Author: HALPERIN, DAVID R. (INTRODUCTION); JONES, REBECCA RICE (ESSAY); FORSYTH, ANGUS (ESSAY AND CATALOGUE)
Title: Wood from the Scholar's Table: Chinese Hardwood Carvings and Scholar's Articles
Description: Gulliver Books Ltd and Altfield Gallery, Hong Kong. 1984, 1st Edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 21 x 28 cm; 1 Kg.; 176 pages with colour illustrations throughout. 120 catalogue entries.;ISBN 962-7019-05-X; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The dust jacket is slightly faded on the spine, left side of the front cover and right side of the back cover. Bookseller sticker glued to the back of the rear cover. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. Good condition overall.; Wood from the Scholar's Table is the most comprehensive discussion of Chinese scholar's wooden articles which has yet been undertaken. The pieces illustrated are drawn from Hong Kong collections and cover the broad spectrum of wood objects intended as scholarly accoutrements. All of the major categories of scholar's wooden articles are discussed, including brush pots, wrists rests, brush rests, water droppers, brush washers, seal chests, ink stone boxes and decorative carvings. The illustrated Ming and Ching pieces provide examples carved from each of the important Chinese furniture woods, including huang hua-li, tsu-tan, hongmu and ch'ih-chi mu. Some exceptional root carvings are also included. Some exceptional root carvings are also included. Wood from the Scholar's Table constitutes an invaluable general reference for the growing number of students and collectors of Chinese wood carvings. Those contributing to this volume, include Rebecca Rice Jones, formerly in charge of Chinese furniture at Sotheby's in New York, Robert and Alice Piccus, noted Hong Kong collectors of Chinese and Southeast Asian Art, Angus Forsyth, a Hong Kong solicitor and currently President of the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and David Halperin, and American attorney and owner of Altfield Gallery of Hong Kong. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Keywords: furniture,china,chinese hardwood carvings,reference Chinese Art


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