Search Results: Titles starting with M from Jorge Welsh Books

Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2013 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 24.6 x 29.5 cm; 1.8 Kg; 240 pages with colour illustrations throughout, with captions in English.; New with signs of handling, namely same marks on the dust jacket and hardcover cloth. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover..; With around 120 items from the rich and unique collection of the Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, this publication unveils the myth of glorious Ming porcelain, presenting numerous pieces in both their historical and cultural contexts: finest porcelain not only for the imperial court but also for a globalised market - for both the South East Asian archipelago and for the West, the Netherlands of the Golden Age..

Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan, 1990 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Japanese text.; Paperback; 21.5 x 27.8 cm; 0.8 Kg; 187 pages with colour and black and white illustrations. Captions in Japanese and English; Used with minor signs of wear.; Catalogue from the collection of overseas prints from Europe, America and other countries from the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan, which consists of approximately 3300 works from the 15th to the 20th century..

Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, Spain, 1992 Book. Good. Hardcover. Spanish text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 25 x 31 cm.; 4 Kg.; 707 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Chip on the dust jacket.; Includes previous owner sticker on the rear of the front cover of the dust jacket.; Catalogue raisonné of all the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in the XIX and XX centuries in North America and Europe. Includes an introduction to the Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza..

Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, Spain, 1992 Book. Good. Hardcover. Spanish text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 25 x 31 cm.; 4.4 Kg.; 812 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Includes previous owner sticker on the rear of the front cover of the dust jacket. The dust jacket shows a small chip on the bottom of the front cover.; Catalogue raisonné of all the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum from the XIII to the XIX century included biographies of the artists and an index of works. Includes an introduction to the Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza..

Cohen & Cohen, Reigate, Surrey, United Kingdom, 2008 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 25.5 x 32 cm; 2,409 kg; 303 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with minor signs of wear. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; This book covers the largest and most important collection of Chinese and Export figures currently existing in the world. Collected by James E. Sowell of Dallas, Texas, there are over 170 items including over 50 bird figures, a dozen dogs, and a unique pair of leopards possibly made for the Imperial Summer Palace. It includes a history of the European trade with Canton and contains an informative guide to the dating of many of these pieces, with many pictures of the bases of the figures. The book catalogues the James E. Sowell collection in detail, arraging the animals according to approximate zoological taxanomic groups and commenting on some of the scientific knowledge available at the time. Traditional theory says… Read More

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications by Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, London, 1980 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 23 x 28.5 cm; 0.758 Kg; 80 pages with colour illustrations.; Used book in very good condition with minor signs of wear in the dust jacket; Catalogue for the exhibition at the Virginia Museum of the collection of Mr and Mrs Mottahedeh of New York, where it was shown for the first time; The sixty-two masterpieces of Chinese export porcelain, illustrated here in full colour, have been selected from one of the finest collections of the century to give a representative view of these wares in all their different styles. The introduction which precedes them tells the story of the export of Chinese porcelain over the last two thousand years and examines the historic, economic and artistic factors contributing to its spectacular popularity in eighteenth-century Europe and, later, in America. Over the last fifty years, Mr and Mrs… Read More

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1973 Book. Good. Hardcover. Chinese and English text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued. In slipcase).; 22.5 x 28.5 cm; 1 Kg; 106 pages with colour illustrations.; Used book in very good condition with minor signs of wear. Interior is in very good condition. The slipcase show signs of wear.; "The porcelain collection of the National Palace Museum is noted for its quantity and quality. The collection boasts of such rare treasures as Sung dynasty Ju ware the most exquisite examples of celadon ware and fine-enamelled ware of the Ch'ing dynasty which represent the apogee of the art of porcelain making reached in the last dynasty. With the exception of those pieces in the National Palace Museum there are very few examples of these fine porcelains presently extant, a factor contributing to the interest and high esteem shown in the first volume of Masterworks of Chinese Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, published in 1969. In… Read More

Ferndale Editions, London, 1979 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 119 pages with colour illustrations; 22 x 30.5 cm cm; 0.950 Kg; Used book with signs of wear and tears in the dustjacket. The interior shows also signs of wear, with some pages slightly yellowed, but no writing or highlighting.; Starting with the experiments that led to the discovery of porcelain in Saxony, Hugo Morley-Fletcher traces the history of the Meissen factory from its foundation in 1710. He examines in detail the early porcelain and stoneware produced by Böttger und Tschirnhaus, the development of a decorative style by the Horold and Löwenfinck. The great Baroque services modelled by Kändler in 1730s are the subject of a special chapter, while another discusses the figure and animal modelling for which he was equally famous. A further chapter is devoted to the snuff boxes and other small objects which the factory produced with such skill and profusion. The factory’s greatest… Read More

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York Book. Fair. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (cloth bound); 2.886 Kg; Two volumes, not bound equally. Volume I in blue cloth bound: 16 x 23.3 cm and Volume II in green cloth bound: 17 x 24 cm.; Volume I: Revised edition, 1901. 836 pages with black-and-white images. Used with signs of wear. Cracked hinge, but the binding is firmly attached. Pencil writing throughout. Minor crayon writing. Two loose pages with images. Previous owner writing on front free endpaper. Edgeworn.; Volume I: 775 pages with black-and-white images. Revised edition, 1907. Used book with signs on wear on the front, spine and back cover. Minor tear on the top of the first pages. Previous owner writing on front free endpaper. Incudes loose map: The Chinese Empire, compiled from Native and Foreign Authorities by S. Wells William, revised and compared with the most recent surveys by Jacob Wells.; Good readable copies.; This two-volume book is among the most important books by Samuel Wells… Read More

Octupus Books Limited, London, 2001 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 17 x 28.5 cm; 1,065 Kg; 320 pages with black and white and colour illustrations throughout.; Used with minor signs of wear. The dust jacket shows some scuffs on the front, spine and rear cover. Interior as new.; Since Chinese and Japanese luxuries were first introduced into Europe by the East India companies in the 16th century, they have remained a constant source of fascination and inspiration to antique lovers worldwide. Over the last decade, Far Eastern antiques have become even more popular and accessible in the West due to the increasingly global nature of the antiques trade. Today there is a vast range of wares available with something to suit every taste and pocket and Miller's Chinese & Japanese Antiques Buyer's Guide explores them all. This is the only guide available that provides a much-needed reference to identifying and valuing antiques from the Far East for both the… Read More

British Museum Press, London, 2001 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 640 pages with 1025 colour and 100 black and white illustrations; 22.70 x 28.5 cm; 2.75 Kg; Used book with minor signs of wear on the dust jacket. Interior as new. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; VERY HARD TO FIND.; Ming pottery and porcelain, dating from China's Renaissance period between the mid fourteenth and mid seventeenth centuries, has influenced the way people serve food and decorate their buildings from Europe to East Africa. In imperial China, ceramics were needed for the daily use of the emperors and their households as well as for the performance of sacred and secular rites. Inscribed vessels were presented to Buddhist, Daoist and Confucian temples, and pottery replicas were required after death to furnish the deceased with houses, servants and food for the afterlife. Glazed architectural ceramics have been found throughout China. Beyond its… Read More

British Museum Press, London, 2001 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 640 pages with 1025 colour and 100 black and white illustrations; 22.70 x 28.5 cm; 2.75 Kg; Used book with signs of wear, namely on the dust jacket that shows scuffs and scratches. Interior in very good condition. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; VERY HARD TO FIND.; Ming pottery and porcelain, dating from China's Renaissance period between the mid fourteenth and mid seventeenth centuries, has influenced the way people serve food and decorate their buildings from Europe to East Africa. In imperial China, ceramics were needed for the daily use of the emperors and their households as well as for the performance of sacred and secular rites. Inscribed vessels were presented to Buddhist, Daoist and Confucian temples, and pottery replicas were required after death to furnish the deceased with houses, servants and food for the afterlife. Glazed architectural ceramics have… Read More

China House Gallery and The China Institute of America, New York, 1970 Book. Good. Soft cover. English text.; Paperback; 20.5 x 23.5 cm; 0.3 Kg; 104 pages with black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout.; Used book with signs of of wear on the exterior, namely wear marks on front cover, spine and back cover. Interior in good condition.; Catalogue from a loan exhibition from Museum and Private Collections in the United States, October 29, 1970 through January 31, 1971.; "In assembling an exhibition such as this, one is governed by many factors - the paramount being availability of objects. It is not suggested, therefore, that this is a definitive catalogue of Ming porcelains but, rather, a fairly comprehensive sampling of the development of Ming decorative technique. An attempt has been made to illustrate the broad scope of Ming wares, from superb pieces of what is considered 'Imperial' quality to relatively crude export ceramics. Particular effort was made to secure pieces which… Read More

Rizolli International Publications, Inc., New York, 1978 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket in slipcase); 29 x 33.5 cm; 2.9 Kg; 292 pages with 324 black and white and colour illustrations.; Used book in very good condition with minor signs of wear. The interior is in very good condition. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; Translated from the French by Katherine Watson.; A magnificent book by the chargée de mission at the Guimet Museum in Paris on the most exquisite form of pottery: Ming porcelain. Highlighted by hundreds of first-rate reproductions, drawings of emblems, symbols and potter's marks, it traces the origins of this art from 1368, the year the Ming Dynasty was founded, and the great Imperial porcelain factory of Ching-tê Chên was built. For almost three centuries Ching-tê Chên remained the prestigious pottery center in China, causing the decline of the celadon green ceramics of the Sung Dynasty.… Read More

Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1953 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket); 16 x 26 cm; 0.8 Kg; 160 pages followed by an addendum with black-and-white illustrations ; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Overall in good condition. Yellowing on front and rear free endpaper. Good readable copy.; "The study of Chinese porcelain has always been a difficult one in Europe, chiefly on account of the customary use of commemorative marks. With the growing western familiarity with Chinese script it seemed possible about 1900 to start the business of classification seriously. This was in the west chiefly a study of the apparently capricious forging of export porcelains which commonly bore not the reign-names but the names of earlier famous Emperors in whose reigns they might have been made but in fact were not. This fact was not appreciated by the western purchaser and eventually a wave of optimism began to rise and wares with Ming marks began… Read More

Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1978 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 19 x 27 cm; 0.6 Kg; 106 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with minor signs of wear. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; Catalogue of an exhibition of one hundred selected pieces of Chingtechen Porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties from the Collection of the T.Y. Chao Family Foundation.; "This present exhibition tries to portray the achievements of the potters of Chingtechen, the largest and the most important porcelain production centre in China. Of the twenty-one major kilns throughout the whole history of Chingtechen, fifteen belonged to the period from the Hung Wu era (1368-1398) to the Ch'ien Lung era (1736-1796), showing that the peak period of porcelain production at Chingtechen covered the greater part of the Ming Dynasty and the first half of the Ch'ing Dynasty. The one hundred selected items of fine Chinese ceramics in this exhibition were… Read More

Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1986 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket); 16 x 24 cm.; 0.55 Kg.; 218 pages.; Used with signs of wear, namely on the outside text block. Interior as new.; "Yoshio Suzuki is well qualified to write on this subject, as he is director of the Bank of Japan's Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies. He has been personally involved in the activities about which he writes, and he knows many of the actors. Much of the book will be of special interest to mathematicians, economists, and bankers. The work also treats several topics of more general interest. Suzuki explains why Japan has built up such extremely high foreign trade surpluses, stating: "Postwar economic policy was constructed with investment/export-led growth as its strategic objective. The important elements in the policy were trade and foreign exchange management, protection of industry, and tax treatment favoring saving and… Read More

Harry N. Abrams Inc., with The Asia Society, 2001 Book. Good. Soft cover. English text; Paperback.; 22.7 x 30.1 cm; 2.056 Kg; 352 pages with colour and black and white illustrations throughout; Catalogue from exhibition organised by the Asia Socity Center and held at Asia Society Museum, New York, October 13, 2001-January 6, 2002 and Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Florida, February 9-April 21, 2002.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior. Interior as new.; The Northwest region of China comprising the modern provinces of Gansu and Ningxia formed a natural geographical corridor to China's heartland for foreign traders and missionaries traveling the Silk Road from regions as far west as India, Rome, and Byzantium. Monks and Merchants is the first book to focus on this region and the crucial role it played in the transformation of Chinese civilization from the fourth through the seventh century..

Musee de la Compagnie des Indes: Musee D'Art et D'Histoire de la Ville de Lorient, 2020 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. French text; Paperback; 22.5 x 28 cm; 0.9 Kg; 158 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used book with signs of wear on the front and back cover. Interior in very good condition.; This publication focuses on the recent art acquisitions by The East India Company Museum (Lorient Museum of Art and History). Written by Nicolas, Brigitte (Chief Curator and Museum Director)..

Fundação Museu Carlos Costa Pinto, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, 1997 Book. Good. Hardcover. Portuguese and English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 28 x 32 cm; 1.4 Kg; 176 pages with 132 colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Good condition overall.; "A synthesis f the events that shaped our civil and political society is represented by the Carlos Costa Pinto Museum - part of our cultural heritage. The museums' collection has contributed immensely to the interpretation of our true history, including the period of slavery, and of the harmonious relationship that exists between the dominant classes and other segments of society that make up the heart and mind of Brazil today. Through elegant pieces of jewelry, porcelain, crystal, ivory and silver, our museum exhibits a rich picture of the past, for Brazil and the world to see. This treasures should not be overlooked; it should be regarded mainly as a wealth of information that will confirm or… Read More