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Cover image see item 650. Logo kindly written for us by the artist in Xu Bing’s Square Word Calligraphy. 174 3 & LIST – – NEW RECENT PUBLICATIONS & NEW RECENT PUBLICATIONS 1 Art Museum, Chinese University HK: MENGDIE XUAN CANG夢 Z蝶H軒ON藏G中G國UO古 代GU金D飾 AI JIN SHI. Radiant Legacy: Ancient Chinese Gold from the Mengdiexuan Collection. . Hong Kong, 2013. 195; 228; 284 pp. Full page colour plates and colour text plates throughout all 3 volumes. 3 vols. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £250.00 Large three-volume catalogue of an exhibition at the Art Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, showing superb ancient Chinese gold artefacts from the privately-held Mengdiexuan Collection. A total of approximately 300 gold ornaments from China and Eurasia dating from c.1500 BC through to the 17th century AD. Includes an extensive amount of material from the Tang dynasty, a good show - ing from the Song and Liao periods and finishing with Ming dynasty objects, primarily jewellery. The collection is also notable for the large amount of early gold objects relating to the Eurasian steppes nomad cultures. Illustrated throughout with full page colour plates. Dual texts in Chinese and English, including all introductory essays and detailed captions. A notable addition to the literature on the subject.

2 Beijing Capital Museu故m:宮 G珍U藏GO ：NG 慈 Z禧 H的EN瓷C器 ANG CIXI DE CIQI. (The Porcelain of Cixi from the Gugong Museum Collection). . Beijing, 2013. 219 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x23 cm. Wrappers. £75.00 Catalogue of a popular and colourful exhibition at the Capital Museum in Beijing showing imperial ceramics associated with, or commissioned by, the (Dowager) Empress Cixi. Ranges from the Tongzhi wedding service (imperial yellow with double happiness symbols and butterflies) through to Guangxu imperial yellow covered bowls with magpies and blossoms and turquoise ceramics with wisteria designs. Includes Dayazhai ceramics. All the ceramics are from the Gugong Museum and from the former imperial collec - tion. Illustrated throughout with colour plates showing a total of 96 exhibits, many with views of close-up detail and base marks. Text in Chinese. Hard to obtain.

3 Beijing Capital Museum: TAIBEI SHIJIE ZONGJIAO BOWUGUAN Z台O北NG世 J界IA宗O教 YI博SH物U館 W宗E教NH藝U術A 文ZH化A展 N. Religious Art and Culture from Taipei Museum of World Religions. . Beijing, 2013. 160 pp. Colour plates throughout, many full page. 29x23 cm. Wrappers. £60.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Capital Museum in Beijing showing 101 fine religious artefacts from religions worldwide but with an emphasis on Asian religions. All illustrated in colour and described. Introduction and captions in English. Main text in Chinese. 4 Broug, Eric: ISLAMIC GEOMETRIC DESIGN. London, 2013. 256 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout, a number full page. 32x24 cm. Cloth. £39.95 A well-illustrated volume that analyses and explains these complex designs in their historical and physical context. Hundreds of de - signs shown along with photographs of mosques, madrases, palaces and tombs in the Islamic world which bear these designs and dec - oration. 5 Chen Jianming ed: HUNAN PROVINCIAL MUSEUM. N.p., 2012. 192 pp. Colour plates throughout. 27x20 cm. Paper. £20.00 The Hunan Provincial Museum is located in Changsha, China. This book illustrated highlights of its fine collections, from important examples of Shang and Zhou dynasty bronzes dating back 3,500 years to the extraordinary 2000 year-old relics found in the excava - tion of the Mawangdui Han tombs of the Western Han Dai family. Also includes fine ceramics, paintings, gold, silver, textiles and jew - ellery. 6 Clark, T. ed: SHUNGA. Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art. London, 2013. 536 pp. Colour plates throughout. 3 colour foldouts. 29x24 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Catalogue of an extensive exhibition at the British Museum showing over 400 images of Japanese erotic prints (shunga) from major public and private collections. Illustrated throughout in colour. 7 Clunas, Craig: SCREEN OF KINGS. Royal Art and Power in Ming China. Honolulu, 2013. 248 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations. 26x20 cm. Cloth. £49.50 A study of the cultural role of the regional aristocracy (relations of the emperors) in China during the Ming dynasty. Examines the im - portance of their patronage of various art forms and also architecture. Finds from a number of recently-excavated Ming tombs are as - sessed in this light.

8 Duan Xiuye et al. ed: SAJIA SI BIHUA BAOHU XIUFU GONGCHEN薩G迦 B寺AO ：G A壁O畫 . R保ep護or修t o复 n W工a程ll 報Pa告int i。ng C段o修ns業erv 等ati o編n 著 and Restoration Project of Sa skya (Sakya) Monastery. . Beijing, 2013. 8, 260 pp. 32 pp. colour plates, 73 pp. technical illustrations, colour and b/w text plates. 29x22 cm. Boards. £110.00 Detailed report on the conservation and restoration work that has taken place at the Sakya Monastery located west of Shigatze in Tibet. The temple held extensive and famous Buddhist murals which suffered much destruction during the Cultural Revolution. Technical il - lustration included together with illustration of restored mural paintings. In Chinese. 9 Dudbridge, Glen: A PORTRAIT OF FIVE DYNASTIES CHINA. From the Memoirs of Wang Renyu (880-956 AD). Oxford, 2013. vii, 272 pp. 3 maps. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £75.00 Explores two collections of anecdotal memoirs to construct a portrait of the first half of the tenth century. The scholar, Wang Renyu, lived during this period and his memoirs have been largely recovered from quotations in other works. He grew up in north-west China on the border with Tibet and served the Kingdom of Shu which then led to a career in northern China under four successive dynas - ties. 10 Eskenazi: JUNYAO. London, 2013. 103 pp. Colour plates throughout, many full page. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Dealer’s catalogue showing 16 extremely fine pieces of Jun ware dating from the Northern Song to the early Ming. All illustrated in colour, a number in multiple views, and described in detail. Bases of all pieces shown. Introductory essays accompany: Mowry: Re - cent Thoughts on the Dating of Numbered Jun Ware; Wood: Some Mysteries of Jun Ware Manufacture; Wong: Jun for the Palace. & 4 NEW RECENT PUBLICATIONS – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

11 Eskenazi: BO JU GUI: AN IMPORTANT CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE. London, 2013. 47 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £30.00 Dealer’s catalogue devoted to one exceptional Western Zhou Chinese bronze vessel that bears an inscription and is of historical im - portance. The vessel, in more recent times, can be traced from 1872 onwards when it was illustrated as a woodblock print and pub - lished numerous times thereafter. Researched and described in exhaustive detail. The bronze itself illustrated in multiple views.

12 中Fa國n R行en書an大 e字t al典: Z 。HO 范N韌 G庵GU 等O 編XI著 NGSHU DA ZIDIAN. (Dictionary of Chinese ‘Running Script’ Calligraphy). . Shanghai, 2013. c. 1380 pp. 27x21 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Arranged by radicals, this dictionary reproduces characters, lifted from paintings or rubbings, by famous Chinese calligraphers and painters of all ages. Information provided includes the calligrapher and period. Character index and artist index. All text in Chinese. New edition of the 1990 original. 13 Feng Jiren: CHINESE ARCHITECTURE AND METAPHOR. Song Culture in the Yingzao Fashi Building Manual. Honolulu, 2012. xiv, 304 pp. Numerous b/w text illustrations. 26x19 cm. Cloth. £48.00 Investigates the historical and cultural background to this most important Song dynasty work on architecture, the ‘Yingzao Fashi’, whose influence has permeated down to the present day. 14 Feng Xiaoqi ed: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG ZHONGGUO GUDAI YAOZHI BIAOBEN: SHANXI, GANSU, NEIMENGGU. The Specimens o故f A宮n博cie物nt院 C藏hin中es國e K古il代ns窯 in址 th標e 本Co ：lle c山tio西ns 甘of肅 the内 P蒙al古ace 。 M 馮use小um琪 : 主Sh編anxi, Gansu and Inner Mongolia Volume. . Beijing, 2013. 362 pp. Colour plates throughout. 24x18 cm. Wrappers. £50.00 Part of a series on ceramic sherds and remains from ancient kilns in China held in the Gugong collection in Beijing. The series will systematically cover China province by province. This volume covers the provinces of Shanxi, Gansu and Inner Mongolia. Shows mostly early ceramics with particular coverage of Song, Jin and Yuan pieces including much material with white and black glazes. Co - piously-illustrated with fine colour plates. A prime visual and research reference. Near dual texts in Chinese and English. 15 Feng Xiaoqi ed: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG ZHONGGUO GUDAI YAOZHI BIAOBEN: BEIJING, SHANDONG, SHAANXI, NINGXIA, LIAONING. The Specimens of Ancient Chinese Kilns in the Collections 故of 宮博th物e 院P藏al中ac國e 古M代u窯se址 um標: 本 B：e i北jin京g, 山東Sh a陝nd西on 寧g, 夏 遼Sh寧 aa n。xi ,馮 小N琪 in g主xi編 a and Liaoning Volume. . Beijing, 2013. 397 pp. Colour plates throughout. 24x18 cm. Wrappers. £50.00 Part of a series on ceramic sherds and remains from ancient kilns in China held in the Gugong collection in Beijing. The series will systematically cover China province by province. This volume covers Beijing and the four provinces of Shandong, Shaanxi, Ningxia and Liaoning. Shows mostly early ceramics from the Tang through to the Yuan. Copiously-illustrated with fine colour plates. A prime visual and research reference. Near dual texts in Chinese and English.

