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Kodansha International Ltd, Tokyo, 1964 Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dustjacket); 262 pages with tipped in colour plates: 29 (ceramics), 27 (metal works), 25 (lacquer ware) and 26 textiles; 27 x 35 cm; 3.078 kg; Used book with signs of wear, namely a small stain on the hardcover cloth (only seem if the dust jacket is removed). Minor signs of wear on the interior. The hinge is slightly loose, but the binding remains firm. The dust jacket has tears and minor chips and is now protected with a clearcover.; For us in the West, the category "Fine Arts" refers almost exclusively to painting and sculpture. The rest we relegate to the status of 'minor arts', crafts and curiosities. In China and Japan this has not been the case, and a famous Oriental painter has also been a calligrapher, a potter, a maker of lacquered objects, etc. And well-known Japanese potters occupy an exalted position in the history of Japanese arts as do the most important painters… Read More

Arts Orientalis, Singapore, 1979 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 23 x 30 cm; 1,581 Kg; 312 pages with 294 full colour plates and seven authoritative articles on Chinese celadons and related wares.; Used book with signs of wear. The dust jacket has a tear on the top of the spine. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. Minor signs of wear in the interior, namely some minor wear marks on the rear of the front cover and on front free endpaper.; Compiled by the Southeast Asia Ceramic Society in Singapore, this catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition on Chinese celadons and other related wares in Southeast Asia, organised by the SEACS together with the National Museum in Singapore IN 1979. Beginning with an introduction by Lu Yaw, who examines the evolution of the celadon tradition in China from its beginning to the Qing dynasty, the other six articles go on to explore celadons found in Europe, India and Sri Lanka, Brunei and Sarawak, and… Read More

Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore, 1983 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 19,5 x 27 cm; 0.818 Kg; 161 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Limited edition of 2000 copies of which this is number 1318 (handwritten on the rear of the copyright page).; Used book with signs of wear. The dust jacket has minor signs of wear. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. Minor signs of wear in the interior.; This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition on Song ceramics, organised by the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, held at the National Museum of Singapore, in May and June 1983. Beginning with an introduction, which determines the different type of Song wares, the book conducts an analysis on how Song ceramics developed in different production centres. A further article traces and unveils the evolution of shapes and decoration of Song ceramics. The following section of the book is the catalogue, which includes more… Read More

Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., 2005 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Japanese text with English captions.; Paperback.; 23 x 30 cm; 1.85 Kg.; 400 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Tokyo National Museum from the 25th of October until the 4th of December 2005.; "This exhibition displays approximately 500 works dating from Hokusai's earliest period until he put down his brish and took to his final sickbed in the spring of his 90th year. This selection introduces the audience to Hokusai's unwavering creativity and the diversity of his unique artistic world." excerpt from the October 2005 Preface by Nihon Keizan Shimbun, Inc.; "Unquestionably the most thoroughly instructive study of the work of Katsushika Hokusai ever presented. How fitting that the prints, paintings, and drawings of this master gathered from around the world are assembled in Ueno, not far from the neighborhood where Hokusai crafted the humane yet haunting… Read More

Omega Books Limited, United Kingdom, 1983 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 21 x 27.5 cm; 1 Kg; 227 pages with 119 illustrations, 52 in colour; Used with minor signs of wear on the dust jacket. Interior as new.; Peking, the famous ancient capital of China, is without doubt one of the most fascinating places on earth. Imperial grandeur has here harnessed the finely attuned Chinese sense for colour and form. Over the course of a thousand years a city has grown up in which breath-taking vistas alternate with delicate corners of intimacy and elegance. Here temples of the great religions of Asia - Confucionism, Buddhism, Taoism - intermingle with the palaces, pagodas and pavillions of imperial pleasure and fantasy. Peking is indeed a unique city, and through this book the reader will gain a broad view of the history, art and architecture of one of the oldest existing centres of civilisation. With the aid of a wealth of illustrations, Lin Yutang conveys, in an intimate… Read More