Privately Printed. 9.75 x 11.5", 176 pp., 200+ illustrations, cloth, d.j., 2003. The Gulexuan Collection, formed in Germany over the past thirty years, offers an informative overview of the development of Chinese ceramics over two thousand years, with examples ranging from the Han (206 BC-AD 220) to the Qing dynasty...
8.75 x 9.75", 74 pp., 95 b/w illustrations, paper, Champaign, 1964. (o.p.; some wear to corners, text vvg to near fine, ex Jack V. Sewell Library).
Munshiram Manoharial. 8.5 x 11", xxi, 235 pp. plus approx. 90 pages of plates and figures, appendixes, bibliography, author and title index, subject index, cloth, d.j., Delhi, 1999. This is a comprehensive study of Ganesa, tracing the origin and development of pauranika Ganesa, from pre-pauranika Vinayaka, a vighnakarta, into pauranika...
Gabundo. 8.25 x 11.25", 84 pp. Japanese & English text, 38 color plates and 113 text figures, illustrated boards, Kyoto, 1976. (o.p.; near fine). Contents: Hokusai's Art in Color Humanity by Design: An Introduction to Hokusai Hokusai's Books: An Art Concealed Hiroshige's Art in Color Humanity in a Landscape: An...
Indiana University Art Museum, 1997. Softcover. 10.8 x 9.2", 64 pp. 8 color and 70 b/w plates, 1 b/w figure, bibliography, paper, Bloomington, 1997. This unique catalog presents for the first time the popular art of India, specifically, the chromolithographs or printed color posters or calendars (often simply called 'god...
7.5 x 9.7", 133 pp., 96 b/w illustrations, footnotes, glossary, bibliography, index, cloth, d.j., Bombay, 1965. (o.p.; gilt lettering on spine, some wear to d.j.).
2016. softcover. 明代官窯最大特色是開啟了以繪畫為主的繽紛世界，由於燒造技術日益精進、釉料的掌 控、皇家器用的氣派、國際市場的需求及社會的影響等，御窯廠的燒造者，大膽地以白色瓷 胎為畫布，以釉彩畫筆創作，出現極具特色的青花、五彩與闘彩瓷器，將瓷器燒造推至另一 高峰。本書《釉色與紋飾 明代青花瓷》重點在討論明代青花瓷器，從釉色與紋飾談起，分析 各時期所用青花釉料產地不同，成分稍異，形成各具特色的青花瓷。例如，明代前期青花釉 料採用的是進口自中亞的蘇麻離青鈷料，含鐵成分高，經一千二百度以上高溫火焙，出現鮮 明濃豔的鈷藍色，奔放淋漓，此時畫工仍保留宮廷院畫特色，畫工精細；明代中期使用國產 江西省的陂塘青及石子青料，青花釉色明淨淡雅、纖細脫俗，紋飾也轉變為簡筆寫意；晚期 使用西域進貢的回青與浙省釉料，青花色彩又為之一變，呈現勻濃泛紫或泛灰色澤，紋飾圖 案則繁複綿密，熱鬧非凡。總之，明青花開啟了瓷器燒造的新領域，流風影響及於清代官窯。.
11.5 x 11.5", 286 pp., fully illustrated in color, text in Chinese with English captions, cloth spine, pictorial boards, slipcase, Beijing, 2012. **Due to its size and weight, the shipping cost is $9.95(USA address) and $59.95 (non-USA address). This volume features 167 pieces of Rhinoceros Horn carvings from the collection...
Arthur H. Clark Company. 6.5 x 9.75", 339 pp., b/w frontis with tissue guard, 75 plates illustrating 245 specimens selected from the Lockwood collection illustrated and described by the author, green cloth, Glendale, 1935. (o.p.; a limited edition of 500 copies, t.e.g., some wear to corners). The emphasis is on...
8.25 x 11.75", 158 pp, fully illustrated in color, index, paper, New York, 2014. The exhibition catalog includes a rare and unusual collection of 84 models of Chinese pagodas exhibited at the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition, based on famous pagodas extant in China around the turn of the twentieth century...
8.5 x 11", xxiii, 144pp., 24 b/w plates, index, cloth, d.j., New York, 1964. (o.p.; vg). A technical exploration into the Hindu art of love.
5.75 x 9", reprint of 1918 ed., viii, 124 pp., 29 plates, some folding, plus folding map, footnotes, glossary, bibliography, cloth, d.j., Jodhpur, 1986. (o.p.; near fine).
Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2006. 9.5 x 12", 279 pp., fully illustrated in color, glossary, bibliography, index, paper, New South Wales, 2006. Accompanying a major exhibition, this lavish and engaging book surveys the imaginative expressions of the divine female found in the art of India, Tibet and Nepal...
5.75 x 8.25", 224 pp., 186 illustrations, 77 in color, map, bibliography, glossary-index, paper, New York, 2000. The book introduces Hinduism, its gods, the symbolic basis for its architecture and the system of royal patronage that led to the creation of so many temples and their attendant works of art...
A.S. Barnes. 10 x 13.75", 6 6 pp. text, 168 pp. plates, many in color, pictorial endpapers, cloth, d.j., New York, 1973. (o.p.; some wear to d.j. corners, text vvg to near fine, ex Jack V. Sewell Library). Consisting of the most beautiful works of art from nine museums.
7.25 x 9.75", reprint, 208 pp., 148 illustrations, 18 in color, 80 line drawings, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, paper, London, 1993. (o.p.; some wear to cover, text vvg ).
National Geographic Society. 6 x 9.25", xviii, 301 pp., b/w frontispiece, bibliography, glossary, index, quarter cloth, boards, d.j., Washington, D.C., 2007. In an era when the relationship between Islam and the West seems defined by mistrust and misunderstanding, we often forget that for centuries Muslim civilization was the envy of...
Museum of East Asian Art. Softcover. 6.5 x 9.3", 88 pp., 100 color illustrations, paper, Bath, 2000. This volume presents an overview of the range of the collection of Chinese art at the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath. It is divided into 4 sections: ceramics, metaware, jades and decorative arts, including scholar's objects.
Dover. 5.5 x 8.5", 454 pp, paper, New York, 1963. (o.p. vvg).
Nagel Publishers. 4.25 x 6.25", 272 pp., 3 color maps, 14 b/w maps, glossary, index, map on front endpapers, cloth, d.j., Geneva, 1983. (o.p.; near fine).
8.6 x 11.5", 4 Volumes, each volume approx. 320 pp. and over 500 color illustrations, cloth, d.j., Beijing, 1997-1998. **Due to size & weight of these 4 volumes, the shipping cost for all four is US$15.00 (USA address), and $55.00 (non-USA address). This significant new publication tells the story of...
Coherence. 5.8 x 8.25, 128 pp., fully illustrated in color, text in Japanese and English, paper, Tokyo, 2005. This volume is an illustrated survey of masterworks of Japanese craft art from the Meiji period to the present day drawn from the collections of the Crafts Gallery, National Museum of Modern...
8.2 x 11.8", 199 pp., 179 items illustrated in color, text in Chinese with list of plates in English, boards, d.j., Taipei, 2002. For centuries, the custom of preparing and drinking tea has been a fundamental part of daily and social life in China. Drawing from the collection of the...
L'Image Odier. 11.75 x 8.25", 132 pp., profusely illustrated in color, bibliography, cloth, d.j., Eagle Rock, 2010. In the mid-1980s, the award-winning movie "The Killing Fields" launched the Cambodian tragedy into the public consciousness. It deals with the genocide of nearly half the population of Cambodia at the hands of...
L'Image Odier. 11.75 x 8.25", 132 pp., profusely illustrated in color, bibliography, paper, Eagle Rock, 2010. In the mid-1980s, the award-winning movie "The Killing Fields" launched the Cambodian tragedy into the public consciousness. It deals with the genocide of nearly half the population of Cambodia at the hands of the...