16 Gugong Museum: GUGONG故 J宮IN經G典D I：AN 故: G宮U明 G式ON家G具 M圖I典NGSHI JIAJU TUDIAN. Classics of the Forbidden City: Ming-Style Furniture. . Beijing, 2011. 294 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x29 cm. Boards. £90.00 Illustrated throughout with Ming and Qing dynasty furniture from the palaces of the Forbidden City in Beijing, now the Gugong Mu - seum, this work shows 198 examples of highly desirable and aesthetically beautiful Ming-style furniture. Includes examples of lacquered furniture. A very good contribution based on the best collection of such material in the world. Text in Chinese.

17 Gugong Museum: GUGONG JINGDIAN: MING Q故IN宮G經 G典O N：G 明TI清NG宮 J庭IA家JU具 . Classics of the Forbidden City: Imperial Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. . Beijing, 2011. 355 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x29 cm. Boards. £75.00 Illustrated throughout with superb examples of Ming and Qing dynasty furniture from the palaces of the Forbidden City in Beijing, now the Gugong Museum. Also pictures of palace and hall interiors. A fine survey. Text in Chinese.

18 Gugong Museum: GUGONG JINGDIAN: MING YONGLE XUANDE WENWU TUDIAN. C故las宮sic經s 典of t：he 明Fo雍rbi樂dd宣 en德 C文ity物: 圖Sp典 lendors from the Yongle and Xuande Reigns of China’s Ming Dynasty. . Beijing, 2012. 275 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 29x29 cm. Boards. £90.00 Well-illustrated work commemorating the memorable exhibition at the Forbidden City in Beijing exploring the extraordinary artistic achievements during the Yongle and Xuande reigns of the early Ming dynasty. Shows, in large colour plates, 150 superb objects in var - ious media selected from the holdings of the Gugong Museum plus 13 objects borrowed from other museums in China. Divided into sections on: Painting and Calligraphy, Jades, Gold Wares, Porcelain, Lacquer, Buddhist Statues, Cloisonné and Xuande Censers (in - cludes a number of later copies). Some objects are shown in multiple views and basemarks are shown where relevant. The catalogue to this exhibition went immediately out-of-print so this work is welcome. Prefaces, brief Introductions to each section, list of plates and captions to plates in English. Main text in Chinese.

19 Guo Fuxiang: SHIJIAN DE LISHI YINGXIANG: ZHONGG時U間O 的ZH歷O史 G映BI像A O： S 中HI國 L鐘UN表 J史I.論 (T集he 。 H i郭sto福ric祥al I著mpression of Time: Essays on the History of Chinese Clocks). . Beijing, 2013. 365 pp. Colour text illustrations. 25x17 cm. Wrappers. £25.00 Comprises 14 lengthy essays on various aspects of the history of clock making and imperial clock collecting in China. Focussed pri - marily on the Qing dynasty and includes essays on western clocks in China and the clock collecting of the Kangxi and Qianlong em - perors. In Chinese.

20 Hong Kong Museum of Art: DONG XI 東GO西N共 G融 RO ：N G從: 學CO市 N到G大 XU市 ESHI DAO DASHI. Artistic Inclusion of the East and West: Apprentice to Master. . Hong Kong, 2011. 108 pp. Colour plates throughout. 28x28 cm. Boards. £40.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art showing 50 fine Chinese export paintings from museum and private col - lections. Examines the application by Chinese artists of western painting techniques and aesthetic qualities. Subjects include por - traiture and views of Canton, Macao and China scenes. Dual texts in Chinese and English.

21 Hong Kong Museum of Art: YIYANG XIE LUXUAN: QIANLONG H頤UA養N謝G鹿DI喧 D ：E M乾I龍 M皇I H帝 U的A秘YU宓A花N園. A Lofty Retreat from the Red Dust: The Secret Garden of Emperor Qianlong. . 174 5 & LIST – – NEW RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Hong Kong, 2012. 286 pp. Colour plates throughout (many full page). 1 colour foldout. 33x24 cm. Wrappers. £95.00 Hard to obtain catalogue of a memorable exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art in 2012 showing 93 treasures and artefacts from the Ningshou Gong garden in the Forbidden City in Beijing, more commonly known as the Secret Garden of Qianlong. Includes paint - ings, ceramics, furniture and a stunning lacquer screen. Near dual texts in Chinese and English. Out-of-print. 22 Hu Desheng et al: SHENGSHI HUA CAI: CHUNSHOU TANG CANG QINGDAI ZITAN JIAJU ZHENPIN. S盛p世len華do彩rs ：fro m春 a壽 F堂lo藏uri清sh代ing紫 A檀ge家: Q具in珍g 品Dy 。na s胡ty 德Zi生tan 等Fu 著rniture in the Collection of Spring Longevity Hall. . Beijing, 2012. 351 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 5 foldouts. 40x29 cm. Cloth. £240.00 Large format catalogue of a superb collection of Chinese Qing dynasty zitan furniture held in a private collection in China — Chun - shou Tang. Many of the pieces are undoubtedly imperial. Includes tables, table screens, standing screens, boxes and more. The pieces all have carving of exquisite quality and the screens are inlaid with panels showing landscapes and auspicious symbols, many with semiprecious stones. Illustrated throughout with fine colour plates. Text in Chinese. A fine addition to the limited literature on zitan furniture. 23 Irvine, Gregory: JAPONISME AND THE RISE OF THE MODERN ARTS MOVEMENT. The Arts of the Meiji Period. London, 2013. 240 pp. 220 colour illustrations. 34x25 cm. Cloth. £45.00 From the 1860s to the 1890s the rise of Japonisme and the Art Nouveau movement meant few could resist the obsession with things Japanese. In this work, six scholars examine the wider influence of Japanese art and design in Europe accompanied by illustrations of superb examples of Meiji art in various media from the famous Khalili collection. 24 Jacobsen, Robert: CELESTIAL HORSES AND LONG SLEEVE DANCERS. The David W. Dewey Collection of Ancient Chinese Tomb Sculpture. Chicago, 2013. 305 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x29 cm. Cloth. £120.00 Catalogue of a very fine, discerning and varied private collection of ancient Chinese tomb figurines (both single examples and groups) plus a few other tomb sculptures. All illustrated in colour plates and with an excellent descriptive text. A good and useful addition to the literature on the subject. 25 Kiggell, Ralph: THE THIRD THING. A Selection, by Ralph Kiggell, of Writing on the Subject of Water. Llandogo, 2013. 56 pp. 25 original colour woodblock prints, the majority double-page. 33x28 cm. Decorative boards. Chinese-style slipcase. £340.00 A follow-up to Kiggell’s hugely successful ‘Leading the Cranes Home’ (which featured translations of poems by Arthur Waley). Water and swimming have featured strongly in the artist’s life and he has here explored poem and prose from different ages and cultures as inspiration for the varied depictions and descriptions of water in this work. Includes poems by Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, John Masefield and more contemporary artists from Australia, Thailand and the UK. A beautiful book with a few of the poems on an Asian theme. The paper is 250 gsm Velin Arches and each of the 25 images in the book is an original print from the woodblock in a palette of four colours. Produced to the same format as ‘ Leading the Cranes Home’ and published by Old Stile Press in an edition of just 138 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. Beautifully done. Images available on request. 26 Lee Chunyi: HIDDEN MEANINGS OF LOVE AND DEATH IN CHINESE PAINTING. Selections from the Marilyn and Roy Papp Collection. Chicago, 2013. 95 pp. Colour text illustrations. 30x22 cm. Wrappers. £25.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Phoenix Art Museum exploring the themes of love and death in Chinese painting — a little-studied theme. A total of 29 paintings illustrated and discussed.

