Records for our new List 130
Including a special section on
Tibet
have been added to our web site at:
http://www.hanshan.com
The printed version of list 130 will be mailed out shortly.
Visit http://www.hanshan.com/hstpdf.html
to download new PDF VERSIONS (Portable Document Format)
of our catalogues.
East Asian Art: GOOD BOOKS FOR GIVING.
We have made our annual seasonal selection of books which
you may like to consider as Christmas presents.
Please see below.
This is an eclectic mixture - new & recent titles; books that have proved
popular; 'future classics'; smaller items for stocking fillers, etc.
If you did not get a copy of our *previous*
catalogue 129, then you may have fallen
off the list for mailing of the printed version. Please get in touch if you
would like to be reinstated. If you did get 129
and you have been active, the paper
copy of 130 will be on its way to you in due course. (Unless you have recently
asked to receive electronic notification only.)
GOOD BOOKS FOR GIVING
ARIRC2
Aris, Michael: RAVEN CROWN. The Origins of
Buddhist Monarchy in Bhutan. Chicago, 2005. 160
pp. 106 b/w photos. Bibliography, index. 28x22
cm. Cloth.
GBP 30.00
Available
This story of the Wangchuk's dynasty rise to
power is based on emerging local information, in
contrast to the traditional accounts which are
based on surviving British Indian colonial
reports. It is also illustrated with rare
photographs taken by British visitors. Revised
and corrected edition.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?a/ARIRC2
ASG041
Asia Society ed: ASIAN GAMES: THE ART OF CONTEST.
New York, 2004. 325 pp. Colour plates throughout.
30x22 cm. Paper.
GBP 45.00
Available
Large catalogue of an exhibition held at Asia
Society, New York. Covers the various competitive
games - mostly board games - played throughout
Asia. With many beautiful chess sets, go boards
and numerous other objects. Well-illustrated and
described.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?a/ASG041
AVETR1
Avery, Martha: THE TEA ROAD. China and Russia
Meet Across the Steppe. Beijing, 2004. 198 pp. 48
pp. colour and b/w plates. 23x17 cm. Paper.
GBP 25.00
Available
A fascinating work on the Sino-Russian Tea Road
that also tells the story of Russian expansion
eastwards and the history of contacts between
Russian and China. Recommended.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?a/AVETR1
VERCP1
Ayers, John: LA COLLECTION DE PORCELAINES
CHINOISES DE MARIE VERGOTTIS. The Chinese
Porcelain Collection of Marie Vergottis.
Lausanne, 2004. 222 pp. Colour plates throughout.
28x25 cm. Cloth.
GBP 55.00
Available
Catalogue of the Chinese porcelain collection of
Marie Vergottis held at the Fondation de
l'Hermitage in Lausanne. The collection holds
porcelains dating from the 12th century onwards
and is particularly strong in Ming and Qing
porcelains with an emphasis on monochromes. 232
examples are illustrated and described. Dual text
in French and English.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?a/VERCP1
BAU051
Baur Collection: SOUS LA GRIFFE DU DRAGON:
COSTUMES DE COUR DE LA DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911).
(Under the Dragon's Claw: Court Costumes of the
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)). Geneva, 2004. 159 pp.
Colour plates throughout, many fullpage. 27x21
cm. Paper.
GBP 30.00
Available
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Baur
Collection. Begins with a loan of early
woodblock-printed books from the Musee Guimet as
well as English and French works related to the
discovery of Chinese costumes by Europeans in the
18th and 19th centuries. The second part presents
the costumes of courtiers and servants as well as
their wives. Decorated with a strict code of
identification using rank badges and other
insignia. The third section is dedicated to the
court costumes of the Emperor and imperial family
as well as decorative objects and domestic
textiles. The final section displays a variety of
sumptuously embroidered cloths, jewelry and
accessories worn by Manchu and Chinese women
including dresses, skirts and jackets. Very
well-illustrated throughout in colour. In French.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?b/BAU051
CIA051
Beningson, S. & Liu, C: PROVIDING FOR THE
AFTERLIFE. Brilliant Artifacts from Shandong. New
York, 2005. xix, 115 pp. Numerous colour and some
b/w illustrations. 28x22 cm. Paper.
GBP 35.00
Available
Well-written and interesting catalogue of an
exhibition at the China Institute Gallery in New
York of (mostly) Han dynasty archaeological
artifacts from Shandong province. With loans from
the Shandong Provincial Museum and other museums
in Shandong.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?b/CIA051
MGU041
Besse, Xavier: LA CHINE DES PORCELAINES. Paris,
2004. 148 pp. 58 colour plates., mostly fullpage.
Bibliography. 28x22 cm. Paper.
GBP 30.00
Available
An interesting work on the Grandidier collection
of Chinese ceramics held in the Musee Guimet. One
of the earliest European collections of Chinese
ceramics. Major pieces from the collection are
illustrated in colour and described. Includes a
biography of the collector. In French.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?b/MGU041
BRADL1
Brauen, Martin ed: THE DALAI LAMAS: A VISUAL
HISTORY. Chicago, 2005. 304 pp. 364 colour and
b/w illustrations. 30x21 cm. Cloth.
GBP 50.00
Available
A history of all the Dalai Lamas. Essays
contributed by 18 authors illuminate the
institutions of reincarnation and enthronement of
the Dalai Lamas, interregna, Panchen Lamas and
relations with the Chinese.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?b/BRADL1
BROVJ1
Brown, Kendall H: VISIONS OF JAPAN. Kawasa
Hasui's Masterpieces. Leiden, 2004. 152 pp. 100
colour 2 b/w illustrations. 28x22 cm. Paper.
GBP 21.99
Available to order
Contains 100 of the most famous prints of the
early 20th century Japanese print artist, Kawase
Hasui. A selection of the snow, moon and rain
scenes for which he was famous. Good introduction
to this artist's work.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?b/BROVJ1
BUCTF1
Buckley, Chris: TIBETAN FURNITURE. Identifying,
Appreciating, Collecting. London, 2005. xi, 227
pp. Over 200 colour plates. Bibliography, index.
28x21 cm. Cloth.
GBP 35.00
New stock due shortly
A history of Tibetan furniture, explaining forms
and uses, construction and decoration, along with
the development of many designs. Intended for the
appreciative collectors in a growing field.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?b/BUCTF1
MGU052
Cambon, P: THE POETRY OF INK. The Korean Literati
Tradition 1392-1910. Paris, 2005. 279 pp. Colour
plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards.
GBP 55.00
Available
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Musee Guimet of
Korean literati painting. Whilst Chinese literati
painting is well-documented, the Korean literati
painting movement is little-known and this
exhibition is a welcome contribution to its
study. A good catalogue illustrated throughout in
colour. Text in English.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?c/MGU052
CASDI1
Casazza, Ornella ed: DALLE INDIE ORIENTALI ALLA
CORTE DE TOSCANA. Collezioni de Arte Cinese e
Giapponese a Palazzo Pitti. Firenze Musei.
Florence, 2005. 479 pp. Over 750 illustrations, a
few in colour, the vast majority b/w. 27x23 cm.
Paper.
GBP 50.00
Available
Splendid and important catalogue of the
little-known collections of Chinese and Japanese
art in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence. 450 items,
the majority dating from the 17th to 19th
centuries, are illustrated and described. The
author's research in the Medici Family archives
is combined with identification of Oriental
objects, 90 per cent of which are Chinese and
Japanese porcelains. Many of the pieces are
important, some unique. A prime reference.
Illustrated throughout, primarily in
black-and-white. Text in Italian.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?c/CASDI1
CHUST2
Chung, Young Yang: SILKEN THREADS. A History of
Embroidery in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.
New York, 2005. 461 pp. 375 illustrations, 300 in
colour. Notes, bibliography, index. 29x23 cm.
Full-colour, hardcover printed boards, dustjacket.
GBP 45.00
Available
The most comprehensive historical reference and
guide to the origins, aesthetics and cultural
context of embroidered textiles in East Asia
published to date, covering some areas of study
that have never before been treated in western
languages. The book is superbly illustrated, with
good notes and bibliography.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?c/CHUST2
CLUST2
Clunas, Craig: SUPERFLUOUS THINGS. Material
Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China.
Honolulu, 2004. 252 pp. 8 plates. Paper.
GBP 14.00
Available
An extremely important and original book, replete
with valuable information about people, things,
and collections. A manual of taste and a guide to
consumerism during the Ming period. New paperback
edition.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?c/CLUST2
COOSP1
Cooper, Thomas L: SACRED PAINTING IN BALI.
Tradition in Transition. Bangkok, 2005. viii, 184
pp. 96 colour plates. 2 maps. Bibliography,
index. 29x21 cm. Cloth.
GBP 24.99
Available
A useful contribution to a little-published
subject that documents and illustrates the
distinctive styles of these paintings - a
fascinating aspect of Balinese folk art that has
been largely overlooked. Well-illustrated in
colour.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?c/COOSP1
DAWCN1
Dawson, L: CHINA'S NEW DAWN: AN ARCHITECTURAL
TRANSFORMATION. Munich, 2005. 192 pp. 140 colour
and 50 b/w illustrations. 28x23 cm. Cloth.
GBP 25.00
Available
An examination and critique of the fascinating
architectural projects, some quite amazing,
recently completed, springing up, or planned for
China's cities. Includes work by both Chinese and
foreign architects. Illustrated throughout.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?d/DAWCN1
ELLOC1
Elliot, Jeanette Shambaugh; with David Shambaugh:
THE ODYSSEY OF CHINA'S IMPERIAL ART TREASURES.
Seattle, 2005. 192 pp. 45 illustrations.
Bibliography, index. 23x16 cm. Cloth.
GBP 15.95
Available
Traces the 3000 year history of the Chinese
imperial collections with the focus on the
trials, tribulations and separation of the
collection in the 20th century.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?e/ELLOC1
FERTB2
Ferency, Mária: THE TEN BAMBOO STUDIO. A Tíz
Bambusz Csarnoka. Budapest, 2003. 267 pp. Colour
plates throughout. Map, chronology, select
bibliography. 27x22 cm. Paper.
GBP 67.00
Available
In recent years, there have been two
extraordinary exhibitions in the West devoted to
fine Chinese antiquarian books, both based on the
collections of China's National Library in
Beijing, and both in rather extraordinary
locations given the centrality of the material
culture which they celebrate. An exhibition in
Queens Public Library, New York, was published in
the unprecedented catalogue, 'Visible Traces'.
'The Ten Bamboo Studio' is the catalogue of a
second exhibition held at the National Szechenyi
Library, Budapest. There is some overlap in the
material presented, but there are many entries
and illustrations here of items not included in
the New York show - early editions of illustrated
drama and vernacular literature are particularly
well served. This, along with new introductory
texts and catalogue entries - entirely paralleled
in slightly eccentric English - makes this
another essential reference for any Western
collector or student of the book in China.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?f/FERTB2
FOWM01
Fowler, Sherry: MUROJI. Rearranging Art and
History in a Japanese Buddhist Temple. Honolulu,
2005. 328 pp. 92 illustrations. Cloth.
GBP 38.50
Available
Muroji temple, founded in the 8th century, is
known for its dramatic location and the quality
of its ritual objects and art dating from the
Heian period onwards. Explores the temple's main
images and why major works of early Heian
sculpture were housed in such a remote setting.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?f/FOWM01
GUACR1
Guadalupi, Gianni: CHINA REVEALED. The West
Encounters the Celestial Empire. Vercelli, 2003.
336 pp. Colour illustrations and b/w photographs
throughout. 36x26 cm. Cloth.
