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Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery, 2007. Card portfolio (345 x 485 mm), a little creased, containing two giclee prints of Ah Xian ceramics (of the four it was originally issued with), each print signed and titled by the artist. The prints in very good condition. Chinese-Australian artist Ah Xian is one of Australia’s leading contemporary artists, now living and art making in the Sydney's northern suburbs. He was involved in violent protests with students and activists in Tiananmen’s Square in June 1989. He then sought political asylum in Australia. Once settled in Australia, Ah Xian changed his practice from painting to sculpture. He began casting porcelain busts and painting them with traditional Chinese designs in 1997. Xian’s practice maintains an ongoing and unrestricted exploration of the human form as a cultural, historical and reflective entity.

translated from the works of Tseu-Kwang-K'he. Called also Paul Siu, a Colao, or minister of state in China. Shanghae : Printed at the Mission Press, 1849. [Series: The Chinese miscellany, III]. Octavo, recent half morocco over marbled papered boards; title leaf, pp 108, followed by [16] full-page wood block printed illustrations; title and last illustrated leaf a little browned, but a fine copy bound without the wrappers. An important work in English on silk, extracted from an early Chinese source. A partial translation of Nonzheng quanshu (Complete treatise on agriculture, 1639), an encyclopaedic work of the late Ming which included a vast amount of information on the production of sik. It was written by Xu Guangqi (Latin name Paul Siù), a Christian convert during Ricci's time in China. The potential importance of Medhurst's translation to British commerce was recognized in its time, as it was reprinted again in Madras in 1858 (anon., Madras Exhibition of 1859) 'to encourage Indian silk… Read More