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  • Peranakan Chinese Porcelain

    Vibrant Festive Ware of the Straits Chinese

    by Kee Ming-Yuet ...
    With over 800 unique photographs, this Chinese art book is a feast for the eyes.Produced exclusively for wealthy Chinese communities along the Strait of Malacca in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Peranakan Chinese porcelain is enjoying a resurgence of interest among collectors.Straits-born Chinese, or Peranakans, in Penang, Malacca and Singapore, used this ornate and colorful enamelware on ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD

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    The Pioneers, Traders, Fixers and Workers Who Are Remaking the World in Beijing's Image

    by Juan Pablo Cardenal, Heriberto Araújo ...
    China's Silent Army is a revealing and gripping piece of investigative journalism into the unknown extent of China's global power, from China-based reporters Juan Pablo Cardenal and Heriberto AraújoThis book stems from the remarkable, determined work of these two China-based journalists who, frustrated by the facile, pro-business commentary of so much writing on China and the evasions of Beijing's ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs Fourth Revised Edition

    A Comprehensive Handbook on Symbolism in Chinese Art Through the Ages

    by Charles Alfred Speed Williams ...
    Written with reader accessibility in mind, this comprehensive handbook of symbolism in Chinese art and culture will be an invaluable resource for any student of Eastern art history, Chinese arts and crafts, and anyone interested in commonly held Chinese beliefs and their origins.In Chinese Symbolism & Art Motifs Fourth Edition, scholar C.A.S. Williams offers concise explanations of the essential ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Silk Road - China and the Karakorum Highway

    A Travel Companion

    by Jonathan Tucker ...
    Stretching from the ancient Chinese capital of Xian across the expanses of Central Asia to Rome, the Silk Road was, for 1,500 years, a vibrant network of arteries that carried the lifeblood of nations across the world. Along a multitude of routes everything was exchanged: exotic goods, art, knowledge, religion, philosophy, disease and war. From the East came silk, precious stones, tea, jade, paper ... Read more

    $23.79 CAD

  • Chinese Snuff Bottles

    The Adventures and Studies of a Colletor

    by Lilla S. Perry ...
    Chinese Snuff Bottles is invaluable document for all interested in the history of Chinese art.It is also a lucid and fascinating guidebook for the collector or would be collector, both of snuff bottles and other products of Chinese craftsmanship. All the skills and ingenuity of the Chinese artisans were lavished upon the production of these tiny bottles, making them pre-eminent representatives of ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD

  • Japanese & Oriental Ceramic

    by Hazel H. Gorham ...
    Japanese and Oriental Ceramics was first published in print form by Tuttle Publishing in 1971.This comprehensive and profusely illustrated work tells how to distinguish Japanese porcelains from Chinese, and how to recognize modern reproductions of genuine old wares. It is completely indexed, contains a lengthy bibliography, and lists Chinese dates important in any discussion of Oriental ceramics ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Wares of the Ming Dynasty

    by R. L. Hobson ...
    This book explains and illustrates as many varieties of Ming ceramics as possible. The text is based primarily on information obtained from Chinese sources and the occasional notes made by Europeans who visited China in Ming times. To these, Mr. Hobson has added his own penetrating deductions, made after careful study of well-authenticated specimens and of observation by earlier scholars. His ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • Things Chinese

    Antiques, Crafts, Collectibles

    by Ronald G. Knapp ...
    China's art objects and traditionally manufactured products have long been sought by collectors—from porcelains and silk fabrics to furniture and even the lacquered chopsticks that are a distant relation to ones found in most Chinese restaurants. Things Chinese presents sixty distinctive items that are typical of Chinese culture and together open a special window onto the people, history, and ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • Ceramic Art of Japan

    A Handbook for Collectors

    by Hugo Munsterberg ...
    Featuring dozens of color photographs and extensive commentary, this Japanese ceramics guide is an comprehensive resource for collectors and art enthusiasts.For the collector of Japanese ceramics, the chief value of the book will lie in the author's very practical advice on what, where, and how to collect; what to pay; how to choose a dealer; how to distinguish between the genuine and the ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • Golden Age of Chinese Art

    The Lively T'ang Dynasty

    by Hugh Scott ...
    For almost three hundred years the noble T'ang Dynasty fostered a period of artistic and intellectual endeavor which has never been equaled in the history of China. Sculpture, ceramics, glass, and textiles were some of the major artifacts that emerged from this glorious renaissance of Chinese taste and skill.This book is the story of the T'ang told through objects in the author's collection, one ... Read more

    $31.19 CAD

  • Chinese Art

    A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery

    by Patricia Bjaaland Welch ...
    With over 630 striking color photos and illustrations, this Chinese art guide focuses on the rich tapestry of symbolism which makes up the basis of traditional Chinese art.Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery includes detailed commentary and historical background information for the images that continuously reappear in the arts of China, including specific plants and animals, ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Arts of China

    by Hugo Munsterberg Ph.D. ...
    The arts of China explores the world's oldest continuous artistic tradition as well as one of its most brilliant.In this stimulating art history, noted Oriental art authority Dr. Hugo Munsterberg traces the history of Chinese art dynasty by dynasty, elucidating the origins and development of major movements in Chinese painting, ceramics, bronzes, sculpture, and architecture.He clearly describes ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD