Records for our new List 139
- including a special section on
CHINESE HISTORY
plus the usual selection from our stock -
have been added to our web site at:
http://www.hanshan.com
The printed version of list 139 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.
- Customers who receive printed versions of the catalogue:
If you did not get a copy of our *previous* catalogue 138, 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 138 and you have been
active, the paper
copy of 139 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
HKU067
ART AND IMITATION IN CHINA. Chiping Gujin: Zhongguo Yishu de Fangmo
yu Chuangxin. Hong Kong, 2006. 349 pp. 216 full page colour plates.
Colour and b/w text plates. 30x24 cm. Boards.
GBP 80.00
Available
Catalogue of an exhibition by the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong
Kong held at The University of Hong Kong Museum and Art Gallery. 216
exhibits from the collections of Society members and institutional
lenders explore the theme of imitation in Chinese art. In three main
sections: imitation in the form of archaism - the emulation and
admiration of the past. Imitation by assimilating motifs and designs
from other cultures, for example through Silk Road trade, cultural
exchanges and onto the influence of the West. The third area of
imitation is inter-media exchange - recreating works of art in media
other than their original material. Includes much material never
previously shown, ranging in date from the Shang dynasty through to
present day contemporary art. Sophisticated and most interesting.
Introductory essays. Illustrated throughout in colour. Dual text in
Chinese and English.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?a/HKU067
ASG061
Asia Society ed: A PASSION FOR ASIA: THE ROCKEFELLER LEGACY. A
Publication in Celebration of the Asia Society's 50th Anniversary.
New York, 2006. 223 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout, many
full page. 27x23 cm. Cloth.
GBP 35.00
Available
Celebrates the Asia Society's 50th anniversary and the Rockefeller
family's fascination with Asia, pivotal in the establishment of the
Society. Shows many objects in numerous media from cultures
throughout Asia from the collections of the Rockefeller family and
from museum collections.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?a/ASG061
DIKTM1
Dikotter, Frank: THINGS MODERN. Material Culture and Everyday Life in
China. London, 2006. xv, 382 pp. 97 plates, a number in colour.
Bibliography, index. 26x20 cm. Cloth.
GBP 25.00
Available
Professor Dikotter has established something of a reputation as an
analyst of the modern in early 20th century China. Here here takes on
material culture and goes some way to 'dunking the myth of hostility
toward alien things,' especially as an obstacle to development.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?d/DIKTM1
FRENZ1
Freeman, Michael: NEW ZEN. The Tea Ceremony Room in Modern Japanese
Architecture. London, 2007. 240 pp. 300 colour illustrations. 23x25
cm. Cloth.
GBP 35.00
Can be ordered in
A collection of the most innovative modern Japanese tea ceremony
rooms, or chashitsu, designed by contemporary architects in over 35
separate projects. Includes an introduction with a history and
explanation of the tea ceremony.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?f/FRENZ1
KRACC6
Krahl, Regina: CHINESE CERAMICS FROM THE MEIYINTANG COLLECTION -
VOLUME 3. London, 2006. 614 pp. Colour plates throughout. 2 vols.
36x26 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
GBP 490.00
New stock due shortly
The Meiyintang collection is one of the finest and largest private
collections of Chinese ceramics in the West. Assembled over some 40
years and covering every period from the Yangshao culture to the Qing
period, the collection is famous as a comprehensive overview of
Chinese ceramic art. The emphasis of the collection is on quality and
rarity.
Since the publication of the first two volumes (details available),
the collection has almost doubled in size and expanded in scope to
include ceramic types not previously represented, as well as
individual masterpieces from old collections.
This Volume Three (which comprises two physical volumes)
comprehensively covers material from the beginnings of pottery making
in the Neolithic to the end of the stoneware tradition after the Song
dynasty. They are conceived as a supplement to Volume One which spans
the same period. Nearly 600 pieces are shown in fine colour and fully
described. Accompanied by introductory essays. A fine work and an
excellent reference.
(A fourth volume to supplement Volume Two is in preparation).
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?k/KRACC6
PALBA1
Pal, Pratapaditya ed: BUDDHIST ART: FORM AND MEANING. Mumbai, 2007.
132 pp. 100 illustrations. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
GBP 55.00
Available
Well-edited collection of contributions by nine internationally
recognised scholars, covering a wide range of topics and issues
relating to the iconology and style of Buddhist art in the Indian
subcontinent, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?p/PALBA1
MOB062
Papist-Matsuo, A: A JAPANESE TASTE FOR LACQUER: THE KLAUS F. NAUMANN
COLLECTION. Eine japanische Leidenschaft: Die Lacke der Sammlung
Klaus F. Naumann. Berlin, 2006. 160 pp. Colour plates throughout.
23x19 cm. Cloth.
GBP 35.00
Available
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst in
Berlin and then at the Museum fur Lackkunst. Shows 60 fine examples
of Japanese lacquer from the Naumann collection. Each piece
illustrated in colour and with a dual text in German and English.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?p/MOB062
PASAZ1
Pas, Julian F: THE A TO Z OF TAOISM. Lanham, 2006. xli, 415 pp. plus
16 pp. b/w illustrations. 21x14 cm. Paper.
GBP 26.00
Available
Starts with a detailed chronology of Taoism and its relationship both
to China and other teachings. Followed by hundreds of detailed and
cross-referenced entries. A very useful reference work.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?p/PASAZ1
WATAC9
Watson, William: THE ARTS OF CHINA AFTER 1620. Pelican History of
Art. London, 2007. viii, 274 pp. 301 plates, chiefly colour.
Bibliography, glossary index. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
GBP 50.00
Available
The third and final volume in the late Professor Watson's major
three-volume series, surveying China's immense wealth of art,
architecture, and artifacts. With good coverage of prints, colour
printing, design, furniture, textiles, minor and export arts, as well
as high art and so unusually comprehensive.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?w/WATAC9
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