market during the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644),… Read More

Thames & Hudson Ltd, London, 2001 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback; 22.3 x 27.8 cm; 0.776 Kg; 160 pages with 300 iillustrations in colour; Minor signs of wear in the cover, spine and back cover. Edgeworn. The interior is in very good condition; Includes loose page from the International Herald Tribune, dated May 26-27, 2001 with the review of the exhibition.; The jewelled arts have been more highly developed in the Indian Subcontinent than anywhere else in the world, reaching their peak in the period of the Mughals. This full-colour presentation of its fabulously varied achievements, with over 300 specially taken photographs, accompanies the major international exhibition of the same title.The pieces range from rings, necklaces and other personal adornment to astonishingly detailed jewelled work on objects as diverse as boxes, flasks, bowls and daggers. They are presented and analysed here in thirteen thematic groups, beginning with unique and highly effective… Read More

CA Book Publishing, Hong Kong, 2021 Book. New. Hardcover. English and Chinese text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 22 x 25 cm.; 0.9 Kg.; 172 pages with 176 colour plates; New. May show signs of shelf wear.; Song Dynasty Ceramics highlights over 126 objects from the V&A's magnificent collection to discuss China's great age of ceramic production (960-1279). This long-awaited survey is illustrated with many of the very finest examples of Song ware in the Western world. The V&A's collection of Song Dynasty ceramics ranges from rare and precious items to many interesting study pieces. Rose Kerr has traveled to China annually and has brought together in this book the fruits of her research, much of it now published in the West for the first time. She uses it to provide context for the remarkable pieces illustrated here, and to interpret the subjects for audiences in both English and Chinese. Rose Kerr is an English art historian specializing in Chinese art, especially Chinese… Read More

Oriental Ceramic Society, 2006 Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback; 19.2 x 24.3 cm; 0.323 Kg; 104 pages with illustrations.; Signs of wear in the front cover, namely edgewear, slight peeling on the bottom right of the front page and also wear mark on the top right of the front cover. Interior as new.; Catalogue from the exhibition in 2006 held at the Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, London.; Selection and catalogue committees: Rose Kerr, Chair and Editor (formerly V&A Museum); Jessica Harrison-Hall (British Museum); Sheila Canby (British Museum); Stacey Pierson (Percival David Foundation); Scott Rosemary (Christie's), Anthony du Boulay (formerly Christie's); Phillip Allen (Collector) and Jean Martin.; The previous exhibition organised by the Oriental Ceramics Society in 2003, was devoted to the use of cobalt to paint designs on white porcelain wares that were then fired to a high temperature after the application of colourless glaze. This… Read More

2021 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket) in slipcase.; 33 x 27.5cm; 2.8 Kg; 287 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; New. May show signs of handling and shelf wear.; Yaozhou ware is one of the finest Chinese celadons, made in north China over a period of seven hundred years, from the 7th to the 14th centuries. Their style developed and changed over time. In the Tang dynasty (618-906) black, brown, lead glazed and black-on-white painted ceramics were made. During the Five Dynasties period (907-960) a technical peak was achieved, and white-bodied wares with beautiful blue-green glazes appeared. During the Northern Song and Jin dynasties (906-1279) more olive-toned celadon glazes became the norm, their intricate decoration and lustrous surfaces supplying a unique aesthetic. At the end of the Jin dynasty the kilns declined, and started to manufacture folk ware. Yaozhou Wares from Museums and Art Institutes Around the World gathers illustrations and… Read More

Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd., London, 2000 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 22,6x 29,3 cm; 0,956 Kg; 134 pages with colour illustrations; Used in very good condition overall. Minor signs of wear on the dust jacket.; Includes loose price list.; Dealer catalogue. 86 lots with collour illustrations. Includes loose price list.; "Gerry P Mack was one of the great snuff bottle collectors of the twentieth century. The bottles for which Gerry had a weakness have stood the test of time and more remarkably, of our increased knowledge of the subject. Gerry's achievement was to align on bottles which he liked and which are still highly sought after and in many cases among the finest of their type, such as no. 26 in this catalogue, the stunning Imperial glass snuff bottle inscrebed with one of the Qianlong Emperor's personal reminiscences and no. 11, the nephrite bottle hollowed almost to eternity." excerpt from the foreword by Robert Kleiner,… Read More

Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd., London, 1999 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback; 22,5x 30 cm; 0,3 Kg; 27 pages with 93 lots with colour illustrations; Used with minor signs of wear.; Dealer catalogue. ; Includes loose price list..; The catalogue presents a selection of snuff bottles made of materials like glass, porcelain and other types of materials. Exists items with an Imperial reign-marks, which gives the information of the court production. "However, large numbers of both glass and jade works of art were produced within the various Imperial ateliers without reign-marks, probably by the emperors on important feast days." excerpt from the introduction by Robert Kleiner..

Pacific Magazines Ltd, Hong Kong, 1984 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback magazine; 21.3 x 28.8 cm; 0.252 Kg; 74 pages with illustrations. Used with signs of wear. Edgeworn.; Includes: Batik from the North Coast of Java by Inger MacCabe Elliott; Beyond Ornament: Temple Design in Nepal by Ronald M. Bernier; Exhibition Highlights: The Art of Chinese Bamboo Carving; Calender of Exhibitions; Exhibitions, Sales, Auctions, Fairs and Conferences; Report from London by Vanessa Clewes Salmon; Report from New York by Diane Strachan..

Orientations Magazine Ltd, Hong Kong, 1991 Magazine. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback magazine; 21.3 x 28.8 cm; 0.248 Kg; 74 pages with illustrations. Used with signs of wear. Edgeworn.; Includes: The T.T. Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art by Amanda Ward and Jane Lawrence; Gained in Translation by Suning Sun-Bailey; A Hero Restored: the Conservation of Guan Di by John Larson and Rose Kerr; Identified Women's Things in the T.T. Tsui Gallery by Verity Wilson; A Qing Dynasty Multi-armed Bodhisattava: Surface Decoration, Construction and Hidden Offerings by Richard Cook; Whose Throne Is It Anyway? The Qianlong Throne in the T.T. Tsui Gallery by Craig Clunas; Zhu Qizhan - One Hundred Years by Lars Berglund; Book Reviewed by Kenneth J. DeWoskin of the publication: The Wu Liang Shrine by Wu Hung; Report from Hong Kong by Susan Dewar and Donald Dinwiddie; Report from New York by Margaret Tao; Calender of Exhibitions; Exhibition Sales and Auctions..

Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica, 2016 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover; 18.5 x 29 cm; 2.068 Kg; 600 pages with 345 colour illustrations; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC; Although Spain was one of the main commercial and colonial powers of the Modern Age, its role in the circulation of Chinese export porcelain was far from being very clear. The present work, which examines the reception of pieces of this kind during the reign of the Habsburgs, is therefore intended to fill an important gap. Together with lacquered objects and exotica, porcelain circulated throughout the Spanish Empire, passing through the Americas, but until now there had been no record of the pieces that reached the Spanish market. However, Krahe reconstructs the journey of this porcelain ware from southern China, analyzing what it was like, how it was displayed and stored, to what uses it was put and how it was valued in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain. Based on thorough archival research, a… Read More

Azymuth Editions, 1994 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text. Title and captions in English and Chinese; Hardcover (cloth in slipcase); Limited edition of 1000 copies, 2 volumes (343 pages volume 1 plus 319 pages volume 2), 957 color illustrations, cloth.; 27 x 37 cm; 6.5 Kg; Signs of wear on the slipcase, namely wear marks. The first Chinese character on the slipcase is slightly faded. Minor signs of wear on the exterior of the two volumes hardcover cloth. The interior of both volumes is in good condition. However on volume 2: the top of the first pages have minor untrimmed edges, and one page a tiny tear and also two of the pages have signs of have been glued to each other.; CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. VERY HARD TO FIND.; "The first volume of this catalogue contains mainly earthenwares and stonewares from the Neolithic period to the Song dynasty (AD 960-1279), the second porcelains from the Yuan (AD1279-1368) to the Qing dynasty. Although the two volumes belong together, they are… Read More

The British Museum Press, A division of The British Museum Company Ltd, London, 2009 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback; 21.9 x 21.7 cm; 0.377 Kg; 96 pages with 125 colour illustrations; Used with signs of wear, namely some spots on the front cover.; The British Museum is proud to host one of the finest collections of Chinese ceramics outside Asia. This outstanding group of nearly 1700 pieces acquired by Sir Percival David includes many items of imperial quality, with beautiful examples of extremely rare Ru and guan wares as well as the famous David vases. Their inscriptions date to 1351, making them an internationally acknowledged yardstick for the dating of Chinese blue and white porcelain. Here are 50 selected highlights of this world-renowned collection, all illustrated with colour photographs taken especially for this publication. The accompanying text gives brief details and draws out their most significant features. An illustrated introduction explains what made Chinese… Read More

Paradou Writing Ltd., London, 2006 Book. New. Hardcover. English text; Title and captions in English and Chinese; Hardcover (cloth in slipcase); limited edition of 1000 copies, 2 volumes, 614 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; 27 x 37 cm; 6.5 Kg; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; The Meiyintang collection represents one of the finest private collections of Chinese ceramics ever assembled. Volume Three of the collection catalogue, consisting of two books in a slip case, discusses and illustrates nearly 600 Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the Yuan (1279-1368), many of which are today on display in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich. Volume Four, also consisting of two books in a slip case, covers China's porcelain production from the Yuan to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) with some 250 entries. This collection is now dispersed. The 1994 publication of Volumes One and Two of the catalogue, which presented earlier acquisitions, is currently out of print..

Paradou Writing Ltd., London, 2010 Book. New. Hardcover. English text; Title and captions in English and Chinese; Hardcover (cloth in slipcase); limited edition of 700 copies, 2 volumes, 480 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; 27 x 37 cm; 6 kg; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; The Meiyintang collection represents one of the finest private collections of Chinese ceramics ever assembled. Volume Three of the collection catalogue, consisting of two books in a slip case, discusses and illustrates nearly 600 Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the Yuan (1279-1368), many of which are today on display in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich. Volume Four, also consisting of two books in a slip case, covers China's porcelain production from the Yuan to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) with some 250 entries. This collection is now dispersed. The 1994 publication of Volumes One and Two of the catalogue, which presented earlier acquisitions, is currently out of print..

Philip Wilson Publishers, London for Sotheby's Publications, 1986 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket in slipcase).; 28 x 39 cm; 17 Kg.; 1381 pages with 5,000 black-and-white and colour illustrations, including 200 large-size colour plates.; 3 volumes comprising: Volume 1-Yuan and Ming Dynasty, Celadon Wares; Volume 2-Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains; Volume 3-Qing Dynasty Porcelains.; Used books with signs of wear on the slipcases, dust jackets and on the interior.; OUT OF PRINT SCARCE REFERENCE CATALOGUE. LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 819.; The Topkapi Saray Museum collection of Chinese Ceramics is one of the largest and most important in the whole world, yet comparatively little of it has ever been published. The wares assembled here present a continuous review of porcelains made for export from the 13th century to the 19th century which, in its range of styles and designs, is without equal in any other surviving… Read More

CA Book Publishing, 2022 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket - as issued); 26 cm x 33 cm; 1.6 Kg; 172 pages with 134 colour plates.; The Mingzhitang Collection of Sir Joseph Hotung is one of the finest collections in the world to capture the essence of early Chinese blue-and-white porcelain. With twenty outstanding examples, it concentrates on the first hundred years of China's blue-and-white production, in the late Yuan (1271-1368) and early Ming (1368-1644) dynasties - a period that was never surpassed in artistic ingenuity and material quality. The charisma and the energy of the masterly paintings on porcelain created in the Yuan dynasty at the kilns of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province, which made this genre so influential and universally admired, are represented with twelve exceptional examples, most of them unique. They demonstrate the powerful blue-and-white style developed under Mongol rule, when the artisans appear to have been working with… Read More

University of Hong Kong, 1989 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (without dust jacket); 22 x 29.8 cm; 4.6 Kg; Volume 1 with 407 pages; Volume 2, pages 408 to 487 followed by a list of 276 plates (each with caption) from the author collection comprising Wares from Daoguang, Xiaofeng, Tongzhi, Guangxu and Xuantong. Black and white illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The hardcover front covers is turning inwards at the top right side. Both volumes include a sticker with the author name on spine, which is slightly ungluing on volume 1.; Abstract of thesis entitled: "The Imperial Porcelain Wares of the Late Qing Dynasty" submitted by Simon S. M. Kwan for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong, July, 1989. This thesis is devoted to the study of Qing ceramics from the reign of Daoguang (1821.1850) to the reign of Xuantong (1909-1911), covering a period of approximately ninety years. During this period,… Read More

Select Books, Singapore, 2018 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hard cover (with dust jacket) in slipcase.; 24.5 X 33.5 cm; 3.8 Kg; 422 pages with color illustrations; New. May show signs of handling and shelf wear.; DIALOGUE with THE ANCIENTS showcases 100 ancient Chinese bronzes from the Collection of Shen Zhai, the Studio of Reverence. Built over four decades, the Collection covers almost all types of bronze vessels found in the entire span of Shang, Zhou and Han Dynasties, circa 1600 BC - AD 220. The Catalogue is lavishly illustrated, capturing the beauty of the bronzes, with the majority featured in actual size. Each piece is documented in detail, with reference to comparable specimens and archaeological findings. Uniquely, the Catalogue includes several series of objects in chronological sequence; this enables the reader to study the evolution of form, design and technology throughout the three dynasties. Opening with the Editor's essay on his personal journey in forming the… Read More