GBP 35.00
Available
Starts with the earliest reports of Arab traders
encountering China and then moves on to Marco
Polo and the numerous visitors since, discussed
in chronological progression from Matteo Ricci,
the Portuguese, Nieuhoff, through the Macartney
Embassy and onwards. Includes the Sacking of the
Summer Palace, the rise of Shanghai.
Missionaries, the Boxer Rebellion, the fall of
the Empire. An interesting, readable account that
is illustrated throughout with marvellous
illustrations from old books, watercolours and
paintings, plus early photography.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?g/GUACR1
HAREH1
Hardy, G. & Kenney, A: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
HAN EMPIRE AND IMPERIAL CHINA. Westport, 2005.
220 pp. Cloth.
GBP 32.00
Available to order
An introduction to the founding and consolidation
of the Han Empire that provides a good overall
examination of many aspects associated with the
founding of empire.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?h/HAREH1
HKM051
Hong Kong Museum of History: HUNTING AND RITUALS:
TREASURES FROM THE ANCIENT DIAN KINGDOM OF
YUNNAN. Lielu yu Piaoniu: Yunnan Gu Dianguo Wenwu
Zhan. Hong Kong, 2005. 208 pp. Colour plates
throughout illustrating 117 items. Map. 30x23 cm.
Paper.
GBP 30.00
Available
Fine catalogue of an exhibition in Hong Kong
displaying the characteristic artifacts of the
Dian Kingdom in Yunnan. Elaborate and exotic
bronzes, gold, silver, jade and lacquer. Dual
text, Chinese and English.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?h/HKM051
IMPJD1
Impey, Oliver and Joyce Seaman: JAPANESE
DECORATIVE ARTS OF THE MEIJI PERIOD. Ashmolean
Handbooks. Oxford, 2005. 112 pp. Over 80 colour
illustrations. Glossary, select bibliography.
22x16 cm. Boards.
GBP 11.95
Available
The reformist Meiji government was concerned to
demonstrate the brilliance of Japanese
craftmanship throughout the world. The Ashmolean
Museum has an excellent collection of the
associated material, described and outlined here.
Very high quality illustrations.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?i/IMPJD1
JACSG1
Jackson, Beverley: SHANGHAI GIRL GETS ALL DRESSED
UP. Berkeley, 2005. 160 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 26x26 cm. Paper.
GBP 23.00
Available
A journey back to the high-style decades of the
1920s and 1930s when traditional women's dress
gave way to cheongsam, qi pao and Susie Wong
dresses - Shanghai chic. A lively portrait of
Shanghai social history and fashion evolution
with over 200 vintage photographs.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?j/JACSG1
JIRWN1
Jirka-Schmitz, Patricia: THE WORLD OF NETSUKE.
The Werdelmann Collection at the Museum Kunst
Palast Dusseldorf. Stuttgart, 2004. 351 pp. 683
illustrations in colour with 1070 objects. 407
illustrations of inscriptions and marks.
Appendixes with List of Carvers. Bibliography,
index. 27x21 cm. Cloth.
GBP 75.00
Available
An excellent new survey of more than a thousand
pieces, based on one of the world's most
comprehensive collections and featuring the most
recent research in the field. Shows over a
hundred signatures.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?j/JIRWN1
JORHC1
Jorg, Christiaan A. et al: THE HISTORY OF
COLLECTING ORIENTAL CERAMICS IN EAST AND WEST.
Vormen uit Vuur, 191/192. Amsterdam, 2005. 126
pp. Colour plates throughout. 27x20 cm. Paper.
GBP 25.00
Available
Double-issue of a Dutch periodical containing the
proceedings - in English with Dutch abstacts - of
a symposium that was held in conjunction with
Christiaan Jorg's farewell exhibition at the
Groninger Museum. An excellent and
well-illustrated collection of essay
contributions by leading scholars in the field,
including: Jorg himself, Rosemary E. Scott, Julia
B. Curtis, Nishida Hiroko, Regina Krahl, Eva
Strober, William R. Sargent, Jan van Campen,
Oliver R. Impey, Judith Green, and Rose Kerr.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?j/JORHC1
WARFB1
Kingdon Ward, Capt. F: IN FARTHEST BURMA. The
Record of an Arduous Journey of Exploration and
Research through the Unknown Frontier Territory
of Burma and Tibet. Bangkok, 2005. viii, 181 pp.
