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Records for our new List 134

- including a special section on Photography -

have been added to our web site at:

     http://www.hanshan.com

The printed version of list 134 will be mailed out shortly.

PDF VERSIONS (Portable Document Format)

of our catalogues are also available on the site. Visit:

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Please also see below for records of a few choice items.

If you did not get a copy of our *previous* catalogue 133, 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 133 and you have been active, the paper

copy of 134 will be on its way to you in due course. (Unless you have recently

asked to receive electronic notification only.)

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A FEW GOOD NEW BOOKS JUST IN

EXP051
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum: BREAKING THE MOULD: BIRTH OF AN ORIGINAL STYLE: MOMOYAMA CERAMICS 16-17TH CENTURIES. Special Exhibition for EXPO 2005 Aichi, Japan. Seto, 2005. 369 pp. 282 pp. colour plates. B/w text illustrations.  30x22 cm. Paper.
GBP 50.00
Available
Large catalogue of an exhibition exploring the varied ceramics produced in the Momoyama period, viewed as one of the golden ages of Japanese ceramics. In addition to extensive illustration of Momoyama pieces, there are also wonderful Song and Yuan ceramics, early Korean pieces, some Annamese ceramics and Ming porcelains that inspired the Momoyama potters. There are also some modern ceramics that, in their turn, draw inspiration from the Momoyama period. All pieces exhibited come from Japanese collections. Illustrated throughout in colour. Introduction, captions and list of exhibits in English. Main text in Japanese.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?a/EXP051

ATCVA1
Atchley, Virginia and Neil K. Davey: THE VIRGINIA ATCHLEY COLLECTION OF JAPANESE MINIATURE ART.  2005. 360 pp. Over 760 colour illustrations.  30x24 cm. Cloth.
GBP 100.00
Available
Virginia Atchley is a major American collector of Japanese miniature arts. This catalogue depicts over 400 varied pieces from her collection of inro, netsuke and sagemono. Well-illustrated throughout in colour (including signatures) and with a good text. Includes an essay: Goodall: The Fashion for Sagemono in Edo Japan (1615-1808). Also has indexes of netsuke, inro and sagemono artists.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?a/ATCVA1

CALU01
Calza, Gian Carlo: UKIYO-E. London, 2005. 520 pp. 627 colour and 8 b/w plates. 29x25 cm. Cloth.
GBP 59.95
Available
A comprehensive and extensive new survey of the subject, lavishly-illustrated in colour and with essays by John T. Carpenter, Muto Junko, Naito Masato, Timon Screech, Asano Shugo, and Kobayashi Tadashi.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?c/CALU01

CHACE2
Chan, David: CHINESE EXPORT SILVER. The Chan Collection. Singapore, 2005. 83 pp. 54 pp. colour plates. 30x21 cm. Boards.
GBP 35.00
Available
Produced to accompany an exhibition at the Asian Civilizations Museum in Singapore of the Chan collection of Chinese export silver. 96 exhibits are shown in colour and described. Introductory essays by Alan Marlowe, Maria Menshikova and others.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?c/CHACE2

CIA061
Curtis, Julia ed: TRADE TASTE AND TRANSFORMATION: JINGDEZHEN PORCELAIN FOR JAPAN 1620-1645. New York, 2006. 135 pp. Numerous colour illustrations.  28x22 cm. Boards.
GBP 45.00

Available
Catalogue of an exhibition focussing on a particularly interesting period of Chinese ceramic production when political and economic uncertainty in China forced manufacturers to look abroad for markets. Showing over 100 examples, the exhibition examines how Chinese porcelains adapted to the demands of the Japanese market. All exhibits illustrated and accompanied by an excellent text.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?c/CIA061

ELLCF4
Ellsworth, Robert Hatfield: CHINESE FURNITURE. The Hung Collection. Hong Kong,  2005. 262; 201 pp. 203 pieces illustrated in colour. 2 vols. 28x24 cm. Cloth.

GBP 150.00
Available
Mimi and Raymond Hung, advised by Robert Ellsworth, have been collecting Chinese furniture since the 1980s. Their collection includes some of the finest and most unusual examples of Chinese hardwood furniture. This two volume work shows 203 examples from the collection with Ellsworth's notes on each piece. Please note that Volume One of this work is the 1996 work on the Hung Collection: Chinese Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection. The second volume shows a further 103 examples from the collection, presumably acquired since 1996. Illustrated throughout in colour and well-described.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?e/ELLCF4

FENMC1
Feng, Rebecca: MING COLOURS. Polychrome Porcelain from Jingdezhen. London, 2006. 122 pp. 50 colour plates. Bibliography. 23x20 cm. Paper.
GBP 16.00
Available
An exhibition catalogue with full-colour images of fifty ceramics selected from the Percival David Foundation collection together with a scholarly essay discussing the history, technology, designs and functions of Ming polychrome decorated porcelains.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?f/FENMC1

HPIZL1
Hebei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics ed: ZHANGUO ZHONGSHANGUO LINGSHOU CHENG - 1975-1993 NIAN KAOGU FAJUE BAOGAO. Lingshou City of Zhongshan State during the Warring States Period: An Excavation Report 1975-1993. Beijing, 2005. 40, 393 pp. text plus 56 pp. colour and 168 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 5 foldouts. 29x22 cm. Boards.
GBP 60.00

Available
Important and detailed archaeological report of the excavations at and near the site of Lingshou, the last capital of the Zhongshan State of the Warring States period, located in Pingshan county in China's Hebei province. The excavations also included the royal cemetery near the city. Extensive detail on both the city site and the royal tombs excavated. It should be noted that this report does not include the famous tomb of King Cuo which has been the subject of separate reports. However, the excavations at a number of other royal tombs are discussed and which yielded important bronzes and jades, many here illustrated. Four page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?h/HPIZL1

HUALM2
Huang Shijian & Gong Yingyan: LI MADOU SHIJIE DITU YANJIU. (Research into Matteo Ricci's World Map). Shanghai, 2004. 5, 2, 6, 218 pp. text plus colour frontispiece and 36 pp. plates (most in b/w).B/w text illustrations. Folding map.  31x24 cm. Cloth.
GBP 50.00
Available
A detailed contribution researching the famous 'Kunyu Wan Guo Tu' map of the world compiled by the Jesuit Matteo Ricci in China in the late Ming dynasty. With numerous illustrations and a separate foldout black-and-white map of the Kunyu Wan Guo Tu. In Chinese.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?h/HUALM2

JIAXC2
Jiang Tao & Liu Yunhui ed: XICHI CANG YU. Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection. Beijing, 2006. 219 pp. 190 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
GBP 50.00
Available
Catalogue of the private Hong Kong-held Hei-Chi collection of Chinese jades. About 200 jades from the Neolithic to the Qing are illustrated and described. A fine collection, very well-illustrated with excellent colour plates. Dual text in Chinese and English.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?j/JIAXC2

LEVDV1
Levine, George P. A: DAITOKUJI: THE VISUAL CULTURES OF A ZEN MONASTERY. Seattle, 2005. lii, 444 pp. 140 illustrations, 18 in colour. Bibliography, index. 26x18 cm. Cloth.
GBP 38.00
Available
A groundbreaking study of the visual and social identities of sculpture, painting and calligraphy associated with the famous 14th-century monastery and temple in Kyoto. A new perspective on the art of Zen, observed in its proper contexts.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?l/LEVDV1

NIF052
Nezu Institute of Fine Arts: TAKATORI - DAIMYO TEA CEREMONY WARE. Tokyo, 2005.  304 pp. c. 200 pp. colour plates. Colour text illustrations.  30x22 cm. Paper.
GBP 50.00
Available
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Nezu and Fukuoka Art Museums of Takatori tea ceremony wares dating from the early 17th century. 129 wonderful pieces are illustrated in fine colour plates in full and with close-up detail. List of plates and captions with brief descriptions in English. Main text in Japanese.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?n/NIF052

ROYPG4
Roy, David Tod trans: THE PLUM IN THE GOLDEN VASE OR CHIN P'ING MEI: VOLUME 3: THE APHRODISIAC. (Jin Ping Mei). Princeton Library of Asian Translations. Princeton, 2006. lxvii, 722 pp. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
GBP 35.00

Available
The third of five planned volumes  of this long-awaited complete and annotated translation of the famous Chinese erotic novel. With the possible exception of 'The Tale of Genji' and 'Don Quixote', there is no earlier work of prose fiction of equal sophistication in world literature.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?r/ROYPG4

SCHCA3
Schorta, Regula ed: CENTRAL ASIAN TEXTILES AND THEIR CONTEXTS IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES. Riggisberger Berichte, Band 9. Riggisberg, 2006. 316 pp. Numerous colour and b/w illustrations.  31x23 cm. Paper.
GBP 60.00
Available
Contains the papers from the Colloquium held in 1999 which broadened and expanded the subject of Central Asian and Silk road textiles. Various researches have brought about new perspectives on textile art of the early Middle Ages from Sogdia, the Tarim Basin, Tibet and Central Asia, and China. This richly-illustrated volume is complemented by reports of new findings in China, some here presented for the first time.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?s/SCHCA3

SETIP1
Seth, Mira: INDIAN PAINTING. The Great Mural Tradition. London, 2006. 464 pp. 350 colour and 20 b/w illustrations.  29x24 cm. Cloth.
GBP 39.95
Available
A survey of classical Indian wall painting that includes works from major sites throughout the subcontinent. Illustrated throughout in colour.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?s/SETIP1

TNM062
Tokyo National Museum: TWIN PEAKS. The Finest of Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy. Tokyo, 2006. 432 pp. 259 pp. colour plates.  30x23 cm. Wrappers.
GBP 60.00
Available
Catalogue of an exhibition of 189 outstanding - and superbly illustrated - examples of Japanese and Chinese calligraphy from across the centuries. Comprises loans from various Japanese institutions and the Shanghai Museum. Illustrated throughout in colour. Brief introductions to each section and list of plates in English.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?t/TNM062

WANXH2
Wang Dabin ed: XUE YU HUO DE XILI: KANG RI GENJUDI MUKE JI. The Baptism of Blood and Fire - Woodcut Collection of anti-Japanese Base Area. Taiyuan, 2005. 331 pp. Colour and (predominantly) full page b/w plates throughout. 28x28 cm. Wrappers.
GBP 45.00
Available
A well-produced work showing the distinctive Chinese woodcut prints produced in communist-controlled areas during the period of the anti-Japanese war in China. Approximately 300 examples are shown, the majority in good black-and-white plates. Text in Chinese.

http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?w/WANXH2



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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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