Decorative Arts
Ming Furniture in the Forbidden City
Exhibition Forbidden City Yong Shou Gong April 28 - June 15, 2006
2006. Ming Furniture in the Forbidden City: Exhibition Forbidden City Yong Shou Gong April 28 - June 15, 2006 8.75 x 11.25", 244 pp., 100 color plates, bibliography, paper, Hong Kong, 2006. The development of Chinese furniture peaked during the Ming dynasty. In late Ming, lacquer furniture was in common..... More
Living with Ming : The Lu Ming Shi Collection
Grace Wu Bruce, 2000. This volume presents the amazing Lu Ming Shi Collection, which comprises 71 examples of huanghuali and zitan furniture and scholar's objects. Together they represent the golden age of Chinese furniture design. Beautifully illustrated, each piece is described by Grace Wu Bruce, with a preface by Jean-Paul..... More
The Palace of Established Happiness Restoring a Garden in the Forbidden City
People's Republic of China: 2008. More
The Bronze Dong Son Drums
Dong Son Culture, which lasted about 1000 years from the 7th to 2nd centuries BC, is considered the peak of metallurgical technique in the Vietnam history. Dong Son Drums, or the Heger I Bronze Drum according to the classification of the Austrian archaeologist, Franz Heger, are divided into three parts..... More
Chinese Art: The Minor Arts: Gold, Silver, Bronze, CloisonneÌ, Cantonese Enamel, Lacquer, Furniture, Wood
London: F.S.A. Oldbourne Press, 1963. More
Chinese Art: The Minor Arts II
New York: 1965. More
牧心斋清禄集(精)
Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2014. 《牧心斋清禄集》收录了以明清文房清供为主的包括铜器、木器、瓷器、赏石等在内的共计26件藏品。文房作为中国古代文人的重要活动场所与精神园地,是中国传统文化薪火相传的人文渊薮,《牧心斋清禄集》之主旨在于弘扬古代文房雅事这一古代文明。 "Mu Xinzhai Qing Lu Collection" contains a total of 26 collections, including bronzes, wooden wares, porcelain, and stone appreciation. Wenfang, as an important place of activity and spiritual garden for ancient Chinese literati, is a humane source of traditional Chinese culture, and the..... More
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Imperial Robes and Textiles of the Chinese Court Exhibition
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1943. Exhibition catalog from Minneapolis Institute of Art; April 13 to June 15 1943. Limited printing of 3000 copies. Includes b/w/plates. More
木趣居:家具中的嘉具 【Books from Asia】The Best of The Best:The MQJ Collection of Ming Furniture
Beijing: SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2017. Hardcover. 7.3 x 9.5", 2 vols., 520 pp., 1091 plates, text in Chinese and English, catalog of 112 pieces, bibliography, cloth, slipcase, Beijing, 2017. MQJ, abbreviated from Mu Qu Ju, is the name chosen by renowned scholar Wang Shixiang for this special Ming Furniture..... More
Architecture and Decoration of the Forbidden City
Forbidden City Publishing House, 2011. More
Things Chinese
New York: Doubleday and Co., 1980. More
Substance and Symbol in Chinese Toggles: With a Catalogue of the C.F. Bieber Collection
Floating World Editions, 2006. Although the Japanese belt ornaments known as netsuke have long been popular with collectors and much written about, the Chinese toggles which preceded them have gone little noticed. Professor Cammann's long out of print work was the first book in any Western language to discuss them..... More
A Thousand Cranes: Treasures of Japanese Art
Chronicle Books, 1987. HB. The Japanese crane, a most auspicious symbol in Japan, has figured importantly in Japanese culture and art since ancient times, appearing over the centuries in almost every possible medium as a universal sign of goodwill. The title "A Thousand Cranes" is a metaphor for the spiritual..... More
The Bauhaus in Calcutta
In December 1922, the 14th Annual Exhibition of the lndian Society of Oriental Art was held in Calcutta. Drawing a huge crowd from Calcutta’s lively cultural milieu and its high society, the exhibition was divided into two sections: contemporary art from the Bengal school-- Nandalal Bose, Sunayani Devi, and Abanindranath..... More