23 b/w plates. 2 maps. Appendixes, index. 21x15
cm. Paper.
GBP 15.99
Available
A classic travel and botany account, now
reprinted after the Seeley edition of 1921.
Paperback.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?k/WARFB1
LENMS1
Lenzi, Iola: MUSEUMS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA. London,
2005. 208 pp. Over 500 illustrations. 24x20 cm.
Paper.
GBP 16.95
Available
Satisfies the need for an up-to-date,
comprehensive and accessible reference guide to
the cultural institutions of Southeast Asia.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?l/LENMS1
MCAAA1
McArthur, Meher: THE ARTS OF ASIA. Materials,
Techniques, Styles. London, 2005. 256 pp. 25x22
cm. Cloth.
GBP 24.95
Available
An interesting introductory approach to
traditional Asian arts in which artistic
accomplishments are presented by material - jade,
lacquer, gold, porcelain, ivory, bamboo, paper,
stone and wood. Illustrated throughout with
finished artefacts in each media - including both
ancient and modern masterworks.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?m/MCAAA1
AAM051
McGill, Forrest and M. L. Pattaratorn ed: THE
KINGDOM OF SIAM. The Art of Central Thailand,
1450-1800. San Francisco, 2005. 197 pp. 215
colour plates. Bibliography, index. 31x23 cm.
Paper.
GBP 30.00
Available
Catalogue of a groundbreaking exhibition at the
Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, the first such
shown in the US for over thirty years. With 89 of
the finest surviving works of the relatively
neglected Ayutthaya kingdom drawn from
collections in Thailand, Europe and the United
States. Scholarly essays, detailed descriptions
and fine illustrations. (The exhibition later
moves to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem.)
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?m/AAM051
MIRPP1
Mirviss, Joan B. et al: PRINTED TO PERFECTION.
Twentieth-Century Japanese Prints from the Robert
O. Muller Collection. Leiden, 2004. 130 pp. 123
colour and 6 b/w illustrations. Biographies,
bibliography, glossary, index. 30x25 cm. Paper.
GBP 24.99
Available
Based on the first exhibition selected from
Muller's monumental bequest to the Sackler
Gallery, this catalogue illustrates and describes
over 100 works by 19 leading artists. Essays by
Mirviss and Amy Reigle Newland. Catalogue
descriptions by Chris Uhlenbeck, Marije Jansen
and Henk Herwig. Recommended.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?m/MIRPP1
MULLT1
Mulas, Melina et al: THE LAMAS OF TIBET. Milan,
2005. 183 pp. 70 tritone plates. 25x25 cm. Cloth.
GBP 27.00
Available
Seventy previously unpublished photographic
portraits of the great Lamas or teachers of
Tibet, with a foreword by and interview with the
Dalai Lama.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?m/MULLT1
NMC055
National Museum of China ed: WENMING DE SHUGUANG:
LIANGZHU WENHUA WENWU JINGPIN JI. (A Brilliant
Dawn: Masterpieces of the Liangzhu Culture).
Beijing, 2005. 351 pp. Colour plates throughout.
29x22 cm. Paper.
GBP 70.00
Available
Catalogue of an important exhibition held at the
National Museum of China in Beijing showing
masterpieces from the Neolithic Liangzhu Culture
of eastern China. Whilst showing some stone
implements and pottery items, the highlight of
the exhibition are the numerous extremely fine
and famous jades. Illustrated with colour plates
throughout. List of exhibits with brief
descriptions in English, otherwise Chinese text
only.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?n/NMC055
NIF043
Nezu Institute of Fine Arts: THE COLOURS AND
FORMS OF SONG AND YUAN CHINA. Featuring
Lacquerwares, Ceramics, Metalwares. Tokyo, 2004.
210 pp. 81 pp. colour plates, numerous b/w text
illustrations. 30x22 cm. Paper.
GBP 50.00
Available
Catalogue of an important exhibition focusing on
Southern Song and Yuan lacquers from Japanese
collections. 161 pieces (of which 130 lacquer)
are illustrated in colour and fully described.
Further text illustrations show other associated
lacquers, ceramics and metalwares (gold and
silver) from the same period with similar design
and form and which help underpin the dating of
the lacquers. Also of much interest for research
on the interplay of form and decoration between
different media. Two page introduction and four
page list of exhibits in English. Main text in
Japanese. Recommended. See review in Asian Art
Newspaper November 2004.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?n/NIF043
ORICC3
Orientations Magazine: CHINESE CERAMICS. Selected
Articles from Orientations 1982-2003. Hong Kong,
2004. 536 pp. over 700 colour and 250 b/w plates
and illustrations. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
GBP 47.50
Available
Newly updated with 21 recent articles and in hard
covers, an important collection of articles
collected from the magazine and documenting the
substantial changes in Chinese ceramic chronology
and attributions over the past two decades.
Including contributions by Feng Xianming, Rose
Kerr, Regina Krahl, Margaret Medley, Peter Lam,
Liu Xinyuan, Stacey Pierson, Rosemary E. Scott,
Doreen Stoneham and Suzanne Valenstein.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?o/ORICC3
PEITP2
Peissel, Michel: TIBETAN PILGRIMAGE. Architecture
of the Sacred Land. London, 2005. 136 pp. 82
colour illustrations. 23x28 cm. Cloth.
GBP 19.95
Available
With nearly a hundred watercolour illustrations
(by the author) and a comprehensive text, this
book provides a colourful examination of Tibetan
architecture.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?p/PEITP2
COLL22
Pierson, Stacey ed: SONG CERAMICS: ART HISTORY,
ARCHAEOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY. PDF Colloquies, Art &
Archaeology in Asia 22. London, 2004. 237 pp.
Colour and (predominantly) b/w illustrations.
28x22 cm. Paper.
GBP 25.00
Available
This is the publication of (the fully-illustrated
and edited) 12 papers from an international
colloquy devoted to Song Ceramics held in London
under the auspices of the Percival David
Foundation in 2003.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?p/COLL22
RAOBJ1
Rao, Peggy Landers & Brackett, Len: BUILDING THE
JAPANESE HOUSE TODAY. New York, 2005. 223 pp. 155
colour and 45 b/w illustrations (20 pp. of
technical plans and diagrams). Glossary,
resources, index. 28x21 cm. Cloth.
GBP 22.50
Available to order
Focusing primarily on a new guesthouse in
California, this work shows how a classic
Japanese house can be built today. Both a well
illustrated study of traditional techniques and a
practical, contemporary guide to realizing these
techniques in the here and now of the West.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?r/RAOBJ1
SAUNB1
Saul, Jamie; Dominique Viallard photo: THE NAGA
OF BURMA. Their Festivals, Customs and Way of
Life. Bangkok, 2005. xiv, 212 pp. 153 colour
plates, 56 line drawings. 4 maps. 23x22 cm. Paper.
GBP 19.99
Available
The result of 30 years of research and fieldwork
with the Naga people of western Burma. Traces
their origins, examines their social structures,
religion, arts and crafts, architecture, hunting,
costume and ornament.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?s/SAUNB1
SHM042
Shanghai Museum & Shaanxi Museum ed: ZHOU QIN HAN
TANG WENMING TEJI. A Special Collection of the
Civilization of Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang
Dynasties. Shanghai, 2004. 15, 305 pp. Colour
plates throughout. 31x24 cm. Boards.
GBP 50.00
Available
Catalogue of an an outstanding exhibition at the
Shanghai Museum held at the end of 2004. The
exhibition showed treasures dating from the Zhou,
Qin, Han and Tang dynasties from the collection
of the Shaanxi Provincial Museum and numerous
other museums in Shaanxi province. The exhibition
was in three sections: 1. Decorative Arts -
including extraordinary Western Zhou bronzes and
major new finds from the Mausoleum of Qin Shi
Huangdi. Further treasures in this section
included objects from the Hejiacun gold hoard and
four of the stone-carved steed of the Tang
Emperor, Taizong. 2. Frescoes - 83 fine frescoes
from tombs dating from the Qin to the Han. 3.
Famen Temple - 97 superb relics from the crypt at
Famen Temple. List of exhibits, introductions to
each major grouping of finds and captions in
English. Main text in Chinese.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?s/SHM042
SHICS2
Shippen, Mick: THE TRADITIONAL CERAMICS OF SOUTH
EAST ASIA. London, 2005. 224 pp. Numerous colour
illustrations. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
GBP 35.00
Available
A comprehensive survey of the ceramic craftsmen
and traditions of Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia,
Laos and Myanmar. As practised today. Illustrated
throughout showing ceramics being made,
transported and sold. Numerous ceramics are
illustrated.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?s/SHICS2
SKIGW1
Skinner, Tina and Mary L. Martin: GEISHA: WOMEN
OF JAPAN'S FLOWER AND WILLOW WORLD. Atglen, 2005.
238 pp. 582 colour and b/w plates. Glossary,
bibliography. 32x24 cm. Cloth.
GBP 39.95
Available
The most comprehensive assembly of historic
geisha images ever compiled as a book. Drawn
chiefly from postcards and photographs, often
hand-tinted, dating from 1900 thru 1940.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?s/SKIGW1
SUMBF1
Sumner, C. & Petherbridge, G: BRIGHT FLOWERS.
Textiles and Ceramics of Central Asia. Sydney,
2004. 160 pp. 100 colour and 20 b/w
illustrations. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
GBP 35.00
Available
Accompanies an exhibition at the Powerhouse
Museum in Sydney that shows the colourful
embroidered textiles and glazed ceramics of the
Central Asian region that was formerly part of
the Soviet Union.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?s/SUMBF1
TONCN1
Tong, Dian: CHINA! NEW ART AND ARTISTS. Atglen,
2005. 232 pp. 274 colour plates, plus small
colour portraits of the artists. Bibliography,
index. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
GBP 55.00
Available
Wide-ranging, well-illustrated new introduction
to contemporary Chinese art. With a
chronological, four-chapter introduction to
recent Chinese art including artist biographies
for the 80 artists included.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?t/TONCN1
WALLW1
Walker, Brett L: THE LOST WOLVES OF JAPAN.
Seattle, 2005. xviii, 331 pp. 30 illustrations. 4
maps. Bibliography, index. 23x15 cm. Cloth.
GBP 25.00
Available
Draws on Japanese literature, folklore, natural
history and ecology to tell the extraordinary,
insightful story of the extinction of wolves in
Japan by 1905. Previously they had been important
to the native culture, worshipped by some,
ancestral to the Ainu.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?w/WALLW1
WANBG2
Wang Shixiang: BEIJING GE SHAO. Beijing Pigeon
Whistles. Shenyang, 2000. 112 pp. 23 pp. colour
plates, numerous b/w text illustrations and
drawings. 23x19 cm. Cloth.
GBP 35.00
Available
A delightful book on this appealing folk craft
and once popular Beijing pastime that involves
the carving of pigeon whistles, usually from
bamboo or gourds, affixing these light whistles
to the tail feathers of pigeons and then flying
the birds, upon which the whistles produce a
distinctive and harmonious sonorous noise. The
whistles can be quite complex, often with
multiple whistles carved from one piece of bamboo
or gourd. Wang Shixiang has raised pigeons all
his life and practised the use of pigeon
whistles, thus being well-acquainted with all
aspects of this pastime. This is the only
detailed work on the subject, containing the
history of the pastime, the production of
whistles, their use and connoisseurship. Further
benefits from a dual English and Chinese text.
Out-of-print. Recommended.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?w/WANBG2
WATBF1
Watanabe Mitsuko: BEAUTIES OF THE FOUR SEASONS.
Oxford, 2005. 81 pp. 40 colour illustrations.
22x16 cm. Paper.
GBP 12.95
Available
Based on woodblock prints in the collection of
the Ashmolean Museum, this work reproduces images
- very high quality plates - of beautiful women,
kimonos and flowers of the season by artists
including Harunbo, Utamaro, Toyokuni and Eishi.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?w/WATBF1
MET051
Watt, James C. Y. and Denise patry Leidy:
DEFINING YONGLE. Imperial Art in Early
Fifteenth-Century China. New Haven, 2005. 103 pp.
50 colour plates. 29x23 cm. Paper.
GBP 12.99
Available
Catalogue for an exhibition at the Metropolitan
Museum with selected paintings, sculptures,
porcelains and fine pieces in other media,
tracing the roots of the Yongle (1402-24)
artistic styles to the previous Yuan dynasty,
particularly through the emperor's attachment to
Tibetan Buddhism.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?w/MET051
MET042
Watt, James C. Y. et al: CHINA: DAWN OF A GOLDEN
AGE (200-750 AD). New York, 2004. xxiv, 392 pp.
c. 300 colour illustrations. B/w illustrations.
30 cm. Paper.
GBP 37.00
Available
Catalogue of an important exhibition at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the first
comprehensive survey of Chinese art during this
complex period. Lavishly illustrated and
produced, the volume presents more than three
hundred recent archaeological finds. Includes
gold artefacts made by the nomadic peoples from
Mongolia, luxury articles of glass and precious
metals from Western and Central Asia, early
Chinese Buddhist sculptures and spectacular works
in every medium from the Tang period. Essays by
distinguished scholars provide a historical
background, discuss the various media and trace
the changes in art styles over a period that saw
a radical modification of Chinese civilisation.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?w/MET042
WILCT2
Wilson, Verity: CHINESE TEXTILES. V&A Far Eastern
Series. London, 2005. 128 pp. 120 colour and 10
b/w plates. Notes, bibliography, index. 25x21 cm.
Cloth.
GBP 30.00
Available
By describing why each of over 100 pieces was
made and for whom, Wilson, a former V&A curator,
engages us with the broader contexts of this
consummate Chinese craft, as well as providing a
new, research-informed introduction to the
techniques, influence, and connoisseurship of
Chinese textiles, including contemporary designs.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?w/WILCT2
WINJE1
Winkel, Margarita and Chris Uhlenbeck: JAPANESE
EROTIC FANTASIES. Sexual Imagery of the Edo
Period. Leiden, 2005. 256 pp. 260 colour plates.
30x25 cm. Cloth.
GBP 48.00
Available
Presents over 200 erotic ukiyo-e images (mostly
Edo, but some Meiji) from public and private
collections. Many of the images are by famous
artists - Harunobu, Kiyonaga, Utamaro, Eisen,
Hokusai, Kunisada and others. The first focused
work on the subject with essays by scholars in
the field. Illustrated throughout in colour.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?w/WINJE1
YANNP3
Yang Xiaoneng: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA'S PAST.
Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century. New
Haven, 2004. 523; 576 pp. c. 600 illustrations.
Maps, plans and drawings 2 vols. 32x25 cm. Cloth.
GBP 140.00
Available
The first comprehensive overview in English of
the major archaeological discoveries in China
during the twentieth century. The first volume
contains essays from scholars world-wide that
presents a picture of China's past derived from a
variety of diverse subjects. The second volume
offers a comprehensive yet concise treatment of
the most significant archaeological discoveries
in China in the last century. 156 major finds and
sites are described. Illustrated throughout in
colour and with drawings and plans. Recommended.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?y/YANNP3
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CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ON CHINESE CERAMICS
We still have plenty copies of our recently issued
special catalogue of books on CHINESE CERAMICS.
This includes 976 items and is sent on request,
so please do let us know if you would like to receive a copy.
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