Biyan Hu = Snuff Bottles: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum

[Shanghai], 2013. Hardcover. Gold and black slipcase, color illustration. Matching boards. 32 + 272 pp. Over 400 color plates. Text mosty in Chinese, with some English. VG+. Stamp on ffep, otherwise clean and tight. Slipcase shows a bit of wear.

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Book number: 171018

Catalogue: Asian Decorative Arts

Keywords: Asian Decorative Arts; Chinese Decorative Arts ; Snuff Bottles ; ; Snuff Bottles - Asian

An Exhibition of Old Chinese Ceramics from the Late Chou Dynasty Through the Sung Dynasty

Pasadena, Pasadena Art Institute, 1953. Paperback. Brown and illustrated stapled wraps. 15 pp. 30 BW plates. Lent by Robert Hilton Simmons, Los Angeles. Cover title: Old Chinese Ceramics, From the Robert Hilton Simmons Collection. VG-. Writing, minor wear on covers. Pen writing inside front cover, otherwise clean and tight.

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Book number: 169162

Catalogue: Asian Decorative Arts

Keywords: Asian Decorative Arts; Chinese Ceramics; Collections; Dynasties ; Robert Hilton Simmons Collection ; ; Ceramics - Asian

XI'an Bei Lin Bo Wu Guan = XI'an Forest of Stone Tablets Museum

Xi'an Shi, Shanxi ren min chu ban she, 2000. Softcover. Blue flexible cloth covers, red band and white lettering; French flaps. 172 pp. An abundance of BW and color illustrations. Text in Chinese and English. Contents include Confucian Temple, Steles, Art of Stone Carvings, Paintings and Calligraphy, and Survey of This Museum. VG. Light wear to covers. Clean contents.

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Book number: 171109

Catalogue: Asian Decorative Arts

Keywords: Asian Decorative Arts; Stone Tablets; Steles; Stone Carvings; Chinese Calligraphy ; Stone Tablets ; ; General Decorative Arts - Asian

American Art Association

Catalogue of Antique Chinese Porcelains, Pottery, Carved Jades, Agates and Rugs and Carpets

New York, American Art Association, 1915. Softcover. Tan wraps with black lettering; pieces of brown leather spine; unpaginated. Catalogue of items belonging to Loo & Cie, Societe Chinoise Leyer. 425 lots. Place of sale: New York. Date of sale: May 5-6, 1915. A scarce volume. Good (heavy wear to wraps, leather spine almost completely missing; tear to front cover; pages are lightly age toned but are otherwise clean and clear) .

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Book number: 189602

Catalogue: Asian Decorative Arts

Keywords: Asian Decorative Arts ; Chinese Porcelains; Pottery; Jades ; ; Ceramics - Asian

Andrews, F.H.

Ancient Chinese Figured Silks Excavated by Sir Aurel Stein at Ruined Sites of Central Asia: Reprinted with Fifteen Illustrations from 'the Burlington Magazine" July - Sept 1920

London, B. Quaritch, 1920. Paperback. Brown cloth boards with black title lettering 20 pp. G Cover damaged so that it is only partially attached to interior pages. Cover shows age toning and shelf wear.

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Book number: 182980

Catalogue: Asian Decorative Arts

Keywords: Asian Decorative Arts ; Chinese Silks ; ; Textiles - Asian

Ayers, John

The Baur Collection, Geneva: Chinese Ceramics, Monochrome-Glazed Porcelains of the Ch'Ing Dynasty Volume III

Switzerland, Collections Baur - Geneve, 1972. Hardcover. beige cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 22 pgs of introduction w/ unpaginated pgs of color & b&w plates. No dust-jacket. Vellum overlays intact. This is copy 777 of 1000. VG--light rubbing/wear to top & bottom edges of cloth covers. fore-edge has light rubbing. rubbing to corners. bottom corner cloth lightly fraying. bottom of textblock has scuffing to edges. light black scuffs to top of textblock edge. owner signature on cover flyleaf; corner slightly creased. 'ching dynasty' title pg has light smudges. pg 413 has light smudges to edges. plate 442 has light pen marks to edge. back cover pastedown lightly cracked at the hinge; pastedown lightly foxed. plates edge toned.

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Book number: 175298

Catalogue: Collections - Asian Decorative Arts

Keywords: ; Baur Collection, Chinese Ceramics ; ;

Bernstein, Sam

Collecting Chinese Jade

San Francisco, S. Bernstein & Co, 1995. Paperback. Black wraps with white lettering and color illustrated; 107 pp; bw and color illustrations. Contents: Why collect jade : an historical perspective / Sam Bernstein -- A jade collecting criteria / Sam Bernstein -- Analysis of jade artifacts / Brian Curtiss -- Early jades in China : some cultural contexts, social implications / David N. Keightley -- Chinese art and American culture / Warren Cohen -- Later Chinese jades : a stylistic approach / SoKam Ng -- Some museums with jade collections. VG- (light scuffing to wraps, pages are clean) .

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Book number: 187231

Catalogue: Asian Decorative Arts

Keywords: Asian Decorative Arts ; Jade Art Objects ; ;

Bijutsukan, Santori

Catalogue of Suntory Gallery

Tokyo, Suntory Gallery, 1966. Softcover. flexible, textured black boards w/ silver printing & white spine printing. 193 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. includes protective plastic cover. Descriptions in both Japanese & English. A lavishly illustrated catalogue of Asian decorative arts & furniture. VG ex-libris. 'property of' sticker on cover fly-leaf. front & back cover corners curled & creased. covers have edge & shelf-wear w/ scratches & scuffs w/ rubbing at spine corners. glossy pgs edge toned; clean & bright. tight binding.

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Book number: 175899

Catalogue: Collections - Asian Decorative Arts

Keywords: ; Suntory Gallery, Asian Arts, Asian Decorative Arts ; ;

Bo wu yuan, Nanjing

Chuka Jinmin Kyowakoku Nankin Hakubutsuin Meihoten: An Exhibition of Art Treasures from the Nanjing Museum Collection

Nagoya, Japan, Nagoya City Museum, 1989. Softcover. glued wraps w/ cover illustration & japanese lettering. 183 pgs w/ color & b&w illustrations. In Japanese. content as follows: In Japanese; list of exhibits in English./ Catalog of an exhibition held at Nagoya-shi Hakubutsukan, Nov. 3-Dec. 17, 1989 and at three other places. VG--rubbing to edges. corners rubbed. spine cracked.

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Book number: 174935

Catalogue: Museum Exhibitions - Asian Decorative Arts

Keywords: ; Japanese Artists ; ;

Bowes, James Lord

Japanese Pottery; with Notes Describing the Thoughts and Subjects Employed in Its Decoration, and Illustrations from Examples in the Bowes Collection

Liverpool, E. Howell. Hardcover. Brown boards with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. xxxi, 576, [2] pages illustrations, XVI plates (including color frontispiece) map. G Cover has general wear. Interior pages have age toning and foxing. Bookblock has age toning. Book plate of previous owners on inside front cover (F. C. Dundas). Front end page has missing corner .

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Book number: 189271

Catalogue: Asian Decorative Arts

Keywords: Asian Decorative Arts, Ceramics ; Japan ; ; Ceramics - Asian

Chinese Porcelain Company

Chinese Snuff Bottles and Jade Carvings: From the Douglas, Gnam and Other Collections ; an Exhibition and Sale June 2-27, 1992

New York, Chinese Porcelain Co, 1992. Softcover. Inset Picture wrap with gold lettering on front and spine, 90 pages : color illustrations. Great reference tool. Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-89). VG .

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Book number: 181176

Catalogue: Asian Decorative Arts

Keywords: Asian Decorative Arts, Chinese Snuff Bottles ; Douglas, Gnam Collections ; ; Museum Exhibitions - Asian Decorative Arts

Chow, Wei-Lang Dr and William L. Kullman

Shanghai Large Dragon: The First Issue of the Shanghai Local Post

Hong Kong, Pressroom, 1996. Softcover. glossy illustrated turquoise & tan wraps. 72 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. "..Must be the most exhaustive personal study of the Shanghai Large Dragon stamps ever produced." Bright, detailed illustrations and comprehensively researched by the renowned mathematics proffesor and stamp collector, Dr. Wei-Liang Chow. A very nice copy. VG-. ex-museum libris w/ stamp to interior of front cover, title pg & reference ID to spine. scuffs & scratches to cover; light sunning to back cover edge & spine edges. pgs clean. tight binding.

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Book number: 179431

Catalogue: General Decorative Arts - Asian

Keywords: Shanghai Large Dragon Stamps; Shanghai Local Post; Stamp Collecting ; Shanghai Large Dragon Stamps, Shanghai Local Post ; ;

Christie, Manson & Woods

Catalogue of the Well-Known Collection of Chinese Porcelain

London, Christie, Manson & Woods, 1916. Hardcover. Bound in gray paper over boards with black lettering; 36 pp; 18 unnumbered leaves of plates in color and bw. Place of sale: London. Date of sale: March 30, 1916. Formed by Sidney Ernest Kennedy, Esq. VG- (shelfwear overall to boards, binding is secure, pages lightly age toned but otherwise clear) .

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Book number: 188368

Catalogue: Asian Decorative Arts

Keywords: Asian Decorative Arts ; Chinese Porcelain ; ; Ceramics - Asian

Christie's (Shanghai) Auction Company Limited

Chinese Contemporary Design - Shanghai-3396

Shanghai, Christie's Shanghai, 2014. Softcover. Glossy illustrated wraps. 5 pages : color illustrations. Text in English and Chinese. Sale code: SHANGHAI - 3396. Date of sale: October 24, 2014. Place of sale: Shanghai. VG .

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Book number: 181815

Catalogue: Asian Decorative Arts

Keywords: Asian Decorative Arts; Auction Catalogs; Christie's; Shanghai-3396 ; Chinese Contemporary ; ; Auction Catalogues - Asian

Christie's

Export Art of China and Japan; the China Trade Sale - Canton 5935

London, Christie's, 1997. Softcover. Glossy illustrated wraps. 279 pages : color illustrations (some folded). Sale code: CANTON 5935. Lots 1-295. Includes bibliographical references (page 9) and index.Sale Date: Monday, 6th April 1998. G+, some minor edge wear and bumping at corners .

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Book number: 181811

Catalogue: Asian Decorative Arts

Keywords: Asian Decorative Arts; Auction Catalogs; Christie's; Canton 5935 ; China Trade Sale ; ; Auction Catalogues - Asian