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| BEURDELEY, MICHAEL Amateur Chinois (L') Fribourg , Switzerland, Office Du Livre. 1966. Cloth, 30 x 26 Cms. 288 pages - in French - 23 color and 117 duotone and b/w illustrations - a survey of Chinese art, from earlier than 1000 B.C. to the 20th Century - the Ancients, Dragon Soul, the princely taste of the T'ang court, strange & rare stones, an unusual collector, the Ming court, an art critic, the imperial palaces, a patron and collector, the imperial workshops, the antiques market in pre-1949 China and much, much more - plates, biblio. chronology, map of China and index. Fine/No Jacket. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.55 | £UK 30 | JP¥ 4373] Book number: 005261 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BEURDELEY, MICHEL ET AL Jeux Des Nuages et De La Pluie - l'Art d'Aimer En Chine Fribourg , Switzerland, Office Du Livre. 1969. Cloth, 37x 27.5 Cms. 224 pages - in French - 28 color tip-ins and 103 b/w illustrations - 5 experts describe ancient Chinese depictions of the art of love-making - magical bodies, the feeling of love through the story of Ying-Ying, the erotic novel in China, foot fetishism and more - ancient, Song, Yuan, Ming, T'Sing and other poems - biblio. and captions. As New -/As New -. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 | £UK 47.75 | JP¥ 6997] Book number: 005049 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| CHINO, YUKIKO / YOKOYAMA, TADASHI Living in Chinese Style Tokyo, Japan, Idée. 1997. (ISBN: 490094002X) Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 72 pages - in Japanese - 60 duotone and one color photo. plates - depictions of often deceptively simple, but always deeply graceful Chinese furniture - essays by Chino and Yokoyama. New -/New -. CHF 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.66 | £UK 22.75 | JP¥ 3324] Book number: 002286 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| CLUNAS, CRAIG ET AL Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing London, England, British Museum. 1984. (ISBN: 0903421224) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 28 x 22 Cms. 200 pages - in English - 20 color and 320 monochrome illustrations - published to coincide with the 1984 showing in London organized by the Oriental Ceramic Society and the British Museum featuring ancient ivory carvings from various public and private collections - Prolegomena to ivory carvings, pre-Ming ivory carving, Ming, Qing and more - catalogue: writing accessories, ornaments, brush-pots, boxes, vessels, seals, personal adornments, toys, pieces for the Western market and comparative pieces - map, glossary and bibliography. new-/new-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 | £UK 47.75 | JP¥ 6997] Book number: 007789 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| CRICK M./LOVEDAY, H Or Des Steppes (L')-Arts Somptuaires De La Dynastie Liao (907-1125) Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2007. (ISBN: 8874393601) Wrappers, 26.5 x 21 Cms. 255 pages - in French - Catalogue of the exhibition on the Somptuary Arts of the Liao Dynasty in China (907-1125) at the Baur Museum in Geneva, Switzerland - on the chronology and history of the Liao Dynasty - Over 150 color reproductions of funeral masks, objects, boxes, plates, vases, bowls, laquers, crowns and jewels with detailed explanatory notes - maps - glossary - bibliography. New -. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 89.19 | £UK 53.75 | JP¥ 7872] Book number: 006080 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| CRICK M./LOVEDAY, H Or Des Steppes (L')-Arts Somptuaires De La Dynastie Liao (907-1125) Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2007. (ISBN: 8874393601) Wrappers, 26.5 x 21 Cms. 255 pages - in French - Catalogue of the exhibition on the Somptuary Arts of the Liao Dynasty in China (907-1125) at the Baur Museum in Geneva, Switzerland - on the chronology and history of the Liao Dynasty - Over 150 color reproductions of funeral masks, objects, boxes, plates, vases, bowls, laquers, crowns and jewels with detailed explanatory notes - maps - glossary - bibliography. New -. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 89.19 | £UK 53.75 | JP¥ 7872] Book number: 006143 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| CRICK M./LOVEDAY, H Or Des Steppes (L') - Arts Somptuaires De La Dynastie Liao (907-1125) Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2007. (ISBN: 9788874393602) Wrappers-, 27.5 x 23 Cms. 256 pages - in French - 73 color plates and dozens of color illustrations and b/w figs. - published to concide with the 2006 showing at the Baur Collection in Geneva, Switzerland, of some 100 objects dating from the nomadic Chinese Liao dynasty (907-1125) from the Steppes of northeastern China, incl. many gold, bronze and other metalworks - dynastic chronolgy - map of 11th Century Far East - history, theology, map of archeological sites, sumptuary arts, and, map of Liao ovens - catalogue: the world of the Steppes, gold-encrusted wood, precious lacques and gold flakes, Prince Wenghong's treasure, and, gold-filigreed white ceramics - glossary and bibliography. New-. CHF 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 84.24 | £UK 50.75 | JP¥ 7434] Book number: 006979 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| CRICK, MONIQUE ET AL Sous La Griffe Du Dragon Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2004. (ISBN: 8874391730) Wrappers, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 160 pages - in French - 87 color illustrations, incl. 59 plates - published to coincide with the 2004 showing in Geneva, Switzerland of court costumes of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in the Baur Collection and the Museum of Ethnography - four experts describe the history of silk, surrounding legends, the mark of the dragon, the dresses worn during the Qing dynasty, Chinese costumes, customs and book illustrations - catalogue - chronology - symbols - glossary - biographies. New -. CHF 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.5 US$ 54.51 | £UK 33 | JP¥ 4810] Book number: 004416 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| CROUWEL, WIM ET AL Forbidden City (The) - Court Culture of the Chinese Emperors (1644-1911) Rotterdam, Holland, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen. 1990. (ISBN: 9069180650) Wrappers-, 27 x 22 Cms. 246 pages - in Dutch and English - 100 color illustrations - published to coincide with the 1990 showing at the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Holland, of paintings, court robes and objects from the throne room of the imperial palace in Peking's forbidden city from where Chinese emperors and empresses ruled between 1644 and 1911 - essays on Chinese dynasties, emperorship in China, court painting and the meaning of the symbolic motifs - map of the Forbidden City - catalogue - bibliography. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 | £UK 35.75 | JP¥ 5248] Book number: 006279 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| DANZKER, JO-ANNE BIRNIE ET AL Shanghai Modern 1919-1945 Oestfildern-Ruit, Germany, Hatje Cantz. 2004. (ISBN: 3775714979) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 424 pages - in English and German - over 300 color and monochrome illustrations, incl. dozens of plates - published to coincide with the 2004 showing in Munich and the 2005 showing in Kiel, Germany of 64 Modernist painters, illustrators and other artists in 1920's and 1930's Shanghai, China, showings organized with the help of dozens of Chinese, European and American museums, galleries and collections - preface, lenders and artists - essays by over two dozen Chinese and Western specialists on cultural exchange, modern literati, "Xihua" the Storm Society, the Lu Xun Woodcut movement, film, "Shi Mao" and 21st Century Shanghai - a 1927 letter to China's artisitic movement; Manifesto of the Art Movement Society; "I Am Bewildered" (1929); the 1934 Chinese Contemporary Painting exhibition in Hamburg; Promoting Chinese Art (1935), chronology, bios. of the artists. New -/New -. CHF 82.00 [Appr.: EURO 54.25 US$ 81.26 | £UK 49 | JP¥ 7172] Book number: 003350 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| DAWEI, FEI ET AL Cai Guo-Qiang London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2000. (ISBN: 0500974934) Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 154 pages - around 100 color repros. incl. many full-pages - published to coincide with the 2000 showing in Paris' Cartier Modern Art Foundation - young Chinese artist Guo-iang uses gunpowder to create ephemeral art, notably "projects for extraterrestrials" and "other fire projects" - a conversation between the artist and Andrei Ujica - screens and sketchbooks - the author interviews the artist in "to dare to accomplish nothing" - appendices; descriptions of projects for extraterrestrials and other fire projects; exhibitions list, bibliography and acknowlegements. New -/New -. CHF 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.75 US$ 47.57 | £UK 28.75 | JP¥ 4198] Book number: 002153 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| DESROCHES, JEAN-PAUL ET AL. Chine, Le Siècle Du Premier Empereur Arles, France, Actes Sud. 2001. (ISBN: 2742733000) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 217 pages -text in English / French - catalog of an exhibition held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco - this exhibition presents about 120 archeological Chinese pieces coming from the time of Qin Shihuangdi, first emperor of the united China - color photographs of the jewels, weapons, ceramics and sculptures (some of the famous Xi'an warriors among others) - articles by specialists, chronology, bibliography and list of works. New -/New -. CHF 82.00 [Appr.: EURO 54.25 US$ 81.26 | £UK 49 | JP¥ 7172] Book number: 001073 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| DESROCHES, JEAN-PAUL ET AL. Fils Du Ciel Brussels, Belgium, Fonds Mercator. 2009. (ISBN: 9789061538875) Wrappers-, 28 x 24 Cms. 232 pages - in French - around 500 color illustrations and figs. - published to coincide with the 2009 Europalia showing in Brussels of art objects, astronomical instruments, textiles, chinaware and other objects that reflect the 5,000-year-old history of the Sons of Heaven, 20 dynasties of Chinese emperors - map of China - chronology - essays by 8 specialists - list of works, list of works in Chinese and bibliography. New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.37 | £UK 41.75 | JP¥ 6122] Book number: 009506 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| DI COSMO, NICOLA ET AL Gilded Splendor - Treasures of China's Liao Empire (907-1125) Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2006. (ISBN: 8874393326) pictorial hardcover-, 31 x 24 Cms. 392 pages - in English - 120 color plates, 71 color figs. and various color maps - published to coincide with the 2006 showing at the Asia Society and Museum in New York and the 2007 showings at the Museum of East Asian Art in Munich, Germany and the Rietberg Museum in Zurich, Switzerland, of pottery, ceramics, jewelry and other objects from the 10th to 12th Century Chinese Liao Empire - essays by 9 scholars - maps, benchmarks of the Liao dynasty, chronology, glossary, biblio. and index. New-. CHF 130.00 [Appr.: EURO 86 US$ 128.83 | £UK 77.5 | JP¥ 11370] Book number: 008115 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| FEI, LING Chinois (Les) - Visages d'Une Societe En Mutation Paris, France, Autrement. 1997. (ISBN: 2862607266) Wrappers-, 25 x 19.5 Cms. 160 pages - in French - nearly 150 duotone illustrations - photographs taken in China between 1979 and 1997 by a child of the Cultural Revolution, Ling Fei (b.1953) - a visual description of the transformation of Chinese society during a hinge period of its history - texts by Laurence Benaïm. New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.55 | £UK 30 | JP¥ 4373] Book number: 008160 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| FOISSY, MARIE ET AL De Fil et d'Argent Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2004. (ISBN: 8874391838) Wrappers, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 142 pages - in French - around 50 color and 120 b/w illustrations - published to coincide with the 2004 showing at the Museum of Asian Arts in Nice, France, of exquisite silver-embroidered dresses, other embroidered objects and jewellery from three remarkable collections of creations by the Miao people of China's Guizhou province - Miao legends - list of Miao objects in the Museum of Asian Arts - glossary - bibliography. New -. CHF 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.5 US$ 54.51 | £UK 33 | JP¥ 4810] Book number: 004487 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| HARRIS, DAVID Of Battle and Beauty, Felice Beato's Photographs of China Santa Barbara, Ca. USA, Santa Barbara Museum of Art. 1999. (ISBN: 0899511007) Softcover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall-Square. 185 pages - text in English - catalog of an exhibition held at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and at the Boston University Art Gallery - foreword by Karen Sinsheimer - accompanying the British Army during its decisive foray into China in 1860, Felice Beato (1820-1907) was the first photographer to document a military campaign in progress - sepia photographs of Chinese architecture and panoramic views - essays by David Harris and Lyman P. Van Slyke - bibliography and index. New -/New -. CHF 57.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.75 US$ 56.49 | £UK 34 | JP¥ 4985] Book number: 001117 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| HARRISON-HALL, JESSICA Ming Ceramics in the British Museum London, England, The British Museum Press. 2001. (ISBN: 071411488X) Relié Avec Jacquette, 28,5 x 22,5 cm. 640 pages - en anglais - Assistant Conservateur du Département des Antiquités orientales du British Museum et spécialiste de la céramique chinoise, l'auteur nous livre en introduction du catalogue complet (environ mille pièces) de la collection de céramiques du British Museum un résumé de l'histoire de la dynastie Ming (1368-1644), une étude approfondie consacrée à l'industrie de la porcelaine à Jingdeshen, au commerce de la céramique, à quelques aspects de la vie et de la mort sous les Ming. Suit le catalogue proprement dit des objets, identifiés, illustrés (photo couleur), datés et commentés à la lumière des découvertes archéologiques et des travaux scientifiques récents jusqu'ici accessibles seulement en langue chinoise - Chronologies des Empereurs Yuan (1280-1368), Ming (1368-1644) et Quing (1644-1912) - Table de concordance historique - 4 cartes géographiques - Appendice sur les faux, imitations et copies des céramiques Ming - Table de 50 marques sélectionnées - Sélection de 60 tombes Ming avec lieu , nom, occupation , contenu et référence bibliographique - Sélection de "grands naufrages" avec description du contenu de l'épave - Liste des principaux donateurs des céramiques Ming au British Museum - Conservation des Céramiques Ming - Description des procédés photographiques - Analyse et source des pigments bleu cobalt utilisés dans les céramiques chinoises - Bibliographie - Noms chinois et termes - Index - Un luxueux ouvrage d'une inappréciable qualité pour les collectionneurs, les spécialistes et les amateurs d'art oriental. Neuf-/Neuve-. CHF 475.00 [Appr.: EURO 314 US$ 470.73 | £UK 283 | JP¥ 41545] Book number: 002405 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| HUI WANG, XIAO Close to the Eyes, the Portraits of Xiao Hui Wang Munich, London, New-York, Prestel. 2001. (ISBN: 3791324853) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pages - text in English - foreword by Marc Gundel and Michael Thoss - essays by Tilman Spengler and Xiao Hui Wang herself - over 60 b/w portraits by this Chinese female photographer taken during the past five years in different places around the globe - her portraits reveal something of each individual's personality notably by focusing on the eyes - biography, list of exhibitions and publications. New -/New -. CHF 67.00 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 US$ 66.4 | £UK 40 | JP¥ 5860] Book number: 001012 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| HUI WANG, XIAO Frauen Bilder Heidelberg, Germany, Braus. 1997. (ISBN: 3894662018) Wrappers, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 128 pages - in German - over a hundred black and white photographs by Chinese artist Xiao Hui Wang - Portraits and personal vision of the Frauen (women) in the early nineties - An aesthetic glimpse of nightlife and moving bodies - short biography. New -. CHF 67.00 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 US$ 66.4 | £UK 40 | JP¥ 5860] Book number: 001529 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| JUNWU, HUA Contemporary Chinese Painting Beijing, China, New World Press. 1989. (ISBN: 7800050831) Cloth-, 37.5 x 27 cms. slight tear along d.j. spine - in a pictorial slipcase - 196 pages - in English - 90 color plates and dozens of b/w illustrations - this book's title is a misnomer since this work features paintings produced since 1949 in traditional Chinese styles by 85 artists - texts by famous Chinese political cartoonist Hun Junwu and art historian Zhang Anzi - plates - brief bios. and notes on paintings. Fine-/Very Good-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.37 | £UK 41.75 | JP¥ 6122] Book number: 006891 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| LI, GONG Chinese Opera - Jessica Tan Gudnason New York, Abbeville. 2001. (ISBN: 0789207095) Cloth-, 33 x 26 cms. 152 pages - in English - over 100 mostly color, mostly full-page illustrations - photographs of the leading lights of fabled Chinese operas, both female and male, in their traditional costumes and masks by Malaysian-born photographer Jessica Tan Gudnason who spent a decade documenting her passion for Chinese opera - intro. by Gudnason - Children of the Pear Garden, essay by actress Gong Li - illustrated list of illustrations and captions. New-/New-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 | £UK 47.75 | JP¥ 6997] Book number: 006423 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| LIMONTA, GIANNI Yunnan - Cina Milan, Italy, Leonardo Arte. 2000. (ISBN: 8883101782) Wrappers-, 32.5 x 25 Cms. 160 pages - in Italian and English - over 150 color illustrations - color photographs of the Yunnan region of China by Italian photographer Gianni Limonta - Yunnan: South of the Clouds, essay by Federico Klausner - landscapes, portraits, spirituality and daily life. New-. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 99.1 | £UK 59.75 | JP¥ 8746] Book number: 008159 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| LIN, JAMES C. S. Immortal Stone (The) - Chinese Jades from the Neolithic Period to the Twentieth Century London, England, Scala. 2009. (ISBN: 9781857595819) silver-embossed black cloth-, 26 x 22 Cms. 160 pages - in English - 106 color illustrations, 91 color figs. and a color map - a description of ancient Chinese jades, mainly the collection of over 200 Qing dynasty era pieces in the Fitzwellian Museum in Cambridge, England - what is Jade? value, significance, jades from tombs, everyday jades, Qing dynasty jades, the market for jade, and, jades in the Fitzwilliam Museum - glossary, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.37 | £UK 41.75 | JP¥ 6122] Book number: 009266 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| LION-GOLDSCHMIDT, DAISY/MOREAU-GOBARD, JEAN-CLAUDE Arts De La Chine Fribourg , Switzerland, Office Du Livre. 1980. Cloth, 28 x 22 Cms. 2 vols. 550 pages - in French - 409 color and duotone illustrations - a survey of centuries of Chinese art by various eminent specialists - vol.1 covers bronze, jade, sculpture, ceramics, a chronology of Chinese dynasties and a bibliography - vol.2 covers gold, silver, latter-day bronzes, enamels, lacquers and woodworks. Fine/Fine. CHF 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 106 US$ 158.56 | £UK 95.5 | JP¥ 13994] Book number: 005256 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. |
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