Japanese Woodblock Printed Shunga Erotic Book. Toyokuni 1st. Ca. 1800
8 1/2 x 6 ins. (21.5 x 15.3 cms) Like most shunga books this work is not signed but is reliably attributed to Toyokuni 1st. and printed ca. 1800. There are 5 double sheet + 2 single sheet colour illustrations & 6 pages of monochrome text. The covers appear to be ori ...click for details
A Fine Japanese Woodblock Printed Shunga (Erotic) Album 1850s. Edo
7 1/8 x 4 3/4 ins. (18.1 x 12 cms) This beautifully printed book is embellished with metallic pigments, and is an erotic parody of the Genji Monogatari (Tales of Genji), the world's first novel. The devices on the back cover and in the background of the second plate are Genji-mon, geometrical references to each chapter of the book. Following on from the frontispiece, showing a fan, a Go board and lamp, is a double folding ...click for details
Book: Percival David Chinese Porcelain - Rare Marks
This fine book is the fully illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of 76 outstanding examples of Chinese porcelain made between the 15th and 19th centuries, all with rare marks. From the 16th century, people ordering ceramics from the Jingdezhen and other kilns had the possibility of inscribing the wares with their own names. Such marks can tell us much about a ceram ...click for details
Important Reference Book for Japanese Porcelain -
Porcelain for Palaces
Between the mid 17th and mid 18th centuries Japanese and Chinese porcelains were a notable sight in the great houses of Europe. Here, over 350 pieces have been included from many of the oldest and most famous collections in Europe to demonstrate the range of the imported Japanese wares and to show both the spread of the fashion for collecting po ...click for details
Book: Chinese 17th Century Porcelain - Vung Tau Wreck
The cargo of the late 17th century Vung Tau wreck excavated in 1991, comprising mainly exquisite blue & white Chinese porcelain, continues to fascinate collectors and connoisseurs. This fine book illustrates and describes many of the items recovered as well as giving information about the actual excavation. Also explored is the significance of the cargo at a ti ...click for details
Book: Ancient Chinese Neolithic Pottery
- Dawn of the Yellow Earth by Regina Krahl
This fine book illustrates and describes 63 fine examples of early Chinese ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, 41 of which are from various Neolithic cultures, the others dating up to the Warring States period, including Shang and Zhou Dynasty examples. In addition is background information and highly informative essays including ...click for details
Fine Reference Book for
Chinese Song Dynasty Brown and Black Glazed Ceramics
Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers
This is THE reference book for Chinese brown and black-glazed ceramics produced between AD 400 - 1400 and is a "must have" book for anyone interested in such ceramics, especially those produced durin ...click for details
Fine Reference Book for Northern Song Dynasty Ru Ware
This superbly produced book is the catalogue to a special exhibition of Northern Song Dynasty Ru or Ju ware held at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. The exhibition included a few examples of Korean celadons of the same period that are also shown in this book. Ru ware, the name given to famous porcelains made at the Song Dynasty Ru kilns were the most appreciat ...click for details
Book - Percival David Foundation Chinese Porcelain
The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art houses what is widely regarded as the finest collection of Chinese ceramics outside China comprising ceramics reflecting Chinese court taste and dating mainly from the 10th - 18th century. Many of the exhibits bear important inscriptions and a number of them have previously been in the possession of Chinese emperors. With t ...click for details
Fine Reference Book: Song & Yuan Dynasty Qingbai Porcelain
This is THE book for anyone interested in Qingbai (or Yingqing) porcelain. This superbly produced book describes in detail 130 examples of Qingbai porcelain that are fully illustrated, including photos of the bases. In addition there is much background information: its history, forms, decoration and Qingbai ware made for export.
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DPRK / North Korean Museum Book
Neolithic, Koryo Dynasty etc..
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung said: "Our nation, celebrated for its long history and brilliant culture, has contributed a great deal of scientific creations and inventions to the treasure house of human culture since the ancient times."
DPRK / North Korean Book: Koryo Dynasty Celadon / Bronze
The great leader President Kim Il Sung said: "The people of Koryo greatly developed the printing industry by inventing metal type for the first time in the world and manufactured the Koryo ceramics which the world values as treasures because of their distinctive colours, patterns and models. All these made our country famous".
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This superbly produced book covers the first known Chinese bronzes through to and including those produced by the Shang Dynasty. It is very well researched and packed full of interesting background information as well as being extensively illustrate ...click for details
Book: British Museum - Ancient China
Gilded Dragons (Buried Treasures from China's Golden Ages)
This fine book, Gilded Dragons by Carol Michaelson, is published by the British Museum Press. The first approximate one third of the book concerns itself with the Zhou, Qin & Han dynasties (770 BC - AD 220) whilst the rest of the book ...click for details
This really is a very interesting book and invaluable for any serious collector of ancient Chinese ceramics. It is essentially a catalogue published in 1981 by the Oriental Ceramic Society of an exhibition lent by the People's Republic of China that was held at the British Museum, London in 1980.
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