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N EW & R E C E N T P U B L I C AT I O N S / 3
J A PA N E S E PHOTO G R A PHY / 6
TA N G A RC H A E O LOGY / 14
F RO M O U R S TO C K / 23
S U B J E C T I N D E X / 64
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LIST 156 – 3 – NEW & RECENT PUBLICATIONS
NEW & RECENT PUBLICATIONS
1 Amelie Gallery: CHEN QI 1963 — THE MAKING OF WATER. Chen Qi Solo Show. 陳琦. Beijing, 2009. 72
pp. Illustrated throughout. 20x29 cm. Wrappers. £20.00
Catalogue of a stunning exhibition at Amelie Gallery located in the 798 Art District in Beijing. Chen Qi’s black-and-white prints of
water are extremely powerful, having great depth and a distinct Zen presence. The water series has been collected by, amongst others,
the Victoria & Albert Museum. Illustrated throughout and with a detailed dual text in Chinese and English on the prints, their production
and critical appreciation.
2 Beijing Capital Museum: ZAOQI ZHONGGUO: ZHONGHUA WENMING QIYUAN. Early China: The
Formative Period of Chinese Civilization. 早期中國 :中華文明起源. Beijing, 2009. 174 pp. Numerous text
colour plates and illustrations. 29x23 cm. Wrappers. £55.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Capital Museum in Beijing exploring early Chinese civilization and culture from 3500 BC to 1400
BC. 212 artefacts from 23 museums and institutions throughout China were loaned which give a fine overview of the development and
cultural accomplishments during this era. Introduction, list of contents and brief headings to sections in English. Main text in Chinese.
3 Beijing Capital Museum ed: SHOUDU BOWUGUAN GUANCANG FANGZHIPIN BAOHU YANJIU
BAOGAO. Research Report of the Protection of Capital Museum’s Textile Collection.
首都博物館館藏紡織品保護研究報告. Beijing, 2009. 163 pp. Numerous colour and b/w text illustrations. 29x22
cm. Wrappers. £40.00
A report on the methods used, problems encountered and results obtained during the programme of conservation undertaken on the
textile collection held in the Capital Museum in Beijing. Fine textiles are illustrated. One page introduction in English. Main text in
Chinese.
4 Bordignon, Laura: THE GOLDEN AGE OF JAPANESE OKIMONO. The Dr. A. M. Kanter Collection.
Woodbridge, 2010. 302 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. Numerous colour text plates. 30x23 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
A comprehensive study of Meiji period Japanese okimono based in the Kanter collection. Shows over 150 ivory carvings, bronzes and
shibayama objects. All signatures shown. Contains an archive listing of Japanese artists active during this period.
5 Fen Jicai ed: MIANSHAN SHEN FO ZAOXIANG SHANGPIN. (Masterpieces of Buddhist Sculpture: The
Deities and Buddhas at Mianshan). 綿山神佛造像上品 。 馮驥才 主編. Beijing, 2009. 331 pp. Full page colour
plates throughout. One foldout. 38x27 cm. Decorative cloth. £250.00
An excellent work showing, in high-quality colour plates, the fine and beautiful Ming dynasty wood, clay and stucco painted Buddhist
sculptures held in the Mianshan temple complex located in central Shanxi province in China. The large majority of the sculptures date
from the Zhengde reign of the Ming dynasty (c.1516-1520) with very few later (Qing) additions. An important group. Illustrated
throughout. Text in Chinese.
6 Feng Jicai: ZHONGGUO MUBAN NIANHUA JICHENG: ELUOSI CANGPIN JUAN. (A Collection of
Chinese Woodblock New Year Prints: Prints Held in Russian Collections). 中國木板年畫集成:俄羅斯藏品卷 。
馮驥才 主編. Beijing, 2009. 549 pp. Full page colour illustrations throughout. 31x24 cm. Wrappers. £170.00
Illustrated throughout, this large work (part of a series) shows Chinese woodblock prints held in Russian collections ranging from the
Hermitage in St. Petersburg to the Irkutsk Museum and Kazan University Museum. Many hundreds of examples of prints dating from
the late Qing dynasty onwards are shown, the large majority not previously published. An excellent visual survey. Text in Chinese.
7 Feng Jicai: ZHONGGUO MUBAN NIANHUA JICHENG: GAOMI JUAN. (A Collection of Chinese
Woodblock New Year Prints: Prints from Gaomi). 中國木板年畫集成:高密卷 。 馮驥才 主編. Beijing, 2009.
343 pp. Full page colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 31x24 cm. Wrappers. £125.00
In a series on centres of production of traditional Chinese new year prints, this copiously-illustrated work shows woodblock prints from
the little-known Gaomi tradition, the Gaomi area being located in the east of China’s Shandong province. Hundreds of varied examples
of prints dating from the late Qing dynasty through to the 1950s are shown. An excellent visual survey. Text in Chinese.
8 Gugong Museum ed: GUGONG SHUHUA GUAN: DI LIU BIAN. The Calligraphy and Painting Gallery of the
Palace Museum Part VI. 故宮書畫館 第六編. Beijing, 2009. 215 pp. Colour plates throughout. B/w text
illustrations. 4 colour foldouts. 29x22 cm. Wrappers. £60.00
Catalogue of the sixth part of an extensive and ongoing series of exhibitions held in the Wuyingdian exhibition hall in the Forbidden
City in Beijing showing highlights of Chinese painting and calligraphy from the Gugong Museum collection, from the earliest examples
through to the early 20th century. This selection continues the high standards of the previous exhibitions, showing a further 64
wonderful works, the first 10 dating from the Jin to the Yuan, the remainder Ming and Qing. Many seldom-exhibited. All paintings illustrated
and described. Forewords and list of plates with good descriptions in English. Also an eight page essay in English: Zeng:
Brushwork of Inestimable Worth.
9 HAN DAN JICUI: NANSHUIBEIDIAO GONGCHENG HUBEI KUQU CHUTU WENWU TUJI. Treasures
along Han and Dan Rivers: Collection of Cultural Relics Unearthed in Hubei Reservoir Area of South-North Water
Diversion Project. 漢丹集萃:南水北調工程湖北庫區出土文物圖集. Beijing, 2009. 246 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 30x21 cm. Boards. £80.00
Shows a very fine selection of excavated material, primarily impressive ancient bronzes, together with ancient jades and pottery and
a couple of examples of later material. The numerous bronzes date from the Spring and Autumn Period through to the Eastern Han,
with the majority dating from the Warring States. Illustrated throughout. Captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
10 Kaminski, G. & Schiff: AODILI HUAJIA XIFU HUAZHUAN. Vicissitude of Old Shanghai. 奧地利畫家畫傳.
Shanghai, 2003. 174 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 23x17 cm. Paper. £25.00
Appears to be a Chinese translation of a work published in Austria under the title ‘Der Blick Durch Die Drachenhaut: Frederich
Schiff: Maler driei Kontinente’. Depicts the delightful work of Frederich Schiff, the irreverent, humorous and risqué illustrator of life
in Shanghai in the 1930s and 1940s. Contains illustrations of his known works such as ‘Maskee’ and ‘Shanghai’ together with much
little-known material. Illustrated throughout. Text in Chinese except for captions that appear on illustrations. Out-of-print.

NEW & RECENT PUBLICATIONS – 4 – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS
11 Kuhn, Dieter: THE AGE OF CONFUCIAN RULE. The Song Transformation of China. Harvard, 2009. 356 pp.
B/w illustrations. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £26.00
Over a thousand years ago, the Song dynasty emerged as the most advanced civilization on earth. This concise history explores why
the inventiveness of this era has been compared with the Renaissance in Europe, which in many ways the Song transformation surpassed.
Especially good on material culture and the history of technology.
12 Lai Peng?: DUNHUANG SHIKU ZAOXIANG SIXIANG YANJIU. A Study of the Thoughts in the Images in
Mogao Caves at Dunhuang. 敦煌石窟造像思想研究 。 賴鵬口 著. Beijing, 2009. 3, 343 pp. Numerous colour
and b/w text illustrations. 26x18 cm. Wrappers. £45.00
Detailed discussion of the religious meaning and significance of murals at Dunhuang. Fifteen page summary of contents in English.
Main text in Chinese.
13 Lally, J. J. & Co: CHINESE CERAMICS IN BLACK AND WHITE. New York, 2010. 78 pp. 37 full page colour
plates. 28x21 cm. Paper. £20.00
Lally’s Spring 2010 exhibition shows 37 examples of black and white Chinese ceramics dating from the Neolithic through to the early
Qing dynasty with a strong showing of Tang and Song material. All exhibits illustrated in full page colour and described in detail.
14 Lebel, Antoine: ARMOIRIES FRANCAISES ET SUISSES SUR LA PORCELAINE DE CHINE AU XVIIIE
SIECLE. French and Swiss armorials on Chinese export porcelain of the 18th century. Brussels, 2009. 365 pp.
Colour text plates throughout. 25x28 cm. Cloth. £100.00
A survey of 18th century Chinese export porcelain emblazoned with 268 different coats-of-arms of French and Swiss families. All illustrated
in colour and discussed. Much interesting detail on the families who commissioned the services. The pieces come from the
author’s and numerous private collections. The majority not previously published. Introductions by Nicole Hervouet and Angela
Howard. Dual texts in French and English.
15 Lieberman, Victor: STRANGE PARALLELS: SOUTHEAST ASIA IN GLOBAL CONTEXT, C.800-1830.
Volume 2: Mainland Mirrors: Europe, Japan, China, South Asia, and the Islands. Cambridge, 2009. 928 pp. 25 b/w
illustrations. 10 maps. 23x15 cm. Cloth. £75.00
A detailed study seeking to integrate Southeast Asia into world history. Volume 1 also available.
16 Ma Weidu ed: BAIHE QIANHE WANHE. The Art of Chinese Box. 百盒 千合 萬和 。 馬未都 編著. Beijing,
2009. 192; 190 pp. Colour plates throughout. 2 vols. 28x22 cm. Wrappers. £55.00
From the collection of the privately-owned Guanfu Museum in Beijing, a very fine selection of Chinese boxes in various media. The
first volume is entirely comprised of small ceramic containers and lidded cosmetic holders dating from the Tang through to the Jin dynasties
with a large number of Tang and Song examples. A smaller amount of Ming and Qing pieces. The second volume shows boxes
in other media — some metal and much lacquer and wood — many pieces being inlaid with mother-of-pearl and some with hardstone
inlay. All illustrated in full page colour plates and briefly described. In Chinese.
17 Ma Weidu ed: ZUOJU DE WENMING. The Culture of Chinese Seat. 坐具的文明 。 馬未都 編著. Beijing,
2009. 190 pp. Colour plates throughout. 28x22 cm. Wrappers. £35.00
Shows Ming and Qing dynasty chairs, seats and stools held in the collection of the Guanfu Museum in Beijing. Divided into sections
by type of wood — zitan, huanghuali, red wood, jichimu and various others. A very fine selection with much previously-unpublished
material. All illustrated in full page colour plates and described in Chinese.
18 McCausland, Shane & Ling Lizhong: TELLING IMAGES OF CHINA. Narrative and Figure Paintings, 15th-20th
Century, from the Shanghai Museum. London, 2010. 159 pp. Colour plates throughout, many full page. 28x24 cm.
Wrappers. £25.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin showing 38 fine Ming and Qing dynasty examples of figure painting
from the Shanghai Museum. Good and lengthy introductory essays followed by detailed descriptions and illustration of the exhibits.
19 Moss, Hugh, Graham, V. and Ka Bo Tsang: A TREASURY OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES VOLUME 7.
The Mary and George Bloch Collection : Volume 7: Organic, Metal and Mixed Media. Hong Kong, 2008. 631 pp.
896 colour plates. 2 vols. 36x26 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £200.00
This seventh part in the series to publish the entire Bloch collection of over 1,400 bottles shows snuff bottles made of organic materials
together with those made of metal and mixed materials. Of particular focus and interest is an updated discussion and assessment
of Shunzhi bottles signed Cheng Rongzhang and also examines snuff bottles produced in Japan between 1854 and the 1930s. All bottles
illustrated in colour, the majority in multiple views and exhaustively described and discussed.
20 NING’AN HONGZUN YUCHANG: 1992-1995 NIANDU BOHAI MUDI KAOGU FAJUE BAOGAO.
(Report on the 1992-1995 Archaeological Excavations of the Bohai Kingdom Graveyard at the Hongzun Fishery
near Ning’an). 寧安虹鱒魚場:1992-1995年度渤海墓地考古發掘報告. Beijing, 2009. 29, 621 pp. text plus 212
pp. colour plates. Numerous b/w text drawings including a number of foldouts. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£130.00
Ning’an is located in China’s Heilongjiang province with this large graveyard site positioned by the banks of a river on its outskirts.
The site has yielded the most complex tomb structures and the largest number of artefacts from any Bohai kingdom grave complex.
The Bohai kingdom was a Korean kingdom that flourished at the time of the Tang dynasty. Of most note amongst the excavated artefacts
were large numbers of small metal objects, small examples of jewellery and beads and extensive amounts of everyday objects. A
large and very detailed report. Two page English summary. Main text in Chinese.
21 QINSHIHUANG LING ER HAO BINMAYONG FAJUE BAOGAO (DI YI FENCE). (Report on the
Excavation of No. 2 Terracotta Warriors Pit in the Qinshihuang Mausoleum Precinct (Part One)).
秦始皇陵二號兵馬俑坑發掘報告 (第一分冊). Beijing, 2009. 315 pp. text plus 72 pp. colour plates. Numerous
b/w text drawings. 2 foldouts. 26x19 cm. Cloth. £50.00
Detailed report on the preliminary investigations and excavations of the No. 2 warriors pit in the 1990s. Primarily focusses on the structure
of the pit and its condition. At this stage the finds mostly comprised small metal objects and coinage. Six page detailed abstract
in English. Main text in Chinese.

LIST 156 – 5 – NEW & RECENT PUBLICATIONS
22 Shanghai Museum: HAIFAN LIUZONG: HELAN NI HANKE JUANZENG
MING QING LIUYI CI. Traces of the Trade: Chinese Export Porcelain Donated by
Henk. B. Nieuwenhuys. 海帆留蹤 : 荷蘭倪漢克捐贈明清留易瓷. Shanghai, 2009.
205 pp. Colour plates throughout, many full page. 31x24 cm. Paper. £50.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Shanghai Museum showing the recent donation of 97 fine examples
of Ming and Qing period blue-and-white Chinese export porcelain (and one Japanese example),
collected over three generations by the Nieuwenhuys family. The pieces date from the Tianqi period
onwards and the large majority are from the Kangxi reign. The collection thus focuses on the period
from 1600-1725 and gives a fine impression of the types of Chinese export porcelain that reached the
Netherlands at that time. Many of the pieces are illustrated in multiple views and are fully described.
Introductory essays accompany. Dual texts in Chinese and English.
23 Suzhou Museum ed: SUZHOU BOWUGUAN CANG GONGYI PIN. Handicraft Works Collected by Suzhou
Museum. 蘇州博物館藏工藝品. Beijing, 2009. 211 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards. £55.00
A very fine selection of Chinese art objects held in the collection of the Suzhou Museum in China. Shows jades, bamboo and wood,
ivory and rhinoceros horn, lacquer, silks and a couple of clay sculptures. The works are predominantly Qing. Approximately 200 objects
are shown, the majority previously unpublished. Introductions, list of contents and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
24 University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong: LUHUO TUNQING: JIAJING JI WANLI
GUANYAO CIQI. The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods. 爐火純青 :
嘉靖及萬歷官窯瓷器. Hong Kong, 2009. 352 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Boards. £60.00
Catalogue of an excellent exhibition showing over 120 fine examples of late Ming imperial wares from the Museum’s collection, together
with loans from private collections in Hong Kong. All pieces from the Jiajing and Wanli reigns and the exhibits demonstrate
the technical innovations and refinements during these two reigns, particularly with regard to ceramics with polychrome (wucai) decoration.
The exhibition also explores the Jiajing emperor’s infatuation with Daoism as manifested by the numerous Daoist motifs that
decorated the ceramics of his reign. All exhibits shown in colour and well-described. Dual texts in Chinese and English.
25 Wang Jiapeng ed: FANHUA LOU. The Fanhua Pavilion. 梵華樓 。 王家鵬 主編. Beijing, 2009. 1414 pp. Colour
plates throughout each volume. A number of foldouts. A total of over 1400 colour plates and 149 b/w text and
architectural drawings. 4 vols. 31x25 cm. Cloth. £275.00
Marvellous four-volume publication on this highly important Tibetan Buddhist pavilion located in the Ningshou Gong palace of the
Forbidden City. The Ningshou Gong (Palace of Tranquil Longevity) was built as the retirement complex for the Qianlong emperor who
was fascinated by Tibetan Buddhism. Thus, the Fanhua Pavilion was personally used by the Qianlong emperor in his latter years. This
work is an exhaustive visual reference on the Tibetan Buddhist paintings, murals, decoration, ritual objects, religious items, architecture
and, most importantly, the bronze Buddhist statuary (many with gilt and with Qianlong marks) held within the pavilion. Fine
colour plates throughout of all the objects. A total of 1263 objects are illustrated, a number being shown in multiple views. The statues
are all shown in full page (or near full page) colour plates with many being shown larger than life. Four page introduction in English.
Main text in Chinese.
26 Wang Jinhua ed: DAZU SHIKE BAOHU. Dazu Grottos Conservation. 大足石刻保護 。 王金華 主編. Beijing,
2009. 225 pp. text plus 31 pp. colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 29x21 cm. Boards. £40.00
A survey of this sculptural cave complex in China’s Sichuan province, its current condition and measures taken for its conservation
and preservation. A good amount of technical detail. In Chinese.
27 WUTAISHAN RUCANG: XU YANG HUA PINGDING XIYU XIANFULI TU. (Wutai Shan Ru Cang: Xu
Yang’s Painting of the Ritual of the Parading of Prisoners Following the Pacification of the Western Regions).
五台山入藏:徐揚畫平定西域獻俘禮圖. Beijing, 2009. 101 pp. Numerous full page colour plates and text plates.
One foldout. 38x27 cm. Boards. £130.00
A study of the important handscroll painted by the court painter, Xu Yang, in 1760, following the Qianlong Emperor’s important victories
in the west of China against rebellious tribes. The painting is held in a private collection in China. This very long handscroll
depicts the scene of preparation prior to the parading of prisoners in the area between the Daqing Men and Wu Men gates of the Forbidden
City. It shows in great detail the officials of the court, soldiers, their court costumes and associated paraphernalia together with
many other scenes of court life and associated events, daily life and festivity, architecture etc. In addition to being a superb example
of Qing dynasty court art, the painting is also an important historical document. The high quality full page colour plates show the handscroll
in sections and a foldout gives an impression of the scroll in its entirety. Imperial seals on the painting are also reproduced. Accompanying
text in Chinese.
28 Yang Xiaoneng et al: TRACING THE PAST, DRAWING THE FUTURE. Master Ink Painters in Twentieth-
Century China. Milan, 2009. 440 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x24 cm. Boards. £55.00
A large and fine work produced to accompany an exhibition at Stanford University with 110 loans from the Zhejiang Provincial Museum,
the Hangzhou History Museum and the Pan Tianshou Memorial Museum. Examines the beautiful and innovative work of four
key artists of the early 20th century, Qi Baishi, Wu Changshuo, Huang Binhong and Pan Tianshou. Illuminates the context in which
they worked and highlights their individual ideas and achievements. All paintings illustrated in colour and fully described. Seals
shown. Scholarly introductory essays accompany.
29 Zhejiang Museum ed: CI YUAN XIE CUI. (Treasures from the Source of Ceramics). 瓷源擷粹. Zhejiang Sheng
Bowuguan Diancang Daxi. Hangzhou, 2009. 207 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 1 foldout. 28x21 cm.
Wrappers. £45.00
Illustrates highlights of the superb collection of early Chinese ceramics in the collection of the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in
Hangzhou, the pieces dating from the Western Zhou through to the Qing, but with much of the material dating from the Eastern Jin
through to the Song. The objects shown come from sites in Zhejiang province and the work is divided into sections showing the products
of various kilns, including Longquan. Illustrated throughout. In Chinese.
30 Zhejiang Museum ed: FANG CUN QIAN KUN. (The Universe of Small Squares). 方寸乾坤. Zhejiang Sheng
Bowuguan Diancang Daxi. Hangzhou, 2009. 207 pp. Full page colour plates. 28x21 cm. Wrappers. £45.00
Illustrates highlights of the extensive collection of seals in the Zhejiang Museum in Hangzhou. Hundreds of seals shown, together with
seal impressions. Objects date from the Warring States through to the early 20th century. Illustrated throughout. Text in Chinese.

NEW & RECENT PUBLICATIONS – 6 – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS
31 Zhejiang Museum ed: HAN MO QING FEN. (The Pure Fragrance of Brush and Ink). 翰墨清芬. Zhejiang Sheng
Bowuguan Diancang Daxi. Hangzhou, 2009. 207 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. A number of foldouts.
28x21 cm. Wrappers. £45.00
Illustrates treasures of calligraphy from the very fine collection in the Zhejiang Museum in Hangzhou. Includes works by famous
painters and calligraphers and some lesser-known calligraphers. Illustrated throughout. Text in Chinese.
32 Zhejiang Museum ed: JU ZHEN HUI BAO. (A Luxurious Gathering of Treasures). 聚珍薈寶. Zhejiang Sheng
Bowuguan Diancang Daxi. Hangzhou, 2009. 207 pp. Full page colour plates. 28x21 cm. Wrappers. £45.00
Illustrates highlights of the superb collection of the Zhejiang Museum in Hangzhou ranging from Ming ceramics and inkstones to
early gold and silver and much excavated material. Illustrated throughout. In Chinese.
33 Zhejiang Museum ed: QUAN LIN JIAN YING. (The Zhejiang Museum Collection of Money and Coinage).
泉林剪影. Zhejiang Sheng Bowuguan Diancang Daxi. Hangzhou, 2009. 257 pp. Full page colour plates throughout.
28x21 cm. Wrappers. £45.00
A comprehensive overview of the collection of money and coinage in the Zhejiang Museum in Hangzhou. From early spade-shaped
coins through Song dynasty gold and silver ingots to republican silver dollars. Also includes a large selection of mostly late Qing and
republican period paper notes. Illustrated throughout. Text in Chinese.
34 Zhejiang Museum ed: YUE DI FAN JIN. (Metal from the Soil of Zhejiang). 越地范金. Zhejiang Sheng Bowuguan
Diancang Daxi. Hangzhou, 2009. 207 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 28x21 cm. Wrappers. £45.00
Illustrates highlights of the excellent collection of bronzes and mirrors in the Zhejiang Museum in Hangzhou ranging from archaic
bronzes of many shapes and forms, bronze weaponry through to a large selection of mirrors. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in
Chinese.
35 ZHEJIANG YUE MU. (Yue Kingdom Tombs in Zhejiang Province). 浙江越墓. Beijing, 2009. vi, 230 pp. Colour
and b/w text plates and b/w drawings throughout. Two foldous. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £60.00
A survey of five large Yue kingdom tombs located in China’s Zhejiang province. The Yue kingdom flourished at the time of the Eastern
Zhou dynasty. The excavations yielded many interesting and important artefacts including jewellery, bi discs, pottery and pottery objects
in the shape of bronze bells, chimes and rhinoceros horns. A valuable work for increasing understanding of this little-known
kingdom and its culture. Illustrated throughout. Text in Chinese.
JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY
36 ALBUM OF THE IMPERIAL FUNERAL PROCESSION OF THE MEIJI EMPEROR.
明治天皇御大葬西簿御寫真集. Tokyo, 1911. Title page, list of contents and 16 full page b/w photographs. 19x26
cm. Black silk-covered boards. Stitched Japanese-style. £400.00
Rare photograph album of historical and documentary importance showing various stages, of the procession, ritual items used and
various participants in the funeral procession of the Meiji Emperor in 1911. Comprises a title page in Japanese, a list of the 16 photographs
in English and then 16 original full page black-and-white photographs mounted on card, one per page. The 16 photographs
as follows:
1. Drums. 2. White and Yellow Banners. 3. Halberds. 4. The Imperial Funeral Cart. 5. Members of the Imperial Diet. 6. Officers of
Army and Navy and Civil Officials. 7. Guard of Honour from the British Warships. 8. The Funeral Pavilion at Aoyama. 9. Advance
Guard of Police Inspectors and Prince Iwakura. 10. Bows and Quivers. 11. Banners of the Sun and Moon. 12. The imperial Bier Carried
by Men of Yase Village. 13. HIH Prince Kwanin, Representative of His Majesty. 14. HIH Prince Fushimi, President of the Imperial
Funeral Commission. 15. Group of Princes of the Blood. 16. Military and Naval Guards.
In fine condition. Very rare.
37 ART AND ARTIFICE. Japanese Photographs of the Meiji Era. Boston, 2004. 96 pp. 136 illustrations, 96 in colour.
25x20 cm. Paper. £14.00
A brief, elegant introduction to Meiji-era photographs and to the world in which they flourished, with three essays on the social function
of the images, on transpacific travel at the turn of the century, and on the personal stories of those who collected the photographs.
38 Asahi Shimbum ed: A CENTURY OF JAPAN IN PHOTOGRAPHS. Tokyo, 1985. 245; 246 pp. B/w
photographic illustrations throughout both volumes. 2 vols. 15x11 cm. Wrappers. £25.00
Small but copiously-illustrated two volume work illustrating the history and development of Japan from the mid-19th century through
to the 1950s. As a result, the work is also a good survey of Japanese photography during these hundred years. In Japanese.
39 Batchelor, Rev. John: SEA-GIRT YEZO. Glimpses at Missionary Work in North Japan. London, 1902. vii, 120
pp. Frontispiece and numerous b/w photographs and b/w engravings from photographs. Some illustrations full
page. 19x16 cm. Decorative green cloth with gilt. £125.00
Batchelor was an English missionary who spent many years in Japan and is best-known for his work amongst the Ainu people and his
writings on their language and culture. This work was written for young people and is largely autobiographical, describing his work
in Japan up to that point. Includes material on the Ainu. The green cloth cover has a pleasing gilt image of an Ainu fisherman in his
boat offshore. A good copy with the occasional mark.
40 Beaton, Cecil: JAPANESE. London, 1959. xl, 132 pp. 132 pp. b/w photographs. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £200.00
Cecil Beaton’s photographic study of the Japanese. Fine black and white photograph and a very rare item. Good copy with dustjacket.
41 Bennett, Terry: EARLY JAPANESE IMAGES. London, 1995. Over 140 images reproduced, 40 in colour. 27x20
cm. Cloth. £40.00
The story of early Western photographers in Japan, giving a historical overview of the years 1853-1912. An invaluable index that for
the first time identifies the photographers of over 1,200 early photographs taken in Japan.
42 Bennett, Terry: OLD JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHS. Collectors’ Data Guide. London, 2006. 308 pp. Numerous
b/w photographs and illustrations. 26x18 cm. Cloth. £65.00
A useful and practical reference guide to the history of photography in Japan from its beginnings until 1912. Identifies over 4000 photographs
by studio, indexes and provides information on photographers, studios and publishers, reproduces 19th century periodical

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The photographs are held as pages in a booklet interleaved with blank pages and would appear to comprise a stock book for examination
by purchasers from which to compile souvenir albums.
In very fine condition. A delightful and rare collection of views of Nagasaki in the late 19th century.
52 Cortazzi, Hugh and Bennett, Terry: JAPAN. Caught in Time. Reading, 1994. 160 pp. 124 colour photographs.
26x22 cm. Cloth. £40.00
Photographs from the collection of Russian geographer Alexander Grigoryev by photographic pioneer von Stillfried, dating from
1877-1885, mostly published for the first time. With accompanying text by the authors.
53 Delank, C. & March, P: THE ADVENTURE OF JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY 1860-1890. Heidelberg, 2002.
144 pp. 120 colour illustrations. 30x24 cm. Cloth. £35.00
In 1863 the photographer Felice Beato travelled to Japan and opened a studio in Yokohama. Among his pupils were Kimbei Kusakabe
and Raimund von Stillfried-Rathenicz, whose photographs are here also illustrated. The volume also collects photographs that have
so far been considered anonymous.
54 Esmein, Suzanne: HUGUES KRAFFT AU JAPON DE MEIJI. Photographies d’une Voyage, 1882-1883.
Collections Savoir: Cultures. Langres, 2003. 110 pp. 57 b/w photographs. Bibliography. 21x15 cm. Paper. £30.00
Well-edited and commented introduction to a remarkable collection of photographs made my a wealthy young adventurous visitor to
Meiji Japan. In French.
55 Eunson, Roby: 100 YEARS. The Amazing Development of Japan since 1860. Rutland, 1965. 192 pp. B/w
photographic illustrations throughout. 30x22 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £20.00
An illustrated photographic tour of a century of history and development of Japan since its opening to the West. Copiously illustrated.
56 Fieger, Erwin: JAPAN. Sunrise-Islands. Dusseldorf, 1971. 160 pp. colour plates. 31x43 cm. Cloth. £35.00
Big coffee table book of photographs by Erwin Fieger on modern (1970’s) Japan, with dramatically coloured photos of traditional subjects,
such as geishas, and new ones, such as young demonstrators facing riot police. Increasingly, a period piece.
57 Fieger, Erwin and Bowers, Faubion: JAPAN. Islands of the Rising Sun. New York, n.d. 160 colour plates plus
commentary. 31x46 cm. Cloth. Front endpaper creased and frayed. £35.00
Big coffee table book of photographs by Erwin Fieger and text by Faubion Bowers, on modern (1970’s) Japan, with dramatically
coloured photos of traditional subjects, such as geishas, and new ones, such as young demonstrators facing riot police.
58 Goto, K. et al: EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE BAKUMATSU THROUGH TO THE SHOWA
REIGN. Tokyo, 1986. 209 pp. 17 pp. colour photographic illustrations and numerous b/w photographic illustrations
throughout. 26x19 cm. Cloth. £60.00
Traces the founding and development of Japanese photography from its origins in the Bakumatsu period through to the mid 1940s. Hundreds
of illustrations. A good visual reference. In Japanese.
59 Gunma Prefectural Museum of History: SHIMA KAKOKU AND SHIMA RYU. Husband and Wife Photographers
of the Bakumatsu Era. N.p., 2007. 128 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout. 26x18 cm. Paper. £35.00
Catalogue of an exhibition showing the work of these pioneers of Japanese photography, active at the end of the Bakumatsu period.
In addition to rare examples of their black-and-white photographs, includes paintings by Shima Ryu and other exhibits associated with
their work and life. In Japanese.
60 Haga Toru & Okabe Masayuki: SHASHIN DE MIRU EDO TOKYO. (Edo and Tokyo Seen in Photographs).
Tokyo, 1992. 128 pp. Numerous illustrations, many in colour. 22x17 cm. Paper. £30.00
The old capital of Edo (present-day Tokyo) in old photographs, some hand-painted. In many cases, today’s view of the same spot is illustrated.
Text in Japanese.
61 Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox: THE J. W. HENDERSON COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHS
FORMED 1864-76. New York, 2000. 40 pp. Numerous photographic illustrations. 29x21 cm. Paper. £25.00
Dealer’s catalogue of an exhibition of an early collection of Japanese photography. A total of 75 items, all illustrated and described.
Includes a good amount of work by Felice Beato.
62 Hoerner, Ludwig: EINE FOTOREISE DURCH DAS ALTE JAPAN. (A Photographic Journey through Old
Japan). Dortmund, 1987. 174 pp. 67 full page b/w photographic illustrations. 12x17 cm. Paper. £25.00
A pleasing collection of black-and-white and sepia photographs of the sights, scenery, street life and people of Japan taken in the last
couple of decades of the 19th century. Each photograph accompanied by a description of the scene. Introductory text. In German.
63 Imperial Japanese Government Railways ed: AN OFFICIAL GUIDE TO EASTERN ASIA 3: NORTH-
EASTERN JAPAN. Trans-Continental Connections Between Europe and Asia. Tokyo, 1914. x, 488 pp. 24 (of
25) maps, mostly folding, numerous illustrations. 16x11 cm. Cloth. £25.00
The frontispiece map of Japan torn out. Thus sold as a reading copy only and priced accordingly.
64 Iwasaki Yoshiro: MEIJI NO YOKOHAMA & TOKYO — SHASHIN SHU. Photography Collection of Meiji
Period Yokohama and Tokyo. Tokyo, 1989. 200, 24 pp. Numerous plates and illustrations. Bibliography. 31x23 cm.
Cloth. £90.00
A collection of photographs from 1864-1911 illustrating life and customs in Yokohama and Tokyo. Included at back of book is brief biographies
of the various photographers. An interesting documentation.
65 JAPAN MISSIONARY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM. N.p. n.d. (1891/2.) 25 original b/w photographs (of which 10
full page). An additional 13 loose photographs of varying sizes and pp. 113-128 of The Church Missionary Gleaner
Aug. 1892. 30x25 cm. Half leather. Wear to edges and spine. £1,500.00
Interesting photograph album showing Japanese people and scenes together with full page images of gatherings of western Christian
missionaries and Japanese converts. Four of the photographs are mounted two to a page, making a panorama of a bay and small town.
A number of the photographs have captions beneath identifying the scene or place. Some of the loose photographs have inscriptions
on the back. Of most interest are the eight full page photographs showing large groups of western missionaries, missionaries and their
wives and group images of Japanese converts. Accompanying the album are a number of pages from the August 1892 issue of The

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Church Missionary Gleaner. Reproduced within is one of the full page photographs in this album which states it to show ‘Members of
the Third Synod of the Japanese Church’ which was held in Osaka in 1891. The legend below the image in the Gleaner identifies many
of the individuals, the leading lights of the Christian missionary movement in Japan at the time. It is to be assumed that the other seven
full page group photographs also show participants in this Third Synod. One of these photographs is accompanied by a piece of paper
identifying many of the sitters. The album presumably compiled by a missionary resident in Japan at the time. Provides documentary
visual evidence of the Christian missionary movement in Japan at the end of the 19th century. Rare.
66 JAPAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM. N.p. n.d. (1890s). 35 hand-coloured photographs (of which one a three-panel
foldout) mounted in album. 27x32 cm. Boards. Leather spine with much wear. £1,400.00
Souvenir album of 35 hand-coloured photographs of Japan dating from the 1890s. Each photograph measures c.20x26cm. The photographs
have the following titles — either hand-written below the image or produced on the image margin.
Kyoto from Yaame Hotel; Sacred Cherry Tree Gion Temple Kyoto; Street Scene Kyoto; Kyumizo Temple Kyoto; Tea House; Cherry
Dance Kyoto (Three panel foldout showing Japanese women kneeling, playing instruments or standing holding fans as part of the
dance). The foldout is captioned at the bottom of the image as follows: The ‘Miyako-Odori Dancing in Kioto, Which Is Peculiar in
Japan, Is Opened for about a Month Every Year, the Dancers and Musicians are Most Famous Dancing and Singing Girls in Kioto,
The Photos Show Their Charming Figures as They Were Taken in the Same Manner’; 17. Japanese Picnic at Kioto Maple Place; Buddhist
Procession; Interior of House; Entrance to Yaame Hotel Kyoto; Peony Show; 4. Budish Temple Chionin-Kioto; Approach to
Chionin Temple Kyoto; Entrance Gate Chionin Temple; Shrine Chionin Temple; Lake Biwa; Katsugawa Rapids; Katsugawa Rapids;
Pine Tree in Shape of a Boat. Kunka Kuji Palace; Kunka Kuji palace Kyoto; Saki and Pipes; Bamboo Avenue; Lake Biwa. Village of
Otsu; The Pine Tree of Karasaki; One Hundred Children (dated 1894); Deer Park Nara; Nara (Temple Gate in a forest); Nara (Path
amongst pine trees); Nikko; Cryptomeria Forest Nikko; Kegon-no-taki (a waterfall); Statues of Armida (Buddhas) Kamman-ga-fuchi,
Nikko; Mausoleum of Ieyasu; Lacquer Brige Nikko; Kirifuri-no-taki (Nikko (a waterfall).
The photographs in good to fine condition, the very occasional small mark. Some grubbiness and marks on the surrounding papers.
The album has a much-worn spine and the covers are a sateen-covered cardboard, the original leather or lacquer covers appear to
have been either removed or were never affixed.
67 JAPAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM. N.p. n.d. (1890s). 26 hand-coloured photographs mounted in album. 27x36
cm. Boards. Leather spine with wear. £750.00
Souvenir album of 26 hand-coloured photographs of Japan dating from the 1890s. Each photograph measures 21x27cm. The photographs
have the following content and titles:
Miyazima, Aki (view of cherry blossoms, temple building and pagoda). B17 Kamakura (tree-lined avenue leading to temple). A413
(no title), shows 3 Japanese ladies in kimonos crossing a bridge over a stream. B811 View of Inland Sea. A69 Japanis Room. B277
Ikuta Temple, Kobe. B808 View of Matsushima. A229 Cherry Blossoms Park. A384 (no title) Shows 3 Japanese ladies in kimonos with
parasols in a garden setting. 511 Daibutu Kamakura (The Great Buddha). 6 Bamboo-Yard, Kioto. ?? Hashiyama Hozugawa, Kioto.
B156 View of Enoshima. A338 (no title) Shows two Japanese ladies in a garden building with chrysanthemums. A66 Japanis Room.
A29 Fishing. Untitled and unnumbered, shows small temple buildings amidst pines. A41 Vegetables-Seller. 77 Dotonbori Osaka. A226
Cherry-Blossoms Park. Title unclear, shows two ladies in traditional dress strolling through a garden. 251. Onomichi, Bingo (View of
bay, boats and small town). A231 Cherry-Blossoms Park. B820 View of Inland Sea. Title unclear, view of buildings of small village
with river and hills beyond. B16. Kamakura. B4. Castle of Nagoya.
The photographs in fine condition, the very occasional small mark. The album has a worn leather spine with gilt. The covers are plain
cardboard, the leather covers appear to have been removed.
68 JAPAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM WITH LACQUER COVERS. N.p. n.d. (1890s). 53 hand-coloured and blackand-white
photographs mounted in album. 27x32 cm. Lacquer boards. Leather spine, detaching and with much
wear. £1,800.00
Souvenir album of 53 photographs, the majority hand-coloured, a few black-and-white, of Japan dating from the 1890s. The last three
black-and-white photographs, of a similar size, show scenes in Canada. Each photograph measures c.20x26cm. Eight of the Japanese
photographs are untitled showing: a waterfall, a boat, Nagasaki harbour, Mt. Fuji, a rickshaw, and 3 showing Japanese girls.
The remainder have the following titles produced on the image margin.
Entrance to Nagasaki Harbour. Entrance to Nagasaki Harbour (different view). Harbour, Nagasaki. Entrance to Shinto Temple, Nagasaki.
100-Steps Temple Osuwa. Osuwa Temple, nagasaki. Cherry Blossom Osuwa Park. Road to Mogi (Tagami). Road to Mogi
(Tagami) (different view). Road to Mogi (near a bamboo grove). Road to Mogi, Bamboo Garden. 80 Harbour, Mogi. Main Street Nagasaki.
145 Harbour Mogi. 143 Shimonoseki Choshu (Harbour Scene). 142 Shimonoseki Choshu (View of the Bay). B72 Matsushima,
Inland Sea (Three View in Japan) Part I. 82B Inland Sea. A428 Inland Sea to Bingo. A426 Inland Sea at Bingo (different view). No. 408
Fujikawa. 9?? Fuji from Oh?ma. No.182B. Mississipi-bay, Yokohama. No.146B Yokohama. No.103 Yokohama. 74B Street of Yokohama.
1006 Main St of Yokohama. 310 Creek Side Yokohama. No.339 Yokohama. A715 Yomeimon Gate at Nikko. 715 Yomeimon Gate at Nikko.
760 Horimono at Nikko. 750 Sacred Bridge at Niki. 745 Imaichi Road Nikko. 1117 Yumoto. 1119 Yudaki Falls at Yumoto. No.111B Chiuzenji
Lake. No.129B Chiuzenji Lake (different view). No.290 Bridge (Made from a Tree) Near Chusenji. 1113 Rinzu Falls at Chuzenji.
1016 Rice Planting. Following are three black-and-white photographs taken in Canada. 1250 Stoney Creek Bridge, Selkirks. 629 Glacier
Hotel and Glacier, Selkirks. Untitled photograph of railway, forest and mountain in Canada. The last photograph of a Japanese
scene: Shiwomi-Saki, Mogi.
The photographs generally in good to fine condition, the very occasional small mark and occasional grubbiness on the surrounding
paper.
The album has black lacquer covers painted with a dull gilt cherry tree showing a section of trunk, branches, leaves and blossoms.
Appliquéd in bone, mother-of-pearl and metal are birds, leaves and chrysanthemum flowers. The covers somewhat loose. Leather
spine worn and is detaching.
69 Japan Photographers Association: A CENTURY OF JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY 1840-1946. New York, 1980.
385 pp. 514 illustrations. Introduction by John W. Dower. 23x30 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £65.00
Photographs capture the samurai world of the late Tokugawa era & the changing world of the subsequent Meiji, Taisho & early Showa
periods. A treasury of early photographs.
70 Kanagawa Museum of History: PORTRAITS OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY. An Album of the Meiji Imperial
Household. Kanagawa, 2001. 145 pp. 165 colour and 180 b/w plates. 30x21 cm. Paper. £40.00
A fascinating exhibition of photographs, prints and posters that show the Meiji Imperial household in set family poses, the Emperor
reviewing troops, vignette prints and portraits of the Imperial family etc. With some extraordinary images. Text in Japanese.

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71 Kumamoto Prefectural Museum: 130 YEARS OF TOMISHIGE PHOTO STUDIO. Kumamoto, 1993. 208 pp.
Colour and b/w photographs throughout. 30x22 cm. Paper. £75.00
Catalogue of an exhibition that commemorates 130 years of the founding of the Tomishige Photo Studio. The exhibition provides a fascinating
insight into the workings of the studio by showing cameras and other equipment, customer’s lists, receipts and letters in addition
to a wide selection of photographs produced by the Studio including landscapes, portraiture, group photographs, castles and
various official buildings. List of plates and captions in English. Main text in Japanese.
72 Lal, Chaman: SECRETS OF JAPAN. Through Indian Eyes. Tokyo, 1935. xiv, 228 pp. 48 b/w photographic
illustrations. 23x16 cm. Cloth. £25.00
An account by an Indian journalist of Japan in the 1930s. Illustrated with photographs giving an interesting insight into the rise of
Japan as a modern power.
73 Manthorpe, Victoria, ed: TRAVELS IN THE LAND OF THE GODS (1898-1907). The Japan Diaries of Richard
Gordon Smith. New York, 1986. 224 pp. Illustrated throughout (many in colour). 27x20 cm. Cloth. £30.00
This book is a lavish re-creation of the original travel diaries of Richard Gordon Smith, an Edwardian Englishman who arrived in Japan
in 1898 and stayed for ten years, recording his impressions in these diaries. Victoria Manthorpe sets the scene in a concise introduction.
74 Minato Ward Folklore Museum: FOREIGN LEGATIONS IN EDO. Materials Compiled to Commemorate the
150th Anniversary of the Opening of Japan. 2004. 207 pp. 112 pp. colour and b/w plates. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Catalogue of an interesting exhibition showing photographs, ukiyo-e and illustrations from books and newspapers that look at the foreign
legations present in Japan during the Meiji period. Illustrated throughout. Introduction, list of contents and captions in English.
Main text in Japanese.
75 NARA KEN. (The District of Nara). Kyoto, 1928. 2 pp. list of contents and 64 full page b/w plates with
accompanying leaf of text. 27x35 cm. Silk-covered boards with marks. Wear to spine. £300.00
Fine album of black-and-white photographic plates showing the temple architecture of the Nara region. Arranged chronologically from
the Nara period through to the Edo. A total of 36 plates. This is followed by a section with 17 plates on other sites in and around Nara.
A final section comprising 11 plates shows the scenery around Nara and pictures of natural beauty. Each is accompanied by an explanatory
leaf of text in Japanese. There is no English. The explanatory leaf of text to plate 4 is missing. A couple of tears to one or
two other leaves of text. The original silk ties are missing and have been replaced with simple string. The silk-covered boards are
somewhat grubby and faded but internally the work is generally fine with the occasional spot of foxing.
76 NIHON REKISHI SHASHINCHO. (Historical Photographs of Japan). Tokyo, 1915. 266 pp. B/w photographs
throughout, many full page. A few in colour. 21x29 cm. Boards. £450.00
Updated printing of a work first published in 1911, showing then-current events in Japan up to, and including 1913. Photographs include
a volcanic eruption, funeral of a prince, reception of foreign dignitaries, Japanese officials in western dress, events and scenes
following the death of the Meiji emperor, demonstrations, ceremonies, exhibitions and much more besides. A very focussed photographic
view of many aspects of life in Japan at the beginning of the Taisho reign. Captions in English. Main text in Japanese. Slightly
shaky in binding and some foxing, but generally fine. Rare.
77 NIHON SHASHI ZENSHU 1: SHASHIN NO MAKUAKE. The Complete History of Japanese Photography 1.
The Origins of Japanese Photography. Nihon Shashi Zenshu. Tokyo, 1985. 179 pp. B/w photographs throughout,
a few in colour. 1 foldout. 31x22 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £60.00
The first volume of a 12 volume series. This volume is one of the most interesting, covering Japanese photography from its origins in
the 1850s through to the end of the Meiji period in the early 20th century. Illustrated throughout with 238 rare examples of early
Japanese photography from Japanese collections. Two page English introduction. The list of plates gives the photographers’ names
in English. Main text in Japanese. Out-of-print. A good visual reference.
78 Ogawa, K: SIGHTS AND SCENES IN FAIR JAPAN. Tokyo, n.d. (c.1917). Title page, 2 full page maps and 50
full page collotype plates, of which 48 hand-coloured. 26x37 cm. Embroidered silk. Stitched. £300.00
A compilation of 50 sights and scenes of Japan ranging from views of Tokyo to tranquil rural scenes, Japanese theatre and geisha admiring
chrysanthemums. Unusually, compared to other copies we have handled, 48 of the 50 plates are hand-coloured and all are quite
beautiful. In other copies previously handled, there are only 16 hand-coloured plates. Apart from the title page which has the title in
both English and Japanese, the captions to the plates are in English only, making us think that this work was produced as a high-quality
souvenir for western tourists. By the renowned Japanese photographer, K. Ogawa, and one of his most pleasing works. The plates
are contained within silk-covered boards with an embroidered landscape scene showing travellers in the foreground and Mount Fuji
in the distance. The silk to the boards is browned but retains colour. Wear to the edges of the silk boards and some marks to the covers.
The covers are somewhat fragile and in danger of detaching. Loss to silk at top of spine. Occasional marks inside, mostly not affecting
the plates. A hand-written inscription ‘In Tokyo’ is on the otherwise blank page facing plate 1. Generally, however, a decent
copy of a delightful and rare work. Priced accordingly.
79 Ogawa, K. & Murdoch, J: SCENES FROM THE CHIUSHINGURA AND THE STORY OF THE FORTY-
SEVEN RONIN. by K. Ogawa, Photographer, Tokyo, Japan, in Collotype. With Descriptive Text by James
Murdoch, M.A.. Tokyo, 1892. 2, 52 pp. text plus 17 full page hand-coloured collotype plates (one unnumbered).
38x27 cm. Stitched. Japanese-style with decorative covers. £950.00
Extremely rare variant of an otherwise rare work with hand-coloured collotypes by Ogawa and accompanied by descriptive text by
James Murdoch. The work depicts and relates important scenes and events from the famous Japanese story of the Forty-Seven Ronin.
Each plate is accompanied (preceded) by text describing the image and its relation to the story. There are a total of 17 full page collotype
plates (of which one unnumbered), here delicately hand-coloured. Ogawa was assisted in the taking of the majority of the plates
by the Japanese photographer, Kajima Seibei. We have previously seen a copy of this work that had black-and-white collotype plates
and the only other references we can find to this publication also indicate that the plates are black-and-white. Thus, we assume that
this copy was one of a very few where the plates were hand-coloured, perhaps for presentation purposes. There are a couple of other
slight differences to the black-and-white edition. The decorative lithographic printed thick paper covers have a more complex printed
pattern than the black-and-white edition and there is no title sticker (as found on the black-and-white version with the full title as per
above) attached to the front cover, reinforcing our view that this was a presentation copy. The work is in excellent condition with just
minor wear to the edges of the covers and spines. The first time we have handled this work.

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80 Ogawa, K. and Crizuka, Mataro (comp.): THE CHARMING VIEWS IN THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN.
Tokyo, 1904. 7 pp. introductory text, folding map and 174 b/w plates each with an accompanying page of descriptive
text. 35x26 cm. Embroidered silk covered boards. Stitched. Japanese style. £750.00
Introductory text by Crizuka, photographic illustrations by Ogawa. The work was produced, it seems, to promote tourism in Japan
through the railway companies of Japan and the scenic areas and sights whence their networks reached. The descriptive text for each
scene cites the railway company which operates to that particular place. Includes a number of views of Korea. The seven pages of introductory
text discusses the railway companies, their development and operations. Text in English. An excellent copy of a rare work.
81 Okamura, Meikichi: REVIVED OLD JAPAN IN THE MEIJI ERA. N.p., 1983. 102 pp. 176 b/w photographic
illustrations. A couple of b/w text illustrations. 25x18 cm. Paper. £35.00
Depicts Japanese landscape and customs from 1870 to 1890 as shown in interesting old photographs from the collection of Mr. Meikichi
Okamura. Illustrated throughout. Short introduction and brief captions in English. Main text in Japanese.
82 Osam, Hiraki et al: JAPAN: A SELF PORTRAIT. Paris, 2004. 216 pp. 150 duotone plates. 31x26 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
A photographic portrait of Japan from 1945 to the mid 1960s by eleven of its most talented photographers. Apart from Osam, there
are textual contributions by Takeuchi Keiichi and Alain Sayag.
83 Ozawa, Tsuyoshi: SHASHIN DE MIRU BAKUMATSU-MEIJI. (Late Edo and Meiji Seen in Photographs).
Tokyo, 1990. 255 pp. Numerous illustrations, some in colour. 26x21 cm. Paper. £50.00
The end of the Edo and the Meiji periods in old photographs, some hand painted. An interesting documentation.
84 Pettee, James H: MR. ISHII AND HIS ORPHANAGE. A Japanese Apostle of Faith and His Asylum at Okayama.
Okayama, 1894. v, 58 pp. text plus 19 full page b/w photographic illustrations hors texte. 14x18 cm. Paper. Stitched.
Japanese-style. £180.00
Very rare work detailing and illustrating the work of the Japanese Christian, Juji Ishii, and his work with orphaned children at the end
of the 19th century. Interesting insight into Christian missionary work in Japan during the Meiji period. Of particular note are the photographic
illustrations, many being collages of two/three images per full page illustration. These were done by one S. Okayama of Kyoto
and it is unusual to be able to specifically associate the work of a named photographer in such works. Text in English.
85 THE PHOTOGRAPH-ALBUM OF THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1923.
The Most Complete Artistic Production — With 40 Excellent Pictures of the Earthquake and Fire, Comprising
Scenes in Tokyo and Yokohama. 東京橫濱大震災寶況寫真帖. N.p., n.d. 20 pp. b/w photographic illustrations, 2
per page. 25x17 cm. Paper. Stitched. Japanese-style. £85.00
Rare photographic survey of the Great Earthquake of 1923 which devastated the city of Tokyo and surroundings. Focuses on the damage
done in Tokyo and Yokohama. Brings home the extent of the damage. A total of 40 b/w photographic illustrations — two per page
— with captions in both Japanese and English.
86 PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE TOSHOGU SHRINE, NIKKO. Nikko, 1934. 70 pp. 32 pp. colour plates. Map.
19x27 cm. Decorative wrappers. Stitched. £85.00
32 pages of full-colour plates showing buildings and the beautiful scenery around the Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, Japan. Accompanying
pages of explanatory text are in both Japanese and English
87 Ponting, H. G: FUJI SAN. Photographed by H. G. Ponting. Tokyo, 1905. 2 pp. introductory text in English and
Japanese and 25 full page b/w photographic plates, of which one folding. 25x37 cm. Decorative paper. Stitched.
Japanese style. £350.00
Contains 25 beautiful full page black-and-white photographic views of Mount Fuji, including a couple of photographs taken from the
summit. The photographs taken by Herbert Ponting. Published by K. Ogawa. Delightful front cover with illustration of a monk (?) gazing
at Mount Fuji. Dual texts in Japanese and English. Minor tear to top of front cover and remnants of small removed sticker. Otherwise
in fine condition. Very rare.
88 Ponting, Herbert G: IN LOTUS-LAND JAPAN. London, 1922. New and revised edition. xii, 306 pp. 8 colour &
80 b/w plates. 25x19 cm. Blue gilt decorative cloth. £150.00
Based on 3 years of travel in Japan, Ponting was primarily interested in photographing scenes of the country and people. The blackand-white
photographs and colour plates are all very attractive. Author’s dedication and signature. A very good copy of a lovely book.
89 POSTCARD ALBUM OF JAPAN. Over 200 colour and b/w postcards. 31x26 cm. Album £850.00
Contains over 200 postcards (the large majority in colour) showing a large variety of places, scenery and people in Japan dating
mostly from the early 20th century. A fine collection.
90 Random, Michel at al: JAPAN. New York, 1986. 287 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout. 30x25 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
A photo-essay on Japan and its culture, with extensive text. In English.
91 Rijksuniversiteit Leiden: HERINNERINGEN AAN JAPAN 1850-1870. Fotos en Fotoalbums in Nederlands Bezit.
Leiden, 1987. 234 pp. 194 pp. b/w photographs, 38 pp. text. 26x21 cm. Paper. £28.00
Fascinating photographs of old Japan in Dutch collections. In Dutch only.
92 Rosenberg, Gert: WILHELM BURGER: EIN WELT-UND FORSCHUNGSREISENDER MIT DER
KAMERA 1844-1920. (Wilhelm Burger: World Traveller and Explorer and His Camera 1844-1920). Wien, 1984.
192 pp. B/w photographic illustrations throughout. 30x24 cm. Cloth. £35.00
Catalogues and illustrated the work of the early photographer Wilhelm Burger. Of most interest here are his early photographs of
Southeast Asia and, in particular, numerous early photographs of Japanese scenes, sights and people. In German.
93 Rousmaniere, Nicole Coolidge and Mikiko Hirayama ed: REFLECTING TRUTH. Japanese Photography in the
Nineteenth Century. Leiden, 2004. 112 pp. 55 b/w plates. Paper. £27.50
Based on proceedings for a conference held at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture, the essays here provide
an excellent illustrated introduction to the origins and early practice of photography in Japan.

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94 Schwarzenbach, Christophe: ALBUMS DE PHOTOS SOUVENIRS JAPONAIS A LA FIN DU 19E SIECLE.
(Late 19th Century Japanese Souvenir Photograph Albums). N.p., 1996. 16 pp. 13 colour and b/w illustrations.
24x18 cm. Paper. £10.00
A useful article on the subject. Reprint from the Bulletin de l’Association Franco-japonaise. In French.
95 Seitz, D: SURFACE JAPAN. Short Notes of a Swift Survey. New York, 1911. 158 pp. text and 20 tipped-in colour
photogravure plates. Marginal b/w sketches. 29x22 cm. Decorative boards. Cloth back. £225.00
A very pleasing work, the chief glory of which are 20 tipped-in colour photogravure plates showing various Japanese scenes and people.
The work is further enhanced by a large number of small black-and-white marginal sketches in the manner of Hokusai. The book
describes a journey around Japan in the early 20th century and its production has a distinct period feel. With some wear to the edges
and corners. A few marks but generally very clean. Rare.
96 SHASHINSHU YOMIGAERU BAKUMATSU. (A Collection of Photographs from the Bakumatsu Period).
Tokyo, 1986. 239 pp. B/w photographs throughout. 26x21 cm. Paper. £60.00
Very interesting collection of early photography of Japan taken during the Bakumatsu period prior to the Meiji restoration. Includes
pictures of Nagasaki, Edo (Tokyo), Ainu, westerners, architectures and scenes of daily life. All text in Japanese.
97 Shimada Kinsuke: LYRICISM IN KYOTO. Kyo no Jojo. Tokyo, 1981. vi, 127 pp. 90 colour illustrations, 2 maps
of old Kyoto, plus two separate photographs. 38x27 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £55.00
Aspects of Kyoto are highlighted in this splendid book of photography. Includes two prefaces in English, one by the famous haiku poet,
Seisensui Ogiwara. Two extra photographs are enclosed, which may be ‘framed for hanging on a wall’. ORIGINALLY: £100.
98 Shoto Art Museum: SHASHIN GEIJUTSU NO JIDAI: TAISHOKI NO TOSHI SANSAKUSHATACHI.
Shashin Geijutsu Photography Art: The 5 Flaneuse in Tokyo 1921-24. Shoto, 1998. 191 pp. 178 b/w plates. 28x22
cm. Paper. £35.00
Highlights early attempts by five Taisho era photographers to create photographic images with Impressionist qualities. Beautiful sepia
photography. 19 pages English text and 8 pages captions in English. Recommended.
99 SHOWA TAIREI SHASINCHO. (A Photographic Record of the Coronation Ceremonies of the Showa Emperor).
昭和大禮寫真帖. Tokyo, 1930. 5 pp. caption list, 8 pp. plans and 125 pp. full page b/w plates. 38x28 cm. Cloth,
cloth case. £750.00
Fascinating photographic documentary record of the coronation ceremonies of the Showa Emperor, better known as Emperor Hirohito.
The 125 pages of black-and-white photographs (mostly one full page photograph per leaf) show a multitude of scenes and subjects,
ranging from imperial processions, ritual and religious ceremonies to gatherings of priests and officials, banquets, interiors of
temples and palaces, imperial screens and ritual objects. The Emperor himself features in many of the photographs. The inner hinge
of the front cover of the album is just starting to split due to the weight of the work. Otherwise a very fine and clean copy. Contained
in the original worn wraparound cloth case. Again in fine condition, the only fault being the strap of one toggle has detached from the
toggle itself. Text in Japanese. Rare.
100 Sierra de la Calle, Blas: JAPON: FOTOGRAFIA S. XIX. (Japan: 19th Century Photographs). Museo Oriental.
Valladolid: Catalog IV. Valladolid, 2001. 722 pp. Colour reproductions throughout. 24x17 cm. Paper. £55.00
Catalogues the fine collection of 670 19th century Japanese photographs in the collection of the Museo Oriental, Valladolid. Divided
into sections by various places in Japan and subject matter. Well-documented and illustrated. In addition to the photographs, there are
over 100 prints with related images to the photographs. A valuable reference on the subject. Text in Spanish.
101 Siga Prefectural Office ed: BEAUTIES OF OMI. Otsu, 1928. 28 b/w photographs, some tipped-in. One foldout.
32x23 cm. Cloth. £65.00
A pleasing and rare photographic souvenir of the province of Omi, showing lake and mountain scenery, historic sites and the town of
Otsu. Dual text in English and Japanese.
102 Skinner, Tina and Mary L. Martin: GEISHA: WOMEN OF JAPAN’S FLOWER AND WILLOW WORLD.
Atglen, 2005. 238 pp. 582 colour and b/w plates. Glossary, bibliography. 32x24 cm. Cloth. £39.95
The most comprehensive assembly of historic geisha images ever compiled as a book. Drawn chiefly from postcards and photographs,
often hand-tinted, dating from 1900 through 1940.
103 Taketoshi, Iwai ed: KYOKO MINKA FU. (Vernacular Architecture in the Kyoto Area). Kyoto. 1931 & 1934. 26
pp. text & 55 loose b/w plates; 56 pp. text & 100 loose b/w plates. 2 vols. 32x24 cm. Decorative cloth. £650.00
A fine two-volume work on the local architecture of the Kyoto area. The first part was issued in 1931 and its sequel in 1934. The first
part has 110 black-and-white collotype photographs on 55 plates. The large sequel has 200 black-and-white photographs on 100
plates. The plates in each part are accompanied by an explanatory text booklet and are in two portfolios. A wide range of houses, exterior
views and domestic interiors plus some street shots are shown on the clear collotypes. Text in Japanese. Now very rare.
104 Taki, Shodo: JAPAN TODAY. A Pictorial Guide. Tokyo, 1950. 371 pp. mainly ills. 26x18 cm. Stitched. £40.00
Published by the Society for Japanese Cultural Information and made primarily for the consumption of the Occupation forces.
105 Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography: THE ADVENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN JAPAN. Tokyo, 1997.
183 pp. 228 illustrations, mostly in colour. Text in Japanese and English. 30x23 cm. Paper. £70.00
Catalogue of an extensive exhibition that was also on show at Hakodate Museum of Art. 3 sections: on the period from 1646 to the introduction
of photography in Japan, the mid-19th century, and the works of Shimooka Renjo, Shima Kakoku and Yokoyama Matsusaburo,
until c. 1878.
106 Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography: JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY — FORM IN/OUT. Part 1: From
Its Introduction to 1945. Tokyo, 1996. 142 pp. 63 plates, some in colour. 21x15 cm. Paper. £40.00
Small catalogue of the Museum’s regular exhibition. Text in Japanese and English. Photographers’ biography in Japanese only.
107 Tourist Board of Kyoto comp: PHOTOGRAPHIC KYOTO. Kyoto, 1951. 6, 95 pp. B/w photographs throughout.
21x15 cm. Boards. Front cover detaching. £35.00
A photographic guide to Kyoto published in the early 1950s with a period feel to the numerous black-and-white photographs. In English
and Japanese.

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108 Tsuchiya, C. J. ed: A GUIDE ON HAKONE. With Thermal Springs in That Locality. Kanagawa Ken, 1909. 2 pp.
adverts, 1 pp. preface, 2, 33 pp. 13x10 cm. Decorative cloth. £35.00
6th edition of this delightful and rare little guide to the Hakone locality in Japan.
109 Tucker, Anne Wilkes et al: THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY. 2003. 405 pp. 356 colour
illustrations. 31x25 cm. Cloth. £45.00
A comprehensive history of Japanese photography from the 1850s onwards. A detailed text and copiously-illustrated with colour and
black-and-white plates. A useful reference.
110 Underwood & Underwood: JAPAN THROUGH THE STEREOSCOPE. Arlington, n.d. (1904.) 100 cards, each
mounted with 2 black-and-white stereoscopic photographs, (one of which hand-coloured). English text on back.
18x9 cm. Cloth case. £2,650.00
A very rare complete set of stereoscope photographs taken by the well-known American firm of photographers, Underwood & Underwood.
The majority of the photographs bear the date 1904, a couple state 1896. Each pair of photographs is mounted on a card,
numbered 1-100, and there is a full descriptive text in English of the depicted scene on the back of each card which also has the title
of the scene on the back in English, French and other languages. Captions under the photographs in English. The photographs are in
a cloth case that resembles two books. The subject matter is highly varied from views of ships in dock at Yokohama, street scenes, temples,
gardens, castles, scenic views and much more. Full list of photographs as below. The photographs and the cards are in fine condition,
the cloth case has some wear to its edges. The cloth case has the title in German ‘Japan durch das Stereoskop’ embossed in gilt
but, other than captions in German on the back of the cards, English is the dominant language. Such complete sets are hardly ever
seen.
List of Slides:
1. Greetings for Newcomers on Pacific Mail, Yokohama. 2. Picturesque Shops, Batsumati Street, Yokohama. 3. Sisters and Brothers
in the Land of the Rising Sun, Yokohama. 4. Schoolhouse and Grounds. 5. Riding to Daijingu Temple. 6. Japanese Blacksmith at His
Forge, Yokohama. 7. Fishing Boats Coming Home. 8. Peasants Cutting Millet near Yokohama. 9. Farmers with Bamboo Rakes. 10. Mississippi
Bay near Yokohama. 11. Great Bronze Buddha, Kawakura. 12. Waterfall at Yumoto (Hakone). 13. Pilgrim Beggars Beating
Gongs near Lake Kawaguchi. 14. Snowcapped Fuji. 15. Glorious Fuji through Pines. 16. Pilgrims Ascending Fujiyama. 17. Peering
into Fujiyama’s Crater. 18. Looking out from Fujiyama over Lake Yamanaka. 19. Priests in Ikegami Temple in Omori, Japan. 20. Looking
West from Nihonbashi. 21. Burden Bearers of Japan — Street Scene in Tokyo. 22. Under Cherry Blossoms in Shiba Park. 23. Martial
Arts — Schoolboys in Ueno Park. 24. Home of Count Okuma in Tokyo. 25. Interior of Count Okuma’s House. 26. Count Okuma.
27. Dwarf Pines and Maples in Count Okuma’s Greenhouse. 28. Charming Geishas Serving a Meal in Tokyo. 29. Asakusa Street.
30. Worshippers in front of Asakusa Temple. 31. Watching a Free Show on Theatre Street. 32. Flower Lovers under the Wisteria from
Round Bridge Kameido. 33. Worshippers at Kameido Temple, Tokyo. 34. The Main Gateway to Shinto Temple, Kameido. 35. Stairs up
Mount Haruna at Ikao. 36. Children Playing — Karuizawa. 37. Asama- yama — Japan’s Largest Active Volcano. 38. Sudden Volcanic
Explosion from Asama-yama. 39. Sculptures of Yomei-mon, Buddhist Temple of Yakushi, Nikko. 40. A Row of Images of the God of Light
on the Bank of the Daiya River. 41. Stairway to Tomb of Shogun Ieyasu, Nikko. 42. Avenue of Noble Oryptomerias (trees), Nikko,
Japan. 43. Setting Sun, Lake Chuzenji. 44. Japanese Lady in a Yama-kago. Going over the Daiya River near Nikko. 45. Rock Arch Island
in Matsushima Bay. 46. Fisherman with Fishing Net. Matsushima Bay. 47. Peasant Housewife Weaving. 48. Wayfarers Resting
under the Pines at Suzukawa. 49. Moated Castle at Nagoya. 50. Girl Sleeping on Futon. 51. Looking East from Miidera Temple.
52. Midsummer Traffic, Kyoto. 53. Shijo Bridge, Kyoto. 54. Drooping Wisteria over Kyoto. 55. Bronze Bull Kitano Tenjin Temple,
Kyoto. 56. Pine Tree Shaped into a Boat, Kyoto. 57. Morning Greetings in Kinkakuji Gardens. 58. Women Pilgrims Omuro Gosho
Monastery near Kyoto. 59. Family Picnic Omuro Gosho, Kyoto. 60. Largest Buddhist Temple in Japan, Kyoto. 61. Under Sacred Torii,
Temple of Inari, Kyoto. 62. Fortune Teller, Inari Temple, Kyoto. 63. A Gay Shinto Procession, Kyoto. Carrying Sacred Objects. 64.
Yasaka Pagoda, Kyoto. 65. Famous Avenue near Kiyomizu, Kyoto. 66. Great Bell of Chiyon-in Temple, Kyoto. 67. Potter, Kinkosan,
Kyoto. 68. Awata Kilns, Kinkosan, Kyoto. 69. Cloisonné Workers, Kyoto. 70. Gardens at Home of Mr. Namikawa, Kyoto. 71. Pretty
Factory Girls Decorating Cheap Pottery, Kyoto. 72. Buddhist Cemetery in Kyoto. 73. Hozu Rapids on the Katsura River. 74. Rice Planting
at Uji. 75. Transplanting Rice. 76. Picking Tea at Uji. 77. Counting Old Stone Lanterns, Nara. 78. Feeding Sacred Deer, Kasuga
Temple, Nara. 79. Tennoji Temple, Osaka. 80. Osaka from the Tennoji Pagoda. 81. Dotombori or Theatre Street, Osaka. 82. Feudal
Castle, Osaka. 83. Stone Lanterns at Sumiyoshi, Osaka. 84. Sacred Lotus Flowers, Osaka. 85. Funeral Procession of a Rich Buddhist,
Osaka. 86. Looking Out over Kobe from Suwa-yama. 87. Street Performer, Kobe. 88. The Inland Sea from the Harima Shore. 89. Fishing
Village of Obatake. 90. Inside a Hotel near Hiroshima. 91. Sacred Torii Rising from the Sea, Miyajima. 92. Farmers Wives Heading
Barley near Iwakuni. 93. Five Arch Bridge over the Nishi Kigawa at Iwakuni. 94. Flailing Barley beside a Fishing Beach Looking
towards Oshima. 95. Crossing the Lake on Stepping Stones, Suizenji Park, Kumamoto. 96. Looking towards Kumamoto across Rice
Fields. 97. Watching an Eruption of Steam and Mud, Aso-San Volcano. 98. Sulphorous Vapours from the Crater’s Depths at Aso-san.
99. Fortified Hills above Port of Nagasaki. 100. Coaling the Pacific Mail SS Siberia at the Fortified Naval Station of Nagasaki.
111 Winkel, Margarita: SOUVENIRS FROM JAPAN. Japanese Photography at the Turn of the Century. London,
1991. 160 pp. 70 colour, 106 duotones, and 9 b/w plates. 22x25 cm. Cloth. £35.00
An excellent work giving a broad sweep of the state of Japanese photography at the beginning of the 20th century. A wide range of
subject matter from scenery to people are illustrated.
112 Worswick, Clark ed: JAPAN. Photographs 1854-1905. London, 1980. 151 pp. 110 photographs, 16 in colour. 24x29
cm. Cloth. £45.00
The author has selected the photographs from hundreds of albums of the day and has written an accompanying text. A good overview
of early Japanese photography.
113 Yokohama Kaiko Shiryo Kan ed: MEIJI NO NIHON — YOKOHAMA SHASHIN NO SEKAI. (Japan of the
Meiji Period — The World of Yokohama Photography). Yokohama, 1990. viii, 247 pp. 726 illustrations in colour.
30x23 cm. Cloth. £70.00
A profusely illustrated history of early Japanese photography. First part shows topographical views, and the later part is people and
customs. Contains many hitherto unpublished photographs.
114 Yoshinaga Masayuki: BOSOZOKU. London, 2002. 90 pp. in concertina. 120 colour plates. 20x28 cm. Cloth.
£29.95
Japan’s leading maverick photographer reveals a unique vision of the notorious Japanese bike gangs. Yoshinaga is a leading fashion
and reportage photographer.

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TANG ARCHAEOLOGY
115 Academia Sinica: TANG CHANG’AN DAMING GONG. Ta Ming Kung of the T’ang Capital Ch’ang An.
Kaoguxue Zhuankan, IV:11. Beijing, 1959. 62 pp. Chinese, 2 pp. Russian, 2 pp. English. 76 plates, map, numerous
text-figures. 27x19 cm. Quarter-cloth. £80.00
Report on the excavations of the vast seventh-century palace Daming Gong of the Tang dynasty. Accompanied by numerous plans and
diagrams. RBS 5:396. A rare report.
116 Baoji Shi Kaogu Gongzuo Dui: LONGXIAN YUANZITOU. Yuanzitou Site at Longxian. 隴縣原子頭. Beijing,
2005. 34, 310 pp. text plus 32 pp. colour and 48 pp. colour plates 27x19 cm. Cloth. £40.00
Excavation report on the Yuanzitou site near the city of Baoji in Shaanxi. The site contained important remains from the Yangshao culture
but of equal interest and importance were finds from Tang dynasty tombs on the site which included silver templates for papercuts
and silver decorative plaques showing Caucasian hunters in nomad-style clothing. Four page English abstract. In Chinese.
117 BISHANG DANQING: SHAANXI CHUTU BIHUA JI. (A Compendium of Murals Excavated in Shaanxi
Province). 壁上丹青:陝西出土壁畫集. Beijing, 2009. xv, 12, 409 pp. c. 400 pp. full page colour plates. A number
of b/w text drawings. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Boards. £145.00
Large two-volume work illustrated throughout with fine full page colour plates of murals from tombs throughout China’s Shaanxi
province. The work is arranged chronologically from the Qin to the Tang with the majority of murals illustrated being from the Han
and Tang dynasties. Introductory essay and introduction to each tomb whose murals are shown. In Chinese.
118 Chen Yongzhi ed: NEIMENGGU CHUTU WADANG. (Eave Tiles Ecavated in Inner Mongolia).
內蒙古出土瓦當 。 陳永志 主編. Beijing, 2003. 9, 296 pp. 46 pp. colour plates and numerous pp. b/w rubbings
of designs from eave tiles. B/w text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £40.00
An interesting selection of eave tiles and their design dating from the Warring States to the Tang and excavated in Inner Mongolia. Illustrated
throughout. In Chinese.
119 Doar, Bruce & Susan Dewar ed: CHINA ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART DIGEST 1:4. Hong Kong, 1997. iv, 218
pp. Text illustrations. Indexes. 26x18 cm. Paper. £25.00
Covering the period Oct-Dec 1996, this issue has articles on Foreign Deities in Wei-Tang Woven Silks by Zhao Feng, and A Preliminary
Study of the Silk Textiles Excavated at Dulan. In addition are all the useful reviews etc. of Chinese journals.
120 China Institute of America: BUDDHIST SCULPTURE FROM CHINA. Selections from the Xi’an Beilin
Museum, Fifth through Ninth Centuries. New York, 2007. 155 pp. Numerous colour plates and b/w illustrations.
28x22 cm. Paper. £40.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the China Institute in New York showing 66 very fine examples of Buddhist sculpture from the collection
of the Xi’an Beilin Museum — the Forest of Steles. The exhibits date from the Northern Wei through to the Tang dynasty and include
much excavated material, including recent finds in 2003 of Northern Zhou sculpture. All exhibits illustrated and very well-described
in much detail.
121 Cooke, Bill: IMPERIAL CHINA: THE ART OF THE HORSE IN CHINESE HISTORY. Prospect, 2001. 180
pp. 164 colour illus. 30x22 cm. Paper. £20.00
A superb selection of artefacts relating to the horse in Chinese art drawn from museum collections in Shaanxi province, China. Includes
bronze fittings, chariots, swords, gold ornaments, tomb figurines from the Tang Yuan and Ming. With useful essays.
122 Eskenazi Ltd: TANG. London, 1987. 85 pp. 41 pieces illustrated in colour. Glossary, bibliography. 30x21 cm.
Paper. £55.00
Sumptuous catalogue to an exhibition of gold and silver, bronze, stone and ceramics, all dating from the Tang period. Includes an introduction
by William Watson: Tang Style.
123 Famensi Archaeological Group: PRECIOUS CULTURAL RELICS IN THE CRYPT OF FAMEN TEMPLE.
Famensi Digong Zhenbao. Shaanxi Zhenshi Wenwu Congshu 2. Xi’an, 1989. 136 pp. 61 colour plates. 26x23 cm.
Paper. £25.00
Popular account of the spectacular finds of gold and silver objects dating from the Tang period. Text in Chinese and English.
124 Fan Yingfeng: SILU HUREN WAILAIFENG — TANGDAI HUYONG ZHAN. Exotic Flavor of the Foreigners
on the Silk Road — Terracotta Hu Man of the Tang Dynasty. 絲路胡人外來風 — 唐代胡俑展 。 樊英峰 主編.
Beijing, 2008. 207 pp. Colour plates throughout. 28x21 cm. Wrappers. £50.00
Very good work exploring the depiction of foreigners in Chinese tomb figurines dating from the Tang dynasty. The term ‘Hu’ in the title
is an old Chinese word for foreigner. The foreigners depicted are of Central Asian origin and came to China as a result of Silk Road
trade. Full page colour plates throughout showing numerous fine examples. Essays accompany. An excellent visual reference. Near
dual text in Chinese and English including captions to plates.
125 FO SHELI WUZHONG BAO TA. The Precious Quintuple Dagoba (Five Precious Buddhist Pagoda-Style Relics).
佛舍利五重寶塔. Beijing, 2008. 281 pp. Numerous full page colour plates, colour text plates, b/w text drawings.
2 foldouts. 30x22 cm. Boards. £80.00
A detailed survey of a stunning Chinese Buddhist stone pagoda with carved and painted decoration and with accompanying stone
guardians. The pagoda is about 175 cm in height and contains within four smaller pagodas, made respectively of iron, bronze, silvergilt
and stone. This amazing Buddhist object was taken abroad at an early unspecified date and returned to China in 2007. The large
outer pagoda and the four contained within appear to have been made at various times ranging from the Tang through to the Northern
Song dynasties. All five pagodas are here illustrated in full and in exhaustive close-up detail in fine colour plates. Text in Chinese.
126 GAOLING ZHANGBO QIN HAN TANG MU. (The Qin Han and Tang Tombs at Zhangbo in Gaoling County).
高陵張卜秦漢唐墓. Xi’an, 2004. 7, 142 pp. text plus 48 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 26x19 cm.
Boards. £40.00
Zhangbo is located in China’s Shaanxi province. This reports surveys a number of tombs found in the area dating from the Qin, Han
and Tang dynasties. Four page abstract in English. main text in Chinese.

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127 Gong Guoqiang: SUI TANG CHANG’AN CHENG FO SI YANJIU. (Research into Buddhist Temples in
Chang’an during the Sui and Tang Dynasties). 隋唐長安城佛寺研究 。 龔國強 著. Beijing, 2006. 1, 4, 8, 293 pp.
A few b/w text illustrations. 2 foldouts. 20x14 cm. Wrappers. £25.00
Detailed study of the Buddhist temples that flourished in China’s ancient capital during the Sui and Tang dynasties, their religious life
and influence. In Chinese.
128 Gongyi Municipal Office for Preservation of Ancient Monuments: HUANGYE TANG SANCAI YAO. Threecolour
Glazed Pottery Kilns of the Tang Dynasty at Huangye. 黃冶唐三彩窯. Beijing, 2000. xviii, 81 pp. text plus
74 pp. colour and 34 pp. b/w plates. 29x22 cm. Boards. £45.00
An interesting report of finds of Tang sancai (tricolour) wares at the Huangye kiln in Henan province. Very well-illustrated with numerous
pieces (bowls, small figurines, tripods, animals, shards, moulds) in many different forms. Text in Chinese only.
129 Gugong Museum: DIAO SHI RU SHENG: GUGONG CANG SUI TANG TAOYONG. (Carved and Clothed
as if Alive: Sui and Tang Dynasty Tomb Figurines in the Collection of the Gugong Museum). 雕飾如生 :
故宮藏隋唐陶俑. Beijing, 2006. 174 pp. Colour plates throughout. 31x23 cm. Wrappers. £50.00
Excellent work on the collection of Sui and Tang tomb figurines in the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. 120 examples are
shown in full page colour plates, ranging from horses and courtesans to dancers, camels, acrobats and a few non-Chinese figures. A
good visual reference. Text in Chinese.
130 Gugong Museum: ZHENG ZHENDUO JUANXIAN DAJIA. (Zheng Zhenduo’s Gift to the Nation).
鄭振鐸捐獻大家 : (上卷)鄭振鐸捐獻陶俑選、 (下卷)鄭振鐸文博文選. Beijing, 2005. 262; 2, 124 pp.
199 pp. colour plates. 2 vols. 33x26 cm. Cloth. £150.00
An excellent high-quality catalogue of the Zheng Zhenduo donation to the Gugong Museum in Beijing of 211 fine examples of Chinese
tomb figurines dating from the Han to the Tang from early and mid 20th century archaeological excavations. The figurines are wellillustrated
in large colour plates. A second volume provides a selection Zheng’s related writings. (Titles of the two collections are
given here in characters.) All text in Chinese.
131 Han Sheng ed: FAMEN SI WENWU TUSHI. Famen Temple. 法門寺文物圖師. Beijing, 2009. 475 pp. Full page
colour plates throughout. 31x23 cm. Cloth. £125.00
Excellent visual record showing the fabulous Tang dynasty treasures found in the underground crypt at Famen Temple in China’s
Shaanxi province. Gold and silver Buddhist relics, statuary, textiles and ceramics, all illustrated in fine full page colour plates. In Chinese.
132 He Wu ed: GU MINGQI JIANSHANG TULU. (The Appreciation of Ancient Tomb Figurines). Beijing, 1996. 217
pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 37x26 cm. Cloth. £75.00
A selection of tomb figurines and objects dating from the Han to the Tang. The illustrations of awful quality. In Chinese only.
133 Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology et al. ed: HUANGYE YAO KAOGU XIN FAXIAN.
The New Archaeological Discovery at Huangye Kiln Site. 黃冶窯考古發現. Zhengzhou, 2005. 185 pp. 159 pp.
colour plates. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £55.00
Excavation report on the Huangye Kiln site in Gongyi in China’s Henan province. The fine colour plates show 147 excavated examples
of Tang sancai and wares with various colour glazes. Includes a seven page essay: The Excavation and Preliminary Study of
Tang Tricolour-Glaze Kiln Site at Huangye in Gongyi. Dual text in Chinese and English including captions.
134 Hiraoka Takeo; Yang Lisan trans: CHANG’AN YU LUOYANG. (Chang’an and Luoyang). 長安 與 洛陽
(地圖) 。 平岡 武夫 著;楊勵三 譯. Xi’an, 1957. 86 pp. text. 30 folding maps. 25x18 cm. Paper booklet, and
loose sheets, in cloth case. £150.00
Folding maps and descriptions of the Tang period cities of Chang’an and Luoyang. With much detail showing streets, palaces, gardens.
A scarce work. In Chinese.
135 Hong Kong Museum of Art: TREASURES OF CHANG’AN. Capital of the Silk Road. 長安瑰寶 ‥ 絲路之都.
Hong Kong, 1993. 270 pp. Over 100 colour plates. 27x21 cm. Paper. £35.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art showing many fine works of art and artefacts produced in the ancient capital
of Chang’an during the Han and Tang periods and excavated in the last few decades. Objects loaned by Chinese museums. Text
in English and Chinese.
136 Hubei Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics ed: CHANGJIANG SANXIA GONGCHENG WENWU BAOHU
XIANGMU BAOGAO YIZHONG DI YI HAO: ZIGUI MIAOPING. Reports on the Cultural Relics
Conservation in the Three Gorges Dam Project B (site report) Vol. 1: The Miaoping Site in Zigui, Hubei.
長江三峽工程文物保護項目報告 : 乙種第一號 : 秭歸廟坪. Beijing, 2003. xiv, 324 pp. text plus 4 pp. colour
and 87 pp. b/w plates. B/w text illustrations, 1 foldout. 30x21 cm. Cloth. £50.00
Archaeological report on the Miaoping site in Zigui county, Hubei. The strata at the site can be divided into six periods: Neolithic, Zhou
and Han, Six Dynasties, Tang-Song and Ming. An interesting report with much detail on a site that has had continual occupation for
thousands of years. One page English abstract. Main text in Chinese.
137 Institute of Archaeology, Shaanxi Province: TANGDAI HUANGPU TONGCHUAN. Excavation of a Tang Kilnsite
at Huangpu in Tongchuan Shaanxi. Beijing, 1992. 14, 539 pp. text volume with over 280 text illustrations. 184
plates, 40 in colour. 2 vols. 36x27 cm. Paper. £45.00
Report of excavations of workshops making Tang tri-coloured glazed pottery, three kilns for firing the same, eight workshops for making
porcelain, five kilns, etc. plus tens of thousands of sherds. With a ten-page English résumé.
138 Ji Dongshan ed: SHENYUN YU HUIHUANG: SHAANXI LISHI BOWUGUAN GUOBAO JIANSHANG:
TANG BIMU HUA JUAN. Charm and Brilliance: An Appraisal of the National Treasures in the Shaanxi Provincial
Museum: Tang Dynasty Tomb Frescoes. 神韻與輝煌 : 陝西歷史博物館國寶鑒賞 : 唐墓壁畫卷 。 冀東山
主編. Xi’an, 2006. 241 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. £40.00
Shows and discusses the finest examples of murals and frescoes from Tang dynasty tombs in the collection of the Shaanxi Provincial
Museum in Xi’an. A total of 145 examples are illustrated in colour and discussed. Foreword, preface, list of plates and title description
of each object in English. Main text in Chinese.

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139 Ji Dongshan ed: SHENYUN YU HUIHUANG: SHAANXI LISHI BOWUGUAN GUOBAO JIANSHANG:
TAOYONG JUAN. Charm and Brilliance: An Appraisal of the National Treasures in the Shaanxi Provincial
Museum: The Pottery Figures. 神韻與輝煌 : 陝西歷史博物館國寶鑒賞 : 陶俑卷 。 冀東山 主編. Xi’an,
2006. 181 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. £40.00
Shows and discusses the finest examples of pottery figurines from tombs in the collection of the Shaanxi Provincial Museum in Xi’an.
The objects date from the Han to the Tang. A total of 121 examples are illustrated in colour and discussed. Foreword, preface, list of
plates and title description of each object in English. Main text in Chinese.
140 Ji Dongshan ed: SHENYUN YU HUIHUANG: SHAANXI LISHI BOWUGUAN GUOBAO JIANSHANG:
QINGTONGQI JUAN. Charm and Brilliance: An Appraisal of the National Treasures in the Shaanxi Provincial
Museum: The Bronzes. 神韻與輝煌 : 陝西歷史博物館國寶鑒賞 : 青銅器卷 。 冀東山 主編. Xi’an, 2006.
225 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. £45.00
Shows and discusses the finest bronzes and gilt-bronzes in the collection of the Shaanxi Provincial Museum in Xi’an. A total of 108
examples are illustrated in colour and discussed. The material illustrated dates from the Shang to the Tang and comes from tombs in
Shaanxi. Foreword, preface, list of plates and title description of each object in English. Main text in Chinese.
141 JIANGXI YUSHAN DUKOU WUZHOU YAOZHI. Wuzhou Kiln Remains in Dukou, Yushan County, Jiangxi
Province. 江西玉山瀆口婺州窯址. Beijing, 2008. 4, 14, 189, 104 pp. 104 pp colour plates and numerous b/w
drawings. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £60.00
The Wuzhou kiln in China’s Jiangxi province was active during the Tang and Song dynasties producing wares with greenish and brown
glazes. This is a detailed report on the excavation of the kilns and shows hundreds of examples of these wares found at the site. Three
page English abstract. Main text in Chinese.
142 Lally, J. J. & Co: ANCIENT CHINA. Jades, Bronzes & Ceramics. New York, 1999. 68 pp. 32 colour plates. A few
text drawings. 28x21 cm. Paper. £25.00
Spring ’99 exhibition showing an extraordinary collection of Chinese jade from the Neolithic to the Song, with Neolithic ritual objects,
archaic jade pendants and Song dynasty jade animals. Also features archaic bronze vessels from the Shang to the Han and ceramics
from the Han to the Tang. A fine assembly of 42 objects.
143 Lam, Timothy See-Yiu: TANG CERAMICS. Changsha Kilns. Hong Kong, 1990. 368 pp. 228 plates, 97 in colour,
504 illustrations. 28x21 cm. Cloth. £150.00
A detailed study of the ceramics ware from the Changsha kilns in Hunan Province, manufactured during the Tang period (AD 618-
907).
144 Li Baijing: TANGFENG JIANZHU YINGZAO. (A Study of Tang Style Architecture). 唐風建築營造 。 李百進
編著. Beijing, 2007. 48 pp. Colour plates. 742 pp. B/w illustrations and architectural drawings throughout. 29x22
cm. Cloth. £45.00
A detailed and focussed work on Chinese architecture of the Tang dynasty with much illustration and architectural drawing. Also assesses
the influence of the Tang dynasty style on other architecture in China and Japan. In Chinese.
145 Li Enwei et al. ed: XINGTAI LIANGKU YIZHI. (Remains Found at the Granary at Xingtai). 邢台糧庫遺址 。
李恩瑋 等 主編. Beijing, 2005. xii, 334 pp. text plus 4 pp. colour and 20 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text
drawings. 1 foldout. 26x19 cm. Boards. £35.00
Archaeological report on the finds found at the construction site of a granary in Xingtai in China’s Hebei province. The richest finds
dated from the Shang and the Tang dynasties and included some fine quality Tang ceramics indicating the importance of Xingtai as a
ceramic production centre at the time. Two page English abstract. Main text in Chinese.
146 Li Song: CHANG’AN YISHU YU ZONGJIAO WENMING. Arts and Religious Civilization of Chang’an.
長安藝術與宗教文明。李淞 著. Beijing, 2002. 3, 14, 535 pp. B/w illustrations and numerous drawings
throughout. 23x17 cm. Paper. £30.00
Mainly discusses, in some detail, the artistic and religious life in Xi’an (then Chang’an, the ancient capital of China) during the Northern
Wei and the Tang dynasty. In Chinese.
147 Li Xingming: TANGDAI MUSHI BIHUA YANJIU. A Study of Tang Tomb Murals. 唐代墓室壁畫研究 。
李星明 著. Xi’an, 2005. 428 pp. Numerous colour, b/w illustrations and b/w text drawings. 28x21 cm.
Wrappers. £50.00
A comprehensive monograph on Tang dynasty tomb murals with extensive detail and illustration. In three main sections. Part One provides
a chronological dating of murals and groups murals by region. Part Two explores the composition and content of Tang tomb murals.
Part Three examines murals in the context of the history of Tang dynasty painting. Text in Chinese.
148 Lin Yeqiang ed: BAOYUN YINGXIANG: CHENGXUN TANG CANG JIN. Celestial Creations: Art of the
Chinese Goldsmith: The Cheng Xun Tang Collection. 寶蘊迎祥 : 承訓堂藏金 。 林業強 主編. Hong Kong,
2007. 704 pp. Colour plates throughout. 2 vols. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. £160.00
Large two-volume catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Museum of the Chinese University of Hong Kong providing an excellent
survey of early Chinese gold dating from the Shang through to the Yuan dynasties. All the exhibits come from the Hong Kong-held Cheng
Xun Tang collection. Divided into sections: Shang-Warring States (36 pieces); Han-Northern and Southern Dynasties (42); Sui-Tang
(25); Song (33); Liao and Jin (21); Yuan (39). All pieces illustrated in colour and described. Near dual texts in Chinese and English.
149 Liu Yonghua: ZHONGGUO GUDAI CHE YU MAJU. (Ancient Chinese Carriages and Horse Fittings).
中國古代車輿馬具 。 劉永華 著. Shanghai, 2002. vi, 201 pp. Colour illustrations, b/w illustrations and text
drawings throughout. 37x26 cm. Paper. £55.00
An examination and study of ancient Chinese carriages and the trappings and fittings of the horses and other animals that drew them.
Discusses the origins of carriages and then traces their development chronologically from the pre-Qin period through to the Tang dynasty.
Draws on excavated material and sites from pre-Qin horse burial pits to murals and figurines in Tang tombs. The illustrations
are primarily detailed colour drawings showing reconstructions of the carriages and horses and the fittings. There are also detailed
and accurate drawings of relics as discovered in situ in pits and tombs plus numerous black-and-white drawings of various individual
fittings and artefacts. An excellent contribution to the subject. Slight bumps to covers, otherwise fine. Now out-of-print. In Chinese.

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150 Liu Yunhui ed: BEIZHOU SUITANG JINGJI YUQI. (Jades Unearthed from the Capitals of the Northern Zhou,
Sui and Tang Dynasties). 北周隋唐京畿玉器 。 劉雲輝 編者. Chongqing, 2000. 135 pp. Colour plates throughout.
28x21 cm. Paper. £70.00
Shows approximately 100 beautiful jade objects dating from the Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang dynasties unearthed in and around the
capital cities of these dynasties. Jades shown include ritual objects, jewellery, hairpins, belt plaques etc. Caption list and introduction
(The Noble Prospect of Tang Jades) in English, otherwise a comprehensive Chinese text .
151 Lu Junmao & Zhang Guozhu ed: XI’AN GU CIPIAN. Fragmentary Ceramics of Ancient Xi’an. 西安古瓷片 。
盧均茂、 張國柱 編著. Xi’an, 2003. 128 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £30.00
A study of Chinese ceramic sherds excavated in the Xi’an area. The sherds date from the Tang through to the Qing dynasties and come
from various kilns. A wide variety of sherds are illustrated in colour and briefly described in English. Main text in Chinese.
152 Luo Xizhe ed: TANG HUAQING GONG. The Site of the Tang Imperial Garden Huaqing Gong. 唐華清宮 。
駱希哲 編著. Beijing, 1998. 52, 623 pp. text and 16 pp. colour and 192 pp. b/w plates. 27x20 cm. Cloth. £55.00
Extensive archaeological report of the excavations and findings at the site of the Tang imperial garden Huaqinggong, located 30 km
east of Xi’an at the northern foot of Mount Lishan in an area of hot springs. Finds included artefacts from the Neolithic period to the
Tang (embossed bricks, tile-ends etc.), enclosing walls, remains of palace buildings and other garden structures, imperial baths for
use by various members of the Tang court. Copiously-illustrated. 9 page English and 7 page Japanese abstracts, otherwise Chinese
only.
153 LUOYANG GU YU TUPU. (Ancient Jades from Luoyang). 洛陽古玉圖譜. Luoyang, 2004. 148 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 28x21 cm. Paper. £30.00
Well-illustrated work on jades excavated from sites in the Luoyang area. 145 examples are shown dating from the Xia through to the
Tang dynasty. The vast majority of the material is early. In Chinese.
154 Michaelson, Carol: GILDED DRAGONS. Buried Treasures from China’s Golden Ages. London, 1999. 160 pp.
175 colour and 15 line drawings. 26x22 cm. Paper. £15.00
Concentrating on the Tang dynasty, and illustrated with the most recent archaeological finds, this important British Museum exhibition
displayed ritual objects of gold and silver, including wonderful items from the well-known Famensi Temple discoveries. Detailed
captions and an illustrated historical introduction.
155 National Museum of History: HENAN SHENG YUN TAI GUWU TULU. (An Illustrated Catalogue of Artefacts
from Henan Province Taken to Taiwan). 河南省運臺古物圖錄. Taibei, 1999. 160 pp. Colour plates. 30x22 cm.
Paper. £45.00
A collaborative work between the Henan Museum and the National Museum of History in Taibei detailing and depicting the 38 crates
of artefacts from Henan province that were taken to Taiwan in 1949 by the Nationalists. The artefacts included Xinzheng bronzes,
jades, Tang sancai tomb statuary, objects from the Yinxu excavations, textiles etc. The work is most interesting in apparently being a
first effort to collate these artefacts. Lists of the artefacts are given and a good number of major pieces illustrated in colour. In Chinese.
156 National Museum of History: TANG SANCAI TEZHAN TULU. The Special Exhibition of Tang Tri colour.
唐三彩特展圖錄. Taibei, 1998. 172 pp. 122 pp. colour plates. 29x21 cm. Paper. £49.00
Catalogue of a fine exhibition of Tang sancai wares — tomb figurines and ceramics — from the Museum’s collection which, prior to
1949, comprised part of the Henan Museum holdings. Preface and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
157 National Museum of History ed: HENAN GUDAI CIYAO. The Ancient Kilns of Henan Province. 河南古代瓷窯.
Taibei, 2002. 287 pp. Colour plates and illustrations throughout. 30x22 cm. Paper. £45.00
A useful work on the kilns of Henan and their products, dating from the Tang, Northern Song, Jin and Yuan dynasties. The pictures
and text have been provided by the Cultural Relics and Archaeological Institute of Henan province. Numerous illustrations throughout
in colour of sherds and reconstructed pieces of tricolour, Ru, Jun, sgraffito, celadons and other wares. One page introduction in
English. All main texts in Chinese. Of much use for collectors and researchers into early Chinese ceramics.
158 Niu Lin & Ren Zhizhong ed: YUNNAN GUBEI JINGXUAN. (A Selection of Fine Rubbings from Yunnan).
雲南古碑精選 。 牛霖、 任治忠 主編. Kunming, 2007. 12, 250 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 38x27 cm.
Cloth. £60.00
A large selection of rubbings of inscriptions from archaeological and historical sites in China’s Yunnan province. The earliest inscriptions
date from the Han, Tang, Song and Yuan. The majority date from the Ming onwards. Of much use and importance for the
study of the culture of this historically fascinating province. In Chinese.
159 Osaka Municipal Museum: ZUI TO NO BIJUTSU. (Arts of the Sui and Tang Periods). Exhibitions of Chinese Art
3. Osaka, 1976. 84 pp. 54 plates with numerous illustrations. 26x18 cm. Paper. £10.00
A broad selection of objects dating from the Sui and Tang Dynasties period exhibited at the Osaka Municipal Museum. From numerous
public collections in Japan. In Japanese only.
160 Qinghai Sheng Wenwu Kaogu Yanjiusuo et al ed: DULAN TUFAN MU. Tibetan Tombs at Dulan Qinghai.
都蘭吐蕃墓. Beijing, 2005. viii, 171 pp. text plus 40 pp. colour plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 27x19 cm.
Boards. £40.00
Report on the excavation of four large and middle-scale Tibetan tombs at Dulan in Qinghai in 1999. The tombs date from the middle
of the 8th century A.D. Of most interest amongst the finds were fragments of Tang-style fabrics and silks. Also small gold objects.
Three page English abstract, otherwise Chinese text only.
161 Rastelli, Sabrina ed: CHINA AT THE COURT OF THE EMPERORS. Unknown Masterpieces from Han
Tradition to Tang Elegance (25-907). Milan, 2008. 317 pp. Colour plates throughout. 24x28 cm. Cloth. £40.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence and then at the Museo di Antichita in Turin showing nearly 200 masterpieces
of Chinese art from 32 museums in Shaanxi, Henan, Gansu and Jiangsu provinces, many never exhibited before in the West.
The exhibition examined the period from the Eastern Han dynasty through to the Tang dynasty, during which Chinese civilization underwent
radical transformation culminating in the rise of the Tang dynasty where the synthesis of foreign and indigenous elements created
a dynamic cosmopolitan civilization. Contributions by eminent scholars.

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162 RUYUAN ZEQIAOSHAN LIUCHAO SUI TANG MU. Burials of the Six Dynasties and the Sui and Tang
Dynasties at Zeqiaoshan, Ruyuan. 乳源澤橋山六朝隋唐墓. Beijing, 2006. 11, 255 pp. text plus 126 pp. colour
plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 3 foldouts. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £60.00
The Zeqiaoshan cemetery is located in Ruyuan county in China’s Guangdong province. Discovered in 1984, the site was excavated in
2000 and 85 burials dating from the Six Dynasties, Sui and Tang were found. The main finds were numerous fine ceramics, in particular,
early celadons, numerous examples of which are here illustrated. Three page English abstract. Main text in Chinese.
163 Shaanxi Archaeological Overseas Exhibit: DAILY LIFE OF ARISTOCRATS IN TANG CHINA. Wuhua Tianbao
— Tangdai Guizu de Wuzhi Shenghuo. Hong Kong, 1993. 125 pp. Colour plates and illustrations, b/w illustrations
and several text-figs. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £40.00
Catalogue of an exhibition of 70 Tang period artefacts excavated in Shaanxi Province. Illustrated are a variety of objects, many never
published before. Includes sculpture, gold and silver, ceramics, bronze mirrors, tomb figurines 20 page list of exhibits in English, some
with brief descriptions and accompanied by black-and-white illustrations. Main text in Chinese.
164 Shaanxi Archaeological Research Bureau et al. ed: TANG HUIZHUANG TAIZI LI HUI MU FAJUE BAOGAO.
The Tomb of Prince Huizhuang of Tang Dynasty. 唐惠莊太子李撝墓發掘報告. Shaanxi Sheng Kaogu Yanjiusuo
Tianye Kaogu Baogao Di 26 Hao. Beijing, 2004. vi, 137 pp. text plus 10 pp. colour and 26 pp. b/w plates. Numerous
b/w text drawings. 1 foldout. 27x20 cm. Boards. £30.00
Excavated in 1995-6, this is the detailed excavation report of the tomb of the Tang prince Huizhuang (d. 724 AD) fifth son of the Emperor
Ruizong. The tomb yielded murals and numerous artefacts, including many fine colour-glazed tomb ceramics — horses and figurines.
The tomb is also viewed of interest for the insight it gives into Tang history, rites and ceremonies. Two page English abstract.
Main text in Chinese.
165 Shaanxi Archaeological Research Bureau et al. ed: TANG JIEMIN TAIZI FAJUE MU. The Tomb of Prince
Jiemin of Tang Dynasty. 唐節愍太子墓發掘報告. Shaanxi Sheng Kaogu Yanjiusuo Tianye Kaogu Baogao Di 28
Hao. Beijing, 2004. xii, 214 pp. text plus 16 pp. colour and 36 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 2
foldouts. 27x20 cm. Boards. £35.00
Excavated in 1995, this is the detailed excavation report of the tomb of Tang crown prince Jiemin, who rebelled against the Empress
Wei in 707 A.D., fled the court and was subsequently killed by his followers. Later exonerated, Jiemin was buried as a full prince. His
tomb was decorated with fine murals and yielded numerous artefacts, including many fine colour-glazed tomb ceramics — horses and
figurines. A good number of the murals and ceramics are illustrated. Two page English abstract. Main text in Chinese.
166 Shaanxi Archaeological Research Bureau et al. ed: TANG XINCHENG CHANGGONGZHU MU. The Tomb of
Princess Xincheng of Tang Dynasty. 唐新城長公主墓發掘報告. Shaanxi Sheng Kaogu Yanjiusuo Tianye Kaogu
Baogao Di 27 Hao. Beijing, 2004. ix, 148 pp. text plus 18 pp. colour and 34 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text
drawings. 2 foldouts. 27x20 cm. Boards. £35.00
Excavated in late 1994 to June 1995, this is the detailed excavation report of the tomb of the early Tang dynasty Princess Xincheng
(daughter of Gaozong) who died in 663 A.D. The tomb yielded numerous artefacts and is notable for its fine murals and early Tang
dynasty tomb figurines, a number of which are illustrated here. Useful four page English abstract. Main text in Chinese.
167 SHAANXI FENGXIANG SUI TANG MU: 1983-1990 NIAN TIANYE KAOGU FAJUE BAOGAO. Tombs
of the Sui and Tang Dynasties at Fengxiang of Shaanxi Province: The Excavation Report 1983-1990.
陝西鳳翔隋唐墓:1983-1990年田野考古發掘報告. Field Archaeological Report No 57. Shaanxi Provincial
Institute of Archaeology. Beijing, 2008. 4, 23, 335, 24, 112 pp. xxiv colour and cxii b/w plates. Numerous b/w
drawings. 1 foldout. 29x27 cm. Boards. £70.00
Excavation report on Sui and Tang dynasty tombs located around the historically important and wealthy town of Fengxiang in China’s
Shaanxi province. The tombs yielded quantities of fine tomb figurines and extensive amounts of pottery including sancai, many of
which are illustrated here. Five page English abstract. Detailed text in Chinese.
168 Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology et al: FAMEN SI KAOGU FAJUE BAOGAO. Report of
Archaeological Excavation at Famen Temple. 法門寺考古發掘報告. Beijing, 2007. 20, 393, 9 pp. text plus 256
pp. colour plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. number of foldouts. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £95.00
Long-awaited detailed and report on the excavation of the highly-important and famous Tang dynasty underground crypt at Famen
temple and the treasures therein. The second volume entirely comprises colour plates showing the gold and silver plus other artefacts.
Two page English abstract. Main text in Chinese.
169 Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology: TANG CHANGAN LIQUANFANG SANCAI YAOZHI. The Kiln
Site of Tricolor-Glazed Pottery at Liquanfang in Chang’an Capital City of Tang Dynasty. 唐長安醴泉坊三彩窯址.
Shaanxi Sheng Kaogu Yanjiusuo Tianye Kaogu Baogao No 34. Beijing, 2008. 3, 14, 155 pp. text plus 127 pp colour
plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 29x22 cm. Boards. £70.00
Excavation report on four Sui and Tang dynasty kiln sites located at Liquanfang near Xi’an in China. The kilns produced sancai wares
and tomb figurines and a large selection of these finds are illustrated here. A good reference for the study of these ceramics. Two page
English abstract. Main text in Chinese.
170 Shaanxi Provincial Museum: TANG LI XIAN MU LI ZHONGRUN MU BIHUA. Murals in the Tomb of Li
Hsien and Li Chung-Jun of the Tang Dynasty. Beijing, 1974. 10 pp. Chinese text, 22 pp. abstract in English and
French. 90 colour plates. 53x40 cm. Silk. £150.00
Excellent and large colour reproductions of the murals from the tombs of Li Xian and Li Zhongrun. The murals form an interesting introduction
to the social, political and cultural history of the Tang period. With an 11 page abstract in English including list of plates.
171 Shaanxi Provincial Museum ed: SHAANXI SHENG BOWUGUAN. (The Shaanxi Provincial Museum).
Zhongguo Bowuguan. Beijing, 1983. 232 pp. 204 pieces illustrated on 139 colour plates & 69 b/w plates, 204 text
figures. 37x27 cm. Cloth, box. £50.00
High-quality and prolifically-illustrated account of the treasures of the Shaanxi Provincial Museum including bronzes, tomb figures
of Han and Tang, Buddhist sculpture, tomb furnishings, and Tang gold and silver. In Chinese. Offered at a much reduced price to shift
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172 Shaanxi Provincial Museum ed: SUI TANG WENHUA. (The Culture of Sui and Tang). Shanghai, 1997. 318 pp.
Numerous plates and illustrations, all in colour. 31x23 cm. Boards. £85.00
Profusely-illustrated account of the treasures of the Sui and Tang periods, including many of the amazing finds from recent archaeological
excavations — pottery figurines, gold and silver, sculpture, architecture, painting and calligraphy, etc. Introduction and list of
contents in English, main text in Chinese. Reprint of the original 1990 edition.
173 SHANGHAI CHUTU TANG SONG YUAN MING QING YUQI. Jade Wares of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming,
Qing Unearthed from Shanghai. 上海出土唐宋元明清玉器. Shanghai, 2001. 244 pp. Colour plates throughout.
31x24 cm. Boards. £80.00
153 pieces of jade dating from the Tang through to the Qing and excavated from 11 sites in the Shanghai area. Includes Song, Jin and
Yuan pieces from the Fahua Pagoda in Jiading, numerous Tang-Ming items from the Xilin Pagoda in Songjiang and artefacts from
tombs in the area. Many small objects are illustrated, from figurines to animals, plaques, bi discs etc. Caption list in English. Main
text in Chinese.
174 Shanghai Museum & Shaanxi Museum ed: ZHOU QIN HAN TANG WENMING. The Civilization of Zhou,
Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties. 周秦漢唐文明. Shanghai, 2004. 15, 305 pp. Colour plates throughout. 31x24 cm.
Boards. £50.00
Catalogue of an outstanding exhibition at the Shanghai Museum held at the end of 2004. The exhibition showed treasures dating from
the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties from the collection of the Shaanxi Provincial Museum and numerous other museums in Shaanxi
province. The exhibition was in three sections: 1. Decorative Arts — including extraordinary Western Zhou bronzes and major new
finds from the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi. Further treasures in this section included objects from the Hejiacun gold hoard and
four of the stone-carved steed of the Tang Emperor, Taizong. 2. Frescoes — 83 fine frescoes from tombs dating from the Qin to the Han.
3. Famen Temple — 97 superb relics from the crypt at Famen Temple. List of exhibits, introductions to each major grouping of finds
and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
175 Shanxi Archaeological Institute ed: TANGDAI XUE JING MU FAJUE BAOGAO. (The Excavation Report of
the Tang Dynasty Tomb of Xue Jing). 唐代薛儆墓發掘報告. Beijing, 2000. ix, 115 pp. text plus 100 pp. b/w plates.
B/w text illustrations, 1 foldout. 27x20 cm. Boards. £40.00
Excavation report of the thrice-looted Tang tomb of Xue Jing, who died in 720 AD and was married into, and closely related to, the
Tang royal family. Located in southern Shanxi province, the tomb is of a large scale and the chief interest is the murals and stone carvings,
rubbings of many of which are reproduced here. One page English abstract, otherwise Chinese only.
176 SUI RENSHOU GONG — TANG JIUCHENG GONG: KAOGU FAJUE BAOGAO. (Excavation Reports on
The Sui Dynasty Renshou Gong and the Tang Dynasty Jiucheng Gong). 隋仁壽宮。唐九成宮:考古發掘報告.
Beijing, 2008. 4, x, 206 pp. 8 colour & 100 b/w plates. A few b/w drawings. 9 foldouts. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £40.00
The Renshou Gong (Palace of Compassion and Longevity) of the Sui dynasty and the Palace of Nine Accomplishments from the early
Tang dynasty were two important imperial summer resorts situated in the hills 160 km from the ancient capital of Chang’an, nowadays
Xi’an. This is a comprehensive archaeological report on excavations of these little-known imperial complexes. Mainly focusses
on the architectural remains and associated finds. In Chinese.
177 Taiyuan Shi Wenwu Kaogu Yanjiusuo ed: JINYANG GU CHENG. (The Ancient City of Jinyang). 晉陽古城.
Beijing, 2005. 63 pp. Colour plates throughout. 28x21 cm. Paper. £18.00
Jinyang is the former name for Taiyuan, the capital of China’s Shanxi province. This work shows a range of artefacts excavated from
the city’s environs. The objects include ceramics, tomb figurines, bronzes, sculpture and murals which date from the Spring and Autumn
Period through to the Tang. In Chinese.
178 TANG DAMING GONG YIZHI KAOGU FAXIAN YU YANJIU. Archaeological Excavations and Researches
on the Site of the Tang Daming Palace. 唐大明宮遺址考古發現輿研究. Beijing, 2007. 2, 2, 463 pp. text plus 24
pp. colour and 124 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text drawings and plans, a few foldouts. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£60.00
Detailed survey of excavations and finds over the last 50 years at the site of the Tang dynasty imperial palace, Daming Gong, located
just outside Xi’an in China. A valuable contribution. In Chinese.
179 TANG LI XIAN MU FAJUE BAOGAO. The Tomb of Li Xian of the Tang Dynasty. 唐李憲墓發掘報告. Shaanxi
Sheng Kaogu Yanjiusuo Tianye Kaogu Baogao Di 29 Hao. Beijing, 2005. xv, 288 pp. text plus 16 pp. colour and
40 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text drawings, 4 foldouts. 27x19 cm. Boards. £35.00
Detailed excavation of the tomb of the Tang prince Li Xian, important for its tomb murals and tomb figurines, a good number of which
are illustrated. Two page English abstract, otherwise Chinese text.
180 Tokyo National Museum: TREASURES OF ANCIENT CHINA. Tokyo, 2000. 326 pp. Numerous colour plates
and b/w illustrations 30x23 cm. Paper. £50.00
160 superb exhibits showing the cream of Chinese archaeological discoveries, both very recent and over the last few decades, ranging
in date from the Neolithic to the Tang and Five Dynasties. Loaned from museums throughout China. Apart from the well-known
objects — Terracotta Army Warriors, Longxing temple statuary etc., there are some little-known pieces — an incised gold sheath from
Sanxingdui, a jade hairpin inlaid with turquoise, stunning northern Qi marble statuary, bronzes. The text also shows many of the objects
in situ upon their discovery. An outstanding exhibition. Caption lists and brief introductions in English. Main text in Japanese.
181 Wang Zili & Sun Fuxi ed: TANG JINXIANG XIANZHU MU. (The Tomb of the Tang Princess Jinxiang).
唐金鄉縣主墓 。 王自力、 孫福熹 等 編著. Beijing, 2002. xiv, 127 pp. plus 130 colour and 4 b/w plates.
Numerous text drawings. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £55.00
Report on the excavation in 1991 of the tomb of the Tang princess Jinxiang, a granddaughter of Li Yuan, the first Tang emperor. Buried
with her husband in 724 AD, the tomb is an interesting early Tang example. The artefacts of most note are the numerous tomb figurines
of much variety, and jewellery. Two page English abstract, otherwise Chinese text.
182 Watt, James C. Y. et al: CHINA: DAWN OF A GOLDEN AGE (200-750 AD). New Haven, 2004. xxiv, 392 pp.
c. 300 colour illustrations. B/w illustrations. 31x23 cm. Cloth. £45.00
Catalogue of an important exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the first comprehensive survey of Chinese art during
this complex period. Lavishly illustrated and produced, the volume presents more than three hundred recent archaeological finds.

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Includes gold artefacts made by the nomadic peoples from Mongolia, luxury articles of glass and precious metals from Western and
Central Asia, early Chinese Buddhist sculptures and spectacular works in every medium from the Tang period. Essays by distinguished
scholars provide a historical background, discuss the various media and trace the changes in art styles over a period that saw a radical
modification of Chinese civilisation.
183 As above. Paper. £37.00
184 Wenwu Press ed: A SELECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA. Beijing, 1976. 54 pp. text. 128 plates, 28 in colour. 25x22 cm. Paper. £20.00
Catalogue of 100 pieces discovered in the People’s Republic of China, including Tang figurines, silk, pottery, jade, lacquer, murals,
porcelain and bronzes. Text in Chinese and English.
185 Whitfield, Susan ed: LA ROUTE DE LA SOIE: UN VOYAGE A TRAVERS LA VIE ET LA MORT. (The Silk
Road: A Journey Crossing Life and Death). Brussels, 2009. 207 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout. 28x24 cm.
Wrappers. £45.00
Catalogue of a major exhibition at the Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire exploring the culture and art of the Silk Road through the
archaeological record and comprising important loans from Chinese museums including the National Museum of China, the Gansu
Provincial Museum, the Shaanxi History Museum and numerous other museums located in the Silk Road area, some of whose collections
are little-known and exhibited. The exhibition is wide-ranging in its scope and includes sections examining the Tangut empire,
the various religions practised along the Silk Road, Steppe cultures, Buddhist temples in the Taklamakan Desert, bronze and gold
found at various sites and much more. Illustrated throughout. Text in French.
186 Wu Limin and Han Jinke: FAMENSI DIGONG TANG MI MANCHALUO ZHI YANJIU. Studies of Tang
Dynasty Mandala in the Famen Monastery Crypt. Hong Kong, 1990 510 pp. Over 200 colour illustrations. 27X20
cm. Cloth. £75.00
A thorough documentation of the highly-important find of Tang dynasty gold and silver Buddhist relics at Famen temple. Details the
find, its excavation, a detailed examination and discussion of the objects, their inscriptions etc. An important contribution. In Chinese.
187 WUDAI HUANGPU YAOZHI. (The Remains of the Five Dynasties Huangpu Kiln). Beijing, 1997. 17, 318 pp.
and 104 pp. plates of which 8 in colour. 27x19 cm. Cloth. £45.00
Excavated between 1984 and 1992, the Huangpu Kiln site south of Xi’an yielded large amounts of Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Jin and
Yuan material, including tricolour, celadons and numerous other glazed wares. 8 page English abstract, otherwise Chinese only. Produced
by the Institute of Archaeology, Shaanxi.
188 WUZHONG BEIJIAO BEIWEI TANG MU. Northern Wei and Tang Tombs at the Northern Outskirts of
Wuzhong City. 吳忠北郊北魏唐墓. Beijing, 2009. 13, 294 pp. text plus 40 pp. colour and 56 pp. b/w plates.
Numerous b/w text drawings. 29x22 cm. Boards. £75.00
Report on the excavation of a Northern Wei and Tang dynasty cemetery on the outskirts of the city of Wuzhong in the Ningxia region
of north-west China. Main finds were small metal objects and, in the Tang tombs, extensive amounts of fine tomb figurines and pottery.
Two page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese.
189 WUZHONG XIJIAO TANG MU. Tang Tombs at the West Outskirt of Wuzhong City. 吳忠西郊唐墓. Beijing,
2006. 16, 365 pp. text plus 24 pp. colour and 100 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 29x22 cm.
Boards. £45.00
Excavation report dealing with 120 Tang dynasty tombs located on the outskirts of Wuzhong city in China’s Ningxia province. The tombs
were not of particularly high status but are of interest for shedding life on the inhabitants and economy of the area during Tang times.
A number of pieces of porcelain were found, numerous earthenwares, bronze and iron belt decoration and much coinage. Three page
abstract in English. Main text in Chinese.
190 XIGUCHENG: 2000-2005 NIANDU BOHAIGUO ZHONGJING XIANDEFU GUZHI TIANYE KAOGU
BAOGAO. (Xigucheng: Report on Excavations 2000-2005 of the Site of the ‘Central Capital’ of the Bohai
Kingdom at Xiandefu). 西古城;2000-2005年度渤海國中京顯德俯故址田野考古報告. Beijing, 2007. 4, 10,
381 pp. text plus 68 pp. colour & b/w plates. B/w text illustrations and drawings throughout. 11 foldouts. 29x22
cm. Boards. £70.00
Extremely detailed report on the excavations of the site of the ancient city of Xigucheng, an important site of the Bohai Kingdom which
existed in north-east China from the Tang to the Jin dynasties. Despite a number of excavations in the course of the 20th century, the
chronology of the site remains somewhat unclear. The city is believed to have functioned for a short period as the ‘Central Capital’ of
the Bohai Kingdom before the capital was moved further north. Four page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese.
191 Xihan Nanyue Wang Bowuguan ed: XIHAN NANYUE WANG BOWUGUAN ZHENPIN TULU. (A Catalogue
of Treasures from the Museum of the King of the Western Han Nanyue Kingdom). 西漢南越王博物館珍品圖彔.
Beijing, 2007. 158 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. £40.00
Shows the treasures of this museum built to house the well-preserved and very rich hoard of grave goods, especially jades and bronzes,
which were excavated in 1983 from the tomb of a king of the Western Han Nanyue Kingdom at Xianggang Shan in Guangzhou. Many
of the artefacts show the influence of the southern cultures of Chu and Yue. In addition to the archaeological finds, a number of ceramic
pillows in the museum’s collection dating from the Tang to the Liao are also shown. Colour plates throughout. Text in Chinese.
192 XIN ZHONGGUO CHUTU MUZHI: HENAN: (3) : QIANTANGZHI ZHAI (1). (Tomb Inscriptions Unearthed
Since the Foundation of the PRC: Henan: 3: The Qiantangzhi Zhai Collection: Part One). 新中國出土墓誌 :
河南 三 : 千唐誌齋(壹). Xin Zhongguo Chutu Muzhi. Beijing, 2008. 8,19, 14, 350; Chinese text. 2, 15, 270,
30 pp. Chinese text. Numerous b/w illustrations. 2 vols. 38x28 cm. Cloth. £180.00
Tomb inscriptions are both important historical documents and sometimes of great aesthetic value in their preservation of fine calligraphy.
These two volumes continue the extensive coverage of such inscriptions and epitaphs found at archaeological and historical
sites in China’s Henan province and here begins coverage of the renowned Qiantangzhi Zhai collection. There is extensive material
from the Sui, Tang and Song dynasties. A total of 349 inscriptions are illustrated and described in Volume One with transcriptions in
Volume Two. Text in Chinese.

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193 Yang Hong: ZHONGGUO GU BING YU MEISHU KAOGU LUNJI. (A Collection of Essays on the Ancient
Chinese Military in Archaeology and Art). 中國古兵輿美術考古論集 。 楊泓 著. Beijing, 2007. 1, 1, 352 pp.
Numerous b/w text illustrations and drawings. 26x18 cm. Wrappers. £25.00
In two main sections: Archaeology of Arms and Archaeology and Art History. Focuses on the depiction of the military in ancient Chinese
art — tomb figurines and tomb murals. Surveys finds and tomb art from the Qin through to the Tang dynasty. List of contents in
English. Main text in Chinese.
194 Yang Yubin and Yuan Guangkuo: 20 SHIJI HENAN KAOGU FAXIAN YU YANJIU. The Archaeological
Discoveries and Studies of Henan in the 20th Century. 20 世紀河南考古發現與研究 。 楊育彬、 袁廣闊 主編.
Zhengzhou, 1997. 8, 9, 4, 757 pp. text plus 32 pp. colour and 40 pp. b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. 27x19 cm.
Cloth. £45.00
A detailed review of the major archaeological finds in Henan province during the 20th century, ranging from the Anyang finds to
Shang dynasty sites and bronzes through to Tang dynasty sancai wares and the remains of iron-smelting sites. One page English abstract,
otherwise text in Chinese only.
195 YANSHI XINGYUAN TANG MU. The Tang Tombs in Yanshi Xingyuan. 偃師杏園唐墓. Beijing, 2001. xxv,
390 pp. text plus 16 pp. colour and 44 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 27x19 cm. Boards. £45.00
Excavation report on 69 Tang tombs excavated in Henan province between 1984 and 1993 belonging to middle and lower ranking officials.
67 of the tombs were intact. The burial articles included figurines, gold and silver items, mirrors, ceramics etc. An interesting
and detailed documentation with two-page English abstract. Main text in Chinese. Produced by CASS, Institute of Archaeology.
196 Ye Wansong ed: LUOYANG KAOGU SISHINIAN. Forty Years of Archaeology in Luoyang. 洛陽考古四十年
。 葉萬松 主編. Beijing, 1996. xi, 397 pp. 2 pp. colour plates, b/w text drawings. 26x19 cm. Paper. £25.00
Collected papers from the Academic Symposium of Archaeology held in Luoyang in 1992. A broad range of subject matter relating to
Luoyang archaeology from Neolithic times through to the Tang dynasty. List of contents in English, otherwise Chinese text only.
197 Yu Lianggen & Zhou Li ed: LUOYANG TAOYONG. (Tomb Figurines from Luoyang). 洛陽陶俑 。 俞涼亙、
周立 等 主編. Beijing, 2005. 13 pp. text plus 347 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £65.00
Arranged chronologically in sections from the Han dynasty through to the Tang showing approximately 350 tomb figurines excavated
from tombs in the Luoyang area. Good sections on the two Han dynasties, a section on the intervening periods and then the majority
of the book then covers Tang material. Illustrated throughout in colour. A good visual reference. Text in Chinese.
198 YUANZHOU GUMU JICHENG. Collection of the Ancient Tombs in Yuanzhou. 原州古墓集成. Beijing, 1999.
202 pp. 130 pp. colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 31x22 cm. Cloth. £60.00
Yuanzhou is modern-day Guyuan, located in the northern part of Ningxia, and was an important regional centre and strategic post for
Silk Road traffic. The objects from various excavations in the area are shown in good colour plates, and date from the Northern Dynasties
to the Tang Dynasty. Finds include a lacquered coffin from the Northern Wei, a fabulous gold and silver wine flask decorated
with Caucasian figures, early glass, ceramics etc. Two-page English abstract, otherwise Chinese only.
199 YUSHU LAOHESHEN. Excavation at Laoheshen in Yushu County. Beijing, 1987. 179 pp. text. 3 colour and 48
b/w plates. 26x18 cm. Paper. £25.00
Report of an excavation, where the site can be divided into three layers: the upper dating to Sui and Tang, the middle the Eastern Han,
and the lower belonging to Warring States period. Bronzes, pottery and jewellery dominate the finds. Produced by the Jilin Institute
of Archaeology. Four page resume in English. Main text in Chinese.
200 Zeng Zhaoyu et al ed: NANTANG ER LING FAJUE BAOGAO. Report on the Excavation of two Southern
T’ang Mausoleums. Peking, 1957. xxiii, 103 pp. 144 plates, 11 in colour; 2 folding maps. 27 pp. English summary.
37x27 cm. Cloth. £175.00
Detailed study of the Southern Tang mausoleums of Li Bian and his son Li Ying. 500 copies printed. RBS 3-456. In Chinese only. Rare.
201 Zhang Hongxiu ed: TANGDAI MUZHI WENSHI XUANBIAN. Highlights of Decorative Designs on the
Memorial Tablets of the Tang Dynasty. 唐代墓誌文飾選編 。 張鴻修 主編. Xi’an, 1992. c. 150 pp. c. 120 pp. b/w
illustrations. 25x24 cm. Paper. £25.00
53 Tang dynasty memorial tablets from the collection of the Shaanxi History Museum are here shown with good descriptive text in both
English and Chinese.
202 Zhang Songlin & Liao Yongmin: HENAN TANGDAI BAIYOU CAICI. Tang Dynasty White Porcelains with
Colorful Decor Made in Henan. 河南唐代白釉彩瓷 。 張松林 廖永民 編著. China Zhengzhou Archaeology 10.
Beijing, 2008. 5, vii, 333 pp. Colour plates throughout. 26x19 cm. Cloth. £75.00
Detailed survey of white porcelains decorated with splashes of colour and small designs made in Henan province in China. The majority
of the ceramics shown are Tang but there are also sections showing Five Dynasties, Song and Jin material. Illustrated throughout
in colour showing hundreds of examples. Detailed four page preface in English. Main text in Chinese.
203 Zhao Liguang ed: XI’AN BEILIN BOWUGUAN XIN CANG MUZHI HUIBIAN. (Recent Accessions of Tomb
Inscriptions and Epitaphs to the Collection of the Xi’an Forest of Steles Museum). 西安碑林博物館新藏墓誌彙編
。趙力光 主編. Beijing, 2007. 12, 5, 999 pp. B/w illustrations of rubbings throughout. 3 vols. 38x27 cm. Cloth.
£280.00
A listing with illustration and complete reproduction of text of 123 engraved stone tomb epitaphs and inscriptions excavated mostly
in the Xi’an area and dating from the Northern Wei to the Tang. The majority are Tang. Of high importance for the study of these periods.
All the inscriptions have entered the unparalleled collection of the Xi’an Forest of Steles Museum over the past decade. In Chinese.
204 Zhao Qinggang & Zhang Zhizhong ed: QIANNIAN XINGYAO. (A Thousand Years of the Xing Kiln). 千年邢窯
。趙慶鋼 張志忠 主編. Beijing, 2007. 305 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards. £50.00
A very good survey of the wares of the Xing kiln, active during the Sui and Tang dynasties. Primarily fine white-glazed wares but some
sancai also. Illustrated throughout in colour. Brief captions in English. Main text in Chinese.

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205 Zhaoling Museum ed: ZHAOLING TANG MU BIHUA. The Tang Mural Paintings at Zhaoling Mausoleum.
昭陵唐墓壁畫. Beijing, 2006. 232 pp. Colour plates throughout. 26x19 cm. Wrappers. £35.00
Zhaoling, in China’s Shaanxi province, is the mausoleum of the Tang Taizong emperor with numerous other royal tombs located nearby.
This work examines the fine murals in many of these tombs. Illustrated throughout, primarily with colour plates. Brief introduction,
list of plates and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
206 ZHEJIANG KAOGU JINGHUA. (Treasures of Zhejiang Archaeology). 浙江考古精華. Beijing, 1999. 258 pp.
Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £50.00
A selection of the best finds from excavations in Zhejiang province. Highlights include much Neolithic pottery and jades from various
early cultures, a large amount of Warring States material including a wonderful gold bowl with jade handles, Three Kingdoms and
Tang pottery etc. Good colour plates. In Chinese only.
207 Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics ed: SILONGKOU YUEYAO ZHI. The Yuezhou Kiln Site at
Silongkou. 寺龍口越窯址. Beijing, 2002. 24, 419 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. B/w illustrations and line
drawings. 27x19 cm. Cloth. £85.00
Detailed excavation report of the Yuezhou kiln site at Silongkou near Cixi city in Zhejiang province. The Silongkou kiln began production
no later than the late Tang dynasty and flourished through the Five Dynasties and the Song. This report is illustrated throughout
with numerous pieces of Yuezhou ware — nearly intact, fragments and shards, together with drawings of how the complete ware
would have looked. An important contribution to the knowledge of this ware and porcelain production at the time. Five page English
abstract. Main text in Chinese.
208 Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology ed: GONGYI ZHITIAN JIN TANG
MUZANG. Tombs of the Jin and Tang Dynasties at Zhitian, Gongyi. 鞏義芝田晉唐墓葬. Beijing, 2003. xviii,
308 pp. text plus 24 pp. colour and 60 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. £50.00
Excavation report on the finds at a number of Jin and Tang tombs at Zhitian in Gongyi county, Henan province. The tombs yielded over
200 artefacts and the cream of the finds are detailed here — primarily tomb ceramics, figurines, guardians, ceramic animals etc. Fine
sancai wares and monochrome glazed wares. Two page English abstract, otherwise Chinese text.
209 Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology: ZHONGGUO GUDAI ZHENMU
SHENWU. Tomb-Protecting Supernatural Objects in Ancient China. 中國古代鎮墓神物. Beijing, 2004. 13, 238
pp. Colour plates throughout. B/w text illustrations and drawings. 29x22 cm. Boards. £60.00
Very well-illustrated work on the mythical beasts and tomb guardians placed in, or in the vicinity of, Chinese tombs. Includes some
Spirit Road statuary but the objects are primarily from tombs. Includes some early material in lacquer, bronze and wood but the majority
of material is in ceramic and dates from the Tang. 229 objects are illustrated in colour. From sites throughout China. Three page
preface in English. Main text in Chinese.
210 Zhou Li & Gao Hu: ZHONGGUO LUOYANG CHUTU TANG SANCAI QUANJI. Collected Work on Tang
Tricolor Unearthed in Luoyang, China. 中國洛陽出土唐三彩全集。周立 高虎 編. Zhenzhou, 2007. 618 pp.
Colour plates throughout with English Preface and introduction. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £125.00
Shows hundreds of Tang dynasty tomb figurines and some pottery excavated in and around the city of Luoyang in China. All examples
are illustrated in colour, many with multiple views or close-up detail. However, somewhat frustratingly, the site of excavation is not
given. Nevertheless, an excellent visual reference for Tang tomb figurines. Near dual text in Chinese and English, including captions.
211 Zhou Shirong & Wu Yuejian: TANGFENG MIAOCAI: CHANGSHAYAO JINGPIN JUAN CHANGSHAYAO
YANJIU JUAN. Marvellous Colors and Tang Style: Exquisite Wares of Changsha Kiln & Research of Changsha
Kiln. 唐風妙彩:長沙窯精品卷。長沙窯研究卷 。 周世榮 主編 吳躍堅 著. Changsha, 2008. 8, 146; 12, 304
pp. Colour plates throughout volume two. Colour text illustrations. 2 vols. 33x23 cm. Boards. £160.00
Large two-volume compilation on Changsha wares. The first volume discusses the wares. The second volume entirely comprises full
page colour plates and shows hundreds of exceedingly fine examples demonstrating the full variety and designs of this Tang dynasty
ceramic. In Chinese.
212 Zhou Tianliu ed: TANG MU BIHUA YANJIU WENJI. (Essays on Research into Tang Tomb Murals).
唐墓壁畫研究文集. Xi’an, 2001. 16, 465 pp. 16 pp. colour plates. B/w text ills. 26x18 cm. Paper. £35.00
29 essays containing research into various aspects of Tang dynasty tomb murals. In groupings of the history and culture, art, preservation
and repair. In Chinese.
213 Zhou Tianyou: MURAL PAINTINGS IN THE MAUSOLEUMS OF PRINCESS XINCHENG, FANGLING
AND YONGTAI. Xincheng, Fangling, Yongtai Gongzhu Mu Bihua. A Treasury of Mural Paintings in Mausoleums
of the Tang Dynasty. Beijing, 2002. 84 pp. 55 colour plates. 29x22 cm. Paper. £18.00
An accessible introduction and survey of the fine murals in the tomb of three Tang dynasty princesses. Numerous colour illustrations
and a dual English and Chinese text.
214 Zhou Tianyou ed: MURAL PAINTINGS IN THE MAUSOLEUM OF PRINCE YIDE. Yide Taizi Bihua Mu.
懿德太子墓壁畫 。 周天游 主編. A Treasury of Mural Paintings in Mausoleums of the Tang Dynasty. Beijing,
2002. 72 pp. 45 colour plates. 29x22 cm. Paper. £18.00
An accessible introduction and survey of the fine murals in the tomb of the Tang dynasty prince Yide, also known as Li Chongrun, who
was executed in 705 A.D. at the age of 19 by Empress Wu Zetian. Numerous colour illustrations and a dual English and Chinese text.
215 Zhou Tianyou ed: MURAL PAINTINGS IN THE MAUSOLEUM OF PRINCE ZHANGHUAI. Zhanghuai
Taizi Bihua Mu. 章懷太子墓壁畫 。 周天游 主編. A Treasury of Mural Paintings in Mausoleums of the Tang
Dynasty. Beijing, 2002. 97 pp. 64 colour plates. 29x22 cm. Paper. £18.00
An accessible introduction and survey of the fine murals in the tomb of the Tang dynasty prince Zhanghuai, also known as Li Xian.
The murals are amongst the best yet discovered. Numerous colour illustrations and a dual English and Chinese text.
216 Zhu Yuping: ZHONGGUO SANCAI. (Chinese Sancai Wares). 中國三彩 。 朱裕平 著. Zhonghua Taoci Daolan.
Ji’nan, 2005. 235 pp. Colour plates throughout. 21x15 cm. Paper. £25.00
A good visual reference to Tang sancai (tricolour) wares. Shows numerous examples of tomb figurines, horses, dishes, ewers and flasks
held in museums in China and elsewhere. Also includes a few sancai examples from later dynasties. Illustrated throughout in colour.

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217 Zhu Yuqi,: XIYU WEN SHI: DI YI JI. Literature & History of the Western Regions, Vol. I. 西域文史
第一輯。朱玉麒 主編. Beijing, 2006. 6, 324 pp. 4 colour illustrations. Numerous b/w text illustrations and
drawings. 26x19 cm. Paper. £30.00
Despite the title, there is much on archaeological discoveries and research on Silk Road sites and history — and little on literature. A
total of 20 essays ranging from Wang: ‘The Beginning and End of the Towns and Fortresses of Gaochang’ to Qi: ‘Glassware and the
Surveys on Their Spreading from the West and to the East in the Tang dynasty Time’. List of contents and brief abstracts to each essay
in English. Main text in Chinese.
FROM OUR STOCK
218 2005 NIAN CHONGQING DAZU SHIKE GUOJI XUESHU YANTAOHUI LUNWENJI. (Proceedings of
the 2005 Chongqing International Symposium on the Dazu Caves). 2005年重慶大足石刻國際學術研討會論文集.
Beijing, 2007. 4, 650 pp. B/w text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £70.00
Forty detailed papers on aspects of research into the Buddhist cave complex at Dazu in China’s Sichuan province. In Chinese.
219 2009 ANTIQUES: CHINESE ARTS AUCTION RECORDS 2008.1.1-2008.12.31. 2009 Gudong Paimai
Nianjian. 骨董拍賣年鑒 2009. Taibei, 2009. c.500 pp. Colour plates throughout. 23x17 cm. Wrappers. £95.00
Detailed coverage of auction prices for Chinese ceramics, jade, bronzes, sculpture and numerous other fine works of art in various
media sold at various houses in the US, Europe and the Far East in 2008. Colour illustrations throughout. Thousands of fine examples
are shown with prices realised. Brief captions to plates in both Chinese and English. A prime reference.
220 2009 GUDONG PAIMAI NIANJIAN: CIQI. (2009 Chinese Art Auction Records: Ceramics). 2009
古董拍賣年鑒 : 瓷器. Changsha, 2009. 2, 243 pp. Colour plates throughout. 26x18 cm. Wrappers. £35.00
Detailed coverage of auction prices for Chinese ceramics auctioned at various houses in 2008. Hundreds of objects shown. Colour illustrations
throughout. Prices realized in RMB. Text in Chinese.
221 2009 GUDONG PAIMAI NIANJIAN: YUQI. (2009 Chinese Art Auction Records: Jade). 2009 古董拍賣年鑒
: 玉器. Changsha, 2009. 2, 164 pp. 140 pp. colour plates. 26x18 cm. Wrappers. £30.00
Coverage of auction prices for hundreds of Chinese jades auctioned at various houses in 2008. Hundreds of objects shown. Colour illustrations
throughout. Prices realized in RMB. Text in Chinese.
222 2009 GUDONG PAIMAI NIANJIAN: ZAXIANG. (2009 Chinese Art Auction Records: Works of Art). 2009
古董拍賣年鑒 : 雜項卷. Changsha, 2009. 2, 272 pp. 172 pp. colour plates. 26x19 cm. Paper. £35.00
Comprehensive coverage of auction prices for Chinese works of art auctioned at various houses in 2008. Colour illustrations throughout.
Hundreds of objects are shown in various media from lacquer and furniture to yixing and cloisonné. Prices realized shown in RMB.
Text in Chinese.
223 Abramson, Marc: ETHNIC IDENTITY IN TANG CHINA. Philadelphia, 2007. 1, xxv, 258 pp. Cloth. £60.00
Comprehensively explores the issue of ethnicity during the Tang dynasty in China. The Tang rulers had roots in Inner Asia and had
complex relationships with a population that included Turks, Tibetans, Japanese, Koreans, Southeast Asians, Persians and Arabs.
224 Ackerman, Phyllis: RITUAL BRONZES OF ANCIENT CHINA. New York, 1945. vi, 114 pp. 66 plates. 28x22
cm. Cloth. £20.00
One of the first studies which attempted to research the origins and meaning of these bronzes.
225 Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum: CHINESE ARCHAIC JADES FROM THE NAKASHIMA
COLLECTION. Chugoku Kogyokuki no Seika: Nakashima Korekushon. Aichi, 2000. 123 pp. 67 pp. colour and
17 pp. b/w plates. 30x21 cm. Paper. £45.00
An exhibition showing 136 archaic and archaic-style jades from the Nakashima collection. Pieces date from the Neolithic era to the
late Qing dynasty. Many fine pieces. Captions in English, otherwise Japanese text only.
226 Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum ed: AICHI CERAMIC MUSEUM. Aichi, 1978. 178 pp. 168 colour plates.
25x25 cm. Boards. £25.00
A good overview of the collection of the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum. 166 fine examples of Japanese ceramics from various kilns
and various periods are illustrated in colour. Text in Japanese.
227 Alber, Zofia-Maria: JAPANISCHE HOLZSCHNITTE AUS DEM NATIONALMUSEUM IN KRAKAU. Die
Kunst des Alten Japan. Frankfurt, 1990. 167 pp. 126 prints illustrated in colour. 29x22 cm. Paper. £25.00
Exhibition in the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt of Japanese woodblock print from the collection of the National Museum in Krakow,
Poland. In German.
228 ALONG THE YELLOW RIVER. 大河上下. Peking, 1975. 138 pp. Colour photographs throughout. Map. 26x23
cm. Paper. £20.00
Period-piece photographic essay with propagandistic tendencies. In English.
229 Alonso, Mary Ellen ed: CHINA’S INNER ASIAN FRONTIER. Photographs of the Wulsin Expedition to
Northwest China in 1923. Cambridge, 1979. 108 pp. 100 illustrations. 23x23 cm. Paper. £30.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Peabody Museum showing interesting photographs taken by Frederick Roelker Wulsin during his travels
in China and Tibet.
230 Alphen, Jan Van and Aris, Anthony: ORIENTAL MEDICINE. An Illustrated Guide to the Asian Arts of Healing.
London, 1995. 272 pp. 190 colour plates, 40 b/w illustrations. 30x23 cm. Cloth. £35.00
15 contributions on Indian, Tibetan and Chinese medicine, with a brief history of each system and a clear exposition of theory and methods
of diagnosis and treatment, and chapters on how ancient techniques have been adapted and combined with Western medicine.
231 ANCIENT TOWN OF HOI AN. Hanoi, 2006. 350 pp. A few b/w illustrations. 23x15 cm. Paper. £30.00
Proceeding of an International Symposium with papers covering the archaeology, history, and architecture. With a great deal of information
on Hoi An’s maritime traditions and maritime trade and cultural exchange. In English.

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232 Anderson, William: JAPANESE WOOD ENGRAVINGS. Their History, Technique and Characteristics. The
Portfolio Artistic Monograph, No. 17. London, 1895. 80 pp. 37 b/w illustrations. 6 colour plates. 27x18 cm. Paper,
back cover missing. £40.00
A description of the technical processes and history behind the creation of a traditional woodcut print. Includes index, reproductions
of signatures, and summary of periods and artists. Abrams A2.
233 Anhui Museum: WENFANG ZHENPIN. (Treasures of the Scholar’s Studio). 文房珍品. Hong Kong, 1995. 330
pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £85.00
From the collections of Anhui Museum, the book is divided into sections on inkcakes and inksticks, the brush, inkstones and scholar’s
articles — wrist rests, brushpots etc. Well-illustrated. In Chinese only. Out-of-print.
234 Archer, Mildred: COMPANY DRAWINGS IN THE INDIA OFFICE LIBRARY. London, 1972. xiv, 298 pp. 2
colour plates, 74 b/w illustrations. Indexes. 25x19 cm. Cloth. £20.00
During the 18th and 19th centuries, Indian artists were commonly employed by the British East India Company and its servants to illustrate
the manner and custom of India. Their work, known under the general term ‘Company Painting’ is represented in the IOL by
almost 3000 examples.
235 Argencé, René Yvon Lefebvre d’: CHINESE, KOREAN AND JAPANESE SCULPTURE IN THE AVERY
BRUNDAGE COLLECTION. Tokyo, 1974. 459 pp. 228 objects illustrated, 28 on colour plates. 30x25 cm. Cloth,
dustjacket. £250.00
Excellent large catalogue of a very important collection of stone and bronze sculptures, now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Now very scarce.
236 Art Museum, Chinese University: SPARKLING SPLENDOURS. The Art of Ancient Chinese Carvings on Rock
Crystal and Agate: The Taoshi Zhai Collection. 絢麗品塋 : 淘石齋所藏中國古代水晶瑪瑙器 。 鄒紀年. Hong
Kong, 1999. 285 pp. 281 colour plates, b/w illustrations and drawings. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £95.00
A very interesting exhibition catalogue showing 281 pieces of carved rock crystal and agate, predominantly from the Taoshi Zhai collection
plus a number of loans from other collections. The pieces date from the Neolithic to the Ming and shed light on a somewhat
neglected area of Chinese art — the overwhelming focus in this field being, of course, on jade. These items have the same designs as
we see on jade carving but using different materials. Well-illustrated and with dual text in English and Chinese.
237 Asahi Shimbunsha: NIHON NO MEI TO — KODAI KARA GENDAI MADE. (Famous Japanese Ceramics —
From Old to Present). Aichi, 1979. 229 pp. 163 colour plates and illustrations. 26x25 cm. Cloth. £45.00
Exhibition held at the Aichi Prefectural Museum to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Asahi Shibunsha’s office in Nagoya. The exhibits
have been borrowed from all over Japan, and rank among the best in their groups. In Japanese.
238 Asia House Gallery,: MASTER BRONZES OF INDIA. New York, 1966. 44 pp. B/w illustrations throughout.
25x20 cm. Paper. £25.00
Catalogue of a US travelling exhibition. Superb Indian bronzes brought together from museums throughout the US.
239 Asian Art Museum: BEAUTY, WEALTH, AND POWER. Jewels and Ornaments of Asia. San Francisco, 1992.
64 pp. 11 b/w, 43 coloured illustrations. Map. 25x15 cm. Paper. £30.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco of jewellery and related objects for personal adornment from
the major phases of Asia‘s diverse cultures, drawn mainly from the Museum’s permanent collection, with some loan pieces.
240 ATLAS OF PRIMITIVE MAN IN CHINA. Beijing, 1980. 176 pp. 287 colour plates & illustrations. 56 maps.
30x24 cm. Cloth. £45.00
A detailed account of the human fossils and Palaeolithic stone artefacts discovered in China over the past fifty years — many of which
have led to important new theories of man’s evolution.
241 Baensch, Robert E. ed: THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY IN CHINA. New Brunswick, 2003. 166 pp. Tables,
index. 23x16 cm. Paper. £25.00
Covers all aspects of China’s book magazine and online publishing industry with discussion of the different market segments. The
economics and distribution methods of the industry are also covered.
242 Barme, Geremie: THE FORBIDDEN CITY. London, 2008. xxxi, 251 pp. B/w ills. 21x14 cm. Cloth. £15.99
Most readable and containing much little-known information on the Forbidden City.
243 Bary, William Theodore de et al: THE BUDDHIST TRADITION IN INDIA, CHINA & JAPAN. Readings in
Oriental Thought. New York, 1969. xxii, 418 pp. Index. 19x12 cm. Cloth. £25.00
244 Béguin, Gilles: PEINTURES DU BOUDDHISME TIBÉTAINES. (Tibetan Buddhist Painting). Paris, 1995. 528
pp. 30 colour and 530 b/w illustrations. 5 maps. 27x21 cm. Paper. £65.00
Catalogue of the 417 thangka held at the Musée des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet and in regional museums, with an explanatory text on the
divinities and people represented in the paintings. Text in French.
245 Beijing Capital Museum: FOJIAO CIBEI NUSHEN ZHONGGUO GUDAI GUANYIN PUSA. The Goddess
of Mercy in Buddhism — Chinese Ancient Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva. 佛教慈悲女神:中國古代觀音菩薩.
Beijing, 200 329 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. £95.00
Beautifully-produced work with excellent full page colour plates showing superb examples of Chinese and Tibetan Buddhist statuary
(and a few objects in other media) depicting the Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva — Guanyin — in the collection of the Capital Museum
in Beijing. The work is in two parts: The Guanyin in Chinese Buddhism, followed by The Guanyin in Tibetan Buddhism. A total of 121
examples are illustrated and discussed. Near dual texts in Chinese and English.
246 BEIJING LONGQUANWU LIAO JIN MUZANG FAJUE BAOGAO. (Excavation Report on the Liao and Jin
Dynasty Cemetery at Longquanwu in Beijing). 北京龍泉物務遼金發掘報告. Beijing, 2009. 9, 255 pp. Numerous
colour plates. B/w text drawings. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £85.00
Archaeological report on a Liao and Jin cemetery located in the western suburbs of Beijing. Main finds were large quantities of ceramics
from the Liao and Jin, many illustrated here. Of importance for research into the tomb architecture of the time. In Chinese

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247 Beijing Lu Xun Museum ed: LU XUN 1881-1936. 魯迅 1881-1936. Zhengzhou, 2008. 11, 2, 282, 29 pp. 282 pp.
colour and b/w plates. 31x23 cm. Cloth. £85.00
A fine and detailed photographic history of the life and work of this towering intellectual figure of the early 20th century in China. From
his childhood through to a death mask, copiously-illustrated with photographs from Lu Xun’s life. Includes illustration of his work and
a number of woodblock prints, an industry which he much helped to revive. Includes illustration of many of the seals used by Lu Xun
throughout his career. In Chinese.
248 BEIJING WENWU JINGCUI DAXI: JIAJU JUAN. Series of the Gem of Beijing Cultural Relics: Furniture.
北京文物精粹大繫 : 家具卷. Beijing Wenwu Jingcui Daxi 15. Beijing, 2003. 259, 25 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £50.00
Number 15 in a series of volumes on the various treasures to be found in the Beijing area, this well-illustrated volume covers the finest
furniture in private and public collections and museums. Shows 203 examples, many in multiple views or close-up detail. Primarily
Ming and Qing material. With many seldom-seen objects. Well-illustrated in colour. Introductions, list of plates and captions in English.
Main text in Chinese.
249 Beijingshi Wenwu Yanjiusuo: LIULIHE XIZHOU YANGUO MUDI: 1973-1977. Yan State Cemetery of the
Western Zhou Period at Liulihe. Beijing, 1995. 25, 276 pp. 48 pp. of colour and 112 pp. of b/w plates. 147 text
figures. Tables. 27x19 cm. Paper. £35.00
The glory of this important Western Zhou site is its bronzes which are finely illustrated in colour in this detailed archaeological report.
Includes a five page abstract in English.
250 BEITING GAOCHANG HUIGU FOSI YIZHI. Ruins of a Buddhist Temple of the Khoco Uighur Period at the
Ancient City of Beiting. Kaoguxue Zhuankan, IV:39. Shenyang, 1991. 183 pp. text plus 16 pp. colour and 96 pp.
b/w plates. 74 b/w text figures. Tables. 26x19 cm. Cloth. £80.00
Detailed report of the excavations carried out 1979-80 at a Buddhist temple 700m west of the ancient city of Beiting in China’s Xinjiang
province. Describes and illustrates the ruins of the temple with much spectacular mural painting, some sculpture and other remains
dating from the 10th to the middle 13th century. Three page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese A scarce monograph on
a little-known site.
251 Bellec, F. and M.-F. Huyghues des Étages: A LA RENCONTRE DE SINDBAD. La Route Maritime de la Soie.
Paris, 1994. 240 pp. 67 colour and 115 b/w illustrations. 27x21 cm. Paper. £45.00
Catalogue of a most interesting exhibition at the Musée de la Marine in Paris on the maritime Silk Route. Objects loaned primarily
from museum collections. Text in French.
252 Bischoff, Cordula & Hennings, Anne: GOLDENER DRACHE — WEISSER ADLER: KUNST IM DIENSTE
DER MACHT AM KAISERHOF VON CHINA UND AM SACHSISCH-POLNISCHEN HOF (1644-1795).
(The Golden Dragon and the White Eagle: Art in the Service of Power at the Chinese Court and the Saxon-Polish
Court (1644-1795)). Dresden, 2008. 612 pp. Numerous colour plates. 29x25 cm. Boards. £75.00
Catalogue of an interesting exhibition held at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden comparing
the court art of the Qing dynasty Chinese emperors with that of the rulers of the Saxon-Polish Court
during the period 1644-1795 which in China corresponded with the establishment of the Qing dynasty
through to the death of the Qianlong Emperor. It thus examines and contrasts the art and achievements
of the Saxon-Polish rulers with the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Emperors. Major loans
from the Gugong Museum in Beijing are exhibited alongside fine items from the rich holdings of the
Dresden collections. Extensive text in German.
253 Bondy, Walter: KANG-HSI. Eine Blüte-Epoche der Chinesischen Porzellankunst.
München, 1923. 215 pp. 16 text figs, 115 plates, 6 in colour. 28x20 cm. Half-cloth.
£110.00
The first monograph on Kangxi period (1662-1722) porcelains. In German.
254 Bowie, Theodore et al: THE SCULPTURE OF THAILAND. New York, 1972. 137
pp. 80 plates and 4 text-figures, 13 in colour. 28x21 cm. Paper. £45.00
Asia House Gallery exhibition catalogue. With loans from a number of Thai museums showing this
beautiful sculptural tradition.
255 Brandt, C., Schwartz, B., Fairbank, J. K: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF CHINESE COMMUNISM.
London, 1952. 552 pp. Notes, bibliographies, glossary. 25x17 cm. Cloth, with dustjacket. £30.00
A study of the Chinese Communist Party line in its development from 1921 to 1950. A technical study of one major aspect of Chinese
Communism. An important contribution.
256 Brook, T. et al: DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS. Harvard, 2007. xi, 319 pp. A few b/w illustrations. 24x16 cm.
Cloth. £25.00
Aims to explain the general position of torture in the Chinese legal system and the specific role and history of the extreme punishment
of lingchi — the death of a thousand cuts — which has long horrified the western mind. The practice was abolished in 1905. Also examines
the view of Chinese torture in the western mind.
257 Brown, Robert ed: ART FROM THAILAND. New Delhi, 2000. 112 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout. Map,
index. 34x25 cm. Cloth. £47.00
An introduction to Thai art present as a selection of illustrated essays by various experts. Includes: Wicks on Coins & Medals; Nandana
Chutiwongs on Buddhist Sculpture; Dofflemyer on Vishnu Images; Listopad on Thai Sculpture 13-16th century; Fickle on Khmer
Architecture; a virtually unique article by Chirapravati on Buddhist votive tablets and amulets; and Roxanna M. Brown on ‘Last Shipments
from the Thai Sawankhalok Kilns’.
258 Bryner, Edna: THIRTEEN TIBETAN TANKAS. Indian Hills, 1956. xxv, 153 pp. 15 plates, 1 colour frontispiece,
14 figures. 27x21 cm. Cloth. £45.00
Thirteen thangkas from the City Art Museum of St Louis, depicting scenes from the Jataka Tales, or Buddhist Birth Stories.

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259 Buck, Pearl S: IMPERIAL WOMAN. London, 1956. 432 pp. 21x15 cm. Cloth. £35.00
A fictionalised account of the life of Yehonala — Cixi — the Empress Dowager. A juicy read with, of course, lots of palace intrigue.
First US edition.
260 Bull Collection: IMPORTANT CHINESE WORKS OF ART. The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull.
New York, 1983. (96) pp. Illustrations of 286 exhibits. 24x23 cm. Cloth. £25.00
Predominantly early bronzes and metalwork, archaic jades and Southeast Asian sculpture.
261 Buttinger, Joseph: A DRAGON DEFIANT. A Short History of Vietnam. Newton Abbot, 1972. 147 pp. Map.
Bibliography, index. 23x15 cm. Cloth. £20.00
A good general history of Vietnam.
262 Buyeo National Museum: SELECTED TREASURES OF THE BUYEO NATIONAL MUSEUM. Seoul, 1977.
53 pp text in Korean, English and Japanese. 20 colour plates, 165 b/w illustrations. 26x19 cm. Paper. £25.00
Relics from the prehistoric & Baekje periods. The catalogue illustrates sites, ceramics, bronzes etc.
263 Cabaton, Antoine: NOUVELLES RECHERCHES SUR LES CHAMS. Publications de l’École Française
d’Extrême-Orient, vol. II. Paris, 1901. 215 pp. 28x19 cm. Half cloth, marbled boards, gilt spine. £90.00
264 Cahill, James: SCHOLAR PAINTERS OF JAPAN. The Nanga School. New York, 1972. 135 pp. 76 illustrations,
1 in colour, bibliography. 31x22 cm. Cloth. £75.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Asia House Gallery.
265 Cai Hongru and Hu Zhongtai: ZHONGGUO MINGYAN JIANSHANG. (Connoisseurship of Renowned Chinese
Inkstones). Ji’nan, 1992. 4, 324 pp. Colour plates throughout illustrating 200 stones. 36x28 cm. Cloth. £90.00
A large-scale work on inkstones, illustrating and describing fine examples from collections throughout China, in full colour. In Chinese
but the texts and detailed captions are also in Japanese.
266 Cammann, Schuyler: SUBSTANCE AND SYMBOL IN CHINESE TOGGLES. Chinese Belt Toggles from the
C. F. Bieber Collection. Philadelphia, 1962. 256 pp. 188 b/w illustrations, 3 colour plates. Glossary. 26x18 cm.
Cloth, dustjacket. £100.00
A fascinating account of the toggles used for securing various objects to belts. Cammann investigates the materials selected, the symbols
of the toggles & contrasts the Chinese & Manchu examples with Mongolian & Tibetan. Much sought-after.
267 Canby, Sheila: SHAH ‘ABBAS — THE REMAKING OF IRAN. London, 2009. iv, 274 pp. 225 colour
illustrations. 29x23 cm. Paper. £25.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the British Museum exploring the reign of one of Iran’s most influential rulers, Shah ‘Abbas I. Explores
the history of the Safavid dynasty and brings together an array of treasures including loans from Iran.
268 Cayley, John, Xu Bing, and others; Katherine Spears ed: TIANSHU: PASSAGES IN THE MAKING OF A
BOOK. 天書的過程. London, 2009. 188 pp. Numerous b/w figures and 39 colour plates. Appendixes, notes,
bibliography. 30x21 cm. Distinctive clear flexible plastic cover elegantly exposing the binding. £45.00
Published to accompany an exhibition at Bernard Quaritch, London, this is the most detailed and comprehensive critical and descriptive
exposition of Xu Bing’s famous artwork — with many comments on his other works — published to date. Includes fine colour
plates of sample pages from ‘Book from the Sky.’ John Cayley’s long essay on reading the unreadable book is accompanied by Xu Bing’s
own account of the making of his book (in both Chinese and English translation), and essays by Lydia Liu, Haun Saussy and Wu Hung.
Cayley also provides a much extended bibliographic description of the ‘Tianshu’ and Xu Bing’s studio supplies an exhaustive exhibition
history. There is also a dialogue on Xu Bing between Cayley and the poet Yang Lian and a general bibliography. Recommended.
Between 1987 and 1991, the Chinese graphic and fine artist, Xu Bing (born, Chongqing, 1955, and a 1999 MacArthur Fellow), designed
a ‘vocabulary’ of four thousand characters which appear, in terms of their graphic form and structure, to be Chinese, but which
are entirely unreadable in terms of natural linguistic signification. None of them appear in Chinese dictionaries, and they do not relate
to any other language on earth. During the same period, Xu personally carved (in reverse) the pear-wood type from which he eventually
had his ‘Tianshu’ or ‘Book from the Sky’ set and hand-printed in a small bookmaking factory in China. As a conceptual art work
and printmaking tour de force, Xu Bing’s ‘Tianshu’ has been seen by some critics and scholars as one of the most important works of
late 20th-century Chinese art.
269 CHA-NO-YU. Art of Tea. Kyoto, 1962. 101 pp. Numerous b/w photographs. 26x18 cm. Paper. £25.00
A useful introduction and primer to cha-no-yu, the art of tea. Clearly written and illustrated with black-and-white photographs from
the early 1960s.
270 Chai Zejun: ZHONGGUO GUDAI JIANZHU: XIEZHOU GUANDI MIAO. China’s Ancient Constructions:
Guanyu Temple in Xiezhou. 中國古代建筑 : 解州關帝廟 。 柴澤俊 著. Beijing, 2002. 434 pp. 176 pp. colour
plates, 76 pp. b/w architectural drawings. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £85.00
A most detailed survey of this temple, with primarily Qing architecture, located in the town of Xiezhou in Shanxi province. The temple
is apparently the largest in the world dedicated to Guanyu. With copious colour plates showing architectural detail, interior decoration
and views of the complex as a whole. Enhanced by numerous architectural drawings. Of much use for the study of the cult
surrounding this deity. Brief summary in English on back inside flap of dustjacket, otherwise all text in Chinese.
271 Chandra, Lokesh: CULTURAL HORIZONS OF INDIA 2. Studies in Tantra and Buddhism, Art and Archaeology,
Language & Literature. Sata-Pitaka Series 366. New Delhi, 1992. 328 pp. B/w illustrations throughout, one folded.
Bibliography, index. 28x23 cm. Cloth. £55.00
272 Chandra, Lokesh: CULTURAL HORIZONS OF INDIA 3. Studies in Tantra and Buddhism, Art and Archaeology,
Language & Literature. Sata-Pitaka Series 370. New Delhi, 1993. 453 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations throughout.
Bibliography, index. 28x23 cm. Cloth. £60.00
273 Chandra, Lokesh: CULTURAL HORIZONS OF INDIA 4. Studies in Tantra and Buddhism, Art and Archaeology,
Language & Literature. Sata-Pitaka Series 381. New Delhi, 1995. 464 pp. 33 colour plates, numerous b/w
illustrations. Bibliography, index. 28x23 cm. Cloth. £80.00

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274 Chapin, Helen B: YUNNANESE IMAGES OF AVALOKITESVARA. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies Vol.
8, No. 2. Cambridge, 1944. pp. 131-186 and 8 pp. b/w plates. £25.00
Offprint from volume 8, No. 2 of the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. An interesting contribution. Discusses bronzes and paintings.
275 Chapman, Frederick Spencer: LHASA — THE HOLY CITY. London, 1940. xii, 332 pp. 4 colour plates; 32 b/w
plates & illustrations; 2 maps, one folding. Index. 24x16 cm. Later cloth. £30.00
Readers Union edition of the original 1938 publication. The author took part in a political mission, sent to Lhasa under B. J. Gould
in 1936 and was a member of Marco Pallis’ expedition to the Zemu glacier. Yakushi C72.
276 Chaves, Jonathan: SINGING OF THE SOURCE. Nature and God in the Poetry of the Chinese Painter Wu Li.
SHAPS Library of Translations series. Honolulu, 1993. 226 pp. Illustrations. Cloth. £32.00
Chaves has presented us with an unfamiliar but attractive aspect of Wu Li’s art.
277 Chen Guoyuan: YAN LIN JISHENG. (A Forest of Inkstones). 硯林集勝 。 陳國源 編著. Beijing, 2004. 256 pp.
Colour plates throughout. 28x21 cm. Paper. £45.00
Well-illustrated work showing numerous modern and contemporary fine quality Chinese inkstones held in a private Chinese collection.
Amply illustrates the current state of this art of the scholar’s studio. Text in Chinese.
278 Chen Minghua: FOJIAO MEISHU QUANJI 11: HANGUO FOJIAO MEISHU. (Buddhist Art 11: Korean
Buddhist Art). 佛教美術全集 十一 : 韓國佛教美術 。 陳明華 著. Taipei, 1999. 207 pp. Colour illustrations
throughout. 24x18 cm. Cloth. £30.00
Volume 11 in this series shows Korean Buddhist art in various media — painting, sculpture, gilt-bronze. A useful contribution. Illustrated
throughout in colour. In Chinese.
279 Chen Ruifeng: XIN SHIJI ZHONGGUO QISHI. China’s Rare Stones in New Century. 新世紀中國奇石 。
陳瑞楓. Shanghai, 2000. 213 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x22 cm. Boards. £50.00
A large selection of desktop scholar’s studio stones in various fantastic shapes, forms and material. A total of 499 stones are shown
grouped under various headings. Dual text in English and Chinese.
280 Chen Xianxing et al. ed: ZHONGGUO GUJI GAO CHAO JIAO BEN TULU. (An Illustrated Catalogue of Old
Chinese Manuscripts, Hand-copied Books and Annotated Texts). 中國古籍稿鈔校本圖錄 。 陳先行 等 編著.
Shanghai, 2000. 21, 244; 245-624; 625-930, 54 pp. At least one and often more colour plates per item (see
description for numbers of items). 3 vols. 29x22 cm. Cloth, in a cloth case. £275.00
An excellent, well-illustrated three-volume catalogue of some of the most interesting rarities in Chinese bibliography. All the items discussed
are types of manuscript editions; each volume of the catalogue is devoted to a particular category. The first and third categories
correspond to similar Western examples: manuscripts ‘per se’ and hand-annotated editions of (chiefly) printed books — both categories
may be valuable not only for any intrinsic interest or rarity of the text, but also for the association of the author of the manuscript or
the manuscript notations. The second category is less familiar in the West. Due to the nature of the Chinese script, and the relative expense
of reprinting texts for which the woodcut blocks are lost, the practice of making manuscript copies of entire books was much
more common and persistent than in the West. Whereas we associate the ‘scriptoria’ of monasteries with the middle ages, in China individual
scholars are, to this day, wont to copy out the entire text of rare books, often for their own use, from library or private collection
copies. Again, over time, some of these ‘chaoben’ become treasured for the fame of their once-humble copyists. The earliest
manuscripts ‘per se’ in this catalogue date from the Yuan period, but volume two has a Northern Wei period manuscript from Dunhuang,
reminding us that China also has its special tradition of Buddhist ‘scriptoria’.
The catalogue is based on the fine collections of the Shanghai Library (which, with the Beijing Library, is a sort of second National
Library of China), augmented with a number held elsewhere. There are 109 items treated in the first volume, 153 in the second and
113 in the third. All are illustrated in new, high-quality colour photography. Thorough and often highly detailed notes on each item
follow the illustrations, including brief biographies of the authors. In Chinese only. Highly recommended, especially to any person or
institution with a serious interest in Chinese bibliography and rare editions.
281 Cheng Dayue: CHENGSHI MOYUAN. (Ink Garden of the Cheng Family). 程氏墨苑 。 程大約 編. Beijing,
1990. Each volume c. 160 pp. Many illustrations of ink cakes. 12 vols. 32x21 cm. Stitched, 2 silk-cases. £400.00
Facsimile reprint of the 1606 edition, together with later eulogies of Cheng’s mastery of ink-cake manufacturing. Throughout the book
are designs of inkcakes by Ding Yunpeng. The ‘Chengshi Moyuan’ is also remarkable for the inclusion of three images from the Gospels,
taken from the ‘Evangelicae historiae imagines’. A luxurious publication in close imitation of the Ming period edition.
The original is one of the most important Ming period illustrated books, extremely rare and sought-after. A few copies — for example
that in the Percival David Foundation collection in London — were printed in a number of colours, amongst the earliest examples
of Chinese colour printing, although this was done by brushing coloured inked onto distinct regions of a single block for each pull of
a leaf, rather than using sets of blocks as in later multicolour woodblock printing. In effect these copies have the characteristics of monoprints
and are unique. This facsimile — representing an instance of the standard 1606 edition — is in black and white only. ‘Visible
Traces’ pp. 39-44.
282 Cheng Te-k’un and Shen Wei-chun: ZHONGGUO MINGQI. A Brief History of Chinese Mortuary Objects.
Yenching Journal, Monograph Series I. Beijing, 1933. 124 pp. Chinese text. 28 plates. 26x19 cm. Paper. £45.00
A pioneering work on tomb figures.
283 Chengde, Cultural Relic Bureau of ed: QING DI YU BISHUSHANZHUANG. The Qing Emperors and the
Chengde Mountain Resort. 清帝與避暑山莊. Beijing, 2003. 235 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 36x27
cm. Cloth. £60.00
Large colour production on the Qing imperial summer resort at Chengde — the Bishushanzhuang. In addition to fine photography of
the gardens, scenery and surrounding temples, the work also looks at the life of the Emperors at Chengde, the palace interiors, audience
halls and studies plus many artefacts and imperial objects. The work also interests as it shows a number of early photographs of
buildings now destroyed. Whilst the descriptive texts are in both English and Chinese, captions to illustrations are in Chinese only.
284 Chesneaux, Jean ed: POPULAR MOVEMENTS & SECRET SOCIETIES IN CHINA, 1840-1950. Stanford,
1972. xii, 328 pp. Glossaries, bibliography, index. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £30.00
Concentrates on the impact of secret societies on the great rebellions of the 1850s & 1860s, the Revolution of 1911, the Communist-
Kuomintang conflict & the Sino-Japanese War.

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285 Chinese Academy of Social Sciences ed: YIN ZHOU JINWEN JICHENG 1-18. (Inscriptions on Bronze Objects
from the Yin and Zhou Dynasties). Beijing, 1984. c. 370 pp. per volume. Rubbings of inscriptions throughout. 18
vols. 38x27 cm. Cloth. £2,000.00
The result of over 20 years of effort, this monumental work reproduces inscriptions on bronze objects dating from the Yin, Zhou, Spring
and Autumn and Warring States periods i.e. from about 1300 BC to 300 BC.
The objects shown come from major and lesser museums, research institutions and exhibition halls at excavation sites in China, and
from museums and private collections abroad. The inscriptions on each bronze are reproduced in full and in their original size. Each
object is described and measured and details are given such as date and place of excavation, provenance, publications (from the Song
dynasty onwards) in which the bronze has appeared and its current location. A bibliography is given in each volume. Objects and inscriptions
illustrated are of amazing variety and include axes, swords, knives, the ding, jue, zun, chariot fittings, weights, ritual objects,
bells, chimes and much more. Whilst some of the objects are famous (the Mao Gong Ding, the Fu Yi Ding) and others are on
permanent display in museums, the majority have been seldom, if ever, published and rarely in such comprehensive detail. 12,113 inscriptions
are illustrated. In Chinese.
286 Chiu, Melissa and Zheng Shengtian ed: ART AND CHINA’S REVOLUTION. New York and New Haven, 2008.
280 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 27x23 cm. Boards. £40.00
Catalogue of a highly engaging exhibition at the Asia Society Galleries in New York. The exhibition covers Cultural Revolution memorabilia
and significant ephemera and also material cultural objects from the period. It is especially strong in its display of painting
(and woodblock printing, posters, some sculpture) from this time, devoted to the Cultural Revolution or associated with it in some way,
including opposition and contrast. There was also a section of the exhibition documenting contemporary artistic response, specifically
the ‘Long March’ project initiated by Lu Jie. Essays by Roderick MacFarquar, Ralph Croizier, Pan GongKai, Zhao Yannian, Yan
Shanchun, Shen Jiawei, Wang Lin, Gao Minglu, Wang Mingxian and Lu Jie.
287 CHONGZHENG NEIGE DAKU CANBEN SHUYING. (Reproductions from Fragmentary Editions in the
Library of the Grand Secretariat). 重整內閣大庫殘本書影. Yangzhou, 1998. c. 57 folded leaves, Chinese-style.
Reproductions of pages from rare books throughout. 34x23 cm. Stitched, cloth case. £40.00
Facsimile edition of a work illustrating 57 openings from 38 fragmentary bibliographic rarities. The earliest of these date from the
Song period and the latest from Qing-period manuscripts. Based on a 1933 Palace Museum publication of the same material.
288 Chung Chong-wha ed: KOREAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE. An Anthology. Korean Culture Series. London,
1989. 221 pp. 22x14 cm. Cloth. £25.00
The writings of Park Ji-won, Yi Injik and others, with essays on the development of Korean literature, the Sijo, legends in literature,
and nineteenth-century books with stories in Korean.
289 Chung, Young Yang: SILKEN THREADS. A History of Embroidery in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. New
York, 2005. 461 pp. 375 illustrations, 300 in colour. Notes, bibliography, index. 29x23 cm. Cloth. £45.00
The most comprehensive historical reference and guide to the origins, aesthetics and cultural context of embroidered textiles in East
Asia published to date, covering some areas of study that have never before been treated in western languages. The book is superbly
illustrated, with good notes and bibliography.
290 Clark, Walter Eugene ed: TWO LAMAISTIC PANTHEONS. From Materials Collected by the late Baron A. von
Stael-Holstein. Harvard-Yenching Inst. Monograph Vol. 3. New York, 1965. xxiv, 170 pp. and 314 monochrome
plates. 26x17 cm. Cloth. £75.00
Complete reproduction of the 360 figures of the Zhu Fo Pusa Sheng Xiangzan manuscript and of the 766 preserved images of the
Baoxiang Lou temple. Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese indexes. 2 vols. in one.
291 Clifford, Miriam et al: CHINA: MUSEUMS. London, 2009. 384 pp. 535 colour illustrations. 21x12 cm. Paper.
£16.95
A comprehensive survey of museums throughout China. A useful reference and travel guide.
292 Collins ed: COLLINS ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO JIANGSU. London, 1988. 160 pp. Numerous colour
illustrations and plates. 21x14 cm. Paper. £15.00
This lavishly illustrated guide touches on some of China’s loveliest cities — Suzhou, Wuxi, Nanjing, Yangzhou, Yixing, etc. — China’s
‘Heaven on Earth’. An interesting read.
293 Contag, Victoria: CHINESE MASTERS OF THE 17TH CENTURY. London, 1969. 148 pp. 96 b/w illustrations.
Index of artists’ names. 29x24 cm. Cloth. £30.00
Concise and well illustrated study of late Ming and early Qing painters.
294 Corfield, Justin: BANGKOK. The Protestant Cemetery. London, 1997. 272 pp. Paper. £15.00
The Protestant Cemetery in Bangkok contains the graves of several thousand European Protestants and Jews. This book contains details
of the grave inscriptions and a transcription of the Burial Register from 1861 to 1972. Also covers 10 other cemeteries in the
Bangkok area.
295 Cormack, Robin & Vassilaki, Maria ed: BYZANTIUM 330-1453. London, 2008. 494 pp. Full page colour plates
throughout. 31x25 cm. Cloth. £55.00
Large and very fine catalogue of the wonderful and comprehensive exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London exploring the
history, culture and religion of the Byzantine empire.
296 Corrigan, Gina: IMAGES OF CHINA. Bognor Regis, 1996. 10 pp. text and 150 colour plates. 22x25 cm. Paper.
£24.00
Evocative colour pictures from various places in China visited by the photographer, including many border regions.
297 Coupland, Reginald: RAFFLES OF SINGAPORE. London, 1946. 144 pp. 1 b/w plate. 20x13 cm. Cloth, torn
dustjacket. £30.00
The life of Stamford Raffles.

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298 Da Fonseca, Jose Nicolau: AN HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SKETCH OF THE CITY OF
GOA. Preceded by a Short Statistical Account of the Territory of Goa. Bombay, 1878. xi, 332 pp. 2 folding maps
with tears. 20x13 cm. Later cloth. £175.00
A detailed work on the history and archaeology of the city of Goa from its earliest days to the mid 19th century. Lacking the frontispiece
and with some worming. Rebound in later cloth. Very rare.
299 Dailey, M. C: THE RAYMOND A. BIDWELL COLLECTION OF CHINESE BRONZES AND CERAMICS.
Springfield, 1965. 85 pp. 54 plates, 11 in colour. Chronological table. 29x22 cm. Paper. £30.00
Porcelain ranging from a Neolithic vase to the ‘Rice Design’ ware of the mid-nineteenth century A.D. and bronzes including a rare
late Zhou dynasty kneeling figure of a boy holding a cylinder.
300 David-Neel, Alexandra: MAGIC AND MYSTERY IN TIBET. New York, 1958. xiv, 320 pp. 32 b/w plates. 22x15
cm. Cloth. £45.00
301 Deng Lin; Du Dinji ed: XINZENG SISHU. (The Four Books, Newly Augmented). 新增四書補註備旨 :
大學一卷、 中庸一卷、 論語四卷、 孟子存卷三、四 (原四卷) 。 (明) 鄧林撰、 (清) 杜定基 增訂. N.p.,
1880. 5 ce. 5 vols. 27x16 cm. Stitched. £75.00
A very well-known and popular version of the Four Books, produced by Du Dingji in 1779, and much reprinted throughout the 19th
century and even into the Republican period. This copy lacks the 4th fascicle, containing the first two chapters of the ‘Mencius’. The
paper is yellow and brittle, and the outer leaves slightly damaged. There are two collector’s seals of the same collector.
302 Deshpande, M. N: THE CAVES OF PANHALE-KAJI. (Ancient Pranalaka). Mem. Archaeological Survey India
84. New Delhi, 1986. 172 pp. 79 plates, 4 figures. 28x23 cm. Boards. £25.00
One of two monographs by the former Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India on a group of caves in Western India
containing Buddhist carvings dating back to the third century A.D.
303 Deshpandye, O. P: SIAMSKOE ISSKYSTVO XIV-XIX VYEKOV V SOBRANII GOSYDARSTVENNOVO
ERMITAJA. Siamese Art of the 14th-19th Centuries in the Hermitage. St. Petersburg, 1997. 196 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 26x21 cm. Wrappers. £50.00
Catalogue describing the cream of the holdings of Siamese art in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Very few items published previously.
Good colour illustrations. Introduction, six page summary and short descriptive captions in English. Main text in Russian.
304 Deydier, Christian: ARCHAIC CHINESE BRONZES FROM SHANG AND ZHOU DYNASTIES. London,
1989. 61 pp. 16 colour plates. 25x18 cm. Paper. £20.00
16 wonderful bronzes illustrated with excellent colour photography and described in detail.
305 Deydier, Christian: THE ART OF THE WARRING STATES AND HAN PERIODS. London, 1991. 125 pp. 40
coloured illustrations including 6 folding. 29x21 cm. Paper. £25.00
An exhibition of high quality items in gold, bronze, inlaid bronze, gilt bronze, lacquer and earthenware representing the artistic development
of this culturally important period.
306 DINGLING. The Imperial Tomb of the Ming Dynasty — Ding Ling. Kaoguxue Zhuankan, IV:36. Beijing, 1990.
400 pp. text volume with many text illustrations; 391 plates, 136 in colour. 2 vols. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £75.00
Luxurious two-volume archaeological report produced by the Institute of Archaeology, CASS, of this most important tomb (that of the
Ming Emperor Wanli) which yielded a number of high-quality textiles, gold and silver implements, jewellery, porcelain, etc. Includes
9 pp. English abstract. Main text in Chinese.
307 DIZHEN ZHISHI HUACE. (Knowledge Regarding Earthquakes). 地震知識畫冊. Beijing, 1977. 48 pp. Colour
and b/w illustrations throughout. 26x18 cm. Paper. £90.00
Produced in the aftermath of the devastating 1976 Tangshan earthquake in China, this work is an effort to educate the Chinese populace
about earthquakes — their prediction, scale, precautions to be taken, dangers following earthquakes etc. The work seems primarily
to be aimed at a rural population but goes into a fair amount of technical and scientific detail. Of most interest perhaps are the
simple detection measures outlined and described — from animals not eating their food to horses being scared and fish jumping from
the water. There are also simple descriptions of the severity of earthquakes based on pictures of increasing damage to buildings and
the shuddering of movable objects. The work is also laced with a fair amount of Maoist propaganda. In Chinese. The first time we have
seen this work.
308 Dong Jianjin ed: WENFANG QINGWAN. (Objects from the Scholar’s Studio). 文房清玩 。 董建津 編著.
Tianjin, 2006. 6 pp. text plus 141 pp. colour plates. 29x21 cm. Cloth. £25.00
A selection of 140 or so objects from the scholar’s studio. In various media and dating mostly from the late Qing and Republic periods.
In Chinese.
309 Dong Peixin & Zhang Shufen ed: DAQING GUOBAO: SONGHUA SHIYAN. (National Treasures of the Great
Qing Dynasty: Songhua Inkstones). 大清國寶:松花石硯。董佩信 張淑芬 編著. Beijing, 2004. 18, 270 pp.
Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £90.00
A study of these fine inkstones, coveted by the Qing emperors. Also examines their associated culture. The majority of the examples illustrated
date from the Qing dynasty, plus a few fine modern examples. Some of the stones shown are in the collection of the National
Palace Museum in Taibei, the rest, it is assumed, are in Chinese collections, including that of the Gugong Museum. In Chinese.
310 Dramdul & Deji Droma: SAJIA SI. Sakya Monastery. 薩迦寺. Beijing, 2008. 2, 17, 239 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 29x22 cm. Wrappers. £65.00
Located 130 km south-west of Xigatze in Tibet, the Sakya Monastery is the centre of the Sakya sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The monastery
was begun in 1074 AD and has grown into an extensive complex. This well-photographed work shows the monastery, its architecture,
treasures and religious life. Good and useful detailed dual texts in Chinese and English.
311 Du Zhengjian ed: HANGZHOU LAOHUDONG YAOZHI CIQI JINGXUAN. Selected Masterpieces from
Laohudong Kiln Site, Hangzhou. 杭州老虎洞窯址瓷器精選. Beijing, 2003. 20 pp. text and 161 pp. colour plates.
29x21 cm. Cloth. £43.00

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Report on the recent excavations and finds at the Laohudong kiln site outside Hangzhou, active from the Northern Song to the Yuan
and which was the site of the Southern Song Guan (official) kiln. Numerous illustrations of reconstructed pieces and sherds of a high
sophistication and refinement with the most exquisite crackle and jade-like glazes. Many different shapes and styles. Important for research
into, and connoisseurship of, Song ceramics. Two page English abstract. Main text in Chinese.
312 Duan Yong: QIANLONG SI MEI YU SAN YOU. (Qianlong’s ‘Four Beauties’ and ‘Three Friends’).
乾隆四美與三友 。 段甬 著. Beijing, 2008. 159 pp. Numerous colour and b/w illustrations. 25x17 cm. £30.00
The Si Mei (Four Beauties) refer to four most-prized paintings in the Qianlong Emperor’s collection, whilst the San You (Three Friends)
refer to another three highly-esteemed ancient paintings depicting plum, bamboo and pine, the Three Friends of Winter. All seven
paintings are illustrated and discussed, together with a section on their appreciation and display within the Forbidden City.
313 Edison, Victoria and James: CULTURAL REVOLUTION POSTERS AND MEMORABILIA. Atglen, 2005.
176 pp. 495 colour plates throughout. 28x22 cm. Boards. £35.00
Extensive reference work — the first of its kind — illustrating and giving price guides for a field of collecting that is growing in importance
for artists, collectors, historians and students of Chinese culture.
314 EDO NI ASOBU. (Edo Period Enjoyments). Rokusho No. 19. Kyoto, 1996. 120 pp. Numerous colour and b/w
illustrations. Text in Japanese only. 30x23 cm. Paper. £38.00
An illustrated exposé of a variety of objects used by the Edo period gentleman and gentle woman — pipecases, netsuke, combs and
other hair ornaments, wallets, lacquer objects, sake ceramics, inro, etc.
315 Eftimiades, Nicholas: CHINESE INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS. Maryland, 1994. xv, 169 pp. 24x16 cm.
Cloth. £25.00
An overview of the Chinese Intelligence establishment and its workings.
316 Egami Namio, Sekino Takeshi, Sakurai K: TATE SHI — TOHOKU CHIHO NI OKERU SHURAKUSHI NO
KENKYU. Tate Sites — A Study of Settlement Sites in North Eastern Japan. Tokyo, 1958. 169 pp. Japanese, 32
pp. English text. 51 b/w & 4 colour plates, 2 folding. 47 text figs. 27x19 cm. Cloth. £30.00
Research report on the excavation of fortification sites in North Eastern Japan. Text in both English and Japanese.
317 Engel, David H: JAPANESE GARDENS FOR TODAY. Tokyo, 1962. xvi, 270 pp. Bibliography, index. 17 colour
plates, 279 plates, 70 text-figures. 28x23 cm. Cloth. £45.00
A practical, down-to-earth explanation of the basic rules of Japanese garden design and care. Fourth printing of the 1959 edition.
318 Erdberg, Eleanor von: CHINESE BRONZES. From The Collection of Chester Dale and Dolly Carter. Artibus
Asiae. Supplementum XXXV. Ascona, 1978. x, 250 pp. 129 pieces illustrated, 19 plates of rubbings. Appendix.
32x24 cm. Cloth. £30.00
A catalogue raisonné of 129 bronzes from the Carter collection, most of which now belong to the Art Museum of Princeton University,
comparing them with other bronzes found in excavations of the last decade.
319 Eskenazi Ltd: ANCIENT CHINESE BRONZE VESSELS, GILT BRONZES AND EARLY CERAMICS.
London, 1973. 103 pp. 19 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 30x21 cm. Paper. £20.00
Exhibition of pieces selected from international collections. 63 pieces illustrated. Contains an essay by Stuart Fleming: ‘Thermoluminescence
Studies of Art and Bronzes’.
320 Eskenazi: A SELECTION OF EARLY CHINESE BRONZES. London, 2006. 39 pp. Colour plates throughout.
Bibliography. 31x22 cm. Cloth. £25.00
Eight superb early Chinese bronzes (some comprising groups of objects) are illustrated in colour and extensively documented for Eskenazi’s
exhibition in New York in early 2006.
321 Evans-Wentz, W. Y: TIBETAN YOGA AND SECRET DOCTRINES. Or Seven Books of Wisdom of the Great
Path. Tibetan Series. Oxford, 1970. xliv, 389 pp. 9 plates. Index. 23x15 cm. Paper. £25.00
Contains English translations of texts and oral teachings received from the Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup. There are seven chief texts and
the treatise as a whole is based on the Yoga philosophy. Reprint of 1935 edition.
322 Evarts, Curtis: LIANG YI COLLECTION. Liang Yi Cang. 兩依藏. Hong Kong, 2007. 40; 175; 125; 169 pp.
Colour plates throughout each volume. 4 vols. 29x21 cm. Boards. £250.00
A four volume work on the fine Liang Yi Collection of Chinese furniture and scholar’s studio objects dating from throughout the Qing
dynasty. Contents of each volume as follows. Introductory paperback volume contains Introduction, Index and Bibliography; Volume
One: Huanghuali; Volume Two: Zitan; Volume Three: Small Objects. This work is a revised edition of the 2000 work on the Liang Yi
Collection and also includes much new material which has been collected since that date. Illustrated throughout in colour and with
dual texts in Chinese and English.
323 Fang Yulu: FANGSHI MOPU. (The Fang Family Compendium of Ink Cakes). 方氏墨譜 。 方于魯 撰. Beijing,
1991. Each vol. c 60 pp. Many illustrations of ink cakes. 6 vols. 32x21 cm. Stitched, silk-case. £250.00
A facsimile reprint of the 1588 original. One of the glories of Ming period book production and illustration, the ‘Fangshi Mopu’ is a
high-quality catalogue reproducing a variety of designs on ink cakes. The patterns were widely copied in other handicraft media (jade,
lacquer, wood) both in China and Japan. Fang Yulu (fl. 1570-1619) worked with well-known artists such as Wu Tingyu and Ding Yunpeng
to produce designs along with the skilled woodblock carver, Huang Shouyan. In Chinese. Edgren, ‘Chinese Rare Books’ p. 29.
324 Fang, Jessica: YINZI. Chinese Silvers. Taipei, 1996. 135 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x23 cm. Paper. £60.00
Copiously-illustrated throughout in colour, this work is divided into sections on: necklaces, locks, Chilins, earrings, hair ornaments,
bells, needle holders, bracelets, belt ornaments, rings, silver boxes, works of art. The works range from imperial quality to the folk art
tradition and provides a good survey of Chinese silver jewellery and ornaments. List of contents and brief introductions to each section
in English. Main texts in Chinese. The work has been exposed to moisture and the pages are crinkled with barely discernible watermarks
to a few pages. Out-of-print.
325 Farley, Malcolm F: SOME MIRRORS OF SUPPOSED PRE-HAN DATE. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
Vol. 5 No. 1. Harvard, 1940. pp. 72-94 plus 2 pp. b/w plates. 24x16 cm. Paper. £22.00

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326 Father Sangermano, Tandy, W. trans: A DESCRIPTION OF THE BURMESE EMPIRE. Compiled chiefly from
Burmese documents by Father Sangermano. New York, 1969. xl, 308 pp. Folding map. 22x14 cm. Cloth. £75.00
Originally published in Rome in 1833, this is a very interesting work on Burma at the end of the 18th and start of the 19th centuries.
With sections covering Burmese Cosmography, Burmese History, Constitution of the Burmese Empire, Religion of the Burmese, Moral
and Physical Constitution of the Burmese Empire, Burmese Code. Sangermano was a Catholic monk who arrived in Burma in 1783
and returned to Rome in 1808 where he worked on this manuscript. A scarce account. Fifth printing.
327 FEIJIDONGCHE YAO ZUNSHOU JIAOTONG GUIZE//ZUNSHOU GEMING JILU. YANJIN
WEIZHANG XINGCHE — ZUNSHOU GEMING JILU YANJIN WEIZHANG XINGCHE. (Unmotorized
Vehicles Must Observe Traffic Rules // Respect Revolutionary Discipline. It Is Forbidden to Break the Rules Whilst
Driving.). 非機動車要遵守交通規則-遵守革命紀律 嚴禁違章行車. Fuyang, n.d. (late 1960s). 2 posters with
a number of colour illustrations. 2 vols. 76x52 cm. Paper. £200.00
An interesting set of two posters produced in the late 1960s for use in the poor and undeveloped Ningxia region in north-west China.
As a backward province, the issue of accidents caused by the encounter of motorized vehicles with unmotorized horse-drawn and people-drawn
transport was problematic due to the lack of safety awareness from drivers of both forms of transport. These two posters
sought to address and improve the issue through simple illustrations and text.
Title of the two posters: 1. Feijidongche yao Zunshou Jiaotongguize — Unmotorized Vehicles Must Observe Traffic Rules. 2. Zunshou
Geming Jilu. Yanjin Weizhang Xingche — Respect Revolutionary Discipline. It Is Forbidden to Break the Rules Whilst Driving.
In fine condition. Text in Chinese. Rare.
328 Feng Menglong comp.; Yang Shuhui and Yang Yunqiu trans: STORIES TO AWAKEN THE WORLD. A Ming
Dynasty Collection: Volume 3. Seattle, 2009. 992 pp. 23x16 cm. Cloth. £70.00
Third volume of a trilogy giving us the first complete translation of Feng Menglong’s ‘Xingshi Henyan’ — Stories to Awaken the
World’. A varied collection of short stories, many dating back centuries.
329 Fox, Robert: THE TABON CAVES. Archaeological Explorations and Excavations on Palawan Island, Philippines.
Manila, 1970. xiii, 197 pp. text plus 17 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 23x15 cm. Paper. £30.00
Detailed and interesting survey of explorations and excavations undertaken.
330 Franks, Augustus W: JAPANESE POTTERY. Being a Native Report with an Introduction and Catalogue. London,
1880. xvi, 112 pp. 73 engravings of pots and potters’ marks. 20x14 cm. Original green cloth. £70.00
South Kensington (Victoria & Albert) Museum of Art Handbook. First edition of a now rare catalogue.
331 Freer Gallery of Art: A DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATIVE CATALOGUE OF CHINESE BRONZES.
Acquired During the Administration of John Ellerton Lodge. Freer Gallery Oriental Studies, No. 3. Washington,
1946. 108 pp. 50 b/w plates, text-figures, maps. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £20.00
Superb plates and comprehensive catalogue. Now at a much reduced price to clear excess stock.
332 Friday, Karl F: LEGACIES OF THE SWORD. The Kashima-Shinryo and Samurai Martial Culture. Honolulu,
1997. 264 pp. Cloth. £30.00
333 Fujikake Shizuya: KEICHO KANEI FUZOKU GASHU. (Genre Paintings During Keicho and Kanei Periods
1596-1644). Tokyo, 1926. 12 pp. Japanese text, 45 plates. 38x27 cm. Japanese style binding. £150.00
A collection of paintings, screens, sliding doors, and hanging scrolls from the period 1596-1644. Japanese text.
334 Gamble, Sidney D: TING HSIEN. A North China Rural Community. Stanford, 1968. xxiii, 472 pp. Frontispiece,
16 plates, charts. Index. 22x14 cm. Paper. £25.00
Provides a wealth of data for social scientists and students of China: on population, agriculture, village industry, family budgets, finance
and trade. Based on an important survey carried out between 1926 and 1933. Second edition. Hucker 2074.
335 Gao Dalun et al: ZHONGGUO WENWU JIANSHANG CIDIAN. (A Dictionary of Chinese Connoisseurship).
Guilin, 1991. ii, 16, 421 pp. 36 colour plates. Most articles with b/w plates. Index. 27x20 cm. Cloth. £30.00
An extensive, classified dictionary, with character index, exemplifying, illustrating and describing in brief articles, most of the recognised
forms of Chinese art. Text in Chinese only. Fourth printing, 1994.
336 Gao Fenghan: GAO FENGHAN YAN SHI. (The ‘Inkstone Annals’ of Gao Fenghan). Shanghai, 1995. 273 pp.
Reproductions of an album of b/w rubbings throughout. Chinese text only. 39x27 cm. Cloth. £60.00
Gao, the painter, calligrapher and seal artist (1683-1749), was also a collector of inkstones and his ‘Annals’ records 112 fine examples.
It is also itself a work of calligraphic art which was carved in stone and reproduced as rubbings. This is a facsimile of one edition.
Out-of-print.
337 Gao Long: GAOLONG XING TA JINGCUI. (The Seals of Gao Long). Beijing, 1996. c. 55 folded leaves per
volume. Seal impressions throughout. 4 vols. 30x14 cm. Stitched, silk brocade case. £150.00
Seals carved by the contemporary craftsman Gao Long. Impressions are on traditional-style letter paper providing an interesting contrast
with the modern seal impressions which are in the style of Fengchen San Xian (Three Travel Weary Loafers) — see item 166 in
our List 118. In Chinese.
338 Gao Yi et al: EERDUOSI SHIHAI GOUCHEN. (An In-depth Look at Ordos History). 鄂爾多斯史海鉤沉 。
高毅 等 編著. Beijing, 2008. 279 pp. Colour plates throughout. 24x17 cm. Wrappers. £53.00
A very well-illustrated survey of the history and culture of the Ordos region of Mongolia and north-west China. Shows many of the distinctive
bronzes excavated in the area together with numerous other artefacts. In Chinese.
339 Giskin, Howard: CHINESE FOLKTALES. Lincolnwood, 1997. xv, 271 pp. Map. 23 cm. Cloth. £23.00
340 Goldman, Bernard: LATE SCYTHIAN ART IN THE WEST: THE DETROIT HELMET. Ipek Jahrgange
1966/1969 22. Band. Berlin, 1969. pp. 67-76 plus 8 pp. b/w plates. 29x22 cm. Paper. £20.00
341 Goodrich, Chauncey: A POCKET DICTIONARY CHINESE-ENGLISH. And Pekingese Syllabary. Shanghai,
1909. vii, 237, 70 pp. Arranged by romanization, with radical index. 15x12 cm. Half leather. £40.00

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With its title page advertising the fact that this comes from the ‘seventh thousand’ this is an early reprint of the first edition of an extremely
popular and useful pocket dictionary printed by the American Presbyterian Mission Press. Spine damaged, owner’s inscription
on front endpaper, giving his Chinese name in his own brushed calligraphy.
342 Gordon, Antoinette K: THE ICONOGRAPHY OF TIBETAN LAMAISM. Rutland, 1959. xxxi, 131 pp. 186
illustrations and plates, 1 in colour. Index. 31x23 cm. Quarter-cloth, and silk-covered boards. £75.00
A revised and enlarged edition of a scholarly study of one of the world’s most fascinating art forms. Second printing of the second edition.
Scarce in this edition. Slight bump to top right edge of cover, otherwise fine.
343 Gordon, Antoinette K: TIBETAN RELIGIOUS ART. New York, 1963. xvi, 104 pp. 93 illustrations and plates, 2
in colour. 26x19 cm. Cloth. £45.00
Reprint of 1959 edition. A useful survey of the field.
344 Goy, Bertrand & Itzikovitz, Max: WOOD SCULPTURE IN NEPAL. Jokers and Talismans. Milan, 2009. 165 pp.
Full page colour plates throughout. 28x24 cm. Boards. £40.00
A well-illustrated work that sets out to uncover the history of these little-studied objects and to determine their place in Nepalese culture.
All the masks and sculptures emanate an impressive and slightly frightening sense of brooding power.
345 Grace Wu Bruce: ELEGANT OFFERINGS FROM THE SCHOLAR’S STUDIO — THE JIANSONG GE
COLLECTION. London, 2002. 63 pp. Colour plates. 30x22 cm. Paper. £35.00
Catalogue of a sale exhibition of scholar’s studio objects from the Jiansong Ge collection. Includes brushpots, inkstones, paintings
and other items, all of a very high quality. Well-described and illustrated in colour. Dual text in English and Chinese.
346 Graham, David Crockett: FOLK RELIGION IN SOUTHWEST CHINA. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. volume 142:2.
Washington, 1967. viii, 246 pp. Over 50 b/w illustrations, 2 maps. 24x16 cm. Paper. £50.00
Mr Graham spent many years in the area, between 1911 and 1944, as a scholar-missionary. The book describes South West China,
the main religions of China and, of most interest, the folk religions and beliefs of the area. Interesting photographs. Second printing.
347 Granet, Marcel: CHINESE CIVILIZATION. London, 1958. xxiii, 444 pp. 12 plates, 5 maps. Bibliography and
index. 21x14 cm. Paper. £25.00
An original, theoretical analysis of Chinese institutions and society in Zhou times, but not generally considered authoritative. Translated
by Kathleen E. Innes and Mabel R. Brailsford.
348 Granoff, P. & Shimora, K. ed: MONKS AND MAGICIANS. Religious Biographies. 1996. Paper. £25.00
A collection of 7 original essays about the lives of Jain and Buddhist figures in India and Buddhist kings & monks in Tibet and China.
349 Gray, Basil: EARLY CHINESE POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. Faber Monographs on Pottery & Porcelain.
London, 1953. xvi, 48 pp. 4 colour, 96 b/w plates. 26x17 cm. Cloth. £45.00
A brief, authoritative history of Chinese ceramics from antiquity through to the Yuan period. Hucker 1435.
350 Green, Gillian: PICTORIAL CAMBODIAN TEXTILES. Bangkok, 2009. 163 pp. 278 colour illustrations. 23x25
cm. Paper. £19.95
Illustrates a comprehensive selection of Cambodian silk hangings — pidan. From both public and private collections, this work shows
many previously unpublished pieces and discusses their use and significance.
351 Groslier, Bernard & Jacques Arthaud: ANGKOR — ART AND CIVILIZATION. Singapore, 1966. 236 pp. 6
plates in colour, 115 b/w illustrations. 28x24 cm. Cloth. £85.00
A now classic book on the ruins of Angkor. Revised edition of ‘The Arts and Civilization of Angkor’.
352 Guan Xueling: QINGDAI GONGTING YIXUE YU YIXUE WENWU. (Medicine and Medical Artefacts in the
Qing Court). 清代宮庭醫學與醫學文物 。 關雪玲 著. Beijing, 2008. 227 pp. Numerous colour and b/w
illustrations. 25x17 cm. Wrappers. £30.00
Detailed and welcome detailed study on this little-known aspect of life at the Qing court within the Forbidden City, that of the culture
of imperial medicine and associated artefacts. Well-illustrated. Text in Chinese.
353 Guan Xueling ed: GUGONG SHOUCANG: ZHONGBIAO. (The Gugong Collection: Timepieces).
故宮收藏:鐘表。關雪玲 主編. Ni Yinggai Zhidao de 200 Jian. Beijing, 2007. 311 pp. Colour plates throughout.
24x17 cm. Wrappers. £25.00
Illustrates and describes 200 of the extraordinarily elaborate clocks and timepieces so loved by the Qing emperors of China. Many
are imported from Europe, some made in Guangzhou (presumably in the foreign hongs) and some made in the Zaobanchu workshops
in the Forbidden City. All examples from the imperial collection. Text in Chinese.
354 Guérin, Jacques: LA CHINOISERIE EN EUROPE AU XVIIIE SIÉCLE. Tapisseries-Meubles-Bronze
d’Ameublement-Céramiques-Peintures et Dessins. Paris, 1911. 8 pp. introductory pages and text, 8 pp. plate
captions. 80 loose b/w collotype plates with many illustrations. 42x31 cm. Half cloth portfolio. £250.00
Numbered edition of 250 copies. Excellent plates showing pieces imported from China, improved upon in Europe, or pieces manufactured
in Europe after Chinese models. Loose plates in broken portfolio.
355 Gugong Museum: SONGJIANG HUIHUA. (Paintings from the Songjiang School). 松江繪畫. Complete
Collection of Treasures Gugong, 7. Shanghai, 2007. 254 pp. Colour illustrations. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £75.00
Shows 106 beautiful examples of painting by the Songjiang school of artists active in China during the late Ming dynasty. The Songjiang
area comprises present-day Shanghai. Includes paintings, handscrolls and albums by numerous artists, well-known and less familiar,
including Dong Qichang and Wu Zhen. The handscrolls and albums are reproduced in full. Illustrated throughout in colour. Captions
in English, otherwise Chinese text.
356 Gugong Museum: SI SENG HUIHUA. Paintings by Four Monks. 四僧繪畫. Complete Collection of Treasures
Gugong, 11. Shanghai, 2000. 288 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards. £75.00
Illustrates and fully describes the paintings in the collection by the Qing painters known as the Si Seng or Four Monks: Hong Ren,
Kun Can, Ba Da Shan Ren and Shi Tao. Captions in English. Main text in Chinese.

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357 Gugong Museum: YANGZHOU HUIHUA. Paintings by Artists of Yangzhou. 揚州繪畫. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 13. Shanghai, 2007. 258 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards. £75.00
Shows 192 extremely fine examples of Qing dynasty paintings by artists of the Yangzhou school held in the collection of the Gugong
Museum in Beijing. Includes both paintings in the collection of the Qing court and later accessions. Illustrated throughout in colour.
Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
358 Gugong Museum: MINGBEI SHANBEN. (Rubbings of Famous Stone Inscriptions). 名碑善本. Complete
Collection of Treasures Gugong, 23. Shanghai, 2009. 24 pp. text, 232 pp. col. plates. 29x22 cm. Boards. £75.00
Shows 89 highly-regarded examples of rubbings of famous Chinese stone inscriptions with fine calligraphy. The rubbings are held in
the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. Many of the rubbings are held in albums and most of the 88 examples are illustrated
in multiple views. The stones from which the rubbings are taken date from the Han dynasty onwards.
359 Gugong Museum: MINGTIE SHANBEN. (Rubbings of Famous Examples of Calligraphy). 名帖善本. Complete
Collection of Treasures Gugong, 24. Shanghai, 2009. 24, 284 pp. 274 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Shows 137 examples of albums of rubbings of famous and highly-regarded examples of Chinese calligraphy held in the collection. The
rubbings and albums date from the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties. The stones and calligraphic inscriptions from which the rubbings
were taken are in many cases much older. Such calligraphic inscriptions were used as models for aspiring calligraphers to emulate.
360 Gugong Museum: YUAN MING QIQI. (Yuan and Ming Dynasty Lacquer). 元明漆器. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 45. Shanghai, 2006. 28, 263 pp. 207 items illustrated in full colour plates with some detail
plates. Colour text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards. £75.00
Magnificent exposition of 207 examples of Yuan and Ming lacquer from the Qing Court collection. Divided according to dynasty.
Mostly comprises carved lacquer with some painted, polychrome and inlaid examples. Another excellent survey in this essential series
containing much previously unpublished material. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
361 Gugong Museum: QINGDAI QIQI. Qing Dynasty Lacquer. 清代漆器. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong,
46. Hong Kong/China 2006. 30, 262 pp. 196 items illustrated in full colour plates with some detail plates. Colour
text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards. £75.00
Magnificent exposition of 196 examples of Qing lacquer. Slightly less than half the items shown are carved lacquer with further sections
for ‘carved filled-in’, gold-painted, polychrome-painted, ‘guangsu’, and inlaid lacquer. An excellent survey in this essential series
containing much previously unpublished material. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
362 Gugong Museum: BIYANHU. (Snuff Bottles). 鼻煙壺. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 47. Shanghai,
2002. 32 pp. text and 272 pp. colour plates showing 410 bottles. 29x22 cm. Boards. £75.00
Shows 410 wonderful snuff bottles from various holdings within the Forbidden City, Beijing. Includes many items produced in the imperial
workshops. The bottles are in many media — ivory, porcelain, lacquer, glass, enamelware, stone, horn etc. An excellent survey.
Each bottle illustrated in multiple views, including marks. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
363 Gugong Museum: QING GONG WUBEI. Armaments and Military Provisions. 清宮武備. Complete Collection
of Treasures Gugong, 56. Shanghai, 2008. 28, 264 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards. £75.00
Shows 286 superb examples of swords, saddles, arrows, paintings with military scenes, guns, cannon, armour, spears and other military-related
artefacts held in the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. Many of the objects come from the Qing Court Collection
and of particular note are the swords, many with stunning inlaid or gilt decoration and a good number with mughal-style inlaid
jade hilts. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
364 Gugong Museum: YUQI. Jadeware I & II. 玉器. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong. Shanghai, 2007. 30,
314; 32, 315 pp. A total of 629 pp. colour plates illustrate 601 jade objects. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Boards. £150.00
A further two (supplementary?) volumes in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum illustrate in fine
colour plates and describe a total of 601 superb jade objects in the Gugong collection in Beijing. The first volume shows 332 jades
dating from the Neolithic through to the Ming dynasty. The second volume illustrates 269 jades from the Qing dynasty. Many of the
jades are from the Qing court collection, the remainder presumably from recent archaeological excavations and donation. Close examination
of this work with the three previously-published volumes in this series on jade shows that the majority of the material in these
two volumes is new. There is some duplication but these duplicated pieces have been rephotographed and benefit from English captions
which the earlier volumes do not have. Titles to each section and captions in English. In Chinese. Only available as a set.
365 Gugong Museum: MINGBEI SHI PIN. Ten Famous Stone Inscriptions. 名碑十品. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 63. Shanghai, 2009. 16, 311 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards. £75.00
A supplementary volume in the series. Presents 10 of the most famous albums of rubbings of calligraphic inscriptions carved on stone
held in the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. The albums are: 1. ‘Inscriptions on Drum-Shaped Stone Blocks’. Inscribed
during the Warring States period. Ming rubbings. 2. ‘Inscriptions on ‘Curse Chu’ Stele’. Inscribed during the Warring States period.
Yuan dynasty rubbings. 3. ‘Inscribed Stone on Mount Tai’. Inscribed in the Qin dynasty. Ming dynasty rubbings. 4. ‘Stele of Ritual Vessels’.
Inscribed during the Eastern Han dynasty. Ming dynasty rubbings. 5. ‘Stele of Zhang Menghong’. Inscribed Northern Wei dynasty.
Ming rubbings. 6. ‘Inscription on Cliff Face Stone of Yi He’. Inscribed during the Liang Kingdom. Song dynasty rubbings. 7.
‘Stele of Li Quan in Jiu Cheng Palace’. Inscribed during the Tang dynasty. Song dynasty rubbings. 8. ‘Stele of Yu Gonggong’. Inscribed
during the Tang dynasty. Song dynasty rubbings. 9. ‘Stele of Li Sixun’. Inscribed during the Tang dynasty. Song dynasty rubbings. 10.
‘Stele of Li Xuanjing’. Inscribed during the Tang dynasty. Song dynasty rubbings.
The albums are all reproduced in their entirety. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
366 Gugong Museum: ZAYOUCAI SUSANCAI. Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains and Plain Tricoloured
Porcelains. 雜釉彩 素三彩. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 64. Shanghai, 2009. 35 pp. text and 324 pp.
colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards. £75.00
A supplementary volume in the series. Illustrates 273 wonderful examples of Ming and (the vast majority) Qing dynasty ceramics decorated
with various coloured enamels and the type of colouring known as susancai. It seems that this volume has been produced to include
ceramics that don’t fall easily in to any of the categories of the other ceramic volumes in the series. This is not said to denigrate
the quality of the ceramics which are excellent, if not superb. Many of the pieces were in the Qing Court collection. Nearly all the examples
are illustrated in multiple views and basemarks are shown. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.

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367 Gugong Museum: GU XI HUIBIAN. (Collection of Ancient Seals). 古璽彙編. Beijing, 1994. 6 pp. text. 520 pp.
(5708) seals. 27x19 cm. Cloth. £30.00
An important reference work in which the seals are set out clearly to aid identification. Text in Chinese. New edition of 1981 original.
368 Gugong Museum: JUANXIAN DAJIA YE YI. (Dr. Ip Yee’s Donation of Rhinoceros Horn Carvings to the Gugong
Museum). 捐獻大家:葉義. Beijing, 2007. 170 pp. 114 pp. colour plates. 33x26 cm. Cloth. £75.00
A fine catalogue of the donation by the collector Ye Yi (Dr. Ip Yee) to the Gugong Museum in Beijing of 81 superb examples of Chinese
rhinoceros horn carving dating from the Ming and Qing dynasties. All pieces well-illustrated in large colour plates and in multiple
views. All text in Chinese.
369 Gugong Museum ed: CULTURAL RELICS OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM COLLECTED IN THE QING
PALACE. Qing Gong Zangchuan Fojiao Wenwu. 清宮藏傳佛教文物. Beijing, 1998. 279 pp. 151 colour plates.
Chinese & English text. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £75.00
Focusing on a select but representative part of the collection of Buddhist cultural relics, this book introduces the Gugong collection,
drawing attention to the close relations between the Imperial Court and Tibetan Buddhism. Dual English and Chinese text.
370 GUGONG SHUHUA LU ZENGDINGBEN 1-4. Taibei, 1966. 428, 310, 586, 472 pp. 4 vols. 23x15 cm. Paper.
£75.00
Revised version of this detailed descriptive work on paintings in the National Palace Museum collection in Taibei. Revised edition. Some
wear to covers and spines. In Chinese.
371 Guo Chuanhuo: SHANMIAN SHOUCANG YU JIANSHANG. (The Appreciation and Collecting of Fans).
扇面收藏輿鑒賞 。 郭傳火 著. Shanghai, 2007. 149 pp. Colour illustrations. 21x14 cm. Paper. £20.00
A small but well-illustrated work on the collection and connoisseurship of Chinese fans. In Chinese.
372 Guo Qinghua: THE STRUCTURE OF CHINESE TIMBER ARCHITECTURE. Twelfth Century Design
Standards and Construction Principles. Göteborg, 1995. xii, 268 pp. 110 b/w illustrations. Map. 19 tables,
bibliography, index. 30x21 cm. Paper. £85.00
Doctoral dissertation offering a detailed examination of the state building structures of the Song period and extracts and translations
from the manual Yingzao Fashi (1103). Includes translations of 171 fundamental Chinese architectural terms. A solid and informative
thesis. Very hard to find.
373 Hai Bo ed: ZHU MU YA JIAOQI ZHENSHANG. (The Appreciation of Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros
Horn Objects). 竹木牙角器珍賞 。 海波 編著. Tainan, 1995. 7, 205 pp. 191 colour plates, 191 b/w illustrations
29x22 cm. Cloth. £90.00
A choice selection of objects in bamboo, wood, ivory and horn taken from various museum collections in China and Taiwan and some
private holdings. A total of 191 objects are displayed and described. Text in Chinese only.
374 Hall, D. G. E. ed: MICHAEL SYMES. Journal of his Second Embassy to the Court of Ava in 1802. London, 1955.
lxxxix, 270 pp. 22x14 cm. Cloth. £40.00
Description of a British Embassy to the Burmese court at the start of the 19th century. Includes an extensive introduction giving the
background to the Embassy and British diplomatic involvement with Burma, Symes’s diary and appendices.
375 Harada Jiro: THE LESSON OF JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE. London, 1936. 192 pp. Profusely illustrated.
Glossary. 29x23 cm. Cloth. £50.00
Plates depict interiors and exteriors, modern and historic. The emphasis of this volume by a noted authority is on the traditional style
of Japanese architecture seen primarily through private housing. Includes a short history of the development of the major premodern
styles. Silberman 804. First edition.
376 Harada Minoru: MEIJI WESTERN PAINTING. Arts of Japan 6. Tokyo, 1974. 144 pp. 131 illustrations, 28 in
colour. Glossary, bibliography, index. 23x19 cm. Cloth. £25.00
Discusses the western-influenced movements in Japanese art at the end of the 19th century following the opening of Japan. Translated
from the Japanese.
377 Harrer, Heinrich: SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET. London, 1953. xiii, 288 pp. 26 photographic plates, map. 22x15 cm.
Cloth. £20.00
The now classic account of Harrer’s escape from Dehra-Dun in 1943 and his subsequent seven years in Tibet where he became the
tutor and confidant of the young Dalai Lama.
378 Hasuda Shugoro: SHUGORU HASUDA — METALL PLASTIK. Kyoto, 1981. 282 pp. 127 colour plates. 37x26
cm. Cloth, slipcase. £155.00
Beautifully illustrated monograph on the modern metal artist. Text in Japanese and German.
379 He Dalong: CHANGCHI WUDAI JIANZHU XIN KAO. New Research on the Architecture of Five Dynasties
in Changchi. 長治五代建築新考 。 賀大龍 著. Beijing, 2008. vii, 202 pp. 23 colour plates. Numerous b/w
architectural drawings. 27x19 cm. Boards. £50.00
Detailed research into two extant Five dynasties temple buildings located near Changchi (Changzhi) in China’s Shanxi province. Wellillustrated,
particularly with architectural drawings. In Chinese.
380 He Zhengguang et al. ed: MINGDAI TAOCI DAQUAN. Chinese Ceramics, Ming Dynasty. 明代陶瓷大全.
Zhongguo Taoci Dashi 1. Taibei, 2002. 591 pp. Over 550 colour plates, text figs. 21x15 cm. Cloth. £40.00
Profusely illustrated encyclopaedia of Ming porcelain, a useful reference for any serious collector. Plate captions in English, otherwise
Chinese text. Seventh edition, newly reissued.
381 Hedin, Sven Anders: TRANS-HIMALAYA 1-2. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet. London, 1909. xxiii, 436;
xvii, 441 pp. 388 illustrations. 10 maps, 3 folding. 2 vols. 23x16 cm. Cloth. £350.00
A fascinating record of travel in a land which was previously almost unknown by a European. In very good condition. A third volume
was published in 1913. Yakushi H103, Marshall 2098.

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382 Heekeren, H. R. van: SAI-YOK. Stone-Age Settlements in the Kanchanaburi Province. Archaeological Excavations
in Thailand 1. Copenhagen, 1967. 129 pp. text. 23 plates. 30x22 cm. Half-cloth. £45.00
An account of the Thai-Danish Prehistoric Expedition 1960-62, whose objective was to make a study of the almost unknown prehistory
of Thailand.
383 Hegel, Robert comp: TRUE CRIMES IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHINA. Twenty Case Histories. Seattle,
2009. 312 pp. 22x15 cm. Paper. £22.00
The little-examined genre of legal case narrative is explored in this most interesting volume, the first collection in English of criminal
cases — most involving homicide — from late imperial China. Includes crimes of passion, family conflict, neighbourhood feuds, gang
violence and sedition.
384 Henan Cultural Group: GONGXIAN SHIKU SI. (Cave-Temples of Gongxian). Beijing, 1963. 26, 28, 64 pp. text
and illustrations and diagrams, 179 pp. b/w plates. 29x24 cm. Cloth. £75.00
Printed in 800 copies. Detailed survey of this important Buddhist ‘cave-temple’ in Henan Province. Text includes descriptions, inscriptions,
reproductions of rubbings, etc. 179 pages of good clear black-and-white plates. RBS 9:431. In Chinese. Price much reduced
due to an accumulation of stock.
385 Henderson, Gregory: KOREA. The Politics of the Vortex. Cambridge, 1968. xvi, 479 pp. 5 illustrations, notes,
index. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £25.00
An analysis of Korea’s modern history and political developments by an American diplomat who served 7 years in Korea from 1947,
in the light of the post-Korean War split, the Vietnam War and the American fear of Communism in the region.
386 HEQING XIANGMIANSHAN MUDI. Cemetery at Xiangmian Mountain. 鶴慶象眠山墓地. Beijing, 2009. 14,
515 pp. text plus 64 pp. colour and 40 pp. b/w plates. Numerous detailed b/w text drawings. One foldout. 29x22
cm. Cloth. £90.00
Most detailed report on the excavations of the cemetery at Xiangmian Mountain, located in Dali prefecture in China’s Yunnan province.
The cemetery was used for hundreds of years and contains Dali Kingdom remains onwards through to the early Qing dynasty. Of most
note is the extensive amounts of illustrated green-glazed pottery impressed or incised with various designs ranging from rope patterns
to small face masks. A wide range of other small artefacts were also found, many also illustrated. One page English abstract. Main
text in Chinese.
387 Heusden, Willem van: ANCIENT CHINESE BRONZES OF THE SHANG AND CHOU DYNASTIES. Tokyo,
1952. xi, 193 pp. 55 plates, 1 in colour, text-figures, map. Bibliography. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £50.00
An illustrated catalogue of the van Heusden Collection. Numbered edition of 1,000 copies, signed and sealed by the author.
388 Heyns, Pol & Cheng Wei-chung: DUTCH FORMOSAN PLACARD-BOOK, MARRIAGE, AND BAPTISM
RECORDS. 荷蘭時代臺灣告令集婚姻與洗禮登錄簿 。 韓家寶、 鄭維中 譯著. Taibei, 2005. lxiii, 428 pp. 27
pp. colour plates. 23x16 cm. Cloth. £40.00
Reproduces, translates and annotates two manuscripts that shed new light on the social and institutional history of Taiwan. The Dutch
Formosan Placard-book is a compilation of all placards issued by the Dutch Governors of Taiwan between 1629 and 1643. These contain
ordinances and laws that regulated life in the colony. The marriage and baptism records list the names of about 350 citizens who
married and whose children were baptised. Gives insights into the running of the colony and the foreign life style in 17th century Taiwan.
Dual text in English and Chinese.
389 Heywood, Denise: CAMBODIAN DANCE. Bangkok, 2009. 144 pp. 200 colour ills. 25x23 cm. Cloth. £19.95
Discusses the traditions and long history of Cambodian dance, an art form religious in origin.
390 Hibbert, Howard et al: DRAMA AND DESIRE. Japanese Painting from the Floating World, 1690-1850. Boston,
2007. 243 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x25 cm. Cloth. £45.00
65 masterpieces of ukiyo-e painting by renowned artists, with many images perviously unpublished and never in such a way as to
place them in the broader cultural context of Edo-period Japan.
391 Hoare, J. E: EMBASSIES IN THE EAST. The Story of the British and their Embassies in China, Japan and Korea
from 1859 to the Present. British Embassy Series, 1. London, 1999. 272 pp. Illustrations. Cloth. £40.00
Traces the history of three Far Eastern embassies through war and revolution against the background of the apparent steady decline
of Western influence in Asia.
392 Holloway, Owen E: GRAPHIC ART OF JAPAN. The Classical School. Chapters in Art Series, No. 28. London,
1957. v, 135 pp. 5 colour plates, 121 b/w plates and illustrations. 19x13 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £45.00
A monumental work in small format. Of great interest for the collector of Japanese illustrated books as well as anyone interested in
Japanese prints. Abrams A60.
393 Honey, William Bowyer: GUIDE TO THE LATER CHINESE PORCELAIN PERIODS OF K’ANG HSI TO
CH’IEN LUNG. Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Ceramics. London, 1927. xxi, 123 pp. 120 plates with
numerous illustrations. 25x16 cm. Paper. £45.00
Illustrated with 120 monochrome plates, plus many pages of reign marks, hall marks, date marks, etc. An analysis of the styles and
decorations of Qing porcelains, illustrated by examples from the Salting collection.
394 Hong Kong Museum of Art ed: ENGRAVED CALLIGRAPHY. Selected Seals donated by the K. S. Lo
Foundation. 金石掇英 : 羅桂祥基金捐贈印章精選. Hong Kong, 1996. 144 pp. Colour illustrations and
reproductions of seals throughout. 28x21 cm. Paper. £29.00
Catalogue of the K. S. Lo donation of seals held in the Flagstaff Museum. Text in English and Chinese.
395 Hong Kong Museum of Art ed: SCULPTURES FROM THAILAND. Taiguo Diaosu Yishu. 泰國雕塑藝術. Hong
Kong, 1982. 196 pp. 6 colour text plates. 52 items illustrated with plates, chiefly in colour. 2 maps, chronology,
bibliography. 26x22 cm. Cloth. £35.00
Exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Texts by Piriya Krairìksh, with a general introduction to Thai sculpture and detailed captions.
In English and Chinese.

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396 Hong Kong Museum of Art: TREASURES OF ASIAN ART. Selections from The Mr and Mrs John D. Rockefeller
3rd Collection. Hong Kong, 1993. 192 pp. 69 colour plates. 29x22 cm. Paper. £25.00
A selection of fine pieces from an exhibition spanning 12 countries over 3500 years including Buddhist sculptures from India, Thailand
and Cambodia, Chinese porcelain and Japanese woodblock prints. Text in English and Chinese.
397 Hong Kong Oriental Ceramic Society: ORIENTAL CERAMIC SOCIETY OF HONG KONG, BULLETIN
NUMBER 5. 1980-1982. Hong Kong OCS Bulletin No. 5. Hong Kong, 1983. 61 pp. Many illustrations, several in
colour. 30x21 cm. Paper. £15.00
Contains an article on Kraak porcelains by Barbara Harrison.
398 Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery: ANTHOLOGY OF INK. Ancient Chinese Painting and
Calligraphy from the Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection. 聚墨留香 : 攻玉山房藏中國古代書畫. Hong Kong, 2004. 256 pp.
Colour illustrations throughout. 31x23 cm. Paper. £35.00
Over 80 examples of painting and calligraphy from the Ming and Qing periods by masters including Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming, Zhu
Yunming, Wang Hui, Liu Yong, and Ren Xiong. Text in English and Chinese.
399 Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery: PICTURING CATHAY. Maritime and Cultural Images of the
China Trade. Hong Kong, 2003. 172 pp. Over 100 colour plates. 31x23 cm. Paper. £50.00
Catalogue accompanying an exhibition held at the Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery. Lenders include: The Hong Kong
Museum of Art, HSBC, The Peabody Essex Museum, Sze Yuan Tang Collection, Wallem Group and private collectors. 103 exhibits are
illustrated and described, primarily paintings and watercolours but also a few pieces of export porcelain. Sections on: Early Cultural
Contact; People of the China Trade; Vessels of the China Trade; Chinese Treaty Ports and Other Trade Harbours; Views of the Interior;
The Art of Export. Dual text in English and Chinese.
400 Hong Kong University Museum of Art: NANBANG WENWU: GUANGDONG CHUANTONG GONGYI.
Gems from the South: Traditional Crafts of Guangdong Province. 南邦文物 : 廣東傳統工藝. Hong Kong, 2002.
151 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x23 cm. Wrappers. £40.00
Catalogue accompanying an exhibition held at the Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery in conjunction with the Guangdong
Provincial Museum. Shows the traditional crafts of the region through objects dating from the Ming and Qing dynasties in various
media. Illustrated throughout in colour. Dual English and Chinese text.
401 Horiguchi Sutemi: KATSURA RIKYU. The Katsura Imperial Villa. Tokyo, 1952. 83 pp. Japanese text. 14 pp.
English text. 116 plates. 30x23 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £45.00
The history, architecture and landscape design of the Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto. English resume and plate captions.
402 Horstmann & Godfrey Limited: OLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHINESE CITIES II. Hong Kong, Canton,
Shanghai and Peking 1865-1920. Hong Kong, 1995. 44 pp. 56 b/w photographs, bibliography. 24x27 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Highlights from a collection of early photographs of Chinese cities and their inhabitants, Chinese and foreign, presented by Horstmann
& Godfrey at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hong Kong in December 1995 .
403 Hoster, Barbara et al: DAVID LUDWIG BLOCH. Holzschnitte, Woodcuts Shanghai 1940-1949. Nettetal, 1997.
xlix, 199 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 23x16 cm. Paper. £45.00
A delightful work featuring the small black-and-white woodblock illustrations done by the little-known artist, David Ludwig Bloch, in
Shanghai between 1940 and 1949. The vignettes capture numerous and varied aspects of life in the city, from beggars and rickshaws
to river views, street scenes and children. Texts in English, German and Chinese. Recommended.
404 Hu Binbin ed: ZHONGGUO MINJIAN CANG YAN ZHENSHANG. (The Appreciation of Chinese Inkstones).
中國民間藏硯珍賞 。 胡彬彬 編著. Shanghai, 2002. 110 pp. Colour plates throughout. 23x22 cm. Cloth.£25.00
134 inkstones dating from the Han dynasty to the Qing dynasties, illustrated in good colour. A pleasing and varied selection. Text in
Chinese.
405 Hu Wenyan & Yu Shuyan: ZHONGGUO JIAJU WENHUA. (The Culture of Chinese Furniture). 中國家具文化
。 胡文彥、 于淑岩 著. Shijiazhuang, 2002. 32, 4, 280 pp. 32 pp. colour plates and b/w text illustrations
throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £45.00
A chronological history of the development on furniture in China. Draws on illustrations of furniture in tomb murals and rubbings,
prints and paintings plus, of course, furniture itself. In Chinese.
406 Hu, Philip ed: LATER CHINESE BRONZES. The Saint Louis Art Museum and Robert E. Kresko Collections.
Saint Louis, 2008. 208 pp. Numerous colour plates. 28x22 cm. Cloth. £65.00
Shows 38 bronzes from the Southern Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the majority Ming and Qing. Most are in the Saint Louis
Art Museum or the collection of Robert Kresko. All are illustrated and discussed in much scholarly detail. A very welcome contribution
to the sparse literature on the subject.
407 Huang Yafeng ed: NANYANG QILIN’GANG HAN HUAXIANGSHI MU. (Han Dynasty Tomb Reliefs at
Qilingang near Nanyang). 南陽麒麟崗漢畫像石墓 。 黃雅峰 主編. Xi’an, 2008. 16, 6, 382 pp. B/w illustrations
and reproductions of rubbings throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards. £50.00
A survey of the extensive and fine Han dynasty tomb reliefs found in tombs in the Qilin’gang area near Nanyang in China’s Henan
province. Copiously-illustrated with numerous examples with varied designs and scenes. In Chinese.
408 Hulton, Paul and Smith, Lawrence: FLOWERS IN ART FROM EAST AND WEST. London, 1979. x, 150 pp.
Bibliography, index. 187 illustrations, 54 in colour. 27x22 cm. Paper. £25.00
The development of floral art from the early manuscripts of the Byzantine Empire through the paintings of the Song Dynasty court, Persian
miniatures, and Chinese and Japanese woodblocks.
409 Humfrey, R. N. P: THROUGH CHINA AND JAPAN. London, 1932. vi, 70 pp. 17 b/w photographs, e/p maps.
19x13 cm. Paper. £25.00
Chronicle of the Mission Film Committee’s expedition in 1932. Interesting black-and-white photographs.

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410 Humphreys, Christmas: THE SUTRA OF WEI LANG (OR HUI NENG). Translated from the Chinese by Wong
Mou-Lam. London, 1944. 128 pp. 16x12 cm. Paper. £25.00
English translation of the ‘Sutra Spoken by the Sixth Patriarch on the High Seat of the Vehicle of the Law’ which records the sermons
and sayings of Wei Lang (638-713), the most famous Dhyana Master of the Tang Dynasty.
411 Hunan Provincial Museum: MAWANGDUI HAN MU: GU CHANGSHA GUO DE YISHU HE SHENGHUO.
Noble Tombs at Mawangdui: Art and Life of the Changsha Kingdom Third Century BCE to First Century CE.
馬王堆漢墓:古長沙國的藝術和生活. Changsha, 2008. xix, 194 pp. Numerous colour plates. 28x21 cm.
Wrappers. £80.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Hunan Provincial Museum in Changsha, China, showing treasures from the famous Mawangdui excavations.
The exhibition was also held at the China Institute of America in New York. Superb Han dynasty lacquers, painted figurines,
textiles and silks and bamboo slips were shown. Illustrated throughout in colour and with dual texts in Chinese and English.
412 Idemitsu Museum of Art: YAMATO-E. In The Idemitsu Collection. Tokyo, 1986. 249 pp. Numerous colour plates.
34x27 cm. Half-leather, slipcase. £125.00
A splendid catalogue of 35 paintings of the Yamato school in the collection of the Idemitsu Museum. Each painting, either scroll,
screen or fan, is illustrated in full and in detail, in full colour. In Japanese.
413 Imao Keinen: KEINEN SHUGAJO. (A Study Collection of Woodblock Prints by Keinen). 景年習畫帖
。今尾景年. Kyoto, 1906. Each volume with a page of introduction, list of contents and 12 double page colour and
b/w woodblock prints. A total of 84 woodblock prints. 7 vols. 24x16 cm. Orihon. Modern chitsu case. £2,500.00
Demonstrates the full range of this highly-talented artist, an exquisite compilation of 84 woodblock prints. Published by Unsodo. Each
opening is a double page woodblock print measuring 24x32 cm. Subjects range from birds and flowers through to Mount Fuji and a
dancing monk. The use of colour is restrained, indeed, the whole work is wonderfully restrained. Each print bears an artist’s seal. The
work is elusive in the standard western references. The only (very brief) mentions located are in Brown: p.201. and Mitchell: p.355.
From the information contained within each volume, this is the second edition, produced the year after the first printing of 1905. Both
editions were produced in very limited numbers. In Japanese. Fine condition with just the occasional tear & mark. Very rare.
414 Isaacs, R. and Blurton, T: VISIONS FROM THE GOLDEN LAND. Burma and the Art of Lacquer. London,
2000. 240 pp. 150 colour and 50 b/w illustrations. 28x22 cm. Paper. £25.00
Paperback edition.
415 Ito Chuta: SHINA PEKIN JO KENCHIKU. (The Architecture of the City of Peking). 支那北京城建築 。
伊東忠太 編著. Tokyo, 1926. 9 loose sheets of introductory text and 102 collotype plates of which two are b/w
maps, one b/w foldout photographic panorama, 84 b/w photographic plates and 15 plates showing decorative detail
(2 hand-coloured). A final loose sheet gives publishing details. 29x38 cm. Loose in cloth case. £4,500.00
Little-known and very rare study of the architecture of Peking produced in the mid 1920s by Ito Chuta, a well-known architectural historian
who accompanied the photographer Ogawa Kazumasa to Peking in 1900 when, following the Relief of the Legations by the Allied
Armies and the fleeing of the imperial court, Ogawa photographed the imperial palaces for his monumental and famous study
published in 1906 — Photographs of Palace Buildings of Peking. The photographs are of importance as the prime visual legacy of the
imperial complex whilst the Qing dynasty was still in power. The palace buildings and courtyards show much disrepair and disarray,
reflecting the decline of the empire. This set appears to be a reworking of the Ogawa publication using the original glass negatives
held in the Tokyo Imperial Museum. It also contains illustrations of the architectural and painted decoration and designs on the palace
buildings plus a map of the Forbidden City, and the Western Garden area (Beihai, Zhonghai and Nanhai) and thus incorporates material
from the second work produced in conjunction with the Ogawa photographs, namely ‘Decoration of Palace Buildings of Peking’.
The work contains nine loose sheets of text comprising a title page, introduction, list of contents and descriptions of the photographic
plates. Followed by
Plates 1 and 2 are maps of the Forbidden City and adjoining Beihai and Zhongnanhai lake and garden complexes. Plate 3 is a three
panel foldout panorama of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and the surrounding palace buildings and courtyard complex. Plates 4 to
87 comprise photographs of the Forbidden City, Western Gardens, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven and other sites. Plates 88 to 102
show decoration on the palace buildings and temples architecture. Two of these are hand-coloured.
There is a small and unobtrusive red seal in the blank margin of each text sheet and collotype plate. Whether this was done by the
publisher or a previous collector is unclear as we have never handled this work before. All text in Japanese. However, to assist with
identification, we have done an English translation of the list of contents and numbered the back of the plates in pencil to correspond.
In fine condition, the loose plates being contained in the original blue cloth case with a design of a dragon(above and a phoenix below
the title in Japanese characters. Some slight waterstaining to the case. One toggle missing.
416 Itoh, Teiji: SPACE & ILLUSION IN THE JAPANESE GARDEN. New York, 1973. 229 pp. 103 plates, 8 in
colour. Appendix. 26x19 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £45.00
‘Borrowed Scenery’ and ‘The Great Within the Small’ are two fundamental concepts of Japanese garden design. Their theory, aesthetics
and application are here described in detail and with numerous illustrations. A valuable contribution. Photographs by Sosei Kuzunishi.
417 Izumishi Kuboso Kinen Bijutsukan: SOSOKI. (Containers). Izumi, 1986. 116 pp. 212 b/w illustrations. 26x18 cm.
Paper. £25.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Kubosai Memorial Museum. The theme of the exhibition was containers of various kinds and date
— ewers, kendi, tea and wine pots, including fine Tang and Song wares. Annotations on cover, insides clean. Text in Japanese.
418 Jackson, David P: PATRON AND PAINTER. Situ Panchen and the Revival of the Encampment Style. New York,
2009. 304 pp. 190 colour illustrations. 29x21 cm. Cloth. £58.00
Focuses on the work of this important Tibetan artist who flourished in the first half of the 18th century. His great stylistic tradition is
considered by some to be a veritable rebirth of Tibetan painting.
419 Janse, Olov: NOTES SUR QUELQUES EPEES ANCIENNES TROUVEES EN CHINE. BMFEA No. 2.
Stockholm, 1930. pp. 66-134 and 21 pp. b/w plates. In French. 26x19 cm. Paper. Wear to spine. £25.00

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420 Jenyns, Soame: CHINESE ARCHAIC JADES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. London, 1951. 38 pp. 40 b/w
plates. 25x19 cm. Half-cloth. £55.00
A record of this excellent collection with good clear black-and-white plates which illustrate 145 pieces. Born 181, Yang 1555.
421 Jenyns, Soame R: LATER CHINESE PORCELAIN — THE CH’ING DYNASTY (1644-1912). New York,
1951. xi, 104 pp. 4 colour plates, 120 b/w plates with many illustrations. 26x17 cm. Cloth. £45.00
A history of pottery production at the imperial kilns of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province from the 17th to the 20th century. First American
edition. Hucker 1434.
422 Jenyns, Soame R: MING POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. Faber Monographs on Pottery & Porcelain. London,
1953. 171 pp. 124 plates (4 in colour) with illustrations. Appendix, bibliography. 26x16 cm. Cloth. £25.00
A comprehensive, authoritative history of ceramic arts in Ming China. At a much reduced price to clear excess stock. Hucker 1433.
423 Jiang Gaochen: YUNNAN MINZU ZHUWU WENHUA. (Domestic Housing of Yunnan Nationalities). Kunming,
1997. 22 colour plates and 448 pp. text. B/w illustrations and photographs throughout. 26x27 cm. Cloth. £25.00
Shows various types of housing in photographs, drawings and plans as built and used by the various nationalities of Yunnan province.
In Chinese only.
424 JIANGSU SHENG CHUTU WENWU XUANJI. (Cultural Artefacts Excavated in Jiangsu Province). Beijing,
1963. 10, 51 pp. 226 plates, some in colour; 12 pp. text figures. 27x19 cm. Cloth. £75.00
Good plates of many unusual and rare objects, from early implements, pottery and bronzes to later metalwork, sculpture and ceramics.
RBS 9:401. Produced by Nanjing & Jiangsu Provincial Museums.
425 Jin Genyuan & Zhang Zhengwang ed: ZHONGGUO MINJIAN SHOULU JIANSHANG. (The Appreciation of
Folk Chinese Hand Warmers). 中國民間手爐鑒賞 。 金根源 張正望 編著. Beijing, 2008. 6, 2 pp. text plus 180
pp. colour plates. 28x21 cm. Wrappers. £35.00
A total of 180 fine examples of Chinese bronze hand warmers are illustrated in colour and described. Arranged chronologically, there
are 31 Ming dynasty, 131 Qing dynasty, 17 Republican period and 1 modern examples shown. Base marks are shown and the large
majority of the plates also show an additional view, either of the intricate design on the top of the warmer or a side view showing design
on the body of the warmer. Text in Chinese. A welcome contribution to the subject.
426 Jin Shen & Peng Yonghua: LIANG JIA CANG GUDAI FOXIANG: TAIHUA ZHAI CANG FOXIANG
DANBO XUAN ZHENCANG. (Ancient Buddhist Images from Two Collections: The Taihua Zhai Collection of
Buddhist Images and Treasures from the Danbo Xuan Collection). 兩家藏古代佛象:苔華齋藏佛象澹泊軒珍藏
。 金申 彭永華 著. Tianjin, 2009. 1, 1, 3, 1, 177; 1, 3, 1, 177 pp. Colour plates throughout both volumes. 2 vols.
30x22 cm. Boards. £170.00
Two-volume work cataloguing the finest works held in two private Chinese collections. The Taihua Zhai collection focusses on early
gilt-bronze Chinese Buddhist sculpture along with a number of other works. The Danbo Xuan holdings are strong in early Chinese stone
Buddhist sculpture plus some later Buddhist bronzes. Both volumes illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese.
427 JIZHONG YOUJILIN NONGYAO ANQUAN SHIYONG GUATU. (Posters Concerning the Safe Use of
Organic Phosphate Pesticides). 几種有機磷農藥安全使用掛圖. Tianjin, 1965. 10 posters each with a number of
colour illustrations. 10 vols. 76x52 cm. Paper. £400.00
A very rare set of folded Chinese posters dating from the early/mid 1960s on a subject of much importance at the time in the Chinese
countryside — the safe use of organic phosphate pesticides which had been recently introduced into Chinese agriculture. Following
their introduction, there was a plethora of incidents of peasants being poisoned by these dangerous substances and this was the Chinese
government’s attempt to solve the problem. The posters being folded indicate that they were meant to be used in a classroom or
village meeting setting by an official to educate the populace of villages. Titles of posters as follows: 1. Jizhong Changyong de Youjilin
Shachongji — Several Frequently-Used Organic Phosphate Pesticides. 2. Youjilin Shachongji de Zuoyong Fangshi — The Use
of Organic Phosphate Pesticides. 3. Youjilin Nongyao Zenyang Yinqi Renchu Zhongdu — How Can People and Animals be Poisoned
by Organic Phosphate Pesticides? 4. Anquan Shiyong Youjilin Nongyao — The Safe Use of Organic Phosphate Pesticides. 5. Youjilin
Nongyao Zhongdu de Zhenduan he Zhiliao — The Diagnosis and Treatment of Organic Phosphate Pesticide Poisoning. 6. 1605 Ruji
Shachong de Duixiang he Shiyong Fangfa — The Target Pests and the Use of Organic Phosphate Pesticide No. 1605. 7. Leguo he 1059
de Fangzhi Duixiang he Shiyong Fangfa — The Use of Organic Phosphate Pesticides Leguo and 1059. 8. 3911 Ruji de Shiyong Fangfa
— The Use of Organic Phosphate Pesticide No. 3911. 9. Dibaichong de Shiyong Fangfa — The Use of Organic Phosphate Pesticide
‘Dibaichong’. 10. Didiwei Ruji de Shiyong Fanwei he Shiyong Fangfa — The Scope and Use of DDT.
The posters in fine condition. All text in Chinese. A rare survival and the first time we have ever seen such material.
428 [Jouve, Joseph-Bapiste]: LA CONQUETE DE LA CHINE PAR LES TARTARES MANCHEOUX. Evenement
des plus considérables de l’Histoire Moderne, Beaucoup mieux detaillé qu’il ne l’a été jusqu’a présent, et enrichi
de l’Accord des Annales de la Chine avec la Chronologie de l’Histoire Universelle. Francfort & la Haye, 1757. [18],
345; 318, [4] pp. 2 vols. 16x10 cm. Full contemporary calf, spine richly gilt, five raised bands, red morocco
label. £300.00
Jouve (1701-1758), used the anagrammatic pseudonym Vojeu de Bunem for this history of the Manchu conquest based on the work of
the French Jesuit, Joseph De Mailla’s ‘Annales de la Chine’. This is the second edition, Chez les Van Duuren. Titles printed in red and
black.
De Mailla’s manuscript arrived in France in 1737, and Jouve was charged with arranging its publication, although he chose to write
his own book under this curious nom de plume. The chronological section at the end commences with a confident date of 3638 B.C.
for the Déluge Universel, and is based on a manuscript prepared by J. B. Régis, better known as cartographer to the Kangxi Emperor.
Binding worn and rubbed, including edges, with hinges splitting in places but still tight and easily refurbishable. Generally clean inside
and a good impression.
Cf. Cordier 629-630; Lust 436; Morrison II:32.
429 Jumsai, Manich M. L: KING MONGKUT OF THAILAND AND THE BRITISH. The Model of a Great
Friendship. Bangkok, 1991. 6, 253 pp. 18x13 cm. Paper. £20.00
A study of the Thai monarch who opened Thailand to the West and his relationship with the British during the Victorian era.

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430 Kagawa Prefecture Museum of History ed: SPECIAL EXHIBITION: THE TAIRA-MINAMOTO WAR IN
THE 12TH CENTURY. Kagawa, 2003. 96 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper. £45.00
Catalogue of an exhibition that examines the depiction of the Genpei Wars of the 12th century in Japanese art. Includes paintings,
screens and woodblock illustrated books obviously showing much of a military theme. In Japanese.
431 Kamakura Treasure Hall: KAMAKURA PORTRAIT SCULPTURE. Volume One: Statues of Seated Priests,
Volume Two: Warriors and High Priests. Kamakura, 1996 & 2001. 4, 2, 31, 27; 4, 2, 34, 29 pp. A total of 4 colour
and 65 b/w plates to the two volumes. 2 vols. 26x19 cm. Cloth. £80.00
The first volume shows 20 examples of Japanese portrait statues of seated Zen priests (chinzo), the second continues with a further 20
examples of priests and warriors. All examples date from the Kamakura period and are very rare. All illustrated in full page plates
and described. Text in Japanese.
432 Kanazawa Bunko ed: THE TWELVE DIVINE GUARDIANS: A GATHERING OF DIVINE PROTECTORS.
Tokyo, 2004. 64 pp. Numerous colour and b/w illustrations. 30x21 cm. Paper. £30.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Kanazawa Bunko showing a total of 70 exhibits featuring Buddhist Guardian spirits in painting and
sculpture. Includes a group of Hei’an period Guardian images. Some very fine pieces. In Japanese.
433 Karlgren, Bernhard: BRONZES IN THE HELLSTRÖM COLLECTION. BMFEA 20. Stockholm, 1948. 38 pp.
58 b/w plates. 27x19 cm. Paper. £25.00
A detailed catalogue of some of the best bronzes in the Hellstrom Collection, later left to the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities.
434 Karlgren, Bernhard: CATALOGUE OF THE CHINESE BRONZES IN THE ALFRED F. PILLSBURY
COLLECTION. Minneapolis, 1952. (13), 228 pp. 114 plates. 32x24 cm. Cloth. £250.00
On one of the world’s great collections of Shang and Zhou bronzes. A detailed, authoritative description of the 106 pieces, with a long
introduction on the chronology of ancient Chinese bronze developments. Hucker 1418.
435 Karlgren, Bernhard: MARGINALIA ON SOME BRONZE ALBUMS I. BMFEA 30. Stockholm, n.d. pp. 289-
331 plus 74 pp. b/w plates. 27x19 cm. Paper. £20.00
436 Karlgren, Bernhard: MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON SOME BRONZES TOGETHER WITH NOTES ON
A KIN-TS’UN ALBUM. BMFEA 33 & 10. Stockholm, 1961 & 1938. pp. 91-101 plus 19 pp. b/w plates; pp. 65-
81 plus 6 pp. b/w plates. 27x19 cm. Paper. £24.00
437 Karlgren, Bernhard: NOTES ON THE GRAMMAR OF EARLY BRONZE DECOR. BMFEA No. 23.
Stockholm, 1951. pp. 1-37 plus 43 pp. drawings and 26 pp. b/w plates. 26x19 cm. Paper. Wear to spine. £27.00
438 Karlgren, Bernhard & Wirgin, J: CHINESE BRONZES. The Natanael Wessén Collection. MFEA Monograph
Series Vol. I. Stockholm, 1969. 175 pp. 79 plates, 8 in colour; text-figures. 24x18 cm. Quarter-cloth. £20.00
85 outstanding pieces ranging from ritual vessels to mirrors and decorative bronze objects.
439 Karlgren, Bernhard et al: EXHIBITIONS SEPTEMBER 1933. Stockholm, 1935. 113 pp. text and 83 pp. b/w
plates & illustrations. 27x19 cm. Paper. Coming loose. £20.00
Articles on Chinese bronzes selected from the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Nos. 5 & 6, published in conjunction
with two exhibitions arranged for the International Congress on Art History. Useful pencil annotations informing of current locations
of bronzes illustrated.
440 Katzumie Masaru et al: JAPAN STYLE. Tokyo, 1980. 151 pp. Profusely illustrated with colour plates. 25x26 cm.
Paper. £20.00
Produced in conjunction with an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, giving a taste of the complexity of Japanese life and
revealing the variety of its material culture.
441 Kawahara Masahiko: THE CERAMIC ART OF OGATA KENZAN. Japanese Arts Library 13. Tokyo, 1985. 151
pp. 31 colour plates, 109 illustrations, map. Glossary, bibliography & index. 27x19 cm. Cloth. £25.00
The life and work of Kenzan (1663-1743) and the tradition of Kyoto ceramics.
442 Kawai Masatomo et al: SANSO COLLECTION — SUIBOKU GA MEISAKU TEN. Japanese Paintings
Collected by Prof. and Mrs. P. F. Drucker. Tokyo, 1986. 164 pp. 121 ills, 32 in col. 26x21 cm. Paper. £25.00
The catalogue of a touring exhibition of Suiboku-ga masterpieces from the Muromachi and Momoyama periods, Edo period Zen-ga
works, and literati paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries.
443 Ke Changji: WEIHUAGE JIGULU BAWEI. (Notes on Bronze Inscriptions). Yüyüan Congkan 1. (Beiping),
(1935). 418 pp. 4 vols. 27x14 cm. Stitched, cloth case. £48.00
The notes were originally written to accompany rubbings. Since several collections of facsimile reproductions had been published by
then, it was considered sufficient to print the notes by themselves. In Chinese.
444 Kessler, Adam T: EMPIRES BEYOND THE GREAT WALL. The Heritage of Genghis Khan. Seattle, 1994. 176
pp. 152 illustrations, 101 in colour. Maps, table, bibliography, index. 30x23 cm. Cloth. £45.00
Based on astounding archaeological finds of the last few years, now housed in Chinese museums, this book traces the history of the
pastoral, nomadic steppe civilisations which flourished before the rise of the Mongols. With a corner torn off contents page (no loss
of text, slight loss of decorative frontispiece opposite).
445 Khandalavala, Karl J. ed: INDIAN BRONZE MASTERPIECES. The Great Tradition. New Delhi, 1988. 180
pp. 174 plates and illustrations, mostly in colour. 31x27 cm. Cloth. £30.00
Specially published for the Festival of India. A lavishly illustrated book with contributions by various scholars.
446 Kidder, J. Edward: EARLY CHINESE BRONZES IN THE CITY ART MUSEUM OF ST. LOUIS. St. Louis,
1956. 110 pp. 35 plates, 1 in colour. Map. Bibliography. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £50.00
The Museum has a large and wide-ranging collection of ancient Chinese bronzes, including the Lionberger Davis donation. Hucker
1423.

FROM OUR STOCK – 40 – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS
447 Kidder, J. Edward: THE JOMON POTTERY OF JAPAN. Artibus Asiae Supplement 17. Ascona, 1957. xvi, 200
pp. 7 plates, 45 figures. 32x24 cm. Cloth. £75.00
The major study on the subject.
448 Kierman, Frank A. Jr. ed: CHINESE WAYS IN WARFARE. Harvard East Asian Series 74. Taipei, 1975. xii, 401
pp. Map. 24x15 cm. Cloth. £30.00
Eight essays on various aspects of Chinese military style and tradition from the seventh to the sixteenth centuries A.D. This volume
was conceived at a conference on military history at Harvard University in 1969, and provides a detailed insight into this side of Chinese
life. Taiwan reprint.
449 Kilburn, Richard: TRANSITIONAL WARES AND THEIR FORERUNNERS. Hong Kong, 1981. 224 pp. 217
exhibits, all illustrated, 70 in colour. Bibliography. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £45.00
Catalogue of an exhibition organised by the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong dealing with transitional wares (1619-1683) before
the return of imperial patronage to Jingdezhen. The best book on this subject.
450 Kim, Dr Won-yong: KOREAN ARTS 3. Architecture. Seoul, 1963. 242 pp. 105 plates, 8 in colour. 30x22 cm.
Paper. £30.00
The other 2 volumes in the series cover ceramics and painting & sculpture. Each plate has an explanatory text opposite. Published by
the Ministry of Public Information.
451 Kim, H. Edward: KOREA. Beyond the Hills. Tokyo, 1980. 183 pp. Many colour photographs. Map. 27x23 cm.
Cloth. £25.00
A photographic tour of Korea’s landscape and people.
452 Kim, Kichung: AN INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL KOREAN LITERATURE. From ‘Hyangga’ to
‘P’ansori’. Armonk, 1996. 256 pp. index Cloth. £45.00
An introduction to some of the most important and representative genres of classical Korean literature.
453 Kimimori Hitoshi; Du Xiaofan trans: SANQING SHUWU YAN MO. (Inkstones and Inksticks from the Sanqing
Shuwu). 三清書屋硯墨 。 公森仁 著; 杜曉帆 譯. Beijing, 2009. ix, 4 pp. text plus 212 pp. colour plates. 27x18
cm. Boards. £95.00
Catalogue of an elegant Japanese collection of Chinese inkstones and inksticks. The inkstones date from the Han through to the Qing
dynasty, the inksticks are late Ming and, mostly, Qing dynasty. A total of 212 examples are illustrated in fine colour plates. Text in Japanese
and Chinese.
454 Kita Ward Asukayama Museum: CHERRY BLOSSOMS — THEIR AESTHETICS AND THEIR REALITY.
Tokyo, 1998. 79 pp. 33 colour and 15 b/w plates. 29x21 cm. Paper. £25.00
Near the famous cherry blossom viewing spot of Asukayama, this exhibition commemorates and highlights this most loved of Japanese
flowers. With paintings, crafts and ceramics featuring the cherry blossom. In Japanese only.
455 Knight, Luther: THE VANISHED HEAVENLY COUNTRY. 消失的天府 (1910-1913). Guilin, 2009. 176 pp.
Full page b/w photographs throughout. 21x21 cm. Wrappers. £30.00
Shows black-and-white photographs taken by an American teacher, Luther Knight, who taught in Chengdu in China’s Sichuan province
from 1910-1913, dying in Chengdu in 1913. Knight travelled extensively throughout the province, reaching many remote parts and this
is a fascinating archive of his travels showing scenery, buildings and people at a time when Sichuan was little-visited by westerners.
Includes a number of photographs of the Yangtze Gorges. In Chinese.
456 Kobayashi Tadashi ed: RIMPA PAINTING VOLUME 2. Seasonal Flowering Plants and Birds. Kyoto, 1990. 366
pp. Over 377 illustrations and plates in colour, and 377 b/w text-figures. 30x30 cm. Silk, slipcase. £275.00
Second volume in a planned series of 5, illustrating paintings in the style of the Rimpa school. The illustrated objects have been selected
from museum and private collections all over the world. Mainly Japanese text. English captions and resumés.
457 Komai Kazuchika: CHUGOKU KO KYO NO KENKYU. A Study on the Chinese Bronze Mirrors of the Pre-Six
Dynasty. Tokyo, 1953. 236 pp. Japanese text; 4 pp. English. 26 b/w plates, 1 colour. 22x16 cm. Cloth. £40.00
Contents include sections on mirrors in ancient literature, inscriptions on mirrors, materials used, and designs on the mirrors. Japanese
text with a list of contents and an introduction in English.
458 Kondo Ichitaro: JAPANESE GENRE PAINTING. The Lively Art of Renaissance Japan. Tokyo, 1961. 148 pp.
119 plates, 10 in colour. 8 text figures. 35x26 cm. Cloth. £35.00
Describes and depicts art in Japan from the middle of the 15th to the early part of the 16th centuries.
459 Koop, Albert J: EARLY CHINESE BRONZES. London, 1924. viii, 85 pp. 110 plates, 6 in colour. 33x23 cm. Tan
pigskin, wear at edges and borders. £250.00
Classic survey of the subject, written shortly before the epoch-making finds at Anyang, largely drawing on examples in the Eumorfopoulos
collection. No. 19 of a limited edition of 40 copies signed by Koop, Assistant-Keeper of the Dept of Metalwork at the V & A.
460 KOREA: ITS PEOPLE AND CULTURE. Seoul, 1970. 471 pp. Colour and b/w photographs throughout
(including initial section of 8 pp. colour & 16 pp. b/w plates). Folding colour map. 27x20 cm. Cloth. £45.00
A thematically arranged veritable encyclopaedia of information about Korea — geography, history, people, politics, industry, religion,
literature, arts, music, drama, customs, games, tourism etc. Scarce, good copy.
461 Koyama Fujio: SANSAI. (Three Coloured Ware). Nihon no Bijutsu No. 76. Tokyo, 1972. 104 pp. 184 plates, 19 in
colour. 23x19 cm. Paper. £30.00
Japanese three coloured ware of the Nara period and the Sansai ware in the Shoso-in repository. The original Chinese sancai ware of
the Tang period as well as of the periods Tang to Qing, and Persian three coloured ware are also examined. Japanese text only.
462 Krishnan, M. V: CIRE PERDUE CASTING IN INDIA. New Delhi, 1976. 8, 100 pp. A few b/w drawings. 24x18
cm. Cloth. £40.00
Examines the history of lost-wax casting in India and the techniques used in production. Also examines lost-wax techniques used in
olden times in China, Japan and elsewhere.

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463 Kume Yasuo: TESUKI WASHI SHUHO. (Fine Handmade Papers of Japan). Tokyo, 1979. 303 pp. 33 illustrations.
207 actual samples. English text to samples, 12 colour plates. 4 vols. 30x21 cm. Japanese style binding, case.
English text loose. £400.00
Limited edition of 350 copies. A splendid assemblage of samples of a craft actively pursued in Japan. English text gives names of
paper, paper maker, and province, characteristics and usage. This is the Japanese edition.
464 Kumja Paik Kim: HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS. Decorative Painting of Korea. San Francisco, 1998. 64 pp.
Colour illustrations throughout. 28x22 cm. Paper. £15.00
Featuring 16 paintings from the late 16th to the 20th century, this special exhibition reflects important aspects of Korean culture and
is indicative of the customs and folklore of premodern Korea. Unique works from the Museum’s and private collections.
465 Kümmel, Otto: CHINESISCHE BRONZEN. Aus der Abteilung fur Ostasiatische Kunst an den Staatlichen
Museen Berlin. Berlin, 1928. 16 pp. text, 35 collotype plates. 38x29 cm. Paper. £65.00
Illustrates 26 archaic bronzes on 32 plates, plus 3 extra plates with rubbings of decoration and inscriptions.
466 Kuwayama, George ed: THE GREAT BRONZE AGE OF CHINA. A Symposium. Los Angeles, 1983. 136 pp.
Numerous photographs & illustrations. 28x22 cm. Paper. £22.00
Ten of America’s leading scholars in Chinese art, archaeology, philology, history, and technology joined to share their insights into
China’s Bronze Age civilization in May 1981. Their papers are published in this volume.
467 Kwangju National Museum ed: THE KWANGJU NATIONAL MUSEUM. Kwangju, 1978. 150 pp. Colour and
(predominantly) b/w plates. 26x19 cm. Paper. £25.00
A guide to the collections of the Kwangju National Museum in Korea — the objects illustrated are mainly archaeological items and
numerous ceramics from various periods. Captions and list of plates in English, otherwise Korean text.
468 Kyongju National Museum: KYONGJU PANGMULGWAN PU SILLA YUJOK. (Artefacts from the Silla Period
in the Kyongju National Museum). Kyongju, 1975. 24 pp. text plus 6 pp. colour and 90 pp. b/w plates. 26x19 cm.
Paper. £50.00
Comprehensive illustrations of numerous artefacts from the Silla period held in the Kyongju National Museum and in the Kyongju area.
Includes the famous gold crown and other gold pieces plus sculpture, bronzes, ceramics etc. With an appended illustrated section on
‘new archaeological sites’. Captions in English, otherwise Korean text.
469 Kyoto Museum of Culture ed: KOREAN MISSIONS TO EARLY-MODERN JAPAN. An Appeal from the Edo
Period for Japanese-Korean Friendship in the Twenty-first Century. Kyoto, 2001. 270 pp. 206 colour plates. 30x21
cm. Paper. £45.00
A major exhibition studying the early Korean diplomatic and trade missions to Japan during the Edo period. Hundreds of objects are
illustrated in good colour — prints, paintings, seals, maps, screens, scrolls and metalwork. All captions plus one page of brief introductions
in English. Main text in Japanese.
470 Kyoto National Museum: JAPANESE PAINTING OF THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD. Achievements of
the Kyoto School. Kyoto, 1984. 144 pp. including 6 pp. in English. 82 plates & illustrations, 6 in colour. 26x18 cm.
Paper. £30.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Kyoto National Museum.
471 Kyoto National Museum: TOKUBETSU TENRANKAI: SHOHEKIGA NO HOKO: KYO, OMI NO
MEISAKU. An Exhibition of Japanese Screen Paintings: Masterpieces from Kyoto and Shiga. Kyoto, 1979. c.
200 pp. including 8 pp. English captions. 26 colour plates, c. 100 illustrations. 28x25 cm. Paper. £40.00
Exhibition catalogue illustrating most of the 101 exhibits.
472 Kyushu Ceramic Museum: CERAMICS OF OKINAWA — FRAGRANCE FROM THE SOUTH SEAS. Saga,
1998. 202 pp. 329 colour plates. 24x25 cm. Paper. £45.00
Catalogue of an exhibition devoted to an in-depth examination of the unique Kina, Chibana, Wakuta and Tsuboya wares. Copiouslyillustrated.
In Japanese only.
473 Lally, J. J. & Co: CHINESE PORCELAIN AND SILVER IN THE SONG DYNASTY. New York, 2002. 70 pp.
28x21 cm. Paper. £25.00
Catalogue of Lally’s spring exhibition in New York. 35 superb examples of Song dynasty porcelain and silver, all well-illustrated in
colour and with detailed, erudite descriptions. Apart from the quality of the objects, this exhibition is of particular interest in showing
the artistic links between the porcelain and silver of this period.
474 Lally, J. J. & Co: ANCIENT CHINESE TOMB SCULPTURE. New York, 2004. c. 60 pp. 28x21 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Catalogue of Lally’s spring 2004 exhibition in New York. 20 extremely fine examples of Chinese tomb sculptures in ceramic, wood and
marble are discussed in detail. All objects illustrated in full page colour plates. Includes a truly exceptional Western Han ensemble of
a large painted pottery orchestral group of three musicians playing their (pottery) bells, chimes and drum.
475 Lancaster, Clay: THE JAPANESE INFLUENCE IN AMERICA. New York, 1963. xix, 292 pp. 216 illustrations,
8 in colour. 32x24 cm. Cloth. £85.00
‘The first major book to explore the historic background and define the impact of Japanese ideas, aesthetic ideals and art forms upon
the United States.’ Especially interesting in relation to Architecture and Gardens. Introduction by Alan Priest.
476 Larre, Claude & E. Rochat de la Vallée: THE HEART. In Ling Shu Chapter 8. Chinese Medicine From the Classics.
London, 1991. 93 pp. Illustrations. 21x21 cm. Paper. £20.00
Another book in the continuing series of edited and illustrated translations of and commentaries on key Chinese medical texts. This
book deals with the treatment of the heart, central to traditional medicine, in the ‘Ling Shu’.
477 Lawton, Thomas ed: NEW FRONTIERS IN GLOBAL ARCHAEOLOGY DEFINING CHINA’S ANCIENT
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Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University. Tokyo, 2008. 732 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations.
28x22 cm. Cloth. £150.00
Proceeds of the Symposium held at Beijing University in 2004 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Arthur M. Sackler
Museum located at the university. A total of 42 papers were given, divided into three main groupings: Archaeology, Study and Conservation
of Cultural Relics, Museology and Museum Management. The papers given in Chinese have useful English summaries, those
given in English are reproduced in full.
478 Lee Pic Shan & Hui, Rosanne: ZIFANG GUAN CANG YAN. Inkstone Collection of Zi Fang Guan. 紫方館藏硯
。 李碧珊、 許樂心 編纂. Hong Kong, 2006. 19 pp. text plus c.252 pp. colour plates. 29x21 cm. Cloth. £75.00
Catalogue of a private (Hong Kong held?) collection of inkstones dating from the Han dynasty to the near present day. There is an extensive
amount of Song, Ming and Qing material. A total of 230 inkstones are illustrated in full colour and described. Near dual texts
in Chinese and English.
479 Lee, Peter ed: ANTHOLOGY OF KOREAN LITERATURE. From Early Times to the Nineteenth Century.
Hawaii, 1990. xxv, 313 pp. 23x15 cm. Paper. £25.00
The cultural history of an ancient people is beautifully revealed through myths, short lyrics, adventure tales, fables, romance, portraits,
satire and semi-fictional biographies. Revised edition.
480 Lee, Sherman E: ANCIENT CAMBODIAN SCULPTURE. New York, 1969. 115 pp. 61 plates, 2 in colour.
28x21 cm. Cloth. £65.00
481 Lequin, Frank: THE PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF ISAAC TITSINGH. Volume I: 1785-1811. Japonica
Neerlandica, 4. Amsterdam, 1990. l, 534 pp. 8 plates. 23x16 cm. Cloth. £34.00
Titsingh (1745-1812) was the first serious European Japanologist. Frank Lequin has reconstructed the best part of Titsingh’s correspondence,
all never published before. This volume contains 215 letters to his Japanese and European friends. Many of the letters are
in Dutch.
482 Levy, Howard S. trans: WARM-SOFT VILLAGE. Chinese Stories, Sketches and Essays. Tokyo, 1964. viii, 142
pp. 22x16 cm. Cloth. £30.00
First edition, signed by the author. Translations from Chinese and Japanese sources about love, concubinage and matrimony in pre-
Revolutionary China.
483 Li Chi: STUDIES OF THE BRONZE TING-CAULDRON. Excavated from Hsiao T’un & Hou Chia Chuang.
Archaeologia Sinica, New Series No. 4. Nankang, 1970. xii, 123 pp. including 30 pp. English summary. 32 plates
with many illustrations. 38x27 cm. Paper. Some wear and tear to spine. £40.00
A study of archaic bronzes excavated from Xiaotun and Houjiazhuang, with descriptions of their casting process and decorative patterns.
484 Li Chi & Wang Chia-pao: STUDIES OF THE BRONZE CHUEH-CUP. Archaeologia Sinica, New Series No. 2.
Nankang, 1966. xii, 140 pp. including 20 pp. English summary. 50 plates with many illustrations. 38x27 cm.
Paper. £60.00
A study of archaic bronzes from Xiaotun and Houjiazhuang, with descriptions of their casting process and decorative patterns.
485 Li Chi & Wang Chia-pao: STUDIES OF THE BRONZE KU-BEAKER. Archaeologia Sinica, New Series No.
1. Nankang, 1964. xxii, 130 pp. including 14 pp. English summary. 48 plates with many illustrations. 38x27 cm.
Paper. £60.00
486 Li Jingjie: SHI FO XUANCUI. Essence of Buddhistic Statues. 石佛選萃. Beijing, 1995. 257 pp. 181 b/w plates.
26x19 cm. Paper. £40.00
This detailed survey of early Chinese stone sculptures of Buddhist figures illustrates works dating from the third century to the Tang
dynasty. Plate captions and contents are also in English and Chinese.
487 Li Lin-Ts’an: A STUDY OF THE NAN-CHAO AND TA-LI KINGDOMS IN THE LIGHT OF ART
MATERIALS FOUND IN VARIOUS MUSEUMS. Institute of ethnology Academia sinica Monograph No. 9.
Taibei, 1967. 74 pp. text plus 45 pp. b/w plates. 26x19 cm. Paper. £25.00
The objects illustrated are a few pieces of sculpture and numerous paintings and scrolls and come from museum collections in Asia
and America. 10 page English summary. Main text in Chinese.
488 Li Shi: MING QING GUI GE HUIHUA YANJIU. (Research into Ming and Qing Dynasty Painting from the Gui
Pavilion). 明清閨閣繪畫研究 。 李湜 著. Beijing, 2008. 283 pp. Numerous colour and b/w text illustrations.
25x17 cm. Wrappers. £30.00
A detailed study into a complex subject on which little is published. Gui Pavilion painters appears to be a general term referring to
Ming and Qing dynasty female painters both inside (i.e. courtesans and female members of the imperial family) and outside the imperial
court. Well-illustrated. In Chinese.
489 Li Xiaoping: NANSONG JINYIN TING SHOUCANG YU JIANSHANG. (Collecting and Appreciating
Southern Song Gold and Silver Ingots). 南宋金銀鋌收藏與鑒賞 。 李曉萍 著. Hangzhou, 2008. 136 pp. Colour
illustrations throughout. 28x21 cm. Wrappers. £25.00
A well-illustrated survey of these little-known and little-studied objects. In Chinese.
490 Li Yinseng: LI YINSENG YINCUN. (Collection of Li Yinseng’s Seals). Macao, 1981. 14 pp. text. 344 pp. seals.
21x14 cm. Paper. £25.00
Reproductions of the seals carved by this artist (1882-1943). In Chinese.
491 Li Zanshou = Patrick Lee: ERSHI SHIJI TAIWAN ZHUMIN SHENGHUO ZHUQI. 20th Century Taiwanese
Bamboo Crafts. 二十世紀台灣住民生活竹器 。 李贊壽 著. Taibei, 2000. 191 pp. 232 colour plates. Bibliography.
37x12 cm. Paper. £25.00
Virtually dual-language illustrated work with a wealth of material on bamboo crafts of all forms, organized by function: plates, furniture,
agricultural tools, fishing implements, baskets, ritual objects, cradles, culinary implements, etc.

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492 Lieban, Richard W: CEBUANO SORCERY. Malign Magic in the Philippines. Berkeley, 1967. x, 163 pp. 5 b/w
illustrations. Map. 21x14 cm. Cloth. £55.00
The results of two periods of field research in the Philippines, 1958-9 and 1962-3. Includes chapters on Sorcerers, Methods of Sorcery,
Witches, Medical background of Sorcery, Attribution of Illness to Sorcery, Sorcery and Cebuano Society.
493 Lieberman, Victor: STRANGE PARALLELS: SOUTHEAST ASIA IN GLOBAL CONTEXT, C.800-1830.
Volume 1: Integration on the Mainland. Cambridge, 2003. xix, 463 pp. 23x15 cm. Cloth. £75.00
494 Lienert, Ursula: TYPOLOGY OF THE TING IN THE SHANG DYNASTY. A Tentative Chronology of the
Yin-hsü Period. Kunsthistor. Inst. Univers. Köln 3.1-2. Wiesbaden, 1979. iv, 390 pp. 95 text-figures, 25 tables of
drawings, 193 illustrations. Index. 2 vols. 24x17 cm. Paper. £75.00
A study of the the three-legged (or sometime 4) bronze vessel.
495 Lin Tien-wai: SONGDAI XIANGYAO MAOYI SHIGAO. A History of the Perfume Trade of the Song Dynasty.
Hong Kong, 1960. 437 pp. Folding map. 8 pp. b/w plates. 23x16 cm. Cloth. £75.00
A detailed examination of this trade in China during one of its most sophisticated and discerning periods. In Chinese. Very scarce.
496 Lin Wenju: BOYI YISHU. (The Art of Miniature Stone Carving). Shanghai, 1994. 10, 197 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 30x23 cm. Cloth. £45.00
‘Boyi’ refers to the often very fine ‘extra’ relief carving found on the sides of Chinese seal (or seal-like) stones (a subject in themselves).
This book reveals the world of this miniature art, in colour plates and rubbings from splendid, highly-crafted designs. In Chinese.
497 Lin Zanting ed: TAIWAN DIANYING SHEYING JISHU FAZHAN GAISHU 1945-1970. Cinematography in
Taiwan 1945-1970: History and Technical Development. 台灣電影攝影技術發展概述 1945-1970 。 林贊庭
編著. Taipei, 2003. 318 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations. 30x21 cm. Half cloth. £32.00
Detailed study on the development and productions of this little-known cinema tradition. Numerous black-and-white illustrations of
stills from films, the production process and the actors. In Chinese only.
498 Lin, James: THE IMMORTAL STONE. Chinese Jades from the Neolithic Period to the Twentieth Century.
London, 2009. 160 pp. c.200 colour illustrations. 25x21 cm. Cloth. £29.95
A study of jade and its value and significance in Chinese society. Draws on the rich collection of Chinese jade in the Fitzwilliam Museum,
Cambridge. Well-illustrated.
499 Linrothe, Rob and Jeff Watt: DEMONIC DIVINE. Himalayan Art and Beyond. Chicago, 2004. 344 pp. Over 200
colour plates. 30x22 cm. Paper. £35.00
Catalogue of the first exhibition to focus on the ‘wrathful’ image in Himalayan art, marking the Rubin Museum’s opening season. 66
works of art, chiefly from the RMA’s collection, are treated in detail, but non-Asian art has also been loaned, tracing the ‘demonic divine’
as far as 20th-century Mexico. With an essay by Marylin Rhie and a foreword by Matthieu Ricard.
500 Lipman, Jonathan Neaman: FAMILIAR STRANGERS. A History of Muslims in Northwest China. Studies on
Ethnic Groups in China. Seattle, 1998. 266 pp. 24 b/w plates. Bibliography, index. 23x16 cm. Paper. £25.00
A comprehensive and informed study.
501 Lippe, Aschwin: THE ART OF INDIA. Stone Sculpture. New York, 1962. 64 pp. Fully illustrated. Map. 25x22
cm. Boards. £25.00
An exhibition designed to ‘further understanding and mutual appreciation between the United States and the peoples of Asia.’ With a
scholarly introduction, quoting from the writings of Stella Kramrisch, the great authority on Indian art. Asia House catalogue.
502 Lippe, Aschwin: THE FREER INDIAN SCULPTURES. Freer Gallery of Art, Oriental Studies 8. Washington,
1970. xv, 54 pp. 55 plates. 31x24 cm. Cloth. £25.00
503 Little, Stephen: CHINESE CERAMICS OF THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD: 1620-1683. New York, 1984. 135
pp. 7 colour plates, 55 illustrations. Map. Bibliography. 28x21 cm. Paper. £35.00
This exhibition organised by the China Institute in New York, concentrates on ceramics from Jingdezhen.
504 Littrup, Leif: SUBBUREAUCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN CHINA IN MING TIMES. A Study of Shandong
Province in the Sixteenth Century. Oslo, 1981. 224 pp. 22x16 cm. Cloth. £30.00
505 Littrup, Leif ed: ANALECTA HAFNIENSIA. 25 Years of East Asian Studies in Copenhagen. Scandinavian
Institute of Asian Studies Occasional Papers No. 3. Copenhagen, 1988. vi, 194 pp. 30x21 cm. Boards. £40.00
With 22 articles on numerous topics, including Petersen: Dunhuang Manuscripts in the Royal Library in Copenhagen; Huy: Korean
Ginseng: Belief and Tradition; Heilesen: Three Album Leaves of the Qing Period.
506 Liu Yajun ed: TUSHUO FANGSHAN WENWU. (Illustrations of the Cultural Relics of Fanshan). 圖說房山文物
。 劉亞軍 主編. Beijing, 2005. 4, 151 pp. Colour plates throughout. 28x21 cm. Paper. £35.00
A survey of the historical sites and relics located in Fangshan to the west of Beijing and most famous for the site of Peking Man. The
Zhoukoudian site is shown here along with numerous architectural sites, sculptures, steles and tombs in the area. In Chinese.
507 Liu, J. J. Y: THE ART OF CHINESE POETRY. London, 1962. xvi, 166 pp. 22x14 cm. Cloth. £25.00
Discussion of the Chinese language as a poetic medium from the grammatical, visual etc. view. The author furthermore offers interpretations
of various schools of traditional Chinese criticism of poetry.
508 Lo Hsiang-Lin: BUDDHIST ROCK SCULPTURES OF THE T’ANG DYNASTY AT KWEILIN. Hong Kong,
1958. 6, 156 pp. text and 30 pp. b/w plates. Folding map. 22x15 cm. Paper. £65.00
A scarce study of the Tang dynasty Buddhist rock sculpture of the Tang dynasty located in the Guilin area of Jiangxi province. Useful
large foldout map identifying the locations of sites. Chinese only.
509 Loehr, Max: ANCIENT CHINESE JADES. From the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum,
Harvard. Cambridge, 1975. 439 pp. 630 objects illustrated, 15 in col. 15 text-figures. 28x25 cm. Cloth. £250.00

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An important contribution to the study of early jades. One whole chapter is devoted to the emergence and decline of the Eastern Zhou
decor of plastic curls. Born 218, Yang 1651. A good clean copy. With author’s dedication to John Rosenfield.
510 Loehr, Max: CHINESE LANDSCAPE WOODCUTS. From an Imperial Commentary to the 10th Century
Buddhist Canon. Cambridge, 1968. xiv, 114 pp. 40 plates. Notes, Chinese characters, bibliography, index. 27x20
cm. Cloth. £45.00
A survey of East Asian printing, especially Buddhist by an erudite scholar.
511 Loehr, Max: CHINESISCHE PICKELAXTE. Monumenta Serica Vol. IV, Fasc. 2. Peiping, 1940. pp. 594-604 plus
2 pp. b/w plates. 28x20 cm. Paper. £25.00
512 Loehr, Max: RITUAL VESSELS OF BRONZE AGE CHINA. New York, 1968. 183 pp. 80 plates, 5 in colour
29x22 cm. Cloth. £60.00
A scholarly study by a distinguished authority on bronzes of the Shang and Zhou (16th-3rd century BC).
513 Lowe Art Museum: THE ART OF THE ORIENTAL BRONZE METALLURGIST. China, Korea, Japan 1500
B.C.-A. D. 1911. Coral Gables, 1978. 96 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations. 25x22 cm. Paper. £25.00
Exhibition of the art of bronze casting in East Asia held at the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami in 1978. Illustrated with a selection
of exhibits.
514 Lu Deming: JING DIAN SHI WEN. (The Classics Annotated). 經典釋文 。 陸德明 撰. Shanghai, 1980. Various
paginations of folded leaves Chinese-style. 8 vols. 29x19 cm. Stitched. £100.00
In the Tang dynasty, Lu Deming produced his annotated edition of the Classics as he then understood them (including a Zhuangzi and
Laozi, but excluding Mengzi). This is a good facsimile of a Song edition of his work which is in the collection of the National Library.
515 LUOYANG ZHONGZHOU LU. (The Luoyang Zhongzhou Road). Kaoguxue Zhuankan, IV:4. Beijing, 1959.
viii, 169 pp. text. 88 b/w plates, 105 text figures, 5 folding plans, 13 tables. 27x19 cm. Half-cloth. £85.00
A detailed report on 310 tombs and other cultural remains ranging from Yangshao to Han in date which were uncovered during excavations
made in 1954 and 1955 near Luoyang. RBS 5:369. In Chinese only. Produced by Zhongguo Kexueyuan Kaogu Yanjiusuo.
516 Lutz, Albert: DIAN. Ein Versunkenes Königreich in China. Zürich, 1986. 48 pp. 70 b/w & 44 colour illustrations,
7 maps & plans, 19 line drawings. 22x21 cm. Boards. £25.00
A travelling exhibition of a collection of bronzes from the Yunnan Provincial Museum in Kunming. In German.
517 LUYI TAIQINGGONG CHANGZIKOU MU. Taiqinggong Changzikou Tomb in Luyi. 鹿邑太清宮長子口墓
。 河南省文物考古研究所、 周口市文化局 編. Zhengzhou, 2000. 2, 14, 248 pp. text plus 96 pp. colour and 64
pp. b/w plates. B/w text illustrations and drawings. One foldout. 27x19 cm. Cloth. £60.00
Excavation report of an intact and highly-important early Western Zhou tomb excavated in Luyi county, Henan province. The tomb
occupant was obviously of high status as the tomb yielded a great wealth of material including superb bronzes — food and ritual vessels
— ding, lei, zun, jue tripods and more. In addition, fine ceramics and jades were discovered. A detailed report with table of contents
and three page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese. Recommended.
518 McGovern, W. M: TO LHASA IN DISGUISE. A Secret Expedition through Mysterious Tibet. New York, 1924.
xiv, 462 pp. 23 illustrations and 4 maps. 22x15 cm. New half leather. £70.00
First edition. An attempt to ‘weave through the record a general but accurate description of manners and customs and beliefs, including
some of the extraordinary institutions which exist in the government of Lhasa’. Yakushi M133 a. Rebound.
519 Majumdar, A. B: BRITAIN AND THE HIMALAYAN KINGDOM OF BHOTAN. Patna, 1984. 220 pp. 2
maps. £50.00
A study of British-Bhutanese relations from earliest contacts until the First World War.
520 Marshall, Sir John: A GUIDE TO TAXILA. Cambridge, 1960. x, 196 pp. text and 23 pp. b/w plates. 9 foldout
maps. 22x14 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £35.00
A scholarly and detailed guide to one of the most important historical and archaeological sites in Pakistan. By an expert scholar on
the city. Includes information on finds made since the publication of Sir John’s three volume magnum opus Taxila in 1953.
521 Martin, Peter: THE CHRYSANTHEMUM THRONE. A History of the Emperors of Japan. Honolulu, 1997. xi,
175 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations. 24x16 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £30.00
An informative study of the Japanese imperial institution throughout its history and the ebb and flow of its fortunes.
522 Martyn Gregory Gallery: DR. THOMAS BOSWALL WATSON (1815-1860). Physician and Amateur Artist in
China. Martyn Gregory Catalogue 40. London, 1985. 78 pp. 6 colour plates, 78 illustrations, 5 text-figures.
Bibliography. 21x21 cm. Paper. £25.00
Catalogue of an exhibition of watercolours and sketches of Canton, Macau and Hong Kong by Chinnery’s physician and pupil.
523 MARVELS OF MEDIEVAL CHINA. Those Lustrous Song and Yuan Lacquers. San Francisco, 1986. 18 pp. 26
colour and 8 b/w illustrations. 22x15 cm. Paper. £15.00
A brief description of the lacquer holdings of the Asian Art Museum.
524 Matsushita Takatoshi: SUIBOKUGA. (Ink Painting). Nihon no Bijutsu No. 13. Tokyo, 1967. 120 pp. 175
illustrations, 15 colour. 23x19 cm. Paper. £25.00
A study of Japanese ink painting from its introduction from China with a focus on the Muromachi and Edo periods. Well illustrated.
Japanese text only.
525 Meiji Shrine Cultural Hall ed: EMPEROR NINKO AND THE AFTER-FRAGRANCE OF PEACE. The Bakufu
and Court in the Bakumatsu Era. Tokyo, 2003. 112 pp. 92 exhibits shown in colour. 27x21 cm. Paper. £40.00
Catalogue of an exhibition that focuses on the reign of the Emperor in the mid 19th century, a time period corresponding to the final
years of the Bakufu. The exhibits include paintings, textiles, calligraphies and handicrafts. Text in Japanese.

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526 MEIKUANG JINGXIA ANQUAN JIAOYU GUATU. (Posters Concerning the Education of Underground Safety
in Coal Mines). 煤礦井下安全教育掛圖. Guiyang, n.d. (late 1960s) 11 posters. Introductory propaganda poster
plus 10 posters each with a number of colour illustrations. 11 vols. 76x52 cm. Paper. £500.00
An important set of ten Chinese posters produced in the late 1960s as part of a safety campaign to try to reduce the rate of accidents
in coal mines. Sadly this remains a topical concern in the China of today. This set of posters is of particular interest in that it was produced
in the then remote and underdeveloped south-western province of Guizhou which has an extensive coalmining industry. Presumably
the posters were used in a classroom setting for the education of miners. As ever, given the low level of education at the time
outside cities, the posters are comprised of brightly-coloured images taken from paintings and accompanied by simple messages. Their
time of production being during the Cultural Revolution, there is much propaganda content in addition to the safety issues, this exemplified
by the fact that the first poster bears an images of miners gazing adoringly at Chairman Mao with a quotation from the
Works of Chairman Mao below.
Titles of posters as below: Preliminary Introductory Poster showing image of Chairman Mao plus quotation from the Works of Chairman
Mao. 1. Fangzhi Jidian Shigu — Prevent Electrical Accidents. 2. Fangzhi Toushui, Ziran Fahuo Shigu — Prevent Floods and Accidents
Through Spontaneous Combustion. 3. Xuexi Meikuang Anquan Shengchan Guicheng — Study Mine Safety and Production
Rules. 4. Fangzhi Wasi, Meichen Shigu 1. — Prevent Accidents Caused By Gas and Coal Dust (1). 5. Fangzhi Wasi, Meichen Shigu 2.
— Prevent Accidents Caused By Gas and Coal Dust (2). 6. Fangzhi Fangpao Shigu 1. — Prevent Accidents Caused by Explosions (1).
7. Fangzhi Fangpao Shigu 2. — Prevent Accidents Caused by Explosions (2). 8. Fangzhi Maoding Shigu 1. — Prevent Accidents
Caused by Mine Tunnel Roof Collapse (1). 9. Fangzhi Maoding Shigu 2. — Prevent Accidents Caused by Mine Tunnel Roof Collapse
(2). 10. Fangzhi Yunshu Shigu. — Prevent Transport Accidents in Mines.
There is a possibility that the set is incomplete as two posters (numbers 1 and 2) seem to have an initial ‘1’ erased. However, 10 posters
to a set is common in China so it is equally possible this is just an attempt to correct a production mistake. Sellotape repair to horizontal
tear across the introductory poster and poster 3. Marks, small tears, repairs and some creases to a number of other posters.
Text in Chinese. Rare.
527 Meinertzhagen, F: MCI — THE MEINERTZHAGEN CARD INDEX ON NETSUKE IN THE ARCHIVES
OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. New York, 1986. 1124 pp. 2 vols. 26x20 cm. Cloth. £800.00
Represents a lifetime of study and collecting. Over 5,000 entries with detailed information on individual netsuke, including accurate
drawings of netsuke and the artists’ signatures by Meinertzhagen. A comprehensive reference for all serious collectors and a soughtafter
work. Mint unopened copy sealed in plastic.
528 Menzies, James M: AN EXHIBITION OF ANCIENT CHINESE RITUAL BRONZES. Loaned by C. T. Loo
& Co.. Detroit, 1940. 35 pp. text. 41 b/w plates. Text-figures. Chronology. 28x22 cm. Printed boards. £50.00
With a brief account of the Bronze Age in China dividing it into six ‘culture periods’.
529 Micheli, Silvio: MONGOLIA. In Search of Marco Polo and other Adventures. London, 1967. 366 pp. 38
illustrations. 22x14 cm. Cloth. £25.00
Slightly abridged version of the original Italian edition. Equipped with a jeep, a driver and a guide-interpreter supplied to him by the
Mongolian authorities, the author sets out in midwinter to follow Polo. Tells of his adventures, and his love for the guide’s sister.
530 Min, Anchee; Duo Duo and Stefan Landsberger: CHINESE PROPAGANDA POSTERS. From the Collection of
Michael Wolf. Köln, 2003. 320 pp. Colour plates throughout. 37x25 cm. Paper. £19.99
The most extensive illustrated work on Chinese propaganda posters published to date, arranged by theme. Captions are quite detailed
and accompanied by short contextual essays. Text in English, German and French.
531 Mindich, Jeffrey: THE FOUR TREASURES OF THE STUDIO. Explorations in Chinese Culture (I. Taipei,
1990. 92 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 27x20 cm. Paper. £25.00
A well-written survey of the subject that gives much detail. Numerous colour illustrations.
532 MINGLANG DE TIAN: 1937-1949 JIEFANGQU MUKE BANHUA JI. (The Clear Sky: 1937-1949 Woodblock
Prints from Liberated Areas). 明朗的天 : 1937-1949 解放區木刻版畫集. Changsha, 1998. 38 pp. text and 328
pp. colour and b/w plates. 38x27 cm. Cloth. £90.00
A finely produced book providing an excellent survey of its subject — woodblock prints produced between 1937-1949 in areas liberated
by the Chinese Communists. Over 300 woodblock prints are shown by a large number of artists depicting varied subjects from
the criticism of landowners to the Peoples Liberation Army in action and scenes of life. Recommended. In Chinese only.
533 Mizuno Seiichi: BRONZES AND JADES OF ANCIENT CHINA. Tokyo, 1959. 35 pp. English, 101 pp. Japanese
text. 176 plates, 16 in colour, 86 text-figures. 32x26 cm. Cloth. Back inner hinge split. £300.00
Important work on Chinese bronzes and jades.
534 Mo Youzhi: SONG YUAN JIUBENSHU JINGYANLU. (Bibliographical Notes on Song and Yuan Editions which
have Passed beneath my Gaze). 宋元舊本書經眼錄 。 莫友芝 著. Beijing, 2000. 3 juan plus 2 supplementary
juan in 2 ce. 2 vols. 27x18 cm. Stitched, cloth case. £30.00
Mo Youzhi (1811-71) was a scholar and bibliophile associated with the printing establishment set up by Zeng Guofan. This is a facsimile
reprint of a 1873 publication, Mo’s highly-regarded bibliographical notes on 310 Song and Yuan editions which he saw between
1865 and 1869, with a two-juan supplement of notes on bronze and stone inscriptions. The original was printed in an attractive imitation
Song period style. Hummel 582-3. In Chinese only.
535 Monnet, Nathalie: CHINE: L’EMPIRE DU TRAIT: CALLIGRAPHIES ET DESSINS DU VE AU XIXE
SIECLES. Paris, 2004. 255 pp. Colour plates throughout. Bibliography, index. 31X24 cm. Paper. £45.00
Catalogue of a wide-ranging exhibition based on the Chinese collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale, including some supporting material
from other collections, with pieces dating from the 5th to the 19th centuries. Taking calligraphy as its initial focus — as the first
or highest art of China — the catalogue goes on to embrace sections on calligraphy and painting, religious/iconic and literary diversions,
and finally, printed illustration. Basically, this work documents the visually important aspects of the library’s collections, updating
and significantly augmenting the now scarce and sought-after ‘Impressions de Chine’. In French.

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536 Moore, Elizabeth et al: SHWEDAGON. Golden Pagoda of Burma. London, 1999. 178 pp. 140 colour and 60 b/w
illustrations. 25x22 cm. Cloth. £24.95
The Shwedagon, the golden stupa enshrining sacred hairs of the Buddha, has dominated the landscape of Rangoon for centuries and
has become a spiritual symbol. A multifaceted view of this magnificent Buddhist shrine, captured by good photography and text.
537 Morris, Ivan trans: THE PILLOW BOOK OF SEI SHONAGON. London, 1967. xxiii, 268 pp. Frontispiece, 7
plates, 31 illustrations. 24x15 cm. Cloth. £40.00
The first complete English translation of this work describing life in 10th-century Japan. First UK edition with the introduction and
complete translation. (A companion volume exists with scholarly apparatus: explanatory notes and a glossary but this is the translation
only.) Very good copy with dustjacket.
538 Mullikin, Mary Augusta: BUDDHIST SCULPTURES AT THE YUN KANG CAVES. Peking, 1935. 66 pp. 7
tipped-in colour plates, 36 b/w illustrations. 27x20 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £75.00
Text & illustrations by Mary Mullikin with additional illustrations by Anna Hotchkis. Both ladies made lengthy visits to the Yungang
caves in 1931 & 1932. Lawrence Sickman & Dagny Carter gave advice & help. The illustrations are from watercolours and drawings
by Hotchkis. An early travelogue to these ten little-known and visited grottoes.
539 Münsterberg, Hugo: CHINESE BUDDHIST BRONZES. Tokyo, 1967. 192 pp. 130 illustrations, colour
frontispiece. 31x24 cm. Cloth. £75.00
The listing of major dated Chinese bronzes in collections throughout the world contained in the appendix is of especial interest.
540 Munsterberg, Hugo: CHINESE BUDDHIST BRONZES OF THE T’ANG PERIOD. Artibus Asiae Vol. XI, 1/2.
N.p., 1958. pp. 27-44. 13 b/w plates. 28x21 cm. Paper. Wear to covers. £20.00
541 Murase Miyeko: BYOBU. Japanese Screens From New York Collections. New York, 1971. 134 pp. 62 plates, 5 in
colour. Chronology. Bibliography. 21x26 cm. Cloth. £35.00
A beautifully illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of 26 screens.
542 Musée Carnavalet: SHANGHAI: PHOTOGRAPHIES 1911-1949. (Photographs of
Shanghai from 1911-1949). Paris, 2003. 125 pp. B/w photographs throughout. 27x22
cm. Paper. £50.00
Catalogue of an exhibition of photographs of Shanghai at the Musée Carnavalet from the collection
of the Shanghai History Museum. Illustrated throughout with many varied and fascinating images of
this metropolis and its people during a period that saw huge change and much turmoil. In French.
543 Musée Cernuschi: RITES ET FESTINS DE LA CHINE ANTIQUE: BRONZES
DU MUSÉE DE SHANGHAI. (Ceremonies and Feasts of Ancient China: Bronzes
from the Shanghai Museum). Paris, 1998. 189 pp. c. 50 colour and 50 b/w illustrations.
Text drawings. 27x21 cm. Paper. £30.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at Musée Cernuschi in Paris of bronzes from the Shanghai Museum focusing
on the place of bronze in ancient Chinese culture primarily in religious rituals and ceremonies.
Good illustrations. In French.
544 Musée Guimet: ART ÉSOTÉRIQUE DE L’HIMALAYA. Catalogue de la donation Lionel Fournier. Paris, 1990.
198 pp. Numerous b/w and coloured illustrations. 27x21 cm. Paper. £35.00
Lionel Fournier’s exceptional collection of pieces illustrating the principal phases of development of the art of Nepal and Tibet, donated
to the Musée Guimet, is here presented in a scholarly and interesting catalogue. French text.
545 Museu de Arte de Macau: SUI GU LAI JIN: QINGZHU GUGONG BOWUYUAN JIANYUAN BASHI ZHOU
NIAN: QINGGONG FANGGU WENWU JINGPIN TEJI. Views of Antiquity in the Qing Imperial Palace:
Special Exhibition to Celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Palace Museum. 邃古來今 :
慶祝故宮博物院建院八十周年 : 清宮仿古文物精品特展. Macau, 2005. 446; 115 pp. Colour plates throughout
volume one. B/w text illustrations throughout volume two. 2 vols. 36x27 cm. Cloth and paper. £195.00
Massive and heavy commemorative two-volume catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum of Art in Macau of a loan exhibition of
Qing dynasty imperial art from the superb collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. Examines the trend for the reproduction of
antiquities by the Qing emperors that reached its zenith of expression under the Qianlong emperor. 147 superb objects in various
media — jade, ceramic, lacquer, inkstones, carving, calligraphy and painting — are illustrated in excellent colour plates and fully described.
Accompanying essays. Dual texts in Chinese, English and Portuguese. See the review in Asian Art Newspaper February 2006.
546 Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities: YIN AND CHOU RESEARCHES. Stockholm, 1935. 223 pp. 90 b/w plates,
text-figures. 26x19 cm. Three-quarters cloth, spine worn. £75.00
Contains four essays: B. Karlgren: Yin and Chou in Chinese Bronzes; J. G. Andersson: The Goldsmith in Ancient China; O. Karlbeck:
Anyang Moulds; and Anyang Marble Sculptures, previously published in BMFEA vols. 7 and 8.
547 Nagahiro Tosio: DIE AGRAFFE UND IHRE STELLUNG IN DER ALTCHINESISCHEN
KUNSTGESCHICHTE. Kyoto, 1943. 13, 191 pp. Japanese text, 9 pp. German text. 63 plates, 2 in colour. 26x18
cm. Cloth. £150.00
Limited edition of 500 copies. A detailed study in Japanese of Chinese belt hooks with a summary in German.
548 Nakamura Tanio: MEIJI NO NIHONGA. (Japanese Style Painting of the Meiji Period). Nihon no Bijutsu No. 17.
Tokyo, 1967. 114 pp. 122 illustrations, 22 colour. 23x19 cm. Paper. £30.00
No. 17 in the Nihon no Bijutsu series, on Japanese-style painting of the Meiji period. Well illustrated. Japanese text only.
549 Nanjing Museum et al. ed: DA YUE YIZHEN: HONGSHAN YUEMU WENWU JINGHUA. (Treasure of the
Great Yue: Masterpieces Excavated from the Yue Kingdom Tombs at Hongshan). 大越遺珍 : 鴻山越墓文物菁華.
Beijing, 2008 . 341 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards. £95.00
Catalogues the extraordinary artefacts recently excavated from the royal tombs of the Spring and Autumn period Yue Kingdom located
at Hongshan near Wuxi in China’s Jiangsu province and now in the Nanjing Museum. These include the amazing sets of bells and

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chimes made from an early celadon-type white-glazed ceramic. The forms of the bells and chimes closely imitate the shapes and styles
of archaic bronze bells and metal and stone chimes. There are in addition many other types of ceramic objects that imitate bronze forms,
together with ceramics imitating jade bi discs and ceramic rhinoceros horns! There are also a number of jade articles from the period
plus some small glass objects. Text in Chinese. Recommended.
550 Nanjing Shi Bowuguan: BAOCHUANCHANG YIZHI: NANJING MING BAOCHUANCHANG LIU
ZUOTANG KAOGU BAOGAO. Ming Dynasty Baochuanchang Shipyard in Nanjing. 寶船廠遺址 :
南京明寶船廠六作塘考古報告. Beijing, 2006. 15, 265 pp. text plus 32 pp. colour and 56 pp. b/w plates. Numerous
b/w text drawings. 1 foldout. 27x19 cm. Cloth. £45.00
Large-scale excavation of Boatyard No. 6 at the Baochuanchang Ming dynasty shipyard site, located north-west of Nanjing in China.
The site is of great importance for the study of ship manufacture during the Ming and is also the site where Admiral Zheng He’s treasure
ships (baochuan) were made for his great voyages abroad. A detailed report. Two page English abstract. Main text in Chinese.
551 NANYUE GONGYUAN YIZHI: 1995, 1997 NIAN KAOGU FAJUE BAOGAO. The Archaeological Site of the
Garden of Nanyue Kingdom: Report on Archaeological Excavations in 1995 and 1997. 南越宮苑遺址:1995,
1997 年考古發掘報告. Beijing, 2008. 18, 328 pp. text plus 24 pp. colour and 126 pp. b/w plates; 27, 574 pp. text
plus 24 pp. colour and 191 pp. b/w plates. Numerous detailed b/w text drawings and plans to both volumes. A
number of foldouts. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £170.00
Hugely-detailed two volume report on the excavations in 1995 and 1997 in the old city district of Guangzhou of the site of the Royal
Garden of the Palace of the Han dynasty Nanyue Kingdom. The excavations shed much light on the extent of the palace and its gardens
and also on ancient gardens and gardening in China. The site yielded numerous artefacts, many illustrated here, together with
much illustration on the site and the foundations and remains of buildings and garden structures. Two page English abstract. Main
text in Chinese.
552 Nara National Museum: BUDDHIST IMAGES OF EAST ASIA — SPECIAL EXHIBITION. To Ajia no
Butsutachi. Nara, 1996. 306 pp. 219 colour illustrations. English plate captions. 30x21 cm. Paper. £32.00
The exhibition consists of 2 parts: 1. is titled East Asian Buddhist Images Introduced to Japan, and 2. Various Images of Buddha Seen
in the Imported Buddhist Items. 219 objects illustrated, including paintings, bronzes, illustrated sutras, etc.
553 Nara National Museum: EXHIBITION OF SHOSO-IN TREASURES. Nara, 1984. 135 pp. Japanese text, English
plate list and intro. 75 illustrations, many in colour. 26x18 cm. Paper. £20.00
36th annual exhibition of selected treasures from the Todai-ji Shoso-in. Included were works of applied arts, interior furnishings, arms
and armour, musical instruments, textiles as well as paintings and sutras.
554 Narazaki Muneshige ed: UKIYO-E MASTERPIECES IN EUROPEAN COLLECTIONS 13. Chester Beatty
Library; Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln; Index. Tokyo, 1991. 343 pp. 270 colour plates, 219 b/w plates, text
photographs. Notes. 61 pp. 26x37 cm. Cloth, cloth case. £250.00
Part 13 of 13 volumes. Concentrates on the great ukiyo-e collections at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, Museum für Ostasiatische
Kunst in Köln, and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
555 National Library of China: ZHONGHUA DIANJI JUZHEN: GUOJIA ZHENGUI GUJI TEZHAN TULU.
(Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Treasures of Chinese Printing). 中華典籍聚珍:國家珍貴特展圖彔. Beijing,
2009. 255 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 25x25 cm. Wrappers. £67.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Library of China in Beijing showing a large and very fine selection of rare and rarelyseen
examples of Chinese woodblock printing (plus some manuscripts) dating from the Western Jin dynasty through to the Qing. Captions
in English. Main text in Chinese.
556 National Museum of China: SHANGDAI JIANGNAN: JIANGXI XINGAN DAYANGZHOU CHUTU
WENWU JICUI. (The Shang Dynasty in Southern China: Excavated Artefacts from Dayangzhou near Xingan in
Jiangxi Province). 商代江南 : 江西新干大洋洲出土文物輯粹. Beijing, 2006. 375 pp. Colour plates throughout.
Colour text illustrations 29x22 cm. Wrappers. £80.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Museum of China in Beijing showing the wonderful finds from the Dayangzhou site at
Xingan in Jiangxi province. This Shang period tomb was excavated in 1989 and yielded 1374 artefacts, including 475 bronzes and 754
jade objects. The tomb occupant may have been a local ruler or a member of the ruling family of the Wucheng culture. Whilst many
of the artefacts are typically Shang in style, a number exhibit distinctive characteristics that combine the Shang with the regional
Wucheng culture. The bronzes are particularly stunning and include numerous ritual vessels. The jades are of very high quality and
demonstrate a continuity onwards from the Liangzhu and Longshan cultures. An extremely fine assemblage of objects. Illustrated
throughout in colour with many plates showing close-up detail. Eight page list of exhibits with brief descriptions in English, otherwise
the main text with good descriptions and essays is in Chinese. Out-of-print.
557 National Museum of China: TREASURES UNEARTHED FROM HUBEI. 湖北出土文物精粹. Beijing, 2008.
239 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Wrappers. £70.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Museum of China in Beijing showing archaeological treasures from Hubei province.
Arranged chronologically in sections from the Stone Age through to the Ming dynasty. The focus is on earlier material from the Shang
to the Han dynasties and includes both famous finds and lesser-known objects. Of note is the major showing of material from the Warring
States Zeng Hou Yi Mu tombs, including the incredibly intricate and elaborate bronzes. There are other superb bronzes from the
Shang onwards, including a wonderful Western Zhou elephant zun. The exhibition also shows early lacquer, ceramics, bamboo slips
and some later gold and jewellery. Illustrated throughout in colour. English edition of this catalogue. Hard to obtain.
558 National Museum of History ed: MEILI ZHI DAO: TAIWAN GU DITU YU SHENGHUO FENGMAO ZHAN.
Beautiful Island — An Exhibition of Old Taiwanese Maps and Life. 美麗之島 : 臺灣古地圖與生活風貌展.
Taibei, 2003. 159 pp. Colour plates throughout. 2 colour foldouts. 30x21 cm. Paper. £35.00
Catalogue of an exhibition of Taiwanese maps mostly from the 16th to the mid 20th centuries. In addition to the numerous maps of the
island, parts of the island and its cities, there are also illustrations from books, photographs and cigarette cards showing the history,
life, trade and scenery of the island. Introductions to each section in English, otherwise Chinese text.

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559 National Museum of Japanese History: KALEIDOSCOPE OF OTHER WORLDS. The Afterlife, Demons and
Divination. Tokyo, 2001. 207 pp. 299 colour plates. 30x21 cm. Paper. £50.00
Catalogue of an exhibition that examines concepts of the afterlife and divination both historically and in modern Japan through the
bringing together of a vast array of art. Includes demon handscrolls, ukiyo-e and illustrated books through to folk art. Supplemented
by scenes of modern practices in fortune telling. Copiously-illustrated. All text in Japanese.
560 National Palace Museum: THE ART OF CONTEMPLATION — RELIGIOUS SCULPTURE FROM
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS. Diaosu Bie Cang. 雕塑別藏:宗教編特展圖錄. Taibei, 1997. 276 pp. Over 100
colour plates, 5 colour and 101 b/w text illustrations. 30x22 cm. Paper. £60.00
Catalogue of an exhibition of Chinese religious sculpture mostly in stone from private collections. Exhibits date from the Northern Wei
to the Ming. Appreciation is aided by fine colour plates. Paperback edition. Out of print. In English and Chinese.
561 National Palace Museum: COLLECTION OF TREASURED PAINTING. Minghua Huizhen. 名畫薈珍. Taibei,
1992. 335 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £35.00
An inexpensive presentation-style or gift book with highlights of paintings from the National Palace Museum collection and basic captioning
in English and Chinese — Ma Yuan, Ye Xiaoyan, Song Yuan and Ming album leaves, Sun Long, Tang Yin, Dong Qichang, Yun
Shouping, Castiglione, etc.
562 National Palace Museum: GUGONG LIDAI XIANGJU TULU. Special Exhibition of Incense Burners and
Perfumers Throughout the Dynasties. 故宮歷代香具圖屋錄. Taibei, 1994. 310 pp. 56 text-illustrations, 122 colour
plates. 26x25 cm. Cloth. £75.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taibei. 122 objects of various materials — ceramic, bronze, jade etc. —
and from various periods described and illustrated. The exhibits come from the Museum’s superb holdings. Long essay on the history
of incense burners by Chen Jingguang in Chinese. Résumé and plate captions in English. Out-of-print.
563 National Palace Museum: GUSE: 16-18 SHIJI YISHU DE FANGGU FENG. Through the Prism of the Past:
Antiquarian Trends in Chinese Art of the 16th-18th Centuries. 古色 : 十六至十八世紀藝術的仿古風. Taibei,
2003. 320 pp. 182 colour plates. 29x21 cm. Paper. £70.00
Catalogue of a quite superb and highly sophisticated exhibition at the National Palace Museum that explores antiquarian trends in
Chinese art from the middle Ming dynasty into the early part of the Qing dynasty. The material collected examines the use of archaic
and earlier art forms, their copying and interpretation during this period — for example archaic bronzes and jades, Song painting,
Song ceramics etc. It also questions our understanding of ‘antiquarian’ during the 16th to 18th centuries. With a large number of
scholar’s studio objects from the period, giving insights into the life and collecting habits of the literati. Colour plates throughout
showing 182 superb objects. Introductions to each section, captions, list of plates and some essays in English. Main text in Chinese.
An important contribution. Recommended.
564 National Palace Museum: LONG ZANGJING: QING KANGXI CHAO NEIFU NIJIN ZANGWEN XIEBEN
TUXIANG ZHI BU. (The Tibetan Dragon Sutra: Tibetan-language edition, hand-copied in gold ink K’ang-hsi
reign (1661-1722), Ch’ing dynasty: Illuminations). 龍藏經:清康熙朝內府泥金藏文寫本圖像之部. Taibei, 2007.
285; 347 pp. Over 440 pp. colour plates. 2 vols. 37x26 cm. Boards. £250.00
A fine two-volume work reproducing and discussing a magnificent illustrated palace edition of the Dragon Sutra in Tibetan in the collection
of the National Palace Museum in Taibei. The sutra was completed over 300 years ago in the 8th year of the reign of the Kangxi
emperor (1669 A.D.). The sutra was copied onto celadon blue paper, each page measuring 87x33cm and is written in gilt standard Tibetan
script. The sutra contains the Kangyur, the Tibetan translation of the teachings of Sakyamuni. The unique aspect of the sutra are
the coloured Buddha images contained within. A total of 756 images are found in the manuscript. The sutra combines both Tibetan
and Chinese artistic styles and comprises one of the finest examples of Tibetan Buddhist painting together with providing much opportunity
for the study of palace painting in the early Qing dynasty. Two page preface in English. Main text in Chinese.
565 National Palace Museum: QIANLONG HUANGDI DE WENHUA DAYE. Emperor Ch’ien-lung’s Grand
Cultural Enterprise. 乾隆皇帝的文化大業. Taibei, 2002. 303 pp. c. 200 pp. colour plates. B/w illustrations. 31x22
cm. Cloth. £80.00
Catalogue of a major and most sophisticated exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan examining the collecting, connoisseurship
and artistic patronage of the Qianlong emperor who, more than any other Qing emperor, shaped the art collection of the Qing
court that today forms the core of the Museum’s holdings. The exhibition is divided into five sections: The August Emperor, Cultural
Advisors to the Emperor, Classical Learning, Cultural Nexus, Renewing Tradition. The 197 exhibits cover the entire range of media
of Chinese art from ceramics and paintings to jades, works of art and printing. They fall into two main categories; earlier works that
entered the imperial collection and, predominantly, works and objects produced during the Emperor’s reign. Preface, list of plates and
captions in English. Detailed descriptive texts and essays in Chinese. Out-of-print.
566 National Palace Museum: SHANGDAI JINWEN TULU. A Catalogue of Shang Dynasty Bronze Inscriptions:
Ancient Chinese Script from the 1st Millennium B.C.. Taibei, 1995. 211 pp. Colour plates and b/w reproductions
of rubbings throughout. 31x22 cm. Cloth. £80.00
Catalogue of an exhibition of 47 superb Shang dynasty bronze vessels in the collection of the National Palace Museum that bear inscriptions.
The objects are illustrated in colour with rubbings of the inscriptions or characters they bear. Introductory essay and captions
in English. Main text in Chinese.
567 National Palace Museum: SNUFF BOTTLES IN THE COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL PALACE
MUSEUM. Gugong Biyanhu. Taibei, 1991. 380 pp. 415 colour illustrations. 27x26 cm. Paper. £30.00
With an introductory article by Chang Lin-sheng. All bottles are illustrated in colour, showing the marks where relevant. From the collection
of the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. Dual texts in Chinese and English.
568 National Palace Museum: XIN SHIJIE: LANG SHINING YU QING GONG XIYANG FENG. New Visions at
the Ch’ing Court: Giuseppe Castiglione and Western-Style Trends. 新視界:郎世寧輿清宮西羊風. Taibei, 2007.
163 pp. Numerous fullpage colour plates (one foldout). B/w text illustrations. 31x24 cm. Cloth. £50.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taibei showing the work of Castiglione and related works showing western
influence in Qing dynasty court painting. Thirty six exhibits are shown, the majority being paintings by Castiglione formerly in the
Chinese imperial collection. Also includes work by other western missionaries Near dual text in Chinese and English including preface,
essays, captions and descriptions of plates.

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569 National Palace Museum: YUDINGNING GUAN JUANZENG YA GU ZHU MU DIAOQI MULU. A Catalog
of the Tusk, Bone, Bamboo and Wood Carvings Donated to the National Palace Museum from the Yu-ting-ning
Studio. Taibei, 1997. 365 pp. 237 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. 31x22 cm. Cloth. £97.00
237 examples of Chinese tusk, bamboo and wood carvings dating from the Neolithic to the late Qing dynasty are all illustrated in colour
and described. Many ivory objects and a large amount of fascinating early material. An important collection. List of contents, captions
and decent plate descriptions in English. Main text in Chinese.
570 National Palace Museum: ZHUISUO ZHEPAI. Tracing the Che School in Chinese Painting. 追索浙派. Taibei,
2008. 306 pp. Numerous fullpage colour plates. Colour text illustrations. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. £45.00
Catalogue of a major exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taibei examining the Che/Zhe (Zhejiang) school of Chinese painting
that flourished during the Ming dynasty. Zhe school painters followed the style of Song dynasty painters, reinterpreting their work.
Indeed, many works previously thought to be Song dynasty have now been found to be the work of Ming dynasty Zhe school painters.
The exhibition is in four sections: Traditions in Art; The Che School and Court Painting; Peking and Nanking; Wild and Heterodox.
84 masterpieces by leading masters of the school were exhibited, the majority from the Museum’s collection (and, therefore, the former
Chinese imperial collection) augmented by loans from mainland China, Japan and the USA. Prefaces, introductions to each section
and list of plates in English. Main text in Chinese.
571 Nerima Ward Art Museum ed: TRACING THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ART OF THE ECCENTRIC
ARTIST HADA TERUO. From Decadence to Brilliance.... Nerima, 2003. 234 pp. 152 colour plates, b/w text
illustrations. 31x21 cm. Paper. £50.00
Catalogue of an exhibition that shows the very interesting work of the Japanese artist Hasa Teruo who flourished in the early part of
the 20th century. Very varied and unusual work ranging from the sombre to Buddhist themes, the female form etc. Copiously-illustrated
with work by Hasa Teruo and a few by other artists with whom he associated. In Japanese only.
572 Newland, Amy Reigle: TIME PRESENT AND TIME PAST. Images of a Forgotten Master: Toyohara Kunichika.
Leiden, 1999. c. 160 pp. 140 colour and 20 b/w illustrations. 29x29 cm. Cloth. £50.00
Draws on Japanese and western sources to present an overview of Kunichika’s life and his prints. With colour illustrations of over 135
prints of beautiful women and actors, plus seals, signatures and an extensive bibliography. An important contribution to understanding
this little-known Meiji artist.
573 Newland, Amy Reigle ed: THE HOTEI ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS. Leiden,
2006. 1-416; 417-600 pp. Over 300 chiefly colour plates. Maps, chronological tables, appendixes, index. 2 vols.
28x25 cm. Cloth. £190.00
Both a source of quick reference and an in-depth study of all aspects of Japanese prints from the Edo (1600-1868) to Taishô (1912-
26) periods. The first book in English to offer an extensive, up-to-date reference which is also an introduction to the world of Japanese
prints. The first section of the book is divided in to four main parts: historical background, art history, print production, history of
collecting. There is a shorter fifth introductory part on conservation. The second part is an extensive alphabetical cross-referenced listing
of over 2000 designers, schools, publishers, carvers, painters and more. Appendixes include seals, carvers, signatures, maps, and
chronological tables.
574 Nezu Institute of Fine Arts: TREASURES OF THE TOKIWAYAMA BUNKO FOUNDATION. Calligraphy,
Ink, Tenjin-sama in Painting, Ukiyo-e Prints. Tokyo, 2003. 232 pp. text 105 pp. colour plates, b/w text illustrations;
97 pp. 47 pp. colour plates, b/w text illustrations. 2 vols. 30x22 cm. Paper. £50.00
Two volume catalogue of an exhibition of treasures in the Tokiwayama Bunko Foundation. The first volume shows fine paintings and
calligraphy, the second 73 works depicting Tenjin-sama. Both volumes have plate lists in English. Main texts in Japanese.
575 Nie Chongzheng: QING GONG HUIHUA YU XIHUA DONGJIAN. (Painting of the Qing Court and the
Influence of Western Painting). 清宮繪畫與西畫東漸 。 聶崇正 著. Beijing, 2008. 299 pp. Numerous colour and
b/w illustrations. 25x16 cm. Wrappers. £30.00
A study of this fascinating subject which includes much in the influence of the Jesuit missionaries at the Qing court. By a leading expert.
Well-illustrated. Text in Chinese.
576 Nien Cheng: LIFE AND DEATH IN SHANGHAI. London, 1986. 496 pp. 24x15 cm. Cloth. £15.00
The account of one woman’s confinement during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
577 Nihon Tozi Kyokai ed: MINDAI NO SOMETSU TO AKAE. Ming Blue-and-White and Enamelled Porcelain.
Tokyo, 1952. 216 pp. 6 colour plates, 54 illustrations, 9 text-figures. 26x18 cm. Cloth. £30.00
A major publication with contributions by Okuda Seiichi, Naito Tadashi, Koyama Fujio, Kusi Takushi and Ozaki Nobumori on various
aspects of Ming period porcelains. Japanese text with English captions to the plates.
578 NINGSHOU JIANGU. (Bronzes of the Ningshou Palace). Nanjing, 1992. 413 pp. of reproductions of the original
pages with b/w drawings throughout. 29x21 cm. Cloth. £50.00
Facsimile reprint of a supplement to the Xiqing Gujian or Catalogue of Imperial Bronzes, with illustrations and details of 101 pieces
in the Ningshou palace. In Chinese.
579 Noma Seiroku: ANCIENT JAPANESE GILT BRONZE BUDDHAS. Kyoto, 1952. 32, 46 pp. text. 6 pp. linedrawings,
130 b/w plates. 35x26 cm. Cloth, dustjacket with a few tears. £250.00
The Buddhas dealt with in this volume, formerly in the imperial collection, were originally preserved from ancient times in Horyu-ji
in Nara. Good black-and-white plates. A scarce work.
580 NONGCUN ANQUAN YONG DIAN GUATU. (The Safe Use of Electricity in the Countryside).
農村安全用電掛圖. Beijing, 1964. 10 posters each with a number of colour illustrations. 10 vols. 76x52 cm.
Paper. £400.00
A set of 10 folded Chinese posters produced in 1964 as part of a safety campaign apparently as a response to the high level of accidents
and fatalities from electric shocks following the introduction of electricity into many rural areas in China. The ten posters are
entitled as follows: 1. Dian Zai Nongyeshang de Yingyong — The Use of Electricity in Agriculture. 2. Dian de Shengchan yu Yunsong
— The Production and Transmission of Electricity. 3 .Changyong de Dianqi Cailiao — Frequently Used Electrical Equipment. 4. Ren
Weishenme Hui Chudian? — How Do People Get an Electric Shock? 5. Zhengque Anzhuang Dengxian — The Correct Installation of
Electricity for Lighting. 6. Dianlixian he Tongxunxian de Jiashe — The Erection of Electricity Power Cables. 7. Diandongji he Bianyaqi

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de Anzhuang. — The Installation of Electrical Machinery and Transformers. 8. Zheyang Zuo Zui Weixian ! (1) — Doing This is Dangerous!
(1). 9. Zheyang Zuo Zui Weixian ! (2) — Doing This is Dangerous! (2). 10. Chudian Jijiu — First Aid for Electric Shocks.
As with all these posters aimed at a rural and largely uneducated audience, the emphasis is on simple and colourful imagery to attract
attention. Each poster comprises a number of images reproduced from original paintings and drawings illustrating and explaining
various aspects of the installation, use and dangers of electricity. Such posters were either pasted on walls or used during a
village meeting as an education tool by a travelling official. Due to such use, this set is a rare survival. Text in Chinese. The posters
in fine condition, just the occasional mark and tear along the folds.
581 NONGYE JIJIE ANQUAN SHENGCHAI GUATU. (Posters Showing the Safe Use of Agricultural Machinery).
農業機械安全生產掛圖. Beijing, n.d. 6 posters each with a number of colour illustrations. 6 vols. 76x52 cm.
Paper. £300.00
A set of six Chinese posters dating from the late 1960s or early 1970s produced as part of a safety campaign to reduce the high level
of accidents in the Chinese countryside involving the use of agricultural machinery ranging from the driving of tractors to threshing
machines and various other machines. Given that this was the period of the Cultural Revolution, there is also much propaganda concerning
peasants and agriculture and the Chinese communist party. Aimed at a rural population with little education, the posters each
contain a number of brightly-coloured images taken from paintings.
The titles of the posters are as follows: 1.Nongye de Genben Chulu Zaiyu Jijiehua — The Basic Path to Mechanization in Agriculture.
2.Zhixing Jiwu Guizhang. Gaohao Anquan Zuoye — Implement the Rules of Maintentance. Participate in Safe Work. 3.Zhengque
Caozuo Shiyong. Fangzhi Jidian Shigu — Undertake the Correct Operation of Machinery. Prevent Accidents in Electrical Machinery.
4.Baozheng Chengxiang Jiaotong Anquan. Genghao de Wei Nongye Fuwu — Ensure Traffic Safety in Both Towns and the Countryside.
Serve Agriculture Better! 5.Zunshou Jiaotong Guize. Baozheng Anquan Xingche — Respect Traffic Rules. Ensure the Safe Passage
of Traffic. 6.Anquan Shengchan Renren You Ze — Everyone is Responsible for Safe Production.
Given that these posters were presumably either stuck up on walls or used in a classroom setting, they are a rare survival. In generally
fine condition with occasional mark and tear. Text in Chinese.
582 O’Connor Jr, Stanley J: HINDU GODS OF PENINSULAR SIAM. Ascona, 1972. 76 pp. 34 illustrations,
bibliography and index. 32x24 cm. Cloth. £65.00
583 Obata Shigeyoshi: THE WORKS OF LI-PO. The Chinese Poet. New York, 1922. xviii, 236 pp. 1 plate. 21x14
cm. Cloth. Front cover a little loose and grubby. £35.00
124 poems selected and translated from Li Bo’s complete works edited by Wang Qi. Includes translations of biographies of Li Bo and
prefaces to early editions of his collected works. Hucker 1598. Scarce.
584 Onishi, Hiroshi: ON A RIVERBOAT JOURNEY. A Handscroll by Ito Jakuchu, With Poems by Daiten. New
York, 1990. 140 pp. Bibliography. 80 b/w illustrations. 30x23 cm. Cloth. £25.00
The 18th century scroll ‘Jokyoshu’ reproduced in its entirety, with Jakauchu and Daiten vying to see who could best capture the riverside
scenery.
585 Oriental Art Gallery Ltd, The: ORIENTAL JEWELLERY AND WORKS OF ART. London, 1993. (84) pp.
Chronology, bibliography. 219 objects illustrated in colour. 23x21 cm. Paper. £20.00
Catalogue of the third exhibition of the Oriental Art Gallery Ltd, which included Chinese jewellery, jades and Chinese and Japanese
objets d’art.
586 Osgood, Cornelius: THE KOREANS AND THEIR CULTURE. New York, 1951. xvi, 387 pp. 48 plates. Glossary,
bibliography, index. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £35.00
This was the best anthropological work on Korea, but contains errors due to failure to utilise Oriental-language materials.
587 Pacific Asia Museum: THEODORE WORES. An American Artist in Meiji Japan. American Artists in Japan.
Pasadena, 1993. 131 pp. 50 colour plates, 15 photos of lost paintings and 11 ills. 25x23 cm. Paper. £25.00
Edited by Chris Pearce. The first part is a biography on Wores, concentrating on his life in Japan. The second part consists of the catalogue
that was produced in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Theodore Wores : An American Artist in Meiji Japan’ held at the Pacific
Asia Museum.
588 Pan Chengwen & Yao Binmo ed: ZHONGGUO SI DA YINSHI TUDIAN: CHANGHUA SHI. (An Illustrated
Survey of the Four Great Sealstones of China: The Changhua Stone). 中國四大印石圖典 : 昌化石 。 潘承文
姚賓謨 編著. Hangzhou, 2008. 5, 350 pp. Colour plates throughout. 28x21 cm. Wrappers. £45.00
Illustrates many fine examples of this stone much used in Chins for the carving of fine seals. Text in Chinese.
589 Pang, Tatiana A: A CATALOGUE OF MANCHU MATERIALS IN PARIS. Manuscripts, Blockprints, Scrolls,
Rubbings, Weapons. Wiesbaden, 1998. xvii, 143 pp. 10 plates. Indexes, concordance. 25x17 cm. Paper. £30.00
Important contribution to the bibliographic documentation of Manchu materials in Europe, including a useful introduction ‘On the
history of Manchu collections in Paris’ by the author.
590 Parmer, Lynette: COLLECTING OCCUPIED JAPAN. Atglen, 1996. 112 pp. Numerous illustrations in colour.
28x22 cm. Paperback. £16.95
Features the decorative arts of Allied occupied Japan, 1945-1952.
591 Pei, Fang Jing et al: TREASURES OF THE CHINESE SCHOLAR. Form, Function and Symbolism. New York,
1997. 165 pp. 165 colour illustrations. Glossary, index. 26x26 cm. Paper. £40.00
This important new work presents the most detailed and illuminating commentary yet available in English, on the craftsmanship and
motifs of the Chinese Scholars’ Studio. Out-of-print and hard to find.
592 Pham Quoc Quan and Nguyen Dinh Chien: VIETNAMESE BROWN PATTERNED CERAMICS. Gom Hoa
Nau Viet Nam. Hanoi, 2005. 224 pp. including 149 pp. with 200 colour and 3 b/w plates and 217 line drawings.
Bibliography. 29x21 cm. Cloth. £50.00
Detailed and extensively illustrated exposition of the characteristic Vietnamese ceramics decorated with brown washed patterns, important
to the Vietnamese ceramics tradition especially from the 11th through the 15th centuries. Dual English and Vietnamese text
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593 Piggott, Juliet: JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY. Library of the World’s Myths and Legends. Feltham, 1982. 144 pp.
Over 100 b/w illustrations & 26 colour plates. 29x21 cm. Cloth. £20.00
Myths taken from Buddhism, Shinto and folklore. Second impression.
594 Powers, Martin J: ART AND POLITICAL EXPRESSION IN EARLY CHINA. New Haven, 1992. 416 pp. 198
illustrations, some in colour. 25x18 cm. Cloth. £50.00
The author examines the art and politics of the Han period (206 B.C.- A.D. 220) and shows that both were shaped by the rise of an
educated, non-aristocratic public that questioned the authority of the rich and royal at all levels.
595 Prakash, Om: PRECIOUS METALS AND COMMERCE. The Dutch East India Company in the Indian Ocean
Trade. Collected Studies Series CS443. Northampton, 1994. 320 pp. 23x15 cm. Cloth. £75.00
16 studies in English on this fascinating subject.
596 Priest, Alan intro: CHINESE BRONZES OF THE SHANG THROUGH THE T’ANG DYNASTY. An
Exhibition Lent by American Collectors and Museums. New York, 1938. xxxii, 30 pp. 46 b/w plates. Figures.
Chronology. 22x14 cm. Paper. £20.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, based largely on Karlgren’s analysis of Chinese bronzes.
597 Qian Handong: RIZHAO XIANGLU: ZHONGHUA GU CI XIANGLU WENHUA JIYI. Cultural
Reminiscences: The Glorious Glimmer of Ceramic Censers. 日照香爐:中華古瓷香爐文化記憶 。 錢漢東 著.
Shanghai, 2009. 6, 10, 239 pp. Numerous colour text plates. 29x22 cm. Boards. £45.00
A discussion and history of the ceramic incense burner in China. Illustrated with numerous examples from many periods. In Chinese.
598 Qian Juntao: JUNTAO YISHUYUAN CANG YIN JI. (Seals in the Collection of the Juntao Art Gallery).
Hangzhou, 1992. [14], 79 pp. Including 69 pp. of colour plates with seals themselves & impressions. 29x22 cm.
Boards. £30.00
Well-chosen seals with accompanying documentation by named carvers such as Zhao Zhiqian, Wu Changshuo and others. In Chinese.
599 QINGZHU ZHONGHUA RENMIN GONGHEGUO CHENGLI ERSHIWU ZHOU NIAN QUANGUO
MEISHU ZUOPIN ZHANLAN ZUOPIN XUANJI. (In Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Founding of
the Peoples Republic of China: A Selection from the National Exhibition of Works of Art).
慶祝中華人民共和國成立二十五周年全國美術作品展覽 : 作品選集. Beijing, 1975. 3 pp. text booklet plus
109 loose colour plates. English insert. 32x38 cm. Loose in cardboard folder. £800.00
An excellent Chinese communist propaganda compilation produced towards the end of the Cultural Revolution period under the auspices
of the State Council. The 109 plates include traditional Chinese paintings, oil paintings, woodblock prints, New Year prints,
propaganda posters and a few sculptures. There is a (complete) total of 109 loose plates in a cardboard folder. The subjects and themes
of the paintings reflect the political campaigns and other issues of the day from military vigilance to agricultural production, the glory
of Chairman Mao and Mao Zedong thought, the achievements and virtues of other political leaders, selfless Communist heroes, industrialisation
and much more. Provides a survey of the offically-approved art of the day and officially-sanctioned artists. A fascinating
study tool for the link of art and politics in the Cultural Revolution period.
To assist with the identification of the plates (and to keep them in order!) we have numbered the list of contents from 1-109 and numbered
each plate on the back.
We also include an English translation of the titles of the plates, type of work and the artists. Main text in Chinese.
It is very rare to find complete sets of these propaganda collections as plates were often removed to be individually displayed or removed
due to ‘incorrect political content’ brought about by changing political winds and propaganda campaigns. Also, following the
end of the Cultural Revolution and China moving into a new political phase, many were thrown away or destroyed.
600 QIXIANG ZHISHI. (Predicting the Weather). 氣象知識. Tianjin, 1965. 5 posters each with a number of colour
illustrations. 5 vols. 75x52 cm. Folded posters in envelope. £500.00
Very interesting set of five posters produced in the mid-1960s aimed at instructing a rural audience in simple but useful methods of
predicting the weather. The posters are entitled as follows: 1. Kan Yun Zhi Tianqi (Predict the Weather Through Observing Clouds).
Six colour illustrations. 2. Tianqi Yanyu (Weather Proverbs). Six colour illustrations. Examines the truth in traditional weather proverbs.
3. Wuxiang (The Weather and the World Around You). Six colour illustrations. This involves illustrations showing how, for example,
observing the behaviour of animals and insects, household fires and condensation can help determine the weather. 4. Yuqing he
Shangqing (Rainfall and Soil Moisture). Six colour illustrations. 5. Fengxiang yu Fengsu (Wind Direction and Wind Speed). Fourteen
small colour illustrations.
The colour illustrations to each poster are reproduced from paintings and all demonstrate the theme being discussed. The posters
come folded in their original worn brown paper envelope and were presumably used by a travelling official to be hung up in village
meeting halls. As a result, one can assume that few sets have survived, let alone one in such fine condition as here. In Chinese. Rare.
601 Rath, Amanda: TABOO AND TRANSGRESSION IN CONTEMPORARY INDONESIAN ART. Cornell, 2005.
143 pp. Numerous colour illustrations. 20x15 cm. Paper. £20.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University of contemporary Indonesian art.
602 Ratti, Oscar & Westbrook, Adele: SECRETS OF THE SAMURAI. A Survey of the Martial Arts of Feudal Japan.
Tokyo, 1973. 483 pp. Bibliography, index. Numerous illustrations. 27x19 cm. Cloth. £45.00
The definitive work. Includes an account of the political power struggle accompanying the ascendancy of the Samurai. First edition.
603 Ray, Amita: ART OF NEPAL. 78 pp. 103 illustrations, 20. New Delhi, 1973. in colour. 25x22 cm. Cloth. £25.00
A general study of the plastic arts of Nepal in the context of the life of her people, their history and religious culture.
604 Reid, Daniel P: CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE. Wellingborough, 1987. 174 pp. Bibliography, index. Numerous
colour illustrations. 28x20 cm. Paper. £20.00
An account of the art of Chinese herbal medicine with an emphasis on its practical use in the modern world.
605 Reynolds, Valrae: TIBET, A LOST WORLD. The Newark Collection of Tibetan Art and Ethnography. New York,
1979. 128 pp. 101 b/w & 11 colour illustrations, map. 26x21 cm. Paper. £25.00
A concise introduction to Tibet as it existed until 1959. The objects depicted document the entire culture rather than one aspect of it.
Also featured are rare photographs dating from the turn of the century.

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606 Rhie, Marilyn M. & Thurman, Robert A. F: THE SACRED ART OF TIBET. Wisdom and Compassion. London,
1995. 488 pp. 353 illustrations (338 in colour). 2 Maps. 30x23 cm. Cloth. £48.00
Photographs by John Bigelow Taylor. Catalogue of the exhibition originally shown in San Francisco and London, being the revised
and expanded edition. An outstanding collection more than half of which had never been published before.
607 Riboud, Marc: THE THREE BANNERS OF CHINA. New York, 1966. 216 pp. mostly photographs, many in
colour. 27x22 cm. Cloth. £50.00
Riboud’s excellent photographic documentation of the period just previous to the eruption of the Cultural Revolution. Foreword by Han
Suyin.
608 Rong Geng & Zhang Weichi ed: YIN ZHOU QINGTONG QI TONGLUN. (General Dissertation on Bronze
Wares of the Yin and Zhou Periods). Kaoguxue Zhuankan, III:2. Beijing, 1984. 151 pp. Chinese text, 304
illustrations, text illustrations. 27x19 cm. Cloth. £45.00
This book is an abbreviated and revised version of Rong’s Shang Zhou Yiqi Tongkao of 1941, but with considerable additions. In Chinese.
Scarce. RBS 4:462.
609 Rosenblum, Richard; Valerie Doran ed. and intro: ART OF THE NATURAL WORLD. Resonances of Wild
Nature in Chinese Sculptural Art. Boston, 2001. 157 pp. 70 colour and 200 b/w illustrations. 26x20 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Through this well-illlustrated study of scholar’s rocks, Rosenblum discusses the history and use of nature in Chinese art.
610 Rosenfield, John: JAPANESE ARTS OF THE HEIAN PERIOD: 794-1185. New York, 1967. 135 pp. 57 plates,
6 in colour, 7 text-figures. Map, glossary, bibliography. 27x21 cm. Boards. £20.00
Asia House Gallery and Fogg Art Museum exhibition catalogue. First time treasures of the period were shown in the West.
611 Rosenfield, John M. & Shimada, Shujiro: TRADITIONS OF JAPANESE ART. Selections from the Kimiko and
John Powers Collection. Cambridge, 1970. 393 pp. 153 objects all illustrated, 17 in colour. Chronology. Glossaryindex.
29x23 cm. Cloth. £30.00
A comprehensive and abundantly illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of selections from this fine collection. Limited secondhand
stock offered at this special price as part of the Rosenfield tribute; some copies without dustjacket.
612 Rosenstone, Robert A: MIRROR IN THE SHRINE. American Encounters with Meiji Japan. Cambridge, 1988.
315 pp. 22x14 cm. Paper. £25.00
Evokes the immediacy of daily experience in Meiji Japan, a nation still feudal yet captivating to Westerners. Draws on the experiences
of three Americans in Japan — Morse, Griffis and Hearn.
613 Roveda, V. & Yem Sothorn: BUDDHIST PAINTING IN CAMBODIA. Bangkok, 2009. 328 pp. Colour
illustrations throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £40.00
Documents the most important Buddhist paintings extant in Cambodia accompanied by discussion of their role and function.
614 Royal Academy of Arts: ANCIENT ART FROM AFGHANISTAN. London, 1967. 38 pp. text plus 16 pp. b/w
plates. 21x14 cm. Paper. £18.00
Catalogue of the exhibition of Afghanistan art held at the Royal Academy of Arts at the end of 1967. The loans included major pieces
from the Kabul Museum, British Museum.
615 Samolin, William and Drew, Isabella: EURASIAN ANIMAL STYLE PLAQUES I. Monumenta Serica Vol. XXIV.
N.p., 1965. pp. 1-14 plus 17 pp. b/w plates. 26x18 cm. Paper. £35.00
616 Sansom, George B: THE WESTERN WORLD AND JAPAN. A Study in the Interaction of European and Asiatic
Cultures. London, 1965. xvi, 504, xi pp. 27 plates, many illustrations, 2 maps. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £45.00
In some respects a continuation of Sansom’s Japan : A Short Cultural History. First part is a broad view of European intercourse with
East Asia, and with Japan in particular, followed by a study of Western influences upon Japan. Reprint of 1950 original.
617 Sato Kanzan: THE JAPANESE SWORD. Japanese Arts Library, Vol. 12. Tokyo, 1983. 210 pp. 154 plates &
illustrations, 27 in colour, 22 sketches. Glossary, bibliography & index. 27x19 cm. Cloth. £31.00
Excellent treatment of the subject covering sword development throughout history. Fine explanations of forging and tempering methods
along with a detailed description of the fittings and methods and materials used in their manufacture.
618 Sawa Takaaki ed: BUTSUZO ZUTEN. (Iconography of Buddhist Images). Tokyo, 1963. 301 pp. Text illustrations
throughout. 22x16 cm. Cloth. £50.00
Useful in study and appreciation of Buddhist art, assembling illustrations of images in Japan, classified under Buddha, Goddess of
Mercy, saints, messengers, other divinities and high priests, each with explanation of its name and symbolism. In Japanese. 5th edition.
Fukuda C70.
619 Sawara Makoto: YAYOI DOKI. (Earthenware from the Yayoi period). Nihon no Bijutsu No. 125. Tokyo, 1976. 153
pp. 153 illustrations, 26 in colour. 23x19 cm. Paper. £25.00
Well-illustrated study of earthenware from the Yayoi period, its forms, manufacture techniques, designs, painting. Japanese text only.
620 Schafer, Edward H: PACING THE VOID. Warren, 2005. 368 pp. 25x18 cm. Paper. £37.50
Schafer’s characteristically marvellous essay conveys what medieval Chinese people thought, felt and experienced when they looked
up into the night sky. Vital for an engaged understanding of Tang culture. New paperback reprint.
621 Schafer, Edward H: TU WAN’S STONE CATALOGUE OF CLOUDY FOREST. A Commentary and Synopsis.
Berkeley, 2005. 116 pp. 4 illustrations. Index. 24x16 cm. Paper. £30.00
In his introduction to Tu Wan’s Catalogue, Schafer discusses the Chinese taste in stones, what is known of Tu Wan, the history etc. of
the catalogue, and technology and petrology in the 12th century. New paperback reprint. Hucker 1506.
622 Schloss, E: ART OF THE HAN. New York, 1979. 110 pp. 88 illustrations. Map. 28x22 cm. Paper. £20.00
An exhibition catalogue from the China House Gallery.

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623 Schneeberger, Pierre-F: THE BAUR COLLECTION — JAPANESE LACQUER. Geneva, 1984. 193 pp. 100
plates, many in colour. 29x23 cm. Cloth. £100.00
An excellent catalogue of a superb collection of inro and other lacquer wares.
624 Schottenhammer, Angela ed: TRADE AND TRANSFER ACROSS THE EAST ASIAN ‘MEDITERRANEAN’.
East Asian Maritime History 1. Wiesbaden, 2005. xvii, 343 pp. 26 b/w illustrations. 24x17 cm. Cloth. £65.00
A collection of studies discussing trade and relations across the East China Sea between 1400 and 1840. Includes China, Japan,
Korea, the Ryukyu Islands and Tsushima. Focus on sea and land routes, archaeology, trade and commodity exchange, knowledge
transfer and European images in parts of east Asia. Introduction and 10 contributions by various scholars, of which seven in English
and three in German.
625 Scott, A. C: THE CLASSICAL THEATRE OF CHINA. London, 1957. 250, (6) pp. 5 plates, 1 in colour. Many
illustrations by the author. Glossary, index. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £45.00
The most detailed book on ‘jingxi,’ or Peking drama.
626 Seikado Bunko: THE PLEASURE OF WRITING MATERIALS. Tokyo, 2007. 173 pp. Colour plates throughout.
B/w text illustrations. 20x22 cm. Wrappers. £45.00
Catalogue of a delightful exhibition at the Seikado Bunko in Tokyo showing 125 of the finest examples of scholar’s studio objects in
their collection. The large majority of items are Chinese, dating from the Qing dynasty, together with a few late Ming examples. Includes
inkstones, brushes, waterdroppers and illustrated Chinese and Japanese printed books related to scholar’s studio themes. Seven
page list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese.
627 Setagaya Ward Museum: JAPAN AND BRITAIN. An Aesthetic Dialogue 1850-1930. Tokyo, 1992. 233 pp. 111
colour and 281 b/w plates & illustrations. 29x23 cm. Paper. £25.00
The Japanese catalogue of the Barbican Art Gallery exhibition of the same title, which is now out of print. The Japanese version illustrates
each and every exhibit with English captions having the essential information. Otherwise text in Japanese.
628 Setterwall, Åke et al: THE CHINESE PAVILION AT DROTTNINGHOLM. Stockholm, 1974. 327 pp. 305
reproductions & plans and 55 plates in colour, some folding. 30x23 cm. Cloth. £200.00
Built in 1763 the pavilion is one of the best examples of chinoiserie. This luxurious and scholarly publication details its building history,
the 1777 inventory which is still intact, and the vogue for chinoiserie in Europe. A beautiful book, now scarce.
629 Sha Yuanzhang: LIAO JIN TONG JING. Liao Jin Bronze Mirror. 遼金銅鏡 。 沙元章 著. Harbin, 2007. 249, 4
pp. Full page b/w plates throughout. 28x21 cm. Paper. £70.00
Shows over 100 Chinese bronze mirrors dating from the Liao and Jin dynasties, presumably found at sites in Northeast China and Inner
Mongolia. each mirror is illustrated in a full page plate and accompanied by an adjacent illustration of a rubbing of the mirror’s design.
In Chinese.
630 Shangguan Zhou: WANXIAOTANG ZHUZHUANG HUAZHUAN. (Zhu Zhuang’s Album of Paintings from
the Hall of Endless Laughter). 晚笑堂竹裝畫傳 。 上官周. N.p., 1930. 128 folded leaves, Chinese style. 3 juan
in 1 ce. B/w reproductions of ink portraits throughout. 33x22 cm. Stitched, new cloth case. £950.00
As well as being the author of this album of fine portraits of China’s ‘paragons of culture’ produced in 1743, Shangguan Zhou (1665c.1750)
was known as a landscape painter and calligrapher. This is a fine Republican lithographic reprint, done by the famous Sheyuan
studio, of the original work published in the Qian Long reign. New covers and stitching. The good-sized full page images of famous
scholars, poets and other cultural figures exhibit fine detail and are most pleasing. The first 25 folded leaves have a waterstain to the
top of the page that does not affect the printed text and images, and which decreases in intensity as one proceeds. Priced accordingly.
In Chinese. Rarely-seen.
631 Shanghai Museum & Liaoning Provincial Museum: SHOUYANG JIJIN: HU YINGYING FAN JIRONG
CANG ZHONGGUO GUDAI QINGTONGQI. Ancient Chinese Bronzes from the Shouyang Studio: The
Katherine and George Fan Collection. 首陽吉金 : 胡盈瑩范季融藏中國古代青銅器. Shanghai, 2008. 201 pp.
Colour plates throughout. B/w reproductions of rubbings of designs and inscriptions. 37x27 cm. Cloth. £45.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Shanghai Museum of ancient Chinese bronzes from the collection of George and Katherine
Fan. Displays 70 pieces and sets of bronze wares from their collection, the Shouyang Studio, a good number of which bear inscriptions,
thus making the collection an important source for academic study in addition to its aesthetic value. Dual texts in Chinese and
English.
632 Sharf, Fred et al: ‘A PLEASING NOVELTY’. Bunkio Matsuki and The Japan Craze in Victorian Salem. Salem,
1993. 112 pp. 31 illustrations. 23x15 cm. Paper. £25.00
Published in connection with an exhibition at the Peabody & Essex Museum, this book tells the story of Matsuki, a Japanese arts and
crafts dealer in late 19th century Salem and Boston, and the general craving for things Japanese in the States at this period.
633 Shen Huilan ed: YANGZHOU BA KE. (Eight Types of Carving from Yangzhou). 揚州八刻 。 沈惠蘭 編著.
Yangzhou, 2006. 234 pp. Colour plates throughout. 28x21 cm. Wrappers. £40.00
Lacquer, jade, bamboo, ivory, wood (including woodblocks), ceramic, stone and bricks. These are the eight media discussed and illustrated
in this work on the various types of fine carving practised in the Chinese city of Yangzhou, a traditional centre of excellence
for Chinese arts and crafts. The objects old and new shown are held in collections ranging from the Gugong Museum and Yangzhou
Museum through to various factory collections in Yangzhou. In Chinese.
634 Shen Jin: MEIGUO HAFU DAXUE HAFU YANJING TUSHUGUAN ZHONGWEN SHANBEN SHUZHI.
(Annotated Bibliography of the Fine and Rare Chinese Editions in the Harvard-Yenching Institute Library).
美國哈佛大學燕京圖書館中文善本書志 。 沈津. Hafu Yanjing Tushuguan Shumu Congkan (Harvard-Yenching
Bibliographical Series) 7. Shanghai, 1999. 17, 927 pp. 10 pp. of colour plates. Bibliography, Indexes (author and
title, four-corner). 27x20 cm. Cloth. £60.00
An exemplary, highly detailed bibliography of rare Chinese books in an important western collection. This is, in fact, a first volume
covering Song, Yuan and Ming period editions. A continuation, on fine Qing-period and manuscript (gaoben and chaoben) editions is
in preparation and to follow. In Chinese only.

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635 Shi Jinbo et al ed: XIXIA WENWU. (Tangut Artefacts). Beijing, 1988. 357 pp. 413 illustrations, many in colour.
27x21 cm. Cloth. £75.00
The ancient feudal kingdom of the Xixia or Tangut (1038-1227) was founded by a scion of the Tangut people. The large number of artefacts
illustrated here include painting, calligraphy, sculpture, seals and ceramics. Text in Chinese.
636 Shiga Prefecture Biwako Museum of Art: THE FINE ART OF SAKYAMUNI. Shiga, 2003. 125 pp. 31 colour
and 85 b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. 30x21 cm. Paper. £35.00
Catalogue of an exhibition showing the image of Sakyamuni in various media — painting, sculpture and metalwork. With loans from
temples and collections throughout Shiga prefecture. In Japanese.
637 SHIQI SHIJI HELANREN HUIZHI DE LAO TAIWAN DITU. (Seventeenth Century Maps of Taiwan
Produced in Holland). 十七世紀荷蘭人繪制的臺灣地圖. Taipei, 1997. 168; 100 pp. Illustrated throughout in
colour and (primarily) b/w illustrations. 2 vols. 30x24 cm. Paper. £45.00
Volume One of this work consists of reproductions of 17th century maps of Holland, a good number double page and with many additional
illustrations showing close-up detail. Volume Two is the text volume, again containing numerous images. Each map or illustrations
has the name of the mapmaker in English, otherwise the work is entirely in Chinese.
638 Shogun Age Exhibition Exec. Committee: THE SHOGUN AGE EXHIBITION. From the Tokugawa Art
Museum. Tokyo, 1983. 280 pp. 273 colour illustrations, map, charts, glossary. 28x21 cm. Paper. £40.00
Included here are exquisite treasures of the Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya, a repository of the family treasures of 20 generations
of the Tokugawa family.
639 Shoudu Bowuguan ed: SHOUDU BOWUGUAN GUANCANG MINGYAN. (Inkstones from the Capital
Museum, Beijing). 首都博物館館藏名硯. Beijing, 1997. 105 pp. Colour illustrations and b/w reproductions of
rubbings throughout. 27x19 cm. Boards. £35.00
A fine selection of inkstones from the holdings of the Capital Museum, Beijing. Objects date from the Tang to the 20th century and are
shown in decent colour plates with rubbings of inscriptions alongside. In Chinese only.
640 Sickman, Laurence and Soper, Alexander C: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF CHINA. The Pelican
History of Art. New Haven, 1978. 528 pp. 329 illustrations. Map. Notes. Index. 21x15 cm. Paper. £25.00
The authors concentrate on painting, sculpture and architecture from the Shang to the end of the Qing period. A useful reference.
641 Sierra de la Calle, Blas: YOSHITOSHI Y SU ESCUELA GRABADOS ‘UKIYO-E’. (Ukiyo-e Prints by
Yoshitoshi and his School). Museo Oriental. Valladolid: Catalog VIII. Valladolid, 2009. 473 pp. Full page colour
plates throughout. 24x17 cm. Paper. £45.00
Catalogues the collection of ukiyo-e prints held in the Museo Oriental in Valladolid in Spain. The majority of the material previously
unpublished. Text in Spanish.
642 Silberman, Bernard S: JAPAN AND KOREA. A Critical Bibliography. Tucson, 1962. xiv, 120 pp. Index. 28x21
cm. Paper. £20.00
A very useful, annotated bibliography of books on Japan and Korea.
643 Singer, Paul: EARLY CHINESE MINIATURES. New York, 1977. 96 pp. 227 b/w ills. 24x20 cm. Paper.£20.00
China House Gallery exhibition catalogue of miniature representations of larger objects in the daily use of the ancient Chinese, covering
bronzes, jades, ceramics and clay, architecture, etc.
644 Singh, Madanjeet: HIMALAYAN ART. Wall-Painting and Sculpture in Ladakh, Lahaul and Spiti. UNESCO Art
Books. London, 1971. 287 pp. Bibliography. 63 colour plates, 105 illustrations, 1 map. 21x15 cm. Paper. £25.00
Also includes Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan. Highly praised by reviewers.
645 Sitwell, Sacheverell: BRIDGE OF THE BROCADE SASH. Travels and Observations in Japan. London, 1959.
314 pp. 51 b/w and 4 colour plates. Index. 25x17 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £30.00
A well-written account of Sacheverell Sitwell’s journey to, and fascination with Japan. Fine copy of the first edition, with dustjacket.
646 Soontaek Choi-Bae: SELADON-KERAMIK DER KORYO-DYNASTIE, 918-1392. Celadon Wares of the
Koryo Period. Koln, 1984. 247 pp. 125 b/w illustrations, 16 colour plates, 4 maps, 38 line drawings. 27x22 cm.
Paper. £30.00
Catalogue of the fine collection of Korean ceramics from the Koryo period in the Museum of East Asian Art, Cologne. Text in English
and German.
647 Soper, Alexander C: CHINESE, KOREAN AND JAPANESE BRONZES. A Catalogue of the Auriti Collection
... in Rome. Serie Orientale Roma XXXV. Rome, 1966. 56 pp. 78 illustrations. 24x17 cm. Paper. £45.00
This collection, kept in the Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale in Rome, is very strong on Buddhist figures of the Sui and Tang periods.
648 Spuler, Bertold: THE MUSLIM WORLD. A Historical Survey. Part II: The Mongol Period. Leiden, 1969. 125
pp. Map, tables, bibliography, index. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £35.00
649 Starr, Kenneth: BLACK TIGERS: A GRAMMAR OF CHINESE RUBBINGS. Washington, 2008. 280 pp. 101
illustrations, 8 in colour. 25x18 cm. Cloth. £69.00
A history of rubbings, a guide to connoisseurship and a technical handbook on the materials and techniques used to make rubbings.
A useful contribution to the subject.
650 Statler, Oliver: JAPANESE INN. London, 1961. xii, 365 pp. Illustrations. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £25.00
In the picturesque village of Okitsu, the Minaguchi-ya has been an Inn since its first owner was humbled by the first Shogun. In the
story of the Inn much of the history of Japan is brought to life.
651 Sugimoto Works of Art: JAPANESE ART FROM THE TAJIMA COLLECTION. New York, 1987. c. 80 pp.
35 pp. fullpage colour plates. 24x24 cm. Cloth. £18.00
Dealer’s catalogue of 40 very fine pieces of Japanese art from the Heian period onwards and with the majority early pieces. Well-illustrated
in colour. The occasional annotation. Price list included.

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652 Suizhou Provincial Museum ed: SUIZHOU LEIGUDUN ERHAO MU. The Tomb No. 2 at Leigudun in Suizhou.
隨州擂鼓墩二號墓. Beijing, 2008. 14, 238 pp. text plus 56 pp. colour plates and 24 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w
text drawings. 1 foldout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £85.00
Located at Suizhou in China’s Hubei province, the important No. 2 tomb at Leigudun is the second largest known tomb in the area after
the famous tomb of the Marquis of Zeng. This is the detailed report on its excavation and the rich tomb goods within, including numerous
large and very fine bronzes. The tomb is dated to the Warring States period. Three page English abstract. In Chinese.
653 Sun Dazhang: CHENGDE PUNING SI: QINGDAI FOJIAO JIANZHU ZHI JIEZUO. (Chengde’s Puning
Temple: An Outstanding Example of Qing Dynasty Buddhist Architecture). 承德普寧寺:清代佛教建築之杰作.
Beijing, 2008. 304 pp. 71 pp. colour plates. B/w text illustrations and architectural drawings. 28x21 cm.
Wrappers. £35.00
At last! A detailed survey of the architecture and decoration of one of Chengde’s famous Eight Outer Temples, Puning Temple, most
famous for its enormous thousand-armed Buddha. A welcome contribution. In Chinese.
654 Sun Fuxi ed: XI’AN WENWU JINGHUA: CIQI. (Masterpieces of Xi’an’s Cultural Relics: Porcelain).
西安文物精華 : 瓷器 。 孫福喜 主編. Beijing, 2008. 334 pp. Colour plates throughout. Numerous text
illustrations. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £80.00
Comprehensive and copiously-illustrated work on fine Chinese ceramics from sites in and around the ancient Chinese capital of Xi’an.
Unsurprisingly, most of the material is early and from from archaeological excavations although there is a good showing of Qing material.
Sites of excavation are given where known. Arranged chronologically. Near dual texts in Chinese and English.
655 Sun Fuxi ed: XI’AN WENWU JINGHUA: TONG JING. (Masterpieces of Xi’an’s Cultural Relics: Bronze
Mirrors). 西安文物精華 : 銅鏡 。 孫福喜 主編. Beijing, 2008. 210 pp. Colour plates throughout. B/w text
illustrations. B/w illustrations of rubbings of designs on mirrors. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £70.00
Well-illustrated work on fine Chinese bronze mirrors from sites in and around the ancient Chinese capital of Xi’an. Most of the material
is early and from from archaeological excavations but there is some later material through to , and including, the Ming dynasty.
Sites of excavation are given where known. Arranged chronologically. Near dual texts in Chinese and English.
656 Sutton, Donald S: PROVINCIAL MILITARISM AND THE CHINESE REPUBLIC. The Yunnan Army 1905-
25. Ann Arbor, 1980. ix, 404 pp. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £30.00
A study that presents, in microcosm, early 20th century China’s descent into warlordism. The Yunnan army led the successful campaign
against the monarchical restoration of 1915-16 and became a leading force in South China for a decade.
657 Suzhou Museum & Shanghai Museum: XUANLI HUAGUI ZHIZUN. Colorful, Elegant and Exquisite: A Special
Exhibition of Imperial Enamel Ware from Mr. Robert Chang’s Collection. 絢麗 華貴 至尊. Shanghai, 2007. 18 pp.
text plus 129 pp. colour plates. 29x20 cm. Wrappers. £50.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Suzhou Museum in China showing around 60 superb examples of Chinese imperial cloisonné ware
from the collection of the Hong Kong art dealer, Robert Chang. A couple of examples date from the late Ming, the large majority are
Qing dynasty. All exhibits illustrated in full page colour, the majority in multiple views, many showing close-up detail. Dual texts in
Chinese and English.
658 Swanson, Bruce: EIGHTH VOYAGE OF THE DRAGON. A History of China’s Quest for Seapower. Annapolis,
1982. xiv, 348 pp. c. 20 b/w illustrations. 26x18 cm. Cloth. £35.00
An analysis of China’s navy, primarily focusing on developments since 1949 but set in context of China’s naval history and quest for
sea power from the Ming dynasty onwards.
659 Takashimaya Department Store: CHUGOKU NAIMOKO — HOPPO KIBA MINZOKU BUNBUTSU TEN.
(Chinese Inner Mongolia — Art of the Horsemen of the North). Tokyo, 1983. c. 200 pp. 125 colour illustrations,
many text-figures & maps. 25x22 cm. Paper. £60.00
Catalogue of an exhibition on ancient art from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region featuring bronzes, ceramics, silver and gold, etc.,
the majority excavated during the last 30 years. Objects date primarily from the Warring States to the Liao. English list of exhibits,
otherwise Japanese only.
660 Tamura Tsuyoshi: ART OF THE LANDSCAPE GARDEN IN JAPAN. Tokyo, 1938. xx, 245 pp. 11 plates and
193 b/w illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards. £90.00
Photographs of representative gardens since the 14th century, with comprehensive text and numerous black-and-white photographs.
661 Tao Xiang comp: SHEYUAN MOCUI. (A Collectanea of Works on Ink and Inkstones). Beijing, 1991. Various
pagings. 14 ce in 2 han, editions of 12 works. 14 vols. 29x19 cm. Stitch-bound in two brocade cases. £350.00
Modern facsimile reprint of a collectanea originally published in 1929 with twelve titles on ink and inkstones. Compiled by the scholar
Fu Zengxiang, the entire collection is filled with splendid black-and-white reproductions of rubbings and line drawings. Mopu Fashi
(3 juan); Mojing (1 juan); Moshi (3 juan); Mofa Jiyao (1 juan); Zhongshan Langtu (1 juan); Li Madou Ti Baoxiangtu (1 juan); Mohai
(1 juan); Mobiao (4 juan); Jian Guzhai Mosou (4 juan) Fulu (1 juan); Zhongzhou Molu (3 juan); Neiwufu Mozuo Zeli (1 juan); Nanxuezhi
Mozha Ji (1 juan). [Zhongguo Congshu Zonglu 1.744a]. In Chinese.
662 Taylour, Mrs. Basil: JAPANESE GARDENS. London, 1928. xiv, 204 pp. 28 tipped-in colour plates. 26x20 cm.
Decorative cloth. Spine slightly faded. £60.00
Second edition. With a history of Japanese gardening, and a detailed study of its various aspects. Illustrations after paintings by Walter
Tyndale. Good copy with minimal foxing.
663 Tazawa Yutaka et al: BRONZE BUDDHIST STATUETTES IN THE HORYUJI. Horyuji Research Materials
Sculpture 2. Tokyo, 1954. xxiii, 100 pp. 76 b/w plates. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £125.00
Discussion of some 54 bronze statuettes in the Horyuji temple. 25 pages of English text. Main text in Japanese.
664 Thomas, F. W: ANCIENT FOLK-LITERATURE FROM NORTH-EASTERN TIBET. Introductions, Texts,
Translation and Notes. Abhandlungen der D. Akademie der Wissen. Berlin, 1952. ix, 203 pp. 7 plates. 29x21 cm.
Paper. £45.00
The texts edited and discussed in the work are all contained in manuscripts procured from the famous walled-up library in one of the
shrines constituting the settlement at Qianfotong, near Dunhuang.

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665 Thoms, Peter Perring: A DISSERTATION ON THE ANCIENT CHINESE VASES OF THE SHANG
DYNASTY. From 1743 to 1496 B.C. London, 1851. Two-colour woodcut title page (black with red decorative
border), 63 pp., 1 f. 42 text woodcuts. 25x16 cm. Contemporary cloth, g.e., (spine damaged). £125.00
The first account of Chinese bronzes in the West. Peter Thoms based his pioneering essay on the celebrated catalogue of the Sung imperial
collection of bronzes, the ‘Bogu Tulu,’ a sixteen-volume illustrated work on the arts of the Shang, Zhou and Han dynasties.
Nowhere in his text does Thoms mention that the ‘vases’ were made of bronze. In fact, he was under the mistaken impression that the
mirrors were made of polished steel, and most of the vases of gold. He also falls into the familiar trap of interpreting Chinese seal script
as proof of a hieroglyphic origin for the language.
However, Thoms’ book is valued today as the first attempt to study these arcane objects from the first great cycle of Chinese art, in
honour of which the Oriental Ceramic Society in London organized an exhibition of bronzes to mark the centenary of this publication.
The book is also an elegant example of Thoms’ printing skills, originally practised in the service of the East India Company for whom
he produced Robert Morrison’s great Dictionary. The illustrations of the bronzes were done by A-Lae, a native of Canton, ‘after the
manner that blocks are cut for printing Chinese books.’ A-Lae’s work was so admired that the blocks themselves were exhibited as examples
of Chinese wood engraving in the Great Exhibition of 1851.
666 Tian Zibing & Hua Jueming: LIDAI GONGYI MING JIA. (Famous Chinese Craftsmen). 歷代工藝名家 。
田自秉 華覺明 主編. Zhongguo Chuantong Gongyi Quanji. Zhengzhou, 2008. 10, 23, 408 pp. Colour and b/w
plates throughout. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £80.00
A chronological listing of famous Chinese craftsmen throughout the ages with descriptions of their crafts and expertise. Listed by dynasty
and with a final ‘modern’ section covering the 20th century. Ranges from famous lacquer artists and ceramics painters to bamboo
carvers and enamellers. In Chinese.
667 Tianjin Museum ed: TIANJIN SHI YISHU BOWUGUAN CANG GU XIYIN XUAN. (A Selection of Seals in
the Collection of Tianjin Museum). Beijing, 1997. 157 pp. Illustrations of throughout. 26x18 cm. Paper. £25.00
Hundreds of seals from the Tianjin Museum collection are here illustrated — both the seal impression and the body of the seal stone.
Text in Chinese only. Good clear illustrations.
668 Tokya-Fuong, U. ed: DIE SCHATZE DER HIMMELSSOHNE: DIE KAISERLICHE SAMMLUNG AUS
DEM NATIONALEN PALASTMUSEUM, TAIPEH. (Treasures of the Sons of Heaven — Imperial Treasures
from the National Palace Museum, Taipei). Ostfildern, 2003. 471 pp. 501 colour plates. 25x28 cm. Cloth. £60.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Altes Museum in Berlin and, later, at the Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonn. The first showing in Germany
of 364 selected masterpieces of Chinese art in various media from the National Palace Museum in Taipei. The selection of masterpieces
differs at the two locations due to the fragility of the exhibits. This is the only catalogue. Superb objects, all illustrated in
colour. Text in German.
669 Tokyo National Museum: EXHIBITION OF JAPANESE LITERATI PAINTING. Tokyo, 1965. 106 pp.
Japanese text. 383 b/w illustrations. 23x18 cm. Paper. £30.00
A fine exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum. 383 exhibits, the majority illustrated. Japanese text only.
670 Tokyo National Museum: ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM — YAMATO-
E STYLE PAINTINGS. Illustrated Catalogues of TNM. Tokyo, 1993. v, 209 pp. 80 paintings illustrated in full.
11 pp. English captions. 27x19 cm. Cloth. £75.00
80 pieces from the Museum’s collection of Japanese painting are illustrated and described. Covering periods from Kamakura to Muromachi
periods and including the latest research. A most valuable source for studies.
671 Tokyo National Museum: JAPANESE ARMS & ARMOR — SPECIAL EXHIBITION. Tokyo, 1976. ca. 200
pp. including 32 in English. 16 pp. colour illustrations, 587 b/w illustrations. 26x18 cm. Paper. £55.00
An exhibition organised to review the history of Japanese arms and armour of the prehistoric through late Edo periods, tracing their
development and enquiring into their beauty. Caption lists in English, otherwise Japanese text.
672 Tokyo National Museum: MIN SHIN NO KAIGA. Paintings of Ming & Ch’ing Dynasties. Tokyo, 1964. x, 57 pp.
text. 141 exhibits all illustrated, 4 in colour. 125 b/w figures. 35x27 cm. Cloth. £150.00
A beautifully illustrated commemorative catalogue of a Tokyo National Museum exhibition of Chinese paintings of the Ming and Qing
periods. In Japanese.
673 Tong Zhenyi ed: ZHONGGUO YINSHI TUPU. (Illustrations of Chinese Seal Stones). Shanghai, 1996. vi, 492
pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £75.00
A well-produced publication with good illustrations of the enormous variety of stones used for seals in China. Illustrations depict the
stones in their final polished and carved forms. Text describes the history of the use of various types of stone, collections etc.
674 Tong, Dian: CHINA! NEW ART AND ARTISTS. Atglen, 2005. 232 pp. 274 colour plates, plus small colour
portraits of the artists. Bibliography, index. 31x24 cm. Cloth. £55.00
Wide-ranging, well-illustrated new introduction to contemporary Chinese art. With a chronological, four-chapter introduction to recent
Chinese art including artist biographies for the 80 artists included.
675 TREASURES OF JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE: CASTLES. Tokyo, 1962. 240 pp. Chiefly large b/w and
some colour plates. 16 pp. of plans and diagrams. 37x31 cm. Cloth. £60.00
Impressive visual expositions of castle architecture in Japan, with descriptions of the castles illustrated in English and Japanese. Prepared
under the supervision of the National Commission for Protection of Cultural Properties. Photography by Fumio Murasawa.
676 Trübner, Jörg: YÜ UND KUANG. Zur Typologie der Chinesischen Bronzen. Leipzig, 1929. 32 pp. text in German
and 69 b/w plates. 31x25 cm. Cloth. £75.00
Limited edition of 400 copies. A discussion of the shapes of the ancient Chinese bronze vessels of ‘yu’ and ‘guang’. The author was an
early dealer instrumental in getting many vessels to Europe. In German.
677 Ueda Makoto: LITERARY AND ART THEORIES IN JAPAN. Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies 6. Ann
Arbor, 1991. xiv, 274 pp. 24x16 cm. Paper. £25.00
Dr. Ueda chooses thirteen luminaries in the history of Japanese aesthetics and examines their views on the nature of literature and
art, revealing the underlying philosophies and contributing to an appreciation of the work. Reprint of 1967 original.

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678 Umehara Sueji: CHIKUZEN-KUNI KAHO-GUN OTSUKA SOSHOKU KOFUN. Ornamented Tomb Otsuka
at Jumyo in Chikuzen Province. Kyoto Teikoku Daigaku Bungakubu Koko 15. Kyoto, 1940. 75 pp. Japanese text.
15 pp. English. 29 text figures, 44 plates, 12 in colour. 27x20 cm. Half-cloth. £75.00
Report upon Archaeological Research in the Department of Literature, Kyoto Imperial University, Volume XV. Study of the ornamented
tomb ‘Otsuka’ in the Kaho district of Chikuzen province. Both Japanese and English text.
679 Umehara Sueji: KANKARO KIKKIN-ZU. Kyoto, 1947. 16 pp. 169 plates & figures, 2 colour plates. 4 vols.
34x25 cm. Stitched. £450.00
Collotype plates of bronzes, and rubbings of their inscriptions, in this superb collection of early Chinese bronze vessels, mirrors and
weapons. In Japanese. Good set & very scarce.
680 Umehara Sueji: SEN-OKU SEI-SHO. Or the Collection of Old Bronzes of K. Sumitomo: New Acquisitions.
Kyoto, 1961. 64 pp. Japanese, 6 pp. English text. 37 pp. plates, 1 in colour. 26x19 cm. Wrappers. £45.00
Bronze vessels, mirrors, Buddhist statuettes, coins. Main text in Japanese with short summary in English.
681 University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong: ENLIGHTENING PURSUITS: SCHOLAR’S
OBJECTS FROM THE MENGDIEXUAN COLLECTION. Yingchuan Gaozhi: Mengdiexuan Cang Zhongguo
Wenfang Yongpin. 螢窗高致 : 夢蝶軒藏中國文房用品. Hong Kong, 2006. 383 pp. Numerous colour plates
throughout. 31x24 cm. Cloth. £45.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong, showing 156 examples of scholar’s
objects from the Hong Kong-held Mengdiexuan collection. Includes inkstones, water droppers, desk objects, stones, brushwashers,
brush holders and more. Most of the objects are Ming and Qing, some of the inkstones are earlier. Each object is illustrated in a full
page colour plate, often accompanied by smaller plates showing different views of the object or related objects.
682 University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong: GUARDIANS TO TRADITION: THE
GUANGDONG PAINTING SOCIETY 1923-1937. Shouwang Chuantong: Guangdong Guohua Yanjiuhui 1923-
1937. 守望傳通 : 廣東國畫研究會. Hong Kong, 2006. 178 pp. Colour plates throughout. Text illustrations.
29x22 cm. Cloth. £35.00
Catalogue accompanying an exhibition at the Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery which explores the membership, activity
and output of the Guangdong Painting Society active during the 1920s and 1930s. Its influence is still noticeable amongst artists
today. Well-illustrated in colour with numerous examples of work by its many famous and well-known members. Dual text.
683 Unschuld, Paul: MEDICINE IN CHINA. Historical Artefacts and Images. Munich, 1999. 220 pp. 141 colour and
161 b/w illustrations. 30x25 cm. Cloth. £45.00
Presents an in-depth view of the artworks and literature associated with more than 2000 years of the Chinese healing arts. Shows manuscripts,
text and art objects such as beautifully decorated ceramic and porcelain medicine flasks, snuff bottles, cabinets etc. We advertised
this recently, but it has only just appeared (price increased by the publishers we’re afraid) and is worth noting since it is very
well illustrated and will appeal to adventurous collectors as well as students of Chinese medical culture.
684 Vaissière, Étienne de la and Éric Trombert ed: LES SOGDIENS EN CHINE. Etudes Thématiques, 17. Paris, 2005.
444 pp. 20 pp. colour plates, numerous b/w text illustrations. Bibliographies, indexes. 28x19 cm. Paper. £90.00
A collection of studies, mostly in English, some in French, divided into sections on: Sogdian funerary beds; iconographic studies;
merchants, soldiers and winemakers; the Tarim basin; and relations between Sogdians, Chinese and Turks.
685 Wachlin, Steven: WOODBURY & PAGE. Photographers Java. Leiden, 1994. 219 pp. 170 photographs. 26x30 cm.
Cloth. £45.00
This volume describes the activity of the prolific photographic firm of Woodbury & Page in old Java.
686 Wagner, Donald B: IRON AND STEEL IN ANCIENT CHINA. Handbuch der Orientalistik 4: China, 9. Leiden,
1993. xvi, 574 pp. Many illustrations. 25x16 cm. Cloth. £45.00
Presents a wealth of new material together with a penetrating discussion.
687 Wagner, Edward W. and Chongsoon Kim: ELEMENTARY WRITTEN KOREAN. Cambridge, 1963. 130; 130
pp. 2 vols. 26x19 cm. Paper. £25.00
Two parts in two volumes: part I is Sino-Korean text and part II is Han’gul text.
688 Waley, Arthur: YUAN MEI. Eighteenth Century Chinese Poet. London, 1956. First edition. 227 pp. Frontispiece,
map. 22x15 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £45.00
689 Wang Jing: THE STORY OF STONE. Intertextuality, Ancient Chinese Stone Lore, and the Stone Symbolism in
Dream of the Red Chamber, Water Margin. Durham, 1992. x, 347 pp. Bibliography. 24x16 cm. Paper. £25.00
Scholarly study of stone lore and connoisseurship as manifested in three of the classics of Chinese popular literature — Scholar’s Studio
in a wider intellectual context.
690 Wang Nianxiang & Zhang Shan: ZHONGGUO GU YANPU. Book of Ancient Chinese Inkstones. 中國古硯譜
。 王念祥、 張善 著. Beijing, 2005. 30, 327 pp. 301 pp. colour plates. 30x21 cm. Cloth. £95.00
246 inkstones, dating from the Han to modern times, are illustrated in fullpage colour plates. The vast majority of the material is old.
A very fine selection, very well illustrated. Captions and list of plates in English. Main text in Chinese.
691 Wang Pei-Yueh: THE ART OF SEAL CARVING. Taipei, 1989. 95 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 26x19 cm.
Paper. £25.00
A well-written introduction to, and survey of, the subject. Numerous colour illustrations.
692 Wang Qinglu: GU YAN PINLU: BAIJIYAN ZHAI CANG YAN. (A Record of Old Inkstones in the Collection
of Baijiyan Studio). 古硯品錄 : 百几硯齋藏硯 。 王青路 著. Beijing, 2006. 248 pp. Fullpage colour plates
throughout. 28x21 cm. Wrappers. £30.00
One of the best recent Chinese publications on inkstones. Shows 166 very fine examples of inkstones from a private Chinese collection
dating from the Shang to the Qing illustrated in fullpage colour plates. This contribution is welcome due to the quality of the
colour plates and the fact that over half the material is pre Qing. Illustrated throughout. Text in Chinese.

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693 Wang Rongguo et al. ed: MINGDAI MIN LING KE TAOYIN BEN TULU. (Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Period
Multiblock Woodcut Editions Produced by the Min and Ling Families). 明代閔凌刻套印本圖錄 。 王榮國 等
主編. Yangzhou, 2006. 21, 1, 4, 292 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x22 cm. Boards. £80.00
The key pages and illustrations (excellently reproduced) derive, chiefly, from one of the China’s most remarkable recent collections,
that made by Tao Xiang (1870-1940), who specialised in the superb multiblock woodcut editions of two great families of carvers and
book makers, active in the latter part of the Ming period. This publication, the text of which follows Tao’s bibliography of such material,
‘Min Ban Shumu’, illustrates 130 titles, including such glories as the ‘Xi Xiang Ji Tu’. The majority of the books are now in the
Liaoning Provincial Library, but material — also from Tao’s original collection — is included from the National Library, Shanghai
Library, Academia Sinica, the Gugong and other collections. In Chinese.
694 Wang Shanshui & Zhang Yuexian ed: SHAANXI MINJU MUDIAO JI. Collection of Folk Residences and Wood
Carving in Shaanxi, China. 陝西民居木雕集 。 王山水 張月賢 編著. Xi’an, 2008. 248 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 26x27 cm. Cloth. £85.00
Detailed photographic study of the intricate wood carvings found on vernacular architecture in the province of Shaanxi in Northwest
China. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese.
695 Wang Shilun ed: ZHEJIANG CHUTU TONGJING. (Mirrors Unearthed in Zhejiang). Beijing, 1987. 71 pp. text.
20 colour and 185 b/w photographs. 26x19 cm. Paper. £22.00
Features bronze mirrors from the Han, Three Kingdoms, Jin, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. A reprint of the 1958 original.
696 Wang Tianyou et al: ZHENGHE YUANHANG YU SHIJIE WENMING: JINIAN ZHENGHE XIA XIYANG
600 ZHOU NIAN LUNWEN JI. (The Voyages of Zheng He and World Civilization: Essays to Commemorate the
600th Anniversary of Zhenghe’s Voyage to the Western Oceans). 鄭和元航與世界文明 : 紀念鄭和
下西洋600周年論文集 。 王天有 等 編. Beijing, 2005. 3, iv, 664 pp. 23x15 cm. Wrappers. £25.00
Fifty-one papers issued in conjunction with a symposium held at Peking University. In Chinese.
697 Wang Wanghuai: RIBEN PENGLAI WEN TONGJING YANJIU. (Research into Japanese Mirrors Bearing
Designs of Penglai). 日本蓬萊紋銅鏡研究 。 王網懷 著. Shanghai, 2008. 11, 4, 163 pp. Numerous colour plates.
29x21 cm. Boards. £50.00
A detailed study of Japanese mirrors bearing designs associated with the Chinese mythical island of Penglai, where the immortals live.
The mirror designs mostly bear symbols of pines and cranes, symbols of longevity. Illustrated with numerous examples. In Chinese.
698 Wang Yao ed: YAN CANG. (A Collection of Inkstones). 硯藏 。 王耀 編著. Shanghai, 2007. 3, 4, 270; 7, 136 pp.
Colour plates throughout both volumes. 3 foldouts. 2 vols. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £95.00
A fine work in two volumes. The first volumes shows 150 varied inkstone from the author’s collection dating from the Tang to the Qing
dynasties. A good aspect of this collection is that many of the inkstones are early. Eight date from the Tang, 17 from the Five Dynasties,
71 from the Song, 1 Yuan dynasty example, 41 Ming and 12 Qing dynasty. All are illustrated in full colour plates. The second volume
shows 68 very fine modern inkstones made by the author, again all illustrated in full colour plates. A very pleasing work combining
traditional collecting and connoisseurship with the modern practice of an ancient craft. In Chinese.
699 Wang Youlin: SUYUAN SHIPU. (Stones from Su Garden). Beijing, 1997. 2 fascicles, each c. 100 leaves. Numerous
woodcut illustrations and foldouts. 2 vols. 25x15 cm. Chinese style binding. Silk case. £80.00
A fine facsimile of a Republic edition of a Ming dynasty work held as part of the Siku in the Gugong Museum. Profusely illustrated
with weird and wonderful scholar’s rocks, stones and pebbles. An appealing work assisting the connoisseurship of this esoteric pursuit.
Chinese only. Now out-of-print.
700 Wang Ziyun: ZHONGGUO DIAOSU YISHU SHI. (A History of Chinese Sculptural Art). Beijing, 1988. Vol. 1:
5, 5, 3, 457, 12 pp. text. Vol. 2: 760 b/w plates. 2 vols. 27x20 cm. Paper. £60.00
A comprehensive history of the subject, with hundreds of well-chosen black-and-white illustrations. A good visual reference.
701 Wang, Helen comp: SIR AUREL STEIN IN THE TIMES. London, 2002. 164 pp. B/w illustrations. 28x18 cm.
Paper. £19.50
Sir Aurel Stein is renowned for his pioneering archaeological work and breathtaking finds on the early civilisations on the Silk Road,
most famously, the sealed library at the Dunhuang Caves. This work brings together over 100 articles and news items relating to Stein
and his expeditions, as reported in the Times of London between 1901-1943, allowing us to follow his exploits and achievements as
they were first reported. Presented in chronological order and providing a fascinating narrative of Stein’s career and achievements.
702 Watson, William: ANCIENT CHINESE BRONZES. Rutland, 1962. 117 pp. 107 plates, 3 in colour; 13 textfigures.
Notes, brief bibliography. 25x16 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £35.00
An account of the bronzes from the earliest times to the Han period, and especially of the ritual bronze vessels from the earliest phases.
A very good introduction to the subject.
703 Weber, Charles D: CHINESE PICTORIAL BRONZE VESSELS OF THE LATE CHOU PERIOD. Parts I-IV.
Ascona, 1968. 237 pp. 80 figures. 32x24 cm. Cloth. £55.00
Offprints from Artibus Asiae volumes 28 and 29. An erudite compilation.
704 Weber, George W. Jr: THE ORNAMENTS OF LATE CHOU BRONZES: A METHOD OF ANALYSIS. New
Brunswick, 1973. xxi, 644 pp. 76 b/w plates, 1 in colour; text-figures. Bibliography. 28x22 cm. Cloth. £75.00
A classification of the decoration on 97 bronzes into families of ornament which may be used to suggest dating for related objects.
705 Wei Wei ed: ZHONGGUO XIQI TULU. (Illustrations of Chinese Tin Objects). 中國錫器圖錄 。 維微 編著.
Urumqi, 2003. 203 pp. Colour plates throughout. 21x14 cm. Paper. £25.00
A useful contribution on a little-studied aspect of Chinese metalwork — objects made from tin. The objects are mostly mid and late
Qing and include ewers, candleholders, various containers and decorative objects. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese.
706 Wei Zhankui: LIAO YAN. (Liao Inkstones). 遼硯 。 魏占魁 著. Shenyang, 2002. 76 pp. Colour plates throughout.
20x14 cm. Paper. £20.00
A small work, illustrated in colour throughout, of inkstones of various shape and form dating from the Liao dynasty. Includes sancai
examples, the traditional type of Chinese inkstone and a few examples in gold. In Chinese.

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707 Weisberg, Yvonne M. L. and Gabriel P: JAPONISME. An Annotated Bibliography. Reference Library of the
Humanities 695. New York, 1990. xxviii, 445 pp. 4 plates. Author and subject indexes. 22x14 cm. Cloth. £42.00
The first bibliography that details contemporary articles on Japonisme, organized by type of publication and chronologically, with approximately
729 primary sources. Preface, foreword, author and name/subject indexes.
708 Weizinger, F. X: KATALOG DER SAMMLUNG PROFESSOR ALBERT GRUBAUER. Stuttgart, 1929. 40 pp.
25 plates. 39x30 cm. Cloth. £25.00
Large size auction catalogue from Württemberger Kunstgewerbehaus of a collection of Asiatic art including Tang horses and camels,
some sculpture, Siamese Buddhist sculpture, etc. In German.
709 Wenwu Publishing House: ZHONGGUO GU QINGTONGQI XUAN. (Selection of Ancient Chinese Bronze
Vessels). Beijing, 1976. 38 pp. text. 96 b/w photographs, 12 colour plates. 26x23 cm. Paper. £25.00
Beautiful reproductions of bronzes from the early Shang period to the Eastern Han. In Chinese.
710 Westermeyer, Joseph: POPPIES, PIPES AND PEOPLE. Opium and Its Use in Laos. Berkeley, 1982. xxii, 336
pp. 11 b/w plates. 23x16 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £50.00
Scarce and very detailed study on opium in Laos from addiction to the agroeconomics of the drug.
711 Wheelwright, Carolyn: WORD IN FLOWER. The Visualization of Classical Literature in Seventeenth-Century
Japan. New Haven, 1989. 123 pp. 62 illustrations, 5 in colour. 27x20 cm. Paper. £25.00
An exhibition of paintings at Yale University Art Gallery, ‘drawing attention to the interaction between text and image’.
712 White, Julia M. and Bunker, Emma C: ADORNMENT FOR ETERNITY. Status and Rank in Chinese Ornament.
Denver, 1994. 214 pp. 113 colour plates and ills., 25 text-figures. Glossary, bibliog. 31x23 cm. Paper. £70.00
Well-researched catalogue to a travelling exhibition of ancient Chinese jewellery, mirrors and belthooks, which started at the Denver
Art Museum in 1994. Two introductory essays on the development of objects of personal adornment and on the metallurgy of the objects
by prominent scholars.
713 White, William Charles: CHINESE JEWS. A Compilation of Matters Relating to the Jews of K’ai-feng Fu. New
York, 1966. 685 pp. 101 illustrations, 1 colour plate, 5 maps. Appendixes. 26x18 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £95.00
A reprint of the standard book on the subject, including all three parts, with an essay on the Scroll of Esther by Cecil Roth.
714 Willetts, William: FOUNDATIONS OF CHINESE ART. From Neolithic Pottery to Modern Architecture. London,
1965. 456 pp. 40 colour plates, 264 b/w illustrations. Notes, bibliography, tables, index. 28x23 cm. Cloth. £25.00
An expert and readable analysis of the arts of China, originally published as The Arts of China.
715 Williamson, L. & Young, S. ed: BODY AND SPIRIT. Tibetan Medical Paintings. Seattle, 2009. 264 pp. 88 colour
illustrations. 29x21 cm. Paper. £29.00
Beautiful paintings that illustrate Tibetan medical knowledge that drew on the learning of numerous cultures. whilst remaining firmly
rooted in Buddhism. This work focuses on a set of contemporary paintings produced using traditional techniques by the Nepalese
artist, Romio Shrestha.
716 Winstedt, Richard O: THE MALAYS. A Cultural History. London, 1958. 198 pp. 8 b/w photographs. 22x15 cm.
Cloth, dustjacket. £25.00
Deals with the origin of the Malays, their social, political, legal and economic systems, their beliefs and religions and arts and crafts.
A useful account of this many-sided civilization.
717 Wirgin, Jan: SUNG CERAMIC DESIGNS. London, 1979. 274 pp. text, 43 pp. drawings and outlines of designs.
104 plates with 570 illustrations 28x20 cm. Cloth. £35.00
Originally published in BMFEA No. 42, this is a reprint in a limited edition. An indispensable reference book for anyone interested in
Chinese porcelain in general and Song wares in particular.
718 Woodward, Hiram: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THAILAND FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES
THROUGH THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY. Handbook of Oriental Studies, Section 3: South-East Asia, Vol.
14. Leiden, 2002. xix, 277 pp. Additional pages with 6 maps and 88 b/w plates. Bibliography, index. 25x16 cm.
Boards. £95.00
A comprehensive survey of the art and architecture of Thailand from earliest times until the establishment of the Thai speaking kingdoms.
A useful and authoritative reference.
719 WU LI JINGPIN JI. (The Masterworks of Wu Li). 吳力精品集. Beijing, 2002. 16, 15 pp. text plus 200 pp. colour
plates. 38x27 cm. Cloth. £75.00
The finest works of the little-known landscape painter Wu Li (1598-1677) who was active during the transition from the Ming to the
Qing dynasties. Illustrated throughout with high quality colour plates. Text in Chinese.
720 Wu Qichang: JINWEN SHIZU PU. (Guide to Bronze Inscriptions). Lishi Yuyan Yanjiusuo Monograph 12.
Shanghai, 1936. 145; 98 pp. text. 2 vols. 27x15 cm. Stitched, cloth case. £35.00
Genealogical tables compiled from bronze inscriptions. Includes clan names, personal names, and offices held. Supplements the various
tables of Qing scholars. In Chinese. QBCS 3:114.
721 Wynn, Antony: PERSIA IN THE GREAT GAME. Sir Percy Sykes: Explorer, Consul, Soldier, Spy. London,
2003. 320 pp. 16 pp. illustrations. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £25.00
A well-researched and engaging biography of a fascinating life and personality. Sykes was sent to Persia in the 1890s, first as an explore
and spy and later to open consulates along Persia’s eastern borders. His job was to deter Russian expansion towards India.
722 XI’AN YOUJIAZHUANG QIN MU. (Qin Dynasty Tombs at Youjiazhuang, Xi’an). 西安尤家庄秦墓. Xi’an,
2008. 18, 344 pp. text plus 12 pp. colour and 56 pp. b/w plates. Numerous detailed b/w text drawings. 26x19 cm.
Boards. £50.00
Detailed archaeological report on the excavation of a cemetery of 197 Qin dynasty tombs found at Youjiazhuang in the northern suburbs
of the city of Xi’an in China. Notable finds included bronzes of various sizes, including many inlaid belthooks. Three page English
abstract. Main text in Chinese.

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723 Xia Meifeng: CHONGJU SHOUCANG JIANSHANG. (Collecting and Appreciating Cricket Gourds and
Containers). 蟲具收藏鑒賞 。 夏美峰. Geren Licai Shoucang Jianshang Xilie. Shijiazhuang, 2000. 105 pp. text
and 37 pp. colour plates. 30x22 cm. Boards. £25.00
The history and connoisseurship of this popular pastime. With 82 colour illustrations showing cricket gourds, porcelain containers and
cricket cages. Text in Chinese.
724 Xiao Qiongrui: TUSHUO TAIWAN MEISHU SHI DUTAI ZANGE II: HEXI MING QING BIAN. (An
Illustrated History of Taiwan Art II: Holland and the West, the Ming and Qing Periods). 圖說台灣美術史 :
渡台讚歌 II : 荷西、 明清篇 。 蕭瓊瑞 著. Taibei, 2005. 159 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 26x19 cm.
Wrappers. £30.00
Covers images and a few maps of Taiwan produced during the period of Dutch and other influence, together with Chinese images of
Taiwan dating from the Ming and Qing dynasties. Well-illustrated in colour with an interesting selection of images. Text in Chinese.
725 Xie Minglian: MAOYI TAOCI YU WENHUA SHI. (Trade Ceramics and Cultural History). 貿易陶瓷與文化史
。 謝明良 著. Taibei, 2005. 8, 399 pp. 8 pp. colour plates. Numerous b/w ills. 27x20 cm. Boards. £95.00
An interesting work on the subject split into four main sections each with a good number of essays. The sections are: Early Chinese
Trade Ceramics; Japanese and Southeast Asian Ceramics in the Qing Court Collection; Trade Ceramics Excavated in Taiwan; Investigations
into the Cultural History of Ceramics. Text in Chinese.
726 Xie Wenyong et al: PAINTINGS OF THE MING & QING DYNASTIES FROM THE GUANGZHOU ART
GALLERY. Hong Kong, 1986. 320 pp. Chinese and English text. Over 223 illustrations, 23 in colour. 28x22 cm.
Cloth. £40.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Art Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, featuring 99 paintings by artists dating from the 15th
to the 20th centuries. With biographies of the artists.
727 Xie Xiaosi ed: SUZHOU YUANLIN PINSHANG LU. (Savouring Suzhou’s Gardens). 蘇州園林品賞 綠 。
謝孝思 主編. Shanghai, 1998. 284 pp. 161 colour illustrations, numerous b/w ills. 26x25 cm. Cloth. £35.00
A scholarly work on the gardens of Suzhou, their history and development, with some quite beautiful colour photography of the gardens
in various seasons and lights. In Chinese only.
728 Xie Zhifeng: CIYAN SHANGXI. (The Appreciation of Porcelain Inkstones). Nanning, 1994. 134 pp. 8 colour
plates and 110 colour illustrations. 27x19 cm. Boards. £35.00
One hundred and ten examples of ceramic ink stones are illustrated in colour and described, in Chinese only. Starting from the Han
period, most of the ink stones date from the Ming and Qing periods. The only monograph so far on the subject.
729 Xie Zhixiu ed: HUIHUANG SANSHI NIAN: SHANDONG KAOGU CHENGJIU XUNLI. (A Flaming Beacon
for Thirty Years: A Tour of the Achievements of Archaeology in Shandong). 輝煌三十年:山東考古成就巡禮 。
謝治秀 主編. Beijing, 2008. 308 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £85.00
Details major discoveries made at archaeological sites in the Chinese province of Shandong over the last 30 years or so. Whilst many
of the sites were discovered in the early 20th century, this work details finds made during investigations from 1980 onwards. Also includes
major new finds, not least the fabulous Qingzhou Buddhist sculptures. Demonstrates the historical and cultural wealth of the
area. Well-illustrated with many major artefacts. In Chinese.
730 Xin Guanji: BAI HULU ZHAI MINGCHONG HULU. (Cricket Gourd Containers from the White Gourd Studio).
白葫蘆齋鳴蟲葫蘆 。 辛冠洁 著. Beijing, 2008. 201 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. Colour text
illustrations. 26x21 cm. Wrappers. £35.00
Catalogue of a fine private Chinese collection of cricket gourds dating from the Qing dynasty through to the present day but with the
emphasis on earlier material. Around 100 gourds are shown. Many of the gourds have finely-carved stoppers in ivory, bone and wood,
a good number have very fine carving or detail to the body of the gourd. Illustrated throughout with full page colour plates. A good
contribution to the subject. Text in Chinese.
731 Xiong Zhongfu: ZHUSHAN BA YOU. (The Eight Friends of Zhushan). 珠山八友 。 熊中富 著. Shanghai, 2008.
184 pp. Colour plates throughout. 25x16 cm. Wrappers. £30.00
A welcome contribution focussing on the Eight Friends of Zhushan, a circle of 10 ceramic artists active in Jingdezhen in the first half
of the 20th century. Introductory essays are followed by a section of each of the 10 artists, giving biographical and career details plus
illustrations of their fine signed works. In Chinese.
732 XIZANG ALI DONGGA BIHUA KU. Donggar Murals Cave in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet. 西藏阿里東嘎壁畫窟.
Beijing, 2008. 1, 13, 182 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Wrappers. £60.00
Photographic survey of the Donggar Mural Caves located in Ngari prefecture in western Tibet. Discovered in 1992, the fine Tibetan
Buddhist murals appear to date from the 14th and 15th centuries. They are comprehensively photographed here and discussed in detail.
Text in Chinese,
733 Xu Huping ed: ZHONGGUO LIDAI 9: QINGTONGQI JINGPIN 100 JIAN SHANGXI. (The Ages of China
9: The Appreciation of 100 Selected Bronzes). Ji’nan, 1996. 205 pp. Over 200 col. ills. 28x21 cm. Paper. £25.00
100 bronzes from the Erlitou culture to Eastern Han dynasty are here depicted and discussed. Text in Chinese only.
734 Le Xuan Diem & Vu Kim Loc: ARTEFACTS OF CHAMPA. Hanoi, 1996. 155 pp. Approximately 60 colour
plates. 20x27 cm. Cloth. £60.00
A survey of archaeological artefacts of Champa from various sites in Vietnam. Dual text in Vietnamese and English. Out-of-print.
735 Yamashita Sakuro: KO IMARI SOMETSUKE SARA. (Old Imari Blue-and-White Dishes). Tokyo, 1970. 222
pp. 41 colour plates, 151 b/w illustrations, 14 text-figures. 26x19 cm. Cloth. £95.00
A detailed study in Japanese of blue-and-white Imari plates. With numerous illustrations. In Japanese.
736 Yamato Bunkakan: GILT BRONZE BUDDHIST STATUES FROM EAST ASIA: CHINA, KOREA, JAPAN.
Airashike hotoke tachi — Chugoku, Kankoku, Nippon. Yamato, 1999. 160 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm.
Paper. £45.00

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An exhibition that provides a survey of the early history of gilt bronze statuary in East Asia. The exhibits comprise 107 examples from
China, 57 from Japan and 23 from Korea. Caption list in English, otherwise Japanese text only.
737 Yan Hong-sen: GUZAO ZHONGGUO SUOJU ZHI MEI. The Beauty of Ancient Chinese Locks.
古早中國鎖具之美 。 顏鴻森 著. Tainan, 2003. 123 pp. Colour plates throughout. 26x20 cm. Half cloth. £45.00
A fun book that is also a first contribution to an interesting and collectable subject — old Chinese locks! The book is illustrated throughout
in colour and shows a huge variety of bronze locks used to secure furniture, chests and small boxes. Discusses the history, materials,
lock mechanisms etc. The locks appear to date mainly from the late 19th and 20th century. Dual English and Chinese text.
738 Yang Liuhai: YANG LIUHAI YINNIU YANDIAO YISHU. (Seal Carvings and Carved Inkstones by Yang Liuhai).
楊留海印鈕硯雕藝術 。 楊留海 著. Shanghai, 2005. 6, 280 pp. Colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards. £55.00
Yang Liuhai is one of the most accomplished carvers active in China. Here are illustrated a wide selection of carved sealstones together
with a fine selection of carved inkstones. Proof that the scholar’s studio tradition in China is flourishing once again. Illustrated throughout
in colour. Text in Chinese.
739 Yang Zhenghong & Xiao Menglong ed: ZHENJIANG CHUTU WUGUO QINGTONGQI. (Wu Kingdom
Bronzes Excavated at Zhenjiang). 鎮江出土吳國青銅器 。 楊正宏 肖夢龍 主編. Beijing, 2008. 6, 198 pp. Colour
plates throughout (one folding). B/w illustrations of rubbings from bronzes. 29x22 cm. Boards. £60.00
The Wu Kingdom flourished in central China from the Western Zhou through the Spring and Autumn period. This is a record of exceptional
bronzes dating from the Wu Kingdom held in the collection of the Zhenjiang Museum. All illustrated in colour, many accompanied
by black-and-white illustrations of rubbings of designs and character inscriptions on the vessels. In Chinese. Some quite
extraordinary pieces shown. Recommended.
740 Ye Peilan ed: CI HU CANGZHEN. (Treasures of Ceramic Teapots). 瓷壺藏珍 。 葉佩蘭 主編. Shanghai, 2008.
233 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 31x24 cm. Boards. £50.00
A chronologically-arranged visual survey of Chinese teapots. The large majority are Qing dynasty and include some export wares. All
shown in full page colour plates and described in Chinese.
741 Ye, Peilan ed: APPRAISING ANCIENT CHINESE CERAMICS. Wenwu Zhenbao Congshu 5. Taibei, 1994. 207
pp. 164 colour plates. 31x22 cm. Cloth. £50.00
Written by members of the Ceramics Section of the Beijing Palace Museum, this book compares 82 Ming and Qing pieces at the museum
with later copies as a lesson in appraisal and appreciation. With colour photos of all the examples discussed. Text in Chinese.
742 YINXU FAJUE BAOGAO 1958-1961. Excavation of Yinxu 1958-1961. Kaoguxue Zhuankan, IV:31. Beijing,
1987. 16, 367 pp. 2 colour & 80 b/w plates. Tables; text figures throughout. 26x19 cm. Cloth. £35.00
The official CASS, Institute of Archaeology, report on the excavations at the ‘wastes of Yin’ during the years in question. Includes a 4
page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese.
743 Yonezawa Yoshiho and Chu Yoshizawa: JAPANESE PAINTING IN THE LITERATI STYLE. Heibonsha
Survey of Japanese Art Vol. 23. Tokyo, 1974. 190 pp. 186 items all illustrated, 28 in colour. 24x19 cm. Cloth.
Damage to bottom right corner. £35.00
The 18th and 19th century artists who created the literati painting of Japan took their inspiration from the scholar-painters of China
but in typical Japanese fashion transmuted it into a distinctive Japanese art form.
744 Yoshida Testuro: THE JAPANESE HOUSE AND GARDEN. London, 1963. 204 pp. 249 illustrations. Appendix,
index, bibliography. 28x23 cm. Cloth. £65.00
The profound simplicity and charm of Japanese domestic architecture are shown by one of Japan’s great contemporary architects. Illustrated
by beautiful photographs. Also contains descriptions of techniques & material. Second impression.
745 Yoshimuro, Zentaro: GLOSSARY OF LIBRARY TERMS IN JAPANESE-CHINESE-ENGLISH. Tokyo, 1998.
329 pp. 21x15 cm. Paper. £45.00
An essential reference work with 2000 library and book terms available in English, Chinese and Japanese. Will benefit not only librarians
but also book collectors, scholars, publishers and dealers.
746 Yu Bao ed: WENFANG SHANGWAN. (An Appreciation of the Scholar’s Studio). Shanghai, 1997. 8, 99 pp. 96
pp. colour illustrations and 2 b/w illustrations. 29x21 cm. Boards. £25.00
A selection of scholar’s studio objects; water droppers, seals, brushes, brushpots, armrests etc. are shown in this pleasing work.
747 Yu Minzhong et al: XIQING YANPU. (Inkstones from the Imperial Collections). Shanghai, 1991. iv, 455 pp. B/w
reproductions of original watercolours throughout. 39x27 cm. Cloth. £60.00
Reprint of the manuscript copy of this work preserved in the Wenyuange. The original, dating from the Qianlong period, contained watercolour
illustrations of the inkstones from the imperial collection, shown here in black and white plates. In Chinese.
748 YUANMINGYUAN CHANGCHUNYUAN GONGMEN QU YIZHI FAJUE BAOGAO. (Excavation Report
on Remains Found in the Palace Gate Area of the Garden of Everlasting Spring at Yuanmingyuan).
圓明園長春園宮門區遺址發掘報告. Beijing, 2009. vii, 118 pp. text plus 72 pp. colour plates. B/w text drawings.
One foldout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £50.00
Detailed report on the archaeological investigations and excavations from the area of the main entrance to the Changchunyuan complex
of the Yuanmingyuan outside Beijing. In addition to illustration and discussion of the remains of foundations of the buildings of
the palace gate complex, there is illustration of sculpted and carved pieces of masonry and a good number of ceramic sherds, many
of a delicacy indicating the refined imperial nature of the site. Three page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese.
749 Yue Hongbin ed: YINXU XIN CHUTU QINGTONGQI. Ritual Bronzes Recently Excavated in Yinxu.
殷墟新出土青銅器 。 岳洪彬 主編. Kunming, 2008. 2, 2, 451 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. B/w
reproductions of rubbings of bronze designs and inscriptions. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £150.00
Finely-produced work on the ongoing finds of wonderful and extraordinary Shang dynasty bronzes excavated at the Yinxu archaeological
complex from 1980 to 2006. Testament to the sheer wealth of this most important archaeological site of the Shang dynasty capital.
234 bronzes or groups of bronzes are illustrated in fine full page colour plates along with rubbings of designs and inscriptions.
Brief list of contents and brief captions in English. Main text in Chinese.

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750 Yumoto, John M: THE SAMURAI SWORD. A Handbook. Tokyo, 1958. 2nd printing. 191 pp. 49 b/w plates, 31
figures. 22x16 cm. Cloth. £30.00
A complete handbook of the samurai sword, covering its origins, historical background, the various types of sword, the famous schools,
the problem of identification and evaluation, and the care and maintenance of the sword. Useful for the novice collector. 2nd printing.
751 Yun Yong-i; Regina Krahl ed: KOREAN ART FROM THE GOMPERTZ AND OTHER COLLECTIONS IN
THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE. A Complete Catalogue. Cambridge, 2006. xvii, 390 pp. 32
colour and 458 b/w plates. 8 tables, 3 maps. 28x22 cm. Cloth. £144.00
The collection of Korean art in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is one of the finest outside the Far East, containing rich holdings
of early unglazed ceramics, Koryo celadon stonewares, Punch’ong wares and porcelains of the Choson dynasty plus glass, jade,
bronze lacquer and wood. This catalogue provides detailed information and illustrations on the collections, together with essays on
Korean culture and the technology of Korean ceramics. The vast majority of objects illustrated are Korean ceramics with just a couple
of objects in bronze and lacquer. Finally available.
752 Yung, Bell et al. ed: GEMS OF ANCIENT CHINESE ZITHERS. Shum’s Collection of Ancient Qin from the Last
Millennium. 古琴薈珍 : 硯琴齋宋元明清古琴展. Hong Kong, 1998. 136 pp. 50 exhibits illustrated in colour.
33x26 cm. Paper. £40.00
Catalogue of an exhibition of the Chinese musical instrument the Qin or zither showing 50 exhibits on loan from a local private collection.
Eight essays in Chinese with English summaries and captions.
753 YUNNAN SHENG BOWUGUAN GUANCANG JINGPIN QUANJI: GUOBAO JICUI. Excellent Collection
of Yunnan Provincial Museum: National Treasures. 雲南省博物館館藏精品全集:國寶集萃. Kunming, 2008.
385 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards. £130.00
Finely-produced work showing 200 of the finest items held in the Yunnan Provincial Museum in Kunming. All the items are First Grade
National Relics and thus can be considered national treasures. Includes many of the famous and extraordinary bronzes and drums of
the Dian Kingdom, paintings, ceramics, excavated objects and fine items from Yunnan’s minority peoples. Introductions and captions
(some detailed) in English. Main text in Chinese.
754 Zhai Ping et al: DATONG HUAYANSI (SHANG SI). Huayan Temple in Datong. 大同華嚴寺 (上寺) 。 齊平
等. Beijing, 2008. 8, 372 pp. 142 pp. colour plates. 21 pp. b/w architectural drawings. B/w text illustrations. 29x22
cm. Cloth. £90.00
An excellent survey of this famous temple in Datong in China that is famous for its Liao dynasty architecture. Fine colour photography
illustrates all the buildings and interiors. Aided and assisted by detailed architectural drawings and an equally detailed text in Chinese.
A welcome work.
755 Zhang Xishun et al: SHANXI WENWUGUAN CANG ZHENPIN: QINGTONGQI. Selected Cultural Relics
from Local Museums in Shanxi: Bronzes. Taiyuan, (1995). 134 pp. 191 colour plates, 22 b/w reproductions of
inscriptions. 34x26 cm. Cloth. £30.00
Quality illustrations of fine, little-known bronzes from the province’s local museums in this well-produced volume. Detailed captions,
but texts in Chinese only.
756 Zhang Ying: JILIN CHUTU TONGJING. (Bronze Mirrors Excavated in Jilin). Beijing, 1990. 186 pp. 1 colour
plate, 148 b/w illustrations. 26x19 cm. Paper. £30.00
Covering the periods from Warring States to Ming, but with emphasis on the Jin period. Most of the mirrors are reproduced by rubbings.
757 Zhang Zhaoxiang: BAIHUASHI JIANPU. (The One Hundred Flower Poems Letter Papers). 百華詩箋譜 。
張兆祥 繪. Beijing, 1992. 53; 51 folded leaves, Chinese-style. Colour woodcuts throughout. 2 vols. 30x19 cm.
Stitched, in a brocade case. £35.00
Excellent facsimile, printed by Fuyang Guji in Hangzhou, of an edition of decorative ‘letter papers’ first issued in 1911. The designs
are by Zhang Zhaoxiang.
758 Zhao Yanguang: ZHONGGUO XINAN SICHOU ZHI LU. The Silk Road in Southwest China. Yunnan, 1992.
236 pp. 419 colour illustrations. 31x26 cm. Cloth. £55.00
Fine photography showing the peoples and sites along the Southwest Silk Road in China as it snaked through Sichuan, Guizhou and
Yunnan. Interesting as much for the record of life it depicts in this wonderful part of the world as for the historical sites and remains
it shows.
759 Zhao Zhengfan ed: QING MO JIANSHANG TUPU. (An Illustrated Work on the Verification of Qing Dynasty
Ink Sticks). 清墨鑒賞圖譜 。 趙正范 編著. Shanghai, 2006. 8, 220 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm.
Boards. £35.00
Illustrates and discusses numerous fine quality Qing dynasty inksticks. Serves as a good visual survey of the subject. In Chinese.
760 Zhao Zhenxing: XIANGXI MINJU. (Local Architecture of Western Hunan). Changsha, 1995. 234 pp. 269 plates
and 7 text illustrations. 25x26 cm. Paper. £25.00
A photographic survey of the architecture, scenery and village life of Western Hunan. As with all such books, a record of a way of life
that is vanishing fast. Text in Chinese only.
761 Zhejiang Light Industrial Workshop: LONGQUAN QINGCI YANJIU. (Studies in Longquan Ware).
龍泉青瓷研究 。 浙江省輕工業廳 編. Beijing, 1989. 234 pp. Chinese text, 64 plates with c. 300 illustrations.
26x18 cm. Paper. £25.00
A very thorough study of the Longquan celadons of the Song and Ming period. Includes a lot of technical information. The illustrations
are numerous but not of the highest quality. Second printing, 1998.
762 Zhen Dexiu: CHONGKE ZHEN XISHAN XIANSHENG DUSHU JI. (The Collected Notebooks of Zhen
Dexiu). 重刻真西山先生讀書記 。 真德秀 撰 。 本寺藏板, 乾隆四年重鐫 。 半頁十行二十一字,
四周雙邊, 白口, 單魚尾, 框 21x15 cm. Beijing, 1743. 4, 2, 3, 8, 49 (juan 1); 63, 44 (juan 2-3); 62 (juan 6);
50 (juan 7); 44 (juan 8); 34, 39 (juan 9-10); 63 (juan 11); 39 (juan 12); 41 (juan 14); 59 (juan 15); 52 (juan 16); 53,

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38 (juan 17-18); 35, 55 (juan 19-20) folded leaves, Chinese-style. 17 juan of 40, in 13 fascicles (ce). 13 vols. 29x18
cm. Stitched, cloth case. £600.00
Seventeen of forty chapters from a Qianlong edition of Zhen Dexiu’s ‘Notes’, chiefly on philosophy and ethics in the context of their
associated literary philology. Zhen Dexiu (1178-1235, hao: Xishan) was an important statesman of the Southern Song period, also
known as a literary scholar and anthologist.
Even the most complete surviving editions of Zhen’s ‘Notes’ contain only a small proportion of what is known to have existed (one
collection and part of another from a total of four collections, according to the ‘Siku Quanshu Zongmu’). Later editions collect these
in 39 or 40 juan, so a complete copy of the work in this edition would have been typical. Although the work is incomplete, it is a wellprinted
example of an 18th-century Chinese book with highly interesting contents. Each juan of the ‘Notes’ is more or less self-contained
and focused on a particular topic. For example, juan 1 deals with ‘The Nature of Heaven’s Mandate’; juan 6 and 7 are both on
‘Benevolence’ (ren), containing Zhen’s readings in the classics and philological notes on the usage and significance of this central Confucian
concept.
The title page and ‘benmohou’ (notes after publication) are dated Qianlong 4 or 1739, but the first preface in this edition has the later
date of Qianlong 8 or 1743. The design, condition and printing of the book are in line with these dates.
The book is clearly printed on darkish bamboo paper. Some repairs have been made and the fascicles have been protected with modern
paper covers at some point and given a new cloth case. There is expected wear to some of the outer leaves and the title page has
suffered some worming, but condition is generally good. Rare.
763 Zheng Zhenduo; National Library of China ed: XIDI SHUMU. (Catalogue of Books in the Library of Zheng
Zhenduo). 西諦書目 。 鄭振鐸; 北京圖書管 編. Xiandai Banben Wenxian yu Shoucang Congkan. Beijing, 2004.
Various pagings (c. 150 pages per vol.), 5 juan and 1 juan of colophons. 2 vols. 24x16 cm. Boards. £25.00
New edition of the traditionally-ordered catalogue of the library of China’s best-known bibliophile, Zheng Zhenduo (1898-1958). This
catalogue concentrates on the thread-bound books in Zheng’s collection, i.e. the relatively rare and relatively early editions. Foreign,
run-of-the-mill and new publications were excluded. A chapter containing his own colophons for books which are listed is also appended.
An important catalogue for serious Chinese book-lovers. The books themselves are in the collection of the National Library,
Beijing. In Chinese.
764 Mou Yonghang: ZHONGGUO YUQI QUANJI 1 — YUANSHI SHEHUI. (Collection of Chinese Jade 1 —
Early Society). Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji. Shijiazhuang, 1992. 8, 36, 312 pp. 301 colour plates and
illustrations, 301 b/w text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £85.00
First volume in a series on Chinese jades, being a volume in the larger series ‘Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji’. Very good illustrations
throughout of early excavated jades, including many Liangzhu culture jades. Text in Chinese.
765 Lu Zhaoyin: ZHONGGUO YUQI QUANJI 4 — QIN HAN NANBEICHAO. (Collection of Chinese Jade 4 —
Qin, Han, Southern & Northern Dynasties). Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji. Shijiazhuang, 1993. 8, 23, 328 pp.
308 colour plates, 308 b/w illustrations. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £85.00
Good colour illustrations of various kinds of jades, together with descriptions in Chinese.
766 Li Jiufang: ZHONGGUO YUQI QUANJI 6 — QING. (Collection of Chinese Jade 6 — Qing Period).
中國玉器全集 六 : 清. Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji. Shijiazhuang, 1991. 8, 15, 358 pp. 367 colour plates and
illustrations, 367 b/w text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £85.00
Sixth volume in the series on Chinese jades, being a volume in the larger series ‘Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji’. Very good illustrations
of jades from the Qing dynasty, including many from the Gugong Museum. In Chinese.
767 Zhou Nanquan: GU YU DONGWU YU SHENYI SHOU XUAN. Ancient Jades in Zoomorphism and Miraculous
Animal. Zhongguo Gu yu Duandai yu Bianhui 2. Tainan, 1994. 392 pp. 650 illustrations, mostly in colour. 31x23
cm. Cloth, slipcase. £90.00
A study of animal (real or fabulous) representations in Chinese jades. The authors shows the development of a design from Neolithic
period through to Qing, starting with cicadas and through elephants to mythical beasts such as dragons and unicorns. In Chinese.
768 Zhou Nanquan & Hou Yancheng: ZHONGGUO MINJIAN CANG YU: JIPU XUAN CANG YU XUAN.
(Chinese Jade Collections: A Selection from the Jipu Xuan Collection). 中國民間藏玉 : 集璞軒藏玉選 。
周南泉、 侯彥成 著. Beijing, 2004. 242 pp. 189 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £50.00
186 jades from the Jipu Xuan collection dating from the Neolithic to the Qing (with the focus on earlier material up to the Han) are
illustrated in colour and described. The privately-held collection has been formed over two generations and is strong in early pieces
from the Neolithic through to the Han dynasty. In Chinese.
769 Zhou Qingming: ZHONGGUO SHENGZHI DAGUAN. (A Conspectus of Imperial Edicts). 中國聖旨大觀 。
周慶明 主編. Shanghai, 2006. 8, 206 pp. Numerous colour plates throughout. 38x27 cm. Boards. £60.00
Useful and well-illustrated study of a rare, but important and valued, category of material that is of both historical and antiquarian
book interest — Imperial Edicts. They were most often issued and preserved as finely mounted calligraphic scrolls written, sometimes
with special inks and on special materials having imperial associations. The book consists of a detailed general introduction; a main
section detailing, transcribing and illustrating over a hundred edicts dating from the Ming and Qing periods, with two Republican examples;
one from Manchukuo; one from Japan and seven from Vietnam. There is also a section on the carved inscriptions on boxes
containing the edicts, and an essay with a guide to the study and authentication of these materials. In Chinese only.
770 Zhu Lizhu ed: MING QING GU WAN ZHENSHANG. (The Authentication and Appreciation of Ming and Qing
Objects). 明清古玩真賞 。 朱力 主編. Shanghai, 2003. 247 pp. Colour plates. 29x21 cm. Boards. £45.00
Surveys a wide selection of Ming and Qing objects in various media — bamboo, wood, rhinoceros horn, ivory, bronzes, lacquer, cloisonné
etc. Many objects related to the scholar’s studio. Provides insights and guidance for their authentication and connoisseurship.
Well-illustrated throughout with colour plates. In Chinese.
771 Zhu Xie: JINLING GUJI MINGSHENG YINGJI. Photo Album of Historic Sights in Nanking. 金陵古蹟圖考
。 朱偰 著. Beijing, 2006. 1, 2, 6, 271 pp. 317 b/w photographic illustrations. 24x18 cm. Wrappers. £30.00
Reproduction of an album first published in 1936 with 317 black-and-white photographs of historical sights in and around the city of
Nanjing. Each photograph accompanied by English caption and many with brief descriptions in English. Main text in Chinese.

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772 ZHUYI FANGZHI HUOZAI. (Pay Attention to Fire Prevention). 注意防止火災. Shenyang, 1958. 1 posters with
a number of b/w illustrations. 76x52 cm. Paper. £100.00
An early fire prevention poster dating from the late 1950s and aptly produced in Shenyang in north-east China by the China Peoples
Insurance Company. The lessons in fire prevention are done in black-and-white cartoon form. A couple of marks to margins of the poster.
In Chinese. Rare.
773 Zo Za-zong: TRADITIONAL KOREAN PAINTING. A Lost Art Rediscovered. Tokyo, 1990. 176 pp. 156 colour
plates, 62 b/w text-figures. 37x27 cm. Cloth. £49.00
The paintings in this volume constitute one aspect of Korean paintings which has been long neglected in favour of the official school
of painting, and only recently have they been accorded the recognition they deserve.
774 Zou Donglian: GUDAI FOXIANG TUJIAN. Pictorial Handbook of Images of Buddha in Ancient Times.
古代佛像圖鑒 。 鄒東聯 著. Changsha, 2004. 3 pp. text plus 216 pp. colour plates. 21x14 cm. Paper. £20.00
A large number and variety of Buddhist sculpture in various media — stone, gilt-bronze, jade, ceramic — primarily Ming and Qing
material with a few earlier pieces — are illustrated in colour and briefly described. Auction estimates in RMB are given. Text in Chinese.
775 Zuo Hanzhong: MINJIAN DIAOKE. (Popular Carving). Hunan Minjian Meishu Quanji. Changsha, 1994. 47,
184 pp. 211 colour plates. 85 b/w text plates. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £40.00
This finely produced volume in an excellent series documents carvings in architecture, on furniture, of religious offerings, in stone and
bamboo, as part of a usefully reference work on Hunanese popular art. In Chinese only.
S U B J E C T I N D E X
Archaeology 2, 9, 20-1, 32, 35, 115-217,
240, 246, 249-50, 262, 302, 306, 316,
329, 347, 382, 386, 407, 411, 419, 424,
444, 467-8, 477, 505-6, 515, 520, 549-
51, 556-7, 635, 652, 654, 678, 722,
729, 734, 742, 749
Architecture 49, 75, 103, 115, 144, 178,
263, 270, 283, 310, 372, 375, 379, 401,
415, 423, 450, 506, 536, 650, 653, 675,
694, 718, 744, 754, 760
Armour and Weapons 332, 363, 602, 617,
656, 671, 750
Bamboo 491
Beijing 242, 415
Bibliography 534-5, 589, 634, 642, 693,
763, 769
Biography 247, 348, 576, 688, 701
Bronzes 34, 140, 224, 238, 285, 299, 304-
5, 318-20, 325, 331, 338, 340, 378,
387, 406, 419, 425-6, 433-9, 443, 445-
6, 457, 459, 465-6, 483-5, 494, 511-3,
516-7, 528, 533, 539-40, 543, 546-7,
556, 566, 578-9, 596, 608, 615, 629,
631, 647, 652, 655, 663, 665, 676, 679-
80, 695, 697, 702-4, 709, 720, 722,
733, 736, 739, 749, 753, 755-6
Buddhism 127, 243, 271-4, 321, 410
Buddhist Art 12, 25, 125, 186, 218, 245,
271-3, 278, 290, 310, 342, 432, 538,
552, 564, 613, 618, 636, 732, 774
Calligraphy 8, 31, 358-9, 365, 535
Carvings 4, 16, 23, 236, 266, 344, 368,
569, 633, 738, 775
Ceramics 13-4, 16, 22, 24, 29, 128-30,
133, 137, 139, 141, 143, 151, 156-7,
162, 169, 187, 191, 202, 204, 207-11,
216, 220, 226, 237, 253, 282, 311, 330,
349, 366, 380, 393, 397, 417, 421-2,
441, 447, 449, 461, 467, 472-4, 503,
549, 577, 592, 597, 619, 646, 654, 717,
723, 725, 728, 731, 735, 740-1, 748,
751, 761
Chinoiserie 354, 628
Cities 50-1, 177, 196, 231
Classics 301, 514
Cloisonné and Enamels 657
Court Life 252, 283, 352, 429, 521, 545,
769
Export Art 14, 22, 354, 399
Folk Art 6-7, 324, 389, 400, 454, 491, 694
Foreigners in Asia 39, 54, 72-4, 234, 297-
8, 326, 388, 391, 469, 481, 519, 575-6,
595, 612, 616, 637, 645, 721, 724
Furniture 17, 248, 322, 405, 737
Gardens 152, 317, 416, 551, 660, 662,
727, 744, 748
History 11, 15, 134, 223, 256, 259, 261,
284, 338, 388, 429, 493, 519, 521, 716
Jade 142, 150, 153, 173, 221, 225, 364,
420, 498, 509, 764-8
Japonisme 475, 627, 632, 707
Jewelry and Silver 239, 712
Lacquer 360-1, 411, 414, 523, 623
Literature 288, 328, 452, 479, 537, 583,
620-1, 664, 677
Maps and Atlases 558, 637
Maritime 251, 550, 658, 696
Medicine 230, 352, 476, 604, 683, 715
Metalwork 425, 462, 686, 705, 737, 774
Mirrors 34, 325, 457, 457, 629, 655, 695,
695, 697, 756, 756
Missionaries 39, 65, 84, 568
Murals 117, 138, 147, 164-6, 170, 179,
193, 205, 212-5, 407, 538, 732
Netsuke 527
Painting 8, 18, 27-8, 170, 234, 258, 264,
286, 293, 312, 333, 355-7, 370-1, 376,
390, 398-9, 412, 418, 442, 454, 456,
458, 464, 470-1, 488, 522, 524, 541,
548, 561, 568, 570-1, 575, 584, 587,
599, 613, 669-70, 672, 682, 711, 715,
719, 726, 743, 773
Photography 36-114, 229, 296, 402, 409,
455, 542, 607, 685, 771
Poetry 276, 507, 688
Posters 313, 327, 427, 526, 530, 580-1,
600, 772
Rare Books 79, 268, 280-1, 287, 301,
428, 514, 534, 555, 564, 599, 630, 634,
745, 762-3
Religion 11, 146, 243, 270-3, 321, 342,
346, 410, 536, 559
Rubbings 120, 158, 203, 358, 365, 649
Scholar’s Studio 233, 265, 277, 279, 281,
308-9, 322-3, 336-7, 345, 359, 367,
373, 394, 404, 453, 478, 490, 496, 531,
562-3, 588, 591, 598, 609, 620-1, 626,
639, 661, 667, 673, 681, 689-92, 698-9,
706, 728, 730, 738, 746-7, 759, 770
Science 307, 448, 462, 600
Sculpture 5, 26, 120, 218, 235, 245, 278,
344, 384, 395, 426, 431-2, 468, 486,
501, 508, 538, 560, 700
Seals 30, 337, 367, 490, 588, 598, 667,
673, 691
Shanghai 403, 542
Silk Road 124, 135, 185, 251, 684, 701,
758
Silver 324, 473, 489
Snuff Bottles 19, 362, 567
Tea 269, 740
Textiles 3, 160, 289, 350
Tomb Art 167, 474, 712
Transitional Wares 449, 503
Travel 78, 88-90, 95, 101, 108, 275, 300,
326, 374, 377, 381, 518, 612, 696, 721
Ukiyo-e 227, 232, 390, 392, 554, 572-3,
641
Woodcuts 1, 6-7, 403, 510, 532, 661, 693,
757