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Collection Of Chinese and Other Far Eastern Art, Assembled By Yamanaka & Company, Inc, Now In Process Of Liquidation Under the Supervision Of the Alien Property Custodian Of the United States Of America
by Yamanaka and Company
Coins Of the Islamic World In Gold, Silver and Copper, Catalogue Auction 37
by Spink Taisei Catalogue Auction 37
Educational Policy & Reform Books & Ephemera
Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet
by Rhie, Marylin M., et al
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1991. Hardcover. VG+ scuff to cover cloth. ex-libris plate to title page. marks to lower textblock. dustjacket has scuffs to back cover. Red cloth, gilt design and lettering, color DJ. 407 pp. 15 bw, 263 color plates, 2 maps, on endpapers. A beautiful book, and a wonderful hardbound copy. From the book jacket: Like Tibet itself, Tibetan art has been misunderstood and underestimated. The book brings us closer to the gentle people and the luminous culture of the Land of Snows...
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SGD 55.08
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Paintings of the China Trade: Historical Pictures by Chinese and Western Artists 1780-1980 [Catalogue 85, 2009-10]
by Gregory, Martyn
London: Martyn Gregory Gallery, 2009. Softcover. VG. Clean and tight except for writing inside front cover.. Color pictorial wraps, black lettering. 96 pp. 102 color plates. Catalogue 85 from the Martyn Gregory Gallery, published for 2009-2010. Divided into works by Western and Indian artists and works by Chinese artists.
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SGD 44.06
Song of the Brush: Japanese Paintings from the Sanso Collection
by Rosenfeld, John M
Seattle: The Seattle Art Museum, 1979. Softcover. G+. Soiling/wear to covers with some rips along spine, creasing/bowing; paper missing from head of spine. Corners bumped. Minor underlining in pencil. Inscription on half title page. Otherwise clean and tight.. Gray rag wraps with reddish/brown and black lettering. Unpaginated (approx 160 pp), with 63 color and bw plates. With a chronlogy and map, and with extensive descriptions of each work.
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SGD 41.27
Fine Modern Chinese Paintings
by Sotheby's
Hong Kong: Sotheby's, 1991. Softcover. VG (Light wear to extremities.). Color illus. wraps. Unpaginated, approx. 150 pp. Profusely illustrated. Accompanied the Sotheby's auction held May 2, 1991, at the Hotel Furama Kempinski, Hong Kong. 178 lots illustrated and annotated.
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SGD 68.85
CATALOGUE OF THE AVERY COLLECTION OF ANCIENT CHINESE CLOISONNES.
by Getz, John (catalogue). Preface by Wm. H. Goodyear
Brooklyn: Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1912. First edition. Paperback. Very good. Original decorative card wrappers, 9.5 x 7 inches; (72) pp., profusely illustrated from b/w photographs throughout. Minor rubbing to wrappers, upper outside corner bumped, else very good Catalogue of the exhibition at the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences with an introduction by then curator William Henry Goodyear. Catalogue by John Getz with 145 items fully described. The...
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SGD 550.80
Masterpieces of Sung and Yuan Dynasty Calligraphy from the John M. Crawford Jr. Collection
by Wong, Kwan S., Stephen Addiss, and Thomas Lawton
New York: China House Gallery / China Institute in America, 1981. Paperback. VG-. Shelf wear visible on covers. Clean and tight contents except for writing on first page.. Tall, air force blue wraps with black illustration, white lettering. 86 pp. 25 + 16 BW figures, 13 BW plates. Catalogue of an exhibition held at China House Gallery October 21, 1981-January 31, 1982 and at Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas, March 14-April 18, 1982.
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SGD 41.31
Oriental Art, Oil Paintings (genre paintings of XIX century European schools and a few landscapes by American artists, rugs of Asia Minor, Persian and other fine weaves, Chinese porcelains and fine mineral carvings, Japanese carved ivories and other objects : collection of the late Howard Reifsnyder, Philadelphia)
by American Art Association
New York: American Art Association, 1929. Softcover. VG, piece of blue paper cover missing, chipping to spine, circular ownership stamp.. Blue paper glued wraps. 157 pp., followed by 6 pp index, (6) 611 lots with 82 objects illustrated. 11 paintings, 42 decorated porcelains, 13 Japanese carved objects, 16 Oriental Rugs illustrated. Cover title is "The Reifsnyder Collection: Oriental Art, Oil Paintings." Includes 3 works by William Harnett. 204 lots of Chinese Porcelains.
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SGD 44.06
Hills Beyond a River: Chinese Painting of the Yuan Dynasty, 1279-1368
by Cahill, James
New York: Weatherhill, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG-. Some edge wear to dust jacket. Clean and tight contents.. Coarse blue cloth over boards with silver lettering and design. Color pictorial dust jacket with red lettering. xv + [2] + 198 pp. 8 color plates and 94 BW plates. Contents include the beginning of Yuan painting, conservative trends in landscape painting, landscape painting, nature/figural painting, and realism vs. expression. With notes, a bibliography, and index. Includes 2 maps.
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SGD 55.08
Eastern Art, An Annual: Volume II, 1930
by Warner, Langdon and Horace H.F. Jayne
Philadelphia: Memorial Hall for the College Art Foundation, 1930. Hardcover. VG (shelf wear to boards and spine, age toning to pages but otherwise clean). Black boards and tan spine with black lettering and black title block with tan lettering, 245 (9) pp, bw and color (tipped-in) illustrations, maps, plans, plates. Volume II only. Contents include: Edward Hamilton Bell; The Peasant Paintings of Otsu, Japan; Korai Celadon in America; A Note on Pottery Kilns of the Korai Dynasty, Contemporary Cambodian...
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SGD 37.45
The Origins of Chinese Painting = Chungguk kodae hoehwa i t'ansaeng = Chungguk kodae hoehwaj k t'ansaeng
Seoul: T'ongch' n Munhwasa, 2008. Softcover. VG. Black & mauve wraps, French flaps, 188 pp., color illus. Main text is in Korean, with greetings introduction also in English and Chinese, and English titles. Issued in conjunction with a 2008-2009 exhibition of a variety of decorative arts pieces. "The exhibition, themed on the origins of ancient Chinese painting, will offer systematic insight into how ancient Chinese painting came into being and evolved. It will feature a broad range of Chinese cultural...
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SGD 103.28
Yokohama - Prints from Nineteenth Century Japan
by Ann Yonemura
Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990. Paperback. VG. Color pictorial glued wraps, 198pp, profuse color illustrations. Text by Ann Yonemura. Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution, May 27 to September 9, 1990), the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (October 10 to December 9, 1990), and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (January 10, 1990-March 10, 1991).
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SGD 27.54
Intimate Worlds: Indian Paintings from the Alvin O. Bellak Collection
by Mason, Darielle
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001. Signed by Alvin O. Bellak. Hardcover. VG, clean, tight contents. Ex-lib., Philadelphia Museum of Art. Covers have a few marks. Inscribed to the museum volunteers by Alvin O. Bellak.. Goldenrod cloth/boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Missing dj. xvii, 216 pp. 90 full-page plates, several smaller bw illus. Introductory essay by Darielle Mason. Beautifully illustrated and annotated catalogue of 90 works, with three informative essays by various authors....
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SGD 68.85
Fine 19th and 20th Century Chinese Paintings
by Christie's Swire
Hong Kong: Christie's Swire, 1989. Softcover. VG. Clean and tight with only minor wear to cover edges.. Black and color-illustrated glossy wraps, black spine with white lettering. 230 pp. Hundreds of color illustrations, 1 fold-out. Auction held September 25, 1989. Sale code SHI LU-11, lots 1-267. Price List laid in.
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SGD 96.39
Reviewing the art of Bijinga through images of Kyoto woman : Tokubetsuten = Shinsetsu ky bijin
by Ky toshi Bijutsukan
[Koyoto]: Ky toshi Bijutsukan, 2004. Softcover. VG. Crimson and cream and illus. wraps, 174 pp., color and BW illus. Text is in Japanese. Issued in conjunction with a special exhibition of artwork featuring images of Kyoto women. The illustrated catalogue presents 149 specific pieces. Interesting. Scarce.
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SGD 89.50
Enlightenment Embodied: The Art of Japanese Buddhist Sculptor (7th-14th Centuries)
by Hiromitsu, Washizuka and Roger Goepper; et al
New York: Japan Society, Inc, 1997. Paperback. VG- Very minor wear at top of spine. Previous owner's name in top right corner of title page. Slightly faded spine. Front cover slightly peeling/glue cracking from textblock; textlbock firm. Pristine interior.. Color-illustrated brown wraps. Black title on spine. BW photos, figures, and color plates copious throughout book. English text with a good amount of Japanese vocabulary throughout. From an exhibition held at Japan Society May-July 1997. The...
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SGD 27.54
Angkor: Art and Civilization
by Groslier, Bernard and Jacques Arthaud
New York, NY: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966. 2nd, Revised. Hardcover. G+/G- (all pages clear and intact, shelf wear at corners, nameplate of previous owner on front page, dust jacket has few small tears mended by scotch tape, name written in pen on inside front flap, still protects book). Green cloth boards with gold gilt lettering on spine, matching green illustrated dust jacket with white and black lettering, 236 pp. 6 color and 115 bw plates. The revised edition of the 1957 original, with updated...
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SGD 41.27
Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection
by Pal, Pratapaditya
London: Philip Wilson, 2001. Hardcover. VG. Color-illus. wraps with yellow ochre and white lettering. 348 pp. with 193 color plates, additional figures, and a color map. Catalogue from the exhibition held October 2001 through May 2003 in Baltimore, Santa Barbara, Albuquerque, and Birmingham (Alabama). With an introductory essay by Pal and a main essay (Artistic Production, Religious Practice) by Hiram Woodward. The catalogue is divided among Suclpture from the Indian Subcontinent, Indian Paintings,...
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SGD 44.06
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
by Sotheby's
New York: Sotheby's, 1992. Softcover. VG. Minimal edge wear.. Black and color wraps, black spine with white lettering. Nearly 200 pp. Filled with color and BW illustrations. Including property from various collections. Auction held December 5, 1992. Sale number 6376 "MITHUNA
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SGD 72.98
Krishna's Earthly Paradise: Two Shrine Hangings from H. Peter Stern
by Mason, Darielle and Neeraja Poddar
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2016. Softcover. VG. Color pictorial wraps with white lettering. 32 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. Published for the opening of new galleries of South Asian art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, October 2016.
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SGD 41.27
Edo: Art in Japan 1615 - 1868
by Robert T Singer; John T Carpenter
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998. Softcover. VG+ with unbroken spine, second copy has previous owner's name in ink on ffep. Color pictorial wraps with French flaps; 480 pp. with 281 mostly color catalogue entries and additional figures. Oversized, at nearly 8 pounds. With contributions by 9 additional authors, the catalogue is divided into sections on ornament, Samurai, work, religion and festivals, travel/landscape/nature, and entertainment. Each includes essay material and descriptions...
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SGD 27.54
Visions of the Pure Land: The Treasures of Byodo-in Temple
by Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun, 2000. Softcover. VG-. Some shelf wear, minor soiling noticeable on covers. Former library book with usual markings. Minor bumping on bottom page corners. Contents clean and tight.. Green/white softcover with color illustrations. Olive green spine with white and red characters. X + 228 pp. 93 labeled color plates + many more color illustrations + approx 20 BW illustrations. Text mostly in Japanese, introductory pages in English. Published on the occasion of three exhibitions: Tokyo...
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SGD 41.86
The China Trade: Export Paintings, Furniture, Silver & Other Objects
by Crossman, Carl L
Princeton, NJ: Pyne Press, 1972. second printing. Hardcover. VG/VG- Chipping to dj with small piece missing at spine.. Navy cloth, gilt lettering on spine, color DJ. 275 pp. 40 color, 177 bw plates. From the DJ... "The rich inheritance of the last years of the eighteenth and early decades of the nineteenth century is expertly discussed and illustrated in [this book]. This volume is devoted to all categories of fine objects made for export, except that of porcelain...
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SGD 41.27
Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei
by Hearn, Maxwell K
New York/ Taipei: The Metropolitan Museum of Art /National Palace Museum, 1996. Hardcover. VG/VG. Grey cloth with blue spine lettering; purple & pictorial DJ. 144 pp. 108 bw and color plates. "The collection of the National Palace Museum is made up largely of the personal holdings of the Ch'ien-lung emperor (reigned 1736-95). Representing the artistic legacy of imperial China, it offers an unsurpassed view of Chinese civilization. The objects lavishly illustrated and described in this book, which...
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SGD 41.27
Studies in Connoisseurship: Chinese Paintings from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection in New York and Princeton
by Marilyn Fu; Shen Fu
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973. Softcover. VG. Cream wraps. 375 pp. Numerous color & bw plates. Text by Marilyn and Shen Fu. This oversized volume is lavishly illustrated. Published to accompany the exhibition held in Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Dec. 8, 1973 to Feb. 3, 1974, three other locations. Contents: Geography: The "eye area" in Chinese painting -- Issues in connoisseurship -- Case studies in connoisseurship -- Tao-chi -- Catalogue of the Sackler Collection.
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SGD 41.27
