Lucas, S.E.

The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories: Prospectus

New York, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Softcover. Off-white stapled wraps with red ribbon tie at front; 28 pp.; 5 bw plates. Interior remains bright and clean. A prospectus of The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, which featured nearly 1,000 pieces of ivory, including vases, figurines, plaques, trays, snuff bottles, and more; This prospectus features twelve items, pictured, with annotations; Oversized, approx. 15" tall. Good+ (wraps highly scuffed w/ smudging; light speckled foxing; chipping to edges. rubbing to corners. ~2inch tear to lower spine; 1.5inch tear to spine center) .

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Book number: 188233

Catalogue: Asian Art

Keywords: Asian Art, Chinese Art ; Chinese Ivory ; ; General Art - Asian

Lynn, Richard John

Objects for the Scholar's Desk

Hong Kong, Maria Kiang Chinese Art, 2016. Softcover. White & color illus. wraps, French flaps, 108 pp. many color illus. Catalogue from the exhibition held from October 1-5, 2016 in Hong KongI. Items of Chinese art, including scholar's implements, playthings, incense implements, rootwood scuptures, and viewing stones. Exquisite pieces, with annotations and illustrations. VG .

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Book number: 147729

Catalogue: Asian Art

Keywords: Asian Art; Chinese Art; Maria Kiang ; Maria Kiang Chinese Art ; ; Commercial Exhibitions - Asian Art

MacArthur, Meher

Gods and Goblins: Japanese Folk Paintings from Otsu

Pasadena, Pacific Asia Museum, 1999. Paperback. Glossy black and color-illustrated wraps with white and brown lettering. 96 pp. Color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from May 19 to November 21, 1999. Includes bibliographical references. VG .

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Book number: 175110

Catalogue: Asian Art

Keywords: Asian Art, Japanese Art ; Japanese Folk Paintings ; ; Museum Exhibitions - Asian Art

Mahasandana, Choomsri and Tom Chuawiwat

The Life of the Lord Buddha from Thai Mural Painting

Bangkok, Thailand, Asia Books Co, LTD, 1985. Softcover. gold & illustrated wrappers w/ red printing. 85 pgs w/ color illustrations. Text in Thai & English. Bright, wonderfully detailed illustrations; each nicely annotated. VG-. previous owners name to interior cover edge. edge-wear to covers; creasing to edges; rubbing to corners. creasing to spine top & edge. pgs clean & bright.

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Book number: 179480

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: Thai Mural Paintings; Thailand Art ; Thai Mural Paintings, Thailand Art ; ;

Mahler, Jane Gaston

The Westerners Among the Figurines of the T'Ang Dynasty of China

Roma, Instituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1959. Hardcover. Red boards with gilt lettering on spine, color frontispiece, xvi, 204 pp followed by unnumbered pages of bw plates, bw folded map. Contents include: Preface, Introduction, China and the Wester Barbarians, A Study of Chinese Costume in its Relationship to the Figurines, Technical Aspects of the Figurines, Travelers Who Might Have Been Instrumental in Bringing New Art Influences into China, Greco-Roman Background of Buddhist Art, and its Influence Throughout Central Asia, The Tocharians, The Uighurs, The Hu-hsuan Dancers, Bibliography, Chinese Characters, Collections Visited that Were Helpful in the Preparation of this Sutdy, Classification of the Different Types of Figurines Considered in this Study, Classification by Occupation, General Index. VG (light shelfwear to boards, light staining/foxing to block, tear to page XIII, age toning to page edges but text and illustrations are otherwise clear) .

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Book number: 177088

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: General Asian Art ; Chinese Sculpture ; ; General Asian Art

Malm, William P and Alan C Heyman, et al.

Essays on Asian Music and Theater (3 Volumes)

New York, The Performing Arts Program Of The Asia Society, 1972. Softcover. long, white wraps w/ purple, grey and golden jackets. accordian, fold-out pages w/ illustrated inserts. translucent plastic printed wrap. Three volumes with essays on P'an-Sori, Edo Festival Music and Pantomime and Shantung Traditional Music--which includes a wonderful woodcut by Irwin Sheftel. Of 900 Copies, this being hand-numbered 859. VG (ex-museum libris w/ plate to wrap, withdrawn stamp to title pg & pencil written ID to opening pg & discard scribbled ID on plastic wrap. rubbing or small tears to corners & spine ends, creasing to edges. interior clean. closed tear to lower edge of plastic band.) .

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Book number: 183871

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: P'an-Sori, Edo Festival Music, Pantomime and Shantung Traditional Music ; Asian Music and Theater, Asia Society ; ;

March, Benjamin

Some Technical Terms of Chinese Painting

Baltimore, Waverly Press, 1935. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; xiii, 55 pp, (5) pp of bw plates. "The list is not exhaustive--it does not include the special type forms and techniques of the painting of faces and of such individual plants and flowers as the bamboo, plum and orchid, which have their own disciplines. It does not include the terminology of asethetics or any inquiry into the history of either the terms or the ideas, materials and practices they represent. It is the outgrowth of practical inquiry rather than of systematic literary searching". -- Preface. Contents include: Preface -- I. Materials -- II. Forms of paintings -- III. Subjects -- IV. Classification by techniques -- V. Brushwork and composition -- VI. Trees: type forms and special techniques -- VII. Rocks and mountains: type forms and special techniques -- VIII. Water: type forms and special techniques -- IX. Clouds: type forms and special techniques -- X. Figures: type forms and special techniques -- XI. Seals and signatures -- XII. Mounting -- Alphabetical list of terms defined. VG (light shelfwear to boards, light age toning, previous owner's name, inscription and book plate on ffep, pages are otherwise very clean and clear.) .

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Book number: 181829

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: General Asian Art ; Chinese Painting ; ; General Asian Art

Matsubara, Saburo and Terukazu Terukazu

Arts of China: Buddhist Cave Temples, New Researches

Tokyo / Palo Alto, Kodansha International, 1969. Hardcover. oatmeal cloth boards w/ brown printed illustrations & spine printing. 248 pgs w/ color, tipped-in frontis & 218 bw & color illustrations, numerous figures. glossy white & green illustrated dustjacket. publisher's printed slipcase. Ex-libris plate to title page. From the collection of a museum tour guide and South Asian art expert. Ink ghosting to pages from opposing plates/illustrations. Lightly handled. A very nice copy. Slipcase scuffed, edge-worn, rubbed & creased. VG+/VG (some fraying to cloth. dustjacket scuffed & edge-worn.) .

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Book number: 186136

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: Buddhist Cave Temples ; Buddhist Cave Temples ; ;

McDougall, Bonnie S. and Paul Clark

Popular Chinese Literature and Performing Arts in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1979

Berkeley, University of California Press, 1984. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with red spine lettering; burgundy dj with bw illustration, mylar cover; xvi, 341 pp. "The essays in this volume constitute an exceptionally broad and inclusive account of Chinese literature and performing arts since 1949."- DJ. Based on papers presented at a workshop held at Harvard University, June 1979. Contents: 1. Folk art as propaganda : the Ynagge movement in Yan'an / David Holm -- 2. Shanghai's "Orphan Island" and the development of modern drama / Edward Gunn -- 3. Critical grounds : the transformation of the May Fourth era / T.D. Huters -- 4. The genie and the lamp : revolutionary Xiangsheng / Perry Link -- 5. Geming Gequ : songs for the education of the masses / Isabel K.F. Wong -- 6. Model opera as model : from Shajiabang to Sagabong / Bell Yung -- 7. From romantic love to class struggle : reflections on the film Liu Sanjie / Wai-fong Loh -- 8. The film industry in the 1970s / Paul Clark -- 9. Making the past serve the present in fiction and drama : from Yan'an forum to the cultural revolution / Robert E. Hegel -- 10. A notable sermon : the subtext of Hao Ran's fiction / Michael Egan -- 11. Contemporary Chinese poetry and its search for an ideal form / Kai-yu Hsu -- 12. Writers and performers, their works, and their audiences in the first three decades / Bonnie S. McDougall. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Fading to dj along spine. Light shelfwear to boards. Pages are otherwise clean.) .

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Book number: 186153

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: General Asian Art ; Chinese Literature and Theater ; ; General Asian Art

Meech, Julia [ed]

Impressions: The Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America (Number 36, 2015)

Lexington, MA, Japanese Art Society of America, 2018. Softcover. Color-illustrated wraps with white and glossy red lettering. 297 pp. Profuse color illustrations. Issue number 36, 2015. Contains essays, works of art, and many advertisements for gallery exhibitions. VG .

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Book number: 173781

Catalogue: Asian Art

Keywords: Asian Art; Japanese Art; Serials ; Japanese Art ; ; General Art - Asian

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ukiyo-E from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Nagoya-shi], Nagoya-shi Hakubutsukan, 1995. Softcover. Black and color illustrated wraps with gray lettering, 233 pp, profusely illustrated in color and bw. Text in Japanese and English. Catalog of an exhibition held at Nagoya-shi Hakubutsukan, Apr. 15-May 28, 1995. VG (corners lightly bumped, light shelfwear to wraps, illustrations and text are clean) .

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Book number: 177702

Catalogue: Museum Exhibitions - Asian Art

Keywords: Museum Exhibitions ; Ukiyoe, Japanese Exhibitions ; ; Museum Exhibitions

Michell, George

Islamic Heritage of the Deccan

Bombay, Marg Publications, 1986. Hardcover. Beige cloth boards with green lettering. Glossy dark green dust jacket with color illustration and yellow lettering. 130 pp. BW and some color illustrations. "This volume of Marg is devoted to the monuments and fine arts of the Deccan Muslim courts. Still larely neglected in most surveys of Indian architecture and art, the Deccan capitals preserve an impressive range of monuments; artefacts from these sites are displayed in museums all over the world." -Jacket. VG-/VG- corner bumping to boards, small stain on front cover, bookplate on ffep, light wrinkling to some pages. light corner and edge wear to dust jacket.

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Book number: 171395

Catalogue: Asian Art

Keywords: Asian Art, Indian Art ; Indian Art ; ; General Art - Asian

Minagawa

Mina Peruhonen Minagawa Akira Tsuzuku

Kyoto, Seigensha, 2020. Hardcover. Yellow cloth boards. Black dj with illustration and blue title lettering. 261 pages : illustrations, portraits. Catalog of an exhibition held at T ky -to Gendai Bijutsukan: November 16, 2019 - February 16, 2020, and at Hy go Kenritsu Bijutsukan: July 27, 202 - August 16, 2020. VG/VG .

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Book number: 186621

Catalogue: Asian Art

Keywords: Asian Art, Textiles. Museum Exhibitions ; Textiles ; ; Museum Exhibitions - Asian Art

Minami, Yusuke and Keiko Hashimoto

Mot Annual 1999: Modest Radicalism

Tokyo, Japan, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1999. Softcover. light tan covers w/ yellow design & printing. french flaps. 128 pgs w/ color illustrations. In Japanese w/ English Translation. A lavishly illustrated exhibition catalogue of the MOT Annual held at Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo), 15 Jan. - 28 Mar. 1999. content as follows: Includes work by Rei Naito, Hiroshi Sugito, Masaki Kawada, Eri Takayanagi and Tetsuya Yoshida amonst others. VG+. scuffing to covers. light pink pen price to cover fly-leaf. pgs clean & unmarked. tight binding.

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Book number: 176736

Catalogue: Commercial Exhibitions - Asian Art

Keywords: ; Mot Annual 1999 ; ;

Ming, Yang Pei

Chinese Propaganda Poster: Catalogue 2011

Shanghai, Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Center, 2011. Paperback. Glossy color-illustrated wraps with silver and black lettering. 84 pp. Mainly color illustrations. "This collection is a remarkable look into the twentieth-century history of China. The posters serve as a valuable historical document and provide an idealized account of a key period in global history." -Introduction. VG .

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Book number: 173647

Catalogue: Asian Art

Keywords: Asian Art, Propaganda Art ; Chinese Propaganda Posters ; ; General Art - Asian