27 宋Li 代 H官uib窯in瓷g:器 S O。N G李 D輝A柄I G著 UANYAO CIQI. Official Kiln Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (960-1279). . Beijing, 2013. 223 pp. Colour plates throughout, many full page. 28x22 cm. Wrappers. £65.00 A study based on the collections of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. Illustrated throughout with stunning examples, including a good number of marvellous crackle-glaze pieces. Good size colour plates allow full appreciation of the ceramics. Text in Chinese. 誰收藏 了圓 明園 。 28 劉Liu陽 Y a編ng著 ed: SHUI SHOUCANG LE YUANMINGYUAN. Who Collects Yuanmingyuan? . Beijing, 2013. 3, 8, 387 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout, some full page. 27x26 cm. Cloth. £90.00 Describes and illustrates a large number of artefacts from Yuanmingyuan, the destroyed Old Summer Palace in Beijing, that are held in collections in China and abroad. Ranges from stone lions, architectural remnants and stonework from the European palaces through to the famous bronze heads from the zodiac fountain and numerous examples of works of art — ceramics, bronzes and paintings. The artefacts are arranged by geographical location — China and then various countries abroad. illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese. A fascinating survey of these scattered treasures. 29 Lo Jung-Pang & Ellemann, Bruce: CHINA AS A SEA POWER 1127-1368. Honolulu, 2012. xx, 378 pp. 23x16 cm. Paper. £31.00 The title continues: ‘A Preliminary Survey of the Maritime Expansion and Naval Exploits of the Chinese People during the Southern Song and Yuan Periods’. An examination of a burst of naval activity by China during this time.

30 京Na華 tio歲na朝l P特al展 ace Museum: JING HUA SUICHAO TEZHAN. New Year Paintings of the Ch’ing Capital. . Taibei, 2008. 85 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Wrappers. £35.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taibei showing a fine selection of 12 Qing dynasty paintings and hand - scrolls from the Museum’s collection which relate to depictions of the Chinese New Year in the capital of Beijing. Introduction, list of plates and descriptions of plates in English. Main text in Chinese. 31 National Taiwan Museum: JIAN WU CHU TIAN: YUE WANG GOUJIAN JIAN JI CHUGUO CHUTU WENWU ZHAN. The Sword Dance of Chu: A劍n舞 Ex楚 hi天bit ：ion 越 of王 C勾hu踐 Cu暨lt楚ura國l r出eli土cs文 U物nea展 rthed in Hubei Province Including the Sword of Guojian, King of Yue. . Taibei, 2010. 189 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout, many full page. 30x21 cm. Wrappers. £70.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Taiwan Museum in Taibei showing a marvellous selection of Warring States Chu Kingdom archaeological artefacts from the collection of the Hubei Provincial Museum. Fabulous bronzes, rare lacquer and some fine jades. Text in Chinese. & 6 NEW RECENT PUBLICATIONS – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

32 Shenzhen Wangye Museum: SAN JIN YAO HUO: 三ZH晉O窯 N火GG ：U 中O 國G古UD代A山I S西H陶A瓷NX特I 展 TAOCI TE ZHAN. (Special Exhibition of Ancient Ceramics from Shanxi). . Beijing, 2013. 343 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 28x22 cm. Wrappers. £100.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Wangye Museum in Shenzhen showing a most comprehensive selection of Jin dynasty ceramics from China’s Shanxi province, together with a number of Song and Yuan ceramics. An excellent visual reference. Captions to plates in Eng - lish. Main text in Chinese. 33 Sotheby’s: THE MEIYINTANG COLLECTION. An Important Selection of Imperial Chinese Porcelains. Hong Kong, 2011. 304 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 30x24 cm. Cloth. £150.00 A beautiful catalogue of the first of a series of auction sales of a definitive collection of Chinese imperial porcelain. A collection that reflects the stylistic developments of Chinese porcelain through pieces of incredible rarity and produced to the highest possible stan - dards. Main text in English. Introduction and captions in Chinese and some Chinese translations of descriptions. This first catalogue is already very hard to find. 34 University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong: DA FAN RUO JIAN : SONG JIN YUAN CHAO 大DE繁 D若A間NS ：EY 宋O金U 元CI朝. T的he單 M色 ul秞tip瓷licity of Simplicity: Monochrome Wares from the Song to the Yuan Dynasties. . Hong Kong, 2012. 188 pp. Colour plates throughout, many full page. 31x24 cm. Boards. £85.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong showing delicious Song and Yuan monochrome ceramics from museum and private collections in Hong Kong. A total of over 100 pieces including examples from all the major kilns active during this period. All illustrated in full colour, many in multiple views. Dual text in Chinese and English.

35 University Museum and Art Gallery,香 U港 ni早ve期rsi旅ty 游 of 1H88o0n-g1 9K3o9ng: XIANGGANG ZAOQI LUYOU 1880-1939. Early Hongkong Travel 1880-1939. . Hong Kong, 2011. 267, 90 pp. pp. Colour plates throughout. 32x25 cm. Decorative cloth. £250.00 Marvellous, large and well-produced catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum and Art Gallery at the University of Hong Kong ex - ploring the golden age of travel in Hong Kong between 1880 and 1939. Illustrated throughout with old black-and-white photographs of hotels, street scenes, views of Hong Kong, hotel interiors, maps, menus, advertisements, decor, decoration and ephemera. Also a number of tipped-in reproductions of newspaper advertisements for hotels and shipping lines. A source of much delight and interest. Near dual texts in Chinese and English.

36 University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong: ZHO中N國G古G代UO漆 G器U研 D討AI會 Q論IQ文I 集 YANTAOHUI LUNWENJI. Proceedings of Conference on Ancient Chinese Lacquer. . Hong Kong, 2012. 101 pp. Numerous b/w text illustrations. 29x21 cm. Portrait. £35.00 Contains: Tahira: The Influence of Metal Works on Monochrome Lacquer from the Late Tang Dynasty through the Song Dynasty; Vainker: Northern Song Lacquer; Li: An Unusual Lacquer Ewer from the Ming Dynasty; Koike: Mother-of-Pearl Inlay in east Asia during the Song and Yuan Dynasty; Kinoshita: Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl Lacquers from the Bigelow Collection — plus 4 other contri - butions in Chinese. 37 Victoria & Albert Museum: MASTERPIECES OF CHINESE PAINTING 700-1900. London, 2013. 360 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x26 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Edited by the curator of the exhibition, Zhang Hongxing, this is the catalogue accompanying a superb showing of Chinese paintings at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London from the end of October 2013 until mid January 2014. Includes major loans of extraordi - nary, rare and delicate paintings from numerous institutions worldwide, including the Chinese national treasure ‘Auspicious Cranes’ from the Liaoning Provincial Museum. A total of 79 paintings, handscrolls and albums. All illustrated in colour and described in eru - dite detail. This catalogue also serves as a history of Chinese painting from 700-1900 and is destined to become a standard reference. Recommended.

38 W清e代ng內 L府ian刻xi書: Q研IN究G 。DA 翁I N連E溪IF U編 K著 ESHU YANJIU. (Research into Books Produced in the Qing Imperial Court). . Beijing, 2013. 505 pp. Colour and b/w text illustrations. 2 vols. 25x17 cm. Wrappers. £60.00 Appears to follow on from a 2004 work by the same author which was mostly illustrations. This two-volume study comprises an ex - tensive number of research essays within chapters on aspects of printing in the Chinese imperial court. In addition, a very useful chronological listing of titles commissioned by the Qing court. In Chinese. 39 Wu Hung et al: TENTH-CENTURY CHINA AND BEYOND. Art and Visual Culture in a Multi-Centered Age. Chicago, 2012. 400 pp. 26x18 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Divided into four sections: Asian Connections, Funerary Art, Religious Art, Painting and Calligraphy. A total of 14 contributions by numerous scholars. The collected essays in this volume present groundbreaking research resulting from two international conferences organized by the Center for the Art of East Asia, Department of Art History, at the University of Chicago.

40 Yuhang Museum et al. ed: LIANGZHU YU YUN良: 渚 LI玉AN韵G ：ZH 良U 渚 W文EN化H玉UA器 Y精U品 QI JINGPIN. Charm of Liangzhu Jade: Fine Ancient Jades of Liangzhu Culture. . Ningbo, 2012. 191 pp. Colour plates throughout, many full page. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. £40.00 A visual survey of some of the finest examples of Liangzhu jade drawing on the collections of three museums in the region that con - tained the Liangzhu culture — the Yuhang Museum, the Liangzhu Museum and Ningbo Museum. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese.

41 Z中h國en版g Z畫he史nd圖uo錄 ed 。: Z 鄭HO振N鐸G G編 UO BANHUA SHI TULU. (An Illustrated History of Chinese Woodblock Prints). . Beijing, 2012. 10, 2, 8, 500; 514; 296 (colour); 417; 488; 2, 3, 247 pp. 6 vols. 34x24 cm. Cloth. £500.00 Enlarged facsimile reprint of an important work by the famous Chinese woodblock print scholar, Zheng Zhenduo, first published in the 1940s as a twenty-volume stitched set. Covers the history of Chinese woodblock printing from the Tang dynasty through to the Qing. Copiously illustrated throughout with full page black-and-white illustrations of woodblock prints. Volume Three contains colour re - production of the Shizhuzhai Jian Pu. Text in Chinese. 174 7 & LIST – – NEW RECENT PUBLICATIONS

42 Zhengding C正ult定ura隆l R興e寺lic壁s B畫 ureau: ZHENGDING LONGXING SI BIHUA. (The Murals in Longxing Temple, Zhengding). . Beijing, 2013. 18 pp. text plus 256 pp. full page colour plates. A few colour text plates and b/w architectural drawings. 35x27 cm. Boards. £160.00 Located in Zhengding, 15 km north of Shijiazhuang in Chinas Hebei province, Longxing Temple was first built in the Sui dynasty, re - built in the Northern Song and enlarged during successive dynasties. The temple holds very fine murals begun under the Song but now dating from the Ming, yet retaining much of the original Song style. This well-illustrated work provides a systematic visual survey of these fine mural paintings. In Chinese.

43 Zhou Zhenglin & Zhou Y元iy青on花g e ：d: Y鑑U識AN指 Q南I N。G H周U正 A琳: J I周 A毅NS勇 H I編 Z著HINAN. (A Guide to the Connoisseurship of Yuan Blue-and-White). . Shanghai, 2013. 2, 2, 201 pp. Numerous colour text plates. 24x17 cm. Boards. £30.00 A somewhat technical assessment of Yuan dynasty blue-and-white wares focussing on the glaze, colour and style of decoration. Illus - trated with some very fine examples. In Chinese.

FROM OUR STOCK 44 Addis, J. M: IMPRESSED GOURDS. Oriental Art New Series Vol. X No. 1. London, 1964. pp. 3-7. 10 b/w illustrations. 31x23 cm. Paper. £10.00 Offprint. 45 Apold, Gunborg: EN NORSK SAMLING KINESISK KERAMIKK. Leirtoy — Stengods — Porselen. Oslo, 1977. 55 pp. with 49 illustrations. Map. 24x18 cm. Paper. £15.00 Catalogue of the Apold collection of Chinese pottery, stoneware and porcelain, exhibited at the Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo. In Nor - wegian. 46 Argencé, René-Yvon Lefebvre d’: THE HANS POPPER COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL ART. A Selection of 131 Chinese Ancient Bronzes, Sculptures, Ceramics ... San Francisco, 1973. 196 pp. 131 objects illustrated, 15 in colour. Chronology, bibliography. 23x20 cm. Paper. £35.00 A catalogue produced to accompany a travelling exhibition. Also contains a section on Korean celadons. Author’s dedication. 47 Argencé, René-Yvon Lefebvre d’: LES CERAMIQUES A BASE CHOCOLATEE AU MUSEE LOUIS-FINOT. De l’Ecole Francaise d’Extreme-Orient a Hanoi. Publications de l’E.F.E.O., vol. XLIV. Paris, 1958. 30 pp. text. 5 pp. drawings. 15 b/w plates with many illustrations. Bibliography. 28x19 cm. Paper. £20.00 This study was undertaken by d’Argence during his period as curator at the Musée Louis-Finot in Hanoi, and is illustrated by pieces from the museum’s collection. In French. 48 Necipoglu, Gülru ed: ARS ORIENTALIS VOLUME 23. Ann Arbor, 1993. 342 pp. 207 illustrations. 28x22 cm. Paper. £35.00 This issue is a special one entirely dedicated to Pre-Modern Islamic Palaces, with contributions by various scholars. 49 Asquith, P. and Kalland, A: JAPANESE IMAGES OF NATURE. Cultural Perspectives. Man and Nature in Asia. London, 1996. 288 pp. Cloth. £50.00 The authors document the great diversity as to how Japanese people perceive their natural environment and how they come to terms with nature. 50 Ataka Collection: TOYO TOJI TEN. (Exhibition of Far Eastern Ceramics from the Ataka Collection). Kyoto, 1978. 33 pp. 119 plates, 24 in colour. Maps. 25x21 cm. Wrappers. £25.00 Exhibition of this famous collection held at Kyoto National Museum. 256 outstanding pieces of Chinese and Korean ceramics illus - trated. Japanese text with English captions. 51 Baber, E. Colborne: TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN THE INTERIOR OF CHINA. Royal Geographical Society, Supplementary Papers, Vol. 1, Part 1. London, 1882. viii, 201 pp. 10 b/w plates (9 folded) and 11 b/w text figures. 4 maps (3 folded). 1 foldout section of country. Appendices. Later cloth. £60.00 Separately published in the first issue of a series of ‘Memoirs’ presented to the Royal Geographical Society which were too elaborate for its ‘Proceedings,’ this is a well-written, highly-interesting and detailed account of journeys made by the then Chinese Secretary of the Legation in Peking, and others. In four parts: I. A Journey of exploration in Western Ssu-ch’uan; II. Journey to Ta-chien-lu, in 1878; III. Notes on the route followed by Mr. Grosvenor’s mission through Western Yünnan, from Tali-fu to T’êng-yueh; IV. On the Chinese Tea-trade with Tibet . The ‘plates’ in the book include reproductions of what Colborne Baber considered ‘the most interesting discovery of the journey’, samples of Lolo writing. Three foldout maps show the route of the explorations in Western China. Rebound in later boards and lack - ing the title page. Repair to the back of one map. A couple of minor marginal tears. Priced accordingly. A rare account. 52 Baldaeus, Phillipus; P. Brohier trans: A TRUE AND EXACT DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT ISLAND OF CEYLON. A new and unabridged translation from the edition of 1672. Ceylon Historical Journal Vol. VIII. Maharagama, 1960. B/w frontispiece, lxvi, 403 pp. B/w text illustrations (a number full page). Folding map. 21x14 cm. Wrappers. £60.00 Scarce translation into English from the Dutch of the section relating to Ceylon in the journal of the Rev Phillipus Baldaeus first pub - lished in Dutch in Amsterdam in 1672. A very early western account of 17th century Sri Lanka. 53 Banerjee, Priyatosh: NEW LIGHT ON CENTRAL ASIAN ART AND ICONOGRAPHY. New Delhi, 1992. xxxvi, 176 pp. and 36 pp. b/w plates. 25x18 cm. Cloth. £50.00 A collection of research papers by Dr. Banerjee on central Asian art and iconography. 8 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

54 Barber, Elizabeth Wayland: THE MUMMIES OF ÜRÜMCHI. New York, 2000. 240 pp. Plus 16 pp. of colour plates. Illustrations, figures, tables, maps. Bibliography, index. 24x18 cm. Paper. £15.00 Paperback edition of the publication devoted to the highly-publicised discovery of early Caucasian mummies in China’s north-west, throwing doubts on China’s claims to uniquely separate cultural origins. 55 Barmé, Geremie R: THE FORBIDDEN CITY. London, 2009. xxxi, 3, 251 pp. B/w illustrations. 20x13 cm. Paper. £8.99 Most readable and containing much little-known information on the Forbidden City. 56 Barry Davies Oriental Art: OKIMONO: JAPANESE DECORATIVE SCULPTURES OF THE MEIJI PERIOD. London, 1996. 68 pp. Colour plates throughout. All marks illustrated. 33x23 cm. Paper. £33.00 Beautiful catalogue of 34 superb examples of okimono from the Meiji. Illustrated throughout in fine colour. All marks shown. Out-of- print. 57 Bassoul, Aziz & Bennett, Lan ed: RUGS OF THE CAUCASUS/TAPIS DU CAUCASE. From three private Lebanese collections. Beirut, 2003. 287 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Boards. £65.00 Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Nicolas Sursock Museum in Beirut of Caucasian rugs from three Lebanese collections. 106 rugs are illustrated in colour and described in both French and English. Introductory essays accompany.

58 Batchelor, Rev. John: AN AINU-ENGLISH-JAPANESE DICTIONARY. (Including a Grammar of the Ainu Language). Tokyo, 1905. ii, 12, 525, 3, 159 pp. 22x15 cm. Cloth with some scuff marks and other minor wear. £150.00 Batchelor lived amongst the Ainu for some 60 years and, in addition to his missionary work, studied their language and culture. This is one of his most famous works. Part One comprises the famous Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary in 525 pages. The dictionary uses romanization to give the Ainu word. Part Two is the Grammar of the Ainu Language in 159 pp. Published by the Methodist Publish - ing House in Tokyo. The revised and enlarged second edition. Pastedown somewhat crudely removed from inside front cover. Hinges cracked. Priced accordingly. Very rare.

59 Behr, Edward: THE LAST EMPEROR. London, 1988. 335 pp. text plus 24 pp. colour and b/w plates. 20x12 cm. Paper. £10.00 Fascinating account of Pu Yi’s life drawn on firsthand accounts and interviews with those who knew the Last Emperor. 北京畫院作品集 60 Beijing Huayuan: BEIJING HUAYUAN ZUOPIN JI. Art Works of Beijing Art Academy. . Beijing, 1987. [30] pp. text. 95 plates, 48 in colour. 36x27 cm. Boards in a slipcase. £30.00 Landscape, figure, and bird-and-flower paintings by contemporary artists. Biographies of each artist in the pages of text, with Eng - lish translations. Captions and list of contents also in English. 61 Beijing Library Dunhuang and Turfan Materials Centre ed: DUNHUANG TULUFAN XUE YANJIU LUNJI. (A Collection of Papers on Research into Dunhuang and Turfan). Beijing, 1996. 560 pp. 3 pp. b/w illustrations. 20x14 cm. Paper. £40.00 41 essays on research and study into various aspects of Dunhuang and Turfan. Text in Chinese.

62 Beijing University et al. ed: DUNH敦U煌 A吐NG魯 T番 U研LU究F A：N 第YA九N卷JI U(2: 0D0I6 J)IU JUAN (2006). Journal of the Dunhuang and Turfan Studies: Volume IX. . Beijing, 2006. 4, 532 pp. text plus 4 pp. colour plates. 26x18 cm. Paper. £30.00 30 articles plus reviews, miscellaneous notes etc. covering a number of diverse aspects of the subject. Contents in English, otherwise Chinese only. 63 Bennett, Terry: HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN CHINA 1842-1860. London, 2009. xiv, 242 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations. Map. 24x24 cm. Cloth. £60.00 The first comprehensive history of the early years of photography in China. Brings together Western and Chinese sources and provides new information on photographs and photographers Western and Chinese. About 150 photographs from public and private collections are shown and the text includes biographies on over 40 photographers working in China up to 1860. 64 Bennett, Terry: HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN CHINA. Western Photographers 1861-1879. London, 2010. xii, 419 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations. 2 maps. 24x24 cm. Cloth. £70.00 The first comprehensive history of the early years of photography in China. This second volume discusses over 80 western photogra - phers active in China between 1861 and 1879. Includes the very famous, such as John Thomson, together with lesser known photog - raphers. Chapters include: Hong Kong Studios; Photography in the Treaty Ports; Photography in Peking; Roving Photographers; Ruins of the European Palaces in the Yuanmingyuan; Photographic Periodicals. Numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations ac - company. A good and interesting reference. 65 Besse, Xavier: LA CHINE DES PORCELAINES. Paris, 2004. 148 pp. 58 colour plates., mostly fullpage. Bibliography. 28x22 cm. Paper. £45.00 An interesting work on the Grandidier collection of Chinese ceramics held in the Musée Guimet. One of the earliest European collections of Chinese ceramics. Major pieces from the collection are illustrated in colour and described. Includes a biography of the collector. In French. 66 Beurdeley, Michel et al: CHINESE EROTIC ART. Hong Kong, 1983. xiii, 213 pp. 131 illustrations, 28 in colour. Bibliography. 34x25 cm. Cloth. £55.00 One of the best books on the subject. Reprint of the 1969 original. 67 BEYOND THE SILK ROAD. Arts of Central Asia from the Powerhouse Museum Collection. Sydney, 1999. 80 pp. Over 60 colour plates. 30X21 cm. Cloth. £20.00 Catalogue of the Powerhouse Museum’s collection of costume, textiles, rugs, lithographs of designs, and metal work from Central Asia. The book also includes a series of rare late 19th century Russ - ian chromolithographs showing a range of design elements from tiles to textiles. With essays plac - ing the collection and its objects in context. 174 9 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

68 Bhattacharyya, Dr. Dipak Chandra: TANTRIC BUDDHIST ICONOGRAPHIC SOURCES. New Delhi, 1974. xvi, 91 pp. Glossary, bibliography, index. 18 b/w plates. 25x19 cm. Cloth. £25.00 Contains textual extracts collected from a number of unpublished Sanskrit Buddhist ritualistic works, with critical annotations. 69 Binyon, Laurence: L’ART ASIATIQUE AU BRITISH MUSEUM (SCULPTURE ET PEINTURE). Ars Asiatica VI. Paris, 1925. 75 pp. 64 plates. 35x27 cm. Wrappers. £30.00 Asiatic sculptures and paintings in the British Museum. An early contribution. In French. 70 Blofeld, John: CITY OF LINGERING SPLENDOUR. A Frank Account of Old Peking’s Exotic Pleasures. Boston, 1989. 256 pp. 30 plates and illustrations. 22x14 cm. Paper. £15.00 Reprint of a famous account of Peking in the 1930s. The author vividly recreates the magic of those years and conveys to the reader his appreciation and nostalgia for a way of life long vanished. 71 Bloodworth, Dennis and Ching Ping: THE CHINESE MACHIAVELLI. 3,000 Years of Chinese Statecraft. New York, 1976. xvi, 346 pp. 4 maps, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. 22x15 cm. Cloth. £30.00 Chinese politics and foreign relations from the feudal states of the Spring and Autumn Period to the Maoist 1970s, seen as a series of power games played according to the rules of military philosophers such as Sunzi. The scarce original edition. 72 Blusse, L. & Evarts, N. ed: THE FORMOSAN ENCOUNTER. Notes on Formosa’s Aboriginal Society: A Selection of Documents from Dutch Archival Sources: Volume III: 1646-1654. Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines Monograph 3. Taipei, 2006. lxi, 597 pp. 27x20 cm. Cloth. £40.00 This third volume of Dutch documents relating to the aboriginal people of Taiwan covers documents dating from 1646-1655. The orig - inal Dutch is given along with an English translation. A prime reference on early Dutch contact with Taiwan. 73 Brandon, Reiko Mochinaga: COUNTRY TEXTILES OF JAPAN. The Art of Tsutsugaki. Honolulu, 1986. vii, 151 pp. 48 plates, 16 in colour. Notes, bibliography, glossary-index. 27x19 cm. Paper. £20.00 Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts in 1986. 74 Bremer, Jaap and Kitty Zijlmans: IKIRO. Be Alive. Leiden, 2001. 228 pp. 180 colour and 48 b/w plates. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £30.00 Catalogue of an exhibition of the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands which amounts to a selective survey of recent Japanese art, specifically art which either reflects on the artist’s relationship with nature, or art which is firmly situated in the Japanese world. 75 Brinker, Helmut and Lutz, Albert: CHINESE CLOISONNÉ. The Pierre Uldry Collection. New York, 1989. 144 pp. text and 381 pp. illustrations of which 57 pp. in colour. Concordance, bibliography, glossary. 25x24 cm. Paper. £95.00 Profusely-illustrated account and catalogue of Chinese cloisonné from the early period through to the end of the nineteenth century. The extensive research in this book is based on the largest collection extant. The definitive work on the subject. Paperback edition. 76 Bronstein, Léo: FIVE VARIATIONS ON THE THEME OF JAPANESE PAINTING. Freeport, 1969. xvi, 373 pp. 160 plates and illustrations, some in colour. 28x18 cm. Cloth. £40.00 ‘A book by a modern man about the modern world, a book by an artist-scholar of great sensibility ... about a world of art and man which he has keyed to the uniqueness of Japan’. Ex-library copy with stamps on spine and endpapers only. 77 Brown, Brian ed: THE WISDOM OF THE CHINESE. Their Philosophy in Sayings and Proverbs. London, 1922. 208 pp. Bibliography. 21x14 cm. Half cloth. £20.00 Covers Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Yang Zhu, Kang Xi’s Sacred Edict, the poetry of the Chinese, proverbs and maxims, moral maxims. 78 Bunce, Fredrick W: A DICTIONARY OF BUDDHIST AND HINDU ICONOGRAPHY. Objects, Devices, Concepts, Rites and Related Terms. New Delhi, 1997. xxviii, 473 pp. 908 line drawing illustrations. 28x22 cm. Cloth. £60.00 Presents various symbols and give the explanations, the languages (Tibetan, Sanskrit, Chinese, etc.), and lists bibliographical refer - ences consulted for each symbol. A much-needed reference work for symbols in Buddhist art. 79 Bunkacho ed: JUYO BUNKAZAI 1-6: CHOKOKU I-VI. (Important Cultural Properties 1-6: Sculpture I-VI). Tokyo, 1972. Each vol. 10 colour plates and c. 400 illustrations in b/w. 6 vols. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £120.00 The complete set of the sculpture volumes only from this important series and major resource. Each plate accompanied by basic data in Japanese.

80 von der Burg, Christer et al: THE ART OF CON中T國EM當P代O木RA版R藝Y術 CHINESE WOODCUTS. Zhongguo Dangdai Muban Yishu. . London, 2003. 60 original woodcut prints, accompanied by a hardcover catalogue of 268 pp. 60 colour and 171 b/w plates. Glossary, bibliography. 78x112 cm. Cloth, with a cloth portfolio containing the prints, loose. £25,000.00 An important and luxurious publication project by the Muban Foundation in London. A collection of 60 original prints by contemporary artists in this exclusive portfolio in order both to benefit the individual artists and to bring contemporary Chinese woodblock prints to the attention of other print - makers, collectors, dealers and museums outside China. Each of the prints has been produced by the artists in a strictly limited edition of 155. One origi - nal exemplar from each edition is included in the portfolio here described. Of the entire edition, 5 are ‘hors de commerce’, 60 formed portfolios given to the participating artists, and the remaining 90 have been made available to the public. In the accompanying book, the prints are finely reproduced in colour and joined with authoritative essays by An Bin, Julia F. Andrews, Ellen Johnston Laing and Frances Wood. Hwang Yin has pro - vided biographies of the artists and David Barker contributes a glossary of Chinese printmaking terms. A superb publication of great significance in this new and exciting field of collecting. Full details available on request. 10 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

81 Burton, William: PORCELAIN. Its Art and Manufacture. London, 1906. viii, 264 pp. 50 b/w illustrations. 23x15 cm. Cloth. £25.00 General work on porcelain covering pieces from England, Spain, Italy, Russia, Japan, Belgium, Holland, France, China, Hungary, Den - mark, Switzerland and Sweden. 82 Bushell, Raymond: NETSUKE FAMILIAR AND UNFAMILIAR. New Principles for Collecting. Tokyo, 1975. 259 pp. 790 colour illustrations. Appendixes, bibliography and glossary-index. 27x20 cm. Cloth. £40.00 A well illustrated handbook with examples of netsuke and their signatures from over fifty different collections. First edition. 83 Bushell, Raymond: THE NETSUKE HANDBOOK OF UEDA REIKICHI. Tokyo, 1988. 325 pp. 226 illustrations. 24 in colour. Bibliography and index. 23x16 cm. Cloth. £65.00 Profusely illustrated, this handbook is recognised as a definitive work in the field. With biographic entries of 1342 netsuke carvers. 14th printing. 84 Bushell, Raymond: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF NETSUKE. With One Hundred Masterpieces of Miniature Sculpture in Color. Tokyo, 1964. 71 pp. 100 colour illustrations. 23x15 cm. Paper. £20.00 First edition. Mainly a brief introduction with illustrations. 85 Bussagli, Mario: CENTRAL ASIAN PAINTING. New York, 1979. 136 pp. Numerous colour illustrations. Map. 28x23 cm. Paper. £25.00 A discussion of painting produced in the region stretching from Afghanistan to Xinjiang. This area was an important one in the his - tory of art as it was on the Silk Road which meant that the influences of various art forms intermingled here. Reprint of 1963 edition. 86 Cahill, James: THE COMPELLING IMAGE. Nature and Style in Seventeenth Century Chinese Painting. The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Harvard, 1982. xi, 250 pp. 12 colour plates, 238 illustrations, 2 maps. Notes, index. 30x23 cm. Cloth. £70.00 Explores the painting of the era when the collapse of the Ming dynasty and the Manchu conquest of China dramatically changed the lives and thinking of artists and intellectuals. Illustrations from world-wide collections. 87 Cahill, James: AN INDEX TO EARLY CHINESE PAINTERS AND PAINTINGS. T’ang, Sung, and Yuan. Berkeley, 1980. x, 391 pp. 26x18 cm. Cloth. £30.00 An index in English of Chinese paintings arranged chronologically and by artist. 88 Cammann, Schuyler: CHINA’S DRAGON ROBES. Chicago, 2001. vi, 230 pp. 20 b/w plates. 23x16 cm. Paper. £18.00 The major scholarly survey of the dragon-patterned robes worn by Chinese nobles and officials. Drawn from many Chinese sources plus the author’s own researches. Appendixes, glossary, index. Reprint of the 1952 original.

89 CAO JIAN TOU HUO: QI BAISHI BI XIA D草E間 C偷A活OC ：H O齊 N白G石 SH筆I下JIE的. 草 (P虫eek世in界g at Life in the Grass: The World of Insects from the Brush of Qi Baishi). . Nanning, 2010. 431 pp. Colour plates throughout. 23x18 cm. Cloth. £60.00 A pleasing work showing different types of insects painted by the 20th century Chinese master painter, Qi Baishi. Includes crickets, grasshoppers, dragonflies and other denizens of the insect world. Many of the images of the insects are reproduced life-size. A good number of larger paintings which feature insects are also shown. Illustrated throughout. Text in Chinese.

90 Capital Museum: SHIJIE WENMING ZHENBAO: DAYING BOWU世GU界A文N明 Z珍HI寶 2 5：0 N大I英AN博 C物A館N之GP 2I5N0 . 年Tre藏as品 ures of the World’s Cultures: The British Museum after 250 Years. . Beijing, 2006. 243 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x24 cm. Wrappers. £45.00 Catalogue of a loan exhibition at the Capital Museum (Shoudu Bowuguan) in Beijing of 272 very fine objects from the British Museum. The exhibition celebrates the 250th anniversary of the founding of the British Museum in 1753. The exhibits date from the Neolithic to the 19th century and are from cultures worldwide, demonstrating the depth of the British Museum’s collections. Illustrated through - out in colour. Introductions, an essay and captions in English. Main text in Chinese. 91 Capon, Edmund et al: IMPERIAL CHINA: THE LIVING PAST. Sydney, 1992. 159 pp. 121 colour plates. 27x22 cm. Paper. £20.00 Catalogue of a travelling exhibition in Australia of early bronzes, pottery and ceramics, sculptures and Buddhist bronzes, scholars’ implements and paintings, all on loan from Chinese museums. 92 Carl, Katharine A: WITH THE EMPRESS DOWAGER OF CHINA. London, 1906. 306 pp. 22 illustrations and plates. 22x15 cm. Cloth. £65.00 Illustrated by the author and with photographs. Katharine Carl was commissioned to paint the portrait of the Empress Dowager. Her account includes fascinating insights into the court life during her stay in China. 93 Caro, Frank: AN EXHIBITION OF CHINESE PAINTINGS BY CHANG DAI-CHIEN 1899-1983. New York, 1984. 33 plates in colour. 24x18 cm. Paper. £20.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Frank Caro Gallery. Scarce catalogue. 94 Caron, Francois and Schouten, Joost; edited by C. R. Boxer: A TRUE DESCRIPTION OF THE MIGHTY KINGDOMS OF JAPAN & SIAM. Amsterdam, 1935. cxxix, 197 pp. Frontispiece, 12 plates, 7 maps, appendices, bibliography, index. 26x20 cm. Cloth. £200.00 From a limited edition of 475 on Japon paper issued in 1935 as a reprint by the Argonaut Press (with introduction, notes and ap - pendices by C. R. Boxer) of the original English edition of 1663. Descriptions of 17th century Japan and Thailand by two servants of the Dutch East India Company. Scarce in any form. 95 CENTRAL ASIA. The Sons of Tamburlaine. Paris, 2001. 288 pp. 408 illustrations. 32x27 cm. Cloth. £30.00 Beautifully illustrated travel book of the region. 174 11 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

96 Centre Pompidou: ALORS, LA CHINE? Catalogue de l’exposition présentée au Centre Pompidou, Galerie Sud, du 25 juin au 13 octobre 2003. Paris, 2003. 447 pp. Colour plates throughout. 23x23 cm. Boards. £27.00 Finely produced catalogue for a major exhibition of Chinese contemporary art divided into three overall sections: ‘Impressions’, ‘Ar - chitectures’, and ‘Artistes’. Representing work in all media by the major figures but characterised by an emphasis on film, video and architecture. In French.

97 Ch’en, Jerome: THE LAST EMPEROR OF CHINA. Bulletin of the SOAS, Vol. XXVIII, Part 2 (Offprint. London, 1965. pp. 336-355. 25x16 cm. Paper. £10.00 Ch’en’s study of Puyi. Offprint. 98 Chalfant, Frank H: EARLY CHINESE WRITING. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum IV:1. Peking, 1940. 35 pp. text and 50 pp. plates (tables). 33x25 cm. Paper. £50.00 Chinese reprint from the Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, September 1906. Traces the development of the Chinese script. Good copy with some wear and tear to covers. Scarce. 玩物養志 。 陳 幻建 等 編著 99 Chan, Alan et. al: THE FUN OF COLLECTING. Wanwu Yangzhi. . Hong Kong, 2006. c.60 pp. per volume. Colour plates throughout each volume. 4 vols. 23x23 cm. Wrappers. £35.00 Produced to accompany an exhibition ‘The Fun of Collecting’ held at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. Comprises four separate books: Chan: Export Silver; Chu: Chinese Hair Ornament; Ku: Card Cases; Leung: Depression glass. Each volume is a useful con - tribution to its subject, well illustrated throughout in colour and with dual texts in Chinese and English. 100 Chance, Frank L. and Matthew Mizenko: MODERN IMPRESSIONS. Japanese Prints from the Berman and Corazza Collections 1950-1980. 2005. 96 pp. 72 colour plates. 28x22 cm. Paper. £25.00 Held in the Berman Museum of Art, the Berman and Corazzo of modern Japanese woodblock prints form the core of the Museum’s holdings on the subject and a fine selection are here illustrated and described.

101 Chandra, Lokesh: ICONOGRAPHY OF THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS. Sata-Pitaka Series, Indo-Asian Lit. 386. New Delhi, 1996. 437 pp. 6 plates, 4 in colour, and 1072 b/w illustrations. 28x23 cm. Cloth. £92.00 Records the names of the Thousand Buddhas in Sanskrit, Tibetan, Manchu, Mongolian, Chinese — and English. Supplemented by Sanskrit names from a Khotanese scroll from Dunhuang. Each name is also accompanied by an illustration taken from Tibetan line- drawings. The first work in English devoted to the Thousand Buddhas, a central theme in Buddhist art. 長沙 窯 102 Changsha Yao Ketizu: CHANGSHA YAO. (The Changsha Kiln). . Beijing, 1996. 340 pp. 48 pp. colour illustrations, 32 pp. b/w illustrations. Numerous text illustrations 26x19 cm. Paper. £25.00 Chapters 1-3 describe the excavation of the Changsha Kiln and the ceramics and designs uncovered. Chapter 4 introduces Changsha ware in various museums. Chapter 5 tells of Changsha wares excavated abroad. Chapter 6 covers various issues. An important ref - erence. In Chinese. 103 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. 陶俑 104 Chen Wanli: TAOYONG. (Pottery Images). . Beijing, 1957. 10 pp. 84 plates. 26x19 cm. Cloth. £45.00 A collection of illustrations of excavated tomb figurines from the Warring States period to the Ming. From various areas in China, but predominantly Shaanxi. In Chinese only. RBS 3:462. 臺灣地名 辭典 。 105 陳Ch正en祥 Zhengxiang: TAIWAN DIMING CIDIAN. (A Dictionary of Place-Names in Taiwan). . Taibei, 2001. xix, 376 pp. 27X20 cm. Cloth. £35.00 A useful dictionary of place-names in Taiwan arranged by ascending number of strokes. Gives the Wade-Giles English pronunciation of the place in question, together with geographical location and brief details. Revised edition. In Chinese. 西北考 察記 。 106 陳Ch正en祥 Z h著 engxiang: XIBEI KAOCHA JI. (A Record of an Investigation of China’s Northwest). . Taibei, 1999. xiii, 319 pp. text plus c. 20 pp. colour plates. 27x19 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Records the impressions and findings of this Taiwan scholar on a journey across the north-west of China through Gansu and Xinjiang. Much on the archaeological sites and the Silk Road. In Chinese. Out-of-print. 107 Chen, J. & Mao, C: PERMANENCE. Classical Chinese Stone Furniture. Taibei, 2003. 207 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £60.00 Catalogue of an exhibition held at Chambers Fine Art in New York. Whilst Chinese wood furniture is widely collected, the stone fur - niture has been much overlooked. This excellent catalogue helps redress the balance. Numerous stone pieces (primarily late Ming and Qing) are illustrated in colour and well-described. Includes stools, tables, lute stands, basins and flower stands. It is also inter - esting to note how stone pieces emulate their wooden counterparts. 中國古典園林 108 Cheng Liyao ed: CHINESE CLASSICAL GARDENS. Zhongguo Gudian Yuanlin. . Kunming, 1999. 319 pp. Colour photography and illustrations throughout. 31x25 cm. Cloth. £50.00 A tour of the major (and some lesser-known) gardens of China from Beijing and Chengde via Yangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Shanghai and Hangzhou to Chengdu and other places. This volume is most useful in that it covers the origin and development of Chinese gardens (imperial, scholar’s, scenic resort etc.), basic concepts for garden design, the decoration and embellishment of gardens etc. The text is in Chinese with summaries of essays and all captions in English. 109 Cheng Shan-hsi: SELECTED PAINTINGS OF CHENG SHAN-HSI. Taibei, 1980. 168 pp. 91 colour, 22 b/w illustrations. 26x25 cm. Cloth. £35.00 Whimsical, cheerful paintings of animals and scenes from rural life with translations of the captions. Artist’s signature. 12 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

110 Cheng Te-k’un: ARCHAEOLOGY IN SARAWAK. Cambridge, 1969. xii, 33 pp. text plus 12 pp. b/w plates. 25x19 cm. Cloth. £30.00 An interesting survey by a well-known sinologist. Includes the identification of Santubong as the ruins of a large seaport during the Tang and Song dynasties and subsequently abandoned. Scarce. 111 Chia, Lucille & De Weerdt, Hilde: KNOWLEDGE AND TEXT PRODUCTION IN AN AGE OF PRINT. China: 900-1400. Leiden, 2011. xv, 430 pp. A few b/w text illustrations. 25x16 cm. Boards. £120.00 The essays in this volume seek to explain and assess the diversity of printing in China from the 9th to 14th centuries when printing be - came widespread. Through an examination of the various influences on the production and reproduction of printed texts during this period, this work offers a comprehensive history of the first 500 years of printing in China. 112 Chiang Collection: CHINESE PAINTINGS FROM THE CHIANG ER-SHIH COLLECTION. New York, 1971. 86 pp. 38 illustrations, five in colour. 28x20 cm. Cloth. £25.00 Parke-Bernet Galleries sale catalogue of an excellent collection of Chinese paintings. Very good descriptions and research into the 38 works which date from the Song to the Qing. 113 Childress, David Hatcher: LOST CITIES OF CHINA, CENTRAL ASIA AND INDIA. A Traveller’s Guide. Stelle, 1985. 348 pp. B/w illustrations. 21x14 cm. Paper. £18.00 Travels around China, Central Asia and India homing in on remote regions and cities no longer inhabited. 114 China Institute of America: THE RESONANCE OF THE QIN IN EAST ASIAN ART. New York, 1999. 144 pp. 40 colour and 30 b/w illustrations. Paper. £32.00 Catalogue of an exhibition examining the role of the ‘qin’ or stringed zither in Chinese art. The qin was the premier scholar’s musi - cal instrument and is frequently represented in a variety of media as a sign of cultivation, amongst other things. Essays by Stephen Addiss (the exhibition’s guest curator), Mitchell Clark and Kenneth DeWorskin.

115 THE CHINA JOURNAL. Volume 19. China Journal Vol. XIX. Shanghai, 1933. Various paginations. Advertisements and b/w illustrations throughout. 6 vols. 25x17 cm. Paper. Spines of a couple of journals with slight tears to tops. £85.00 Volume XIX of the China Journal (six issues), July-December 1933. With a large array of articles on numerous varied subjects. Many photographs and advertisements which give the flavour of the expatriate China of the 1930s. A fascinating and entertaining publica - tion. In fine condition. Rare. 116 THE CHINA JOURNAL. Volumes 24 and 25. China Journal Vols. XXIV and Vol. XXV. Shanghai, 1936. Various paginations. Advertisements and b/w illustrations throughout. 12 vols. 25x17 cm. Paper. Spines of some journals torn. £150.00 A complete run of the China Journal for 1936 which comprises Vol. XXIV (six issues) and Vol. XXV (six issues). With a large array of articles on numerous varied subjects. Many photographs and advertisements which give the flavour of the expatriate China of the 1930s.

117 China People’s Publishing House: THROUGH THE MOON GATE. A Guide to China’s Historic Monuments. Hong Kong, 1986. 313 pp. Numerous illustrations. 24x17 cm. Cloth. £20.00 This book describes the hundred most important monuments of China. They have been selected to show the development of Chinese art and architecture over the millennia — a good and interesting read for the real or armchair traveller.

118 Chinese Organising Committee ed: ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF CHINESE GOVERNMENT EXHIBITS. For the International Exhibition of Chinese Art In London : Parts I-IV. Nanking, 1948. vi, 101; 244; 256; 191 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations. 4 vols. 27x20 cm. Cloth. £2,500.00 A catalogue in English and Chinese, produced for the famous 1935-36 Exhibition in London. Part I covers bronzes, part II porcelain, part III painting and calligraphy, and part IV miscellaneous. This is a later reprint with good plates but not as fine as the 1936 orig - inal. A good clean set with dustjackets.

119 Chiu, Che Bing & Baud-Berthier, Gilles: YUANMING YUAN. Le Jardin de la Clarte Parfaite. Paris, 2000. 336 pp. 230 colour and b/w illustrations. 32x24 cm. Cloth. £100.00 A wealth of bibliographic and iconographic information can be found in this sumptuous chronicle of the Yuanming Yuan garden. Also featuring in this fine volume are 40 rare silk paintings outlining the garden’s turbulent history. In French.

120 Christie’s: THE... PICCUS COLLECTION OF FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE FURNITURE. New York, 1997. 195 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 27x22 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Christie’s sale catalogue of the Mr and Mrs Robert P. Piccus collection of fine classical Chinese furniture auctioned in New York in 1997. 121 Christie’s: THE RAYMOND AND FRANCES BUSHELL COLLECTION OF NETSUKE PART III. Los Angeles, 1989. 49 pp. 135 items illustrated in colour. 26x20 cm. Boards. £25.00 The third part of the sale of this famous collection. 122 Christie’s: FINE JAPANESE NETSUKE AND OTHER IVORY CARVINGS. London, 1975. 40 pp. text plus 18 pp. of b/w plates. 24x16 cm. Paper. £15.00 Catalogue for Christie’s sale, June 24, 1975 with 248 lots. Six pages of black-and-white plates show ivory carvings, the remaining 10 show netsuke. 123 Christie’s: FINE JAPANESE IVORY CARVINGS, NETSUKE AND INRO. from various sources. London, 1976. 64 pp. text and 45 p. b/w plates. 24x18 cm. Paper. £15.00 Christie’s sale catalogue with 341 lots. The b/w plates show 16 inro, 104 netsuke (including some fine netsuke masks) and 51 fine ivory carvings. With some annotations. List of prices realised included. 174 13 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

124 Christie’s: FINE JAPANESE IVORY CARVINGS AND NETSUKE. London, 1976. 27 pp. text plus 14 pp. of b/w plates. 24x16 cm. Paper. £15.00 Catalogue for Christie’s sale, October 20, 1976 with 150 lots. Six pages of the b/w plates show numerous netsuke, the remaining 8 show Japanese ivory carvings. 125 Christie’s: FINE JAPANESE IVORY CARVINGS AND NETSUKE. From various sources. London, 1979. 66 pp. text and 19 pp. b/w plates showing numerous lots. 26x20 cm. Paper. £15.00 Christie’s sale catalogue with 427 lots. 85 netsuke, 11 inro and 50 ivory carvings are illustrated. Some annotations. With list of prices realised attached. 126 Christie’s: FINE NETSUKE AND INRO. From various sources. London, 1979. 32 pp. text plus 4 pp. colour and and 26 pp. b/w plates showing numerous lots. 24x18 cm. Paper. £15.00 Christie’s sale catalogue with 156 lots — primarily netsuke. Numerous lots illustrated — mainly netsuke plus some inro. Heavily an - notated. 127 Christie’s: FINE NETSUKE AND INRO. from various sources. London, 1980. 70 pp. 34 pp. b/w plates and 1 colour plate showing numerous lots. 24x15 cm. Paper. £15.00 Christie’s sale catalogue with 222 lots of good netsuke and some inro. Numerous illustrations — mainly of netsuke. Annotations. 128 Christie’s,: NETSUKE, SWORDS AND FITTINGS. London, 1987. 46 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations. 25x20 cm. Paper. £15.00 Christie’s sale catalogue of 179 lots of fine swords, tsuba and netsuke. Many lots illustrated. 129 Chung Shou-Jen: THE COLLECTION OF CHUNG SHOU-JEN’S CREATIVE PAINTINGS. Taibei, 1983. 144 pp. English and Chinese text. 70 illustrations and numerous text drawings. 37x27 cm. Cloth. £30.00 Includes a section on the elements of bamboo painting. 130 Chung Wah Nan: THE ART OF CHINESE GARDENS. Hong Kong, 1982. 251 pp. 120 b/w fullpage plates, introduction to each section. 30x27 cm. Half-cloth. £30.00 Lavishly illustrated publication on Chinese gardens, under various subtitles, with photographs from Suzhou, Kunming, Shanghai and many other places. Fine black-and-white photography. 131 Clark, John ed: CHINESE ART AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM. Chinese-art.com, 1998-1999. Hong Kong, 2001. 268 pp. Colour illustrations. 23x15 cm. Paper. £15.00 Paper publication based on the highly successful and influential website giving information and critical material on contemporary and recent Chinese art.

132 Classical Chinese Furniture Society: JOURNAL OF THE CLASSICAL CHINESE FURNITURE SOCIETY I:3. Summer Quarter 1991. Renaissance, 1991. 60 pp. 93 illustrations, 6 in colour. 28x22 cm. Paper. £15.00 Third issue contains: S. Handler: Perfumed Coals in Precious Braziers Burn; Tian Jiaqing: A Pair of Inscribed Ming-Style Official’s Hat Armchairs; R. H. Ellsworth: Some Further Thoughts on Chinese Furniture; C. Evarts: The Development of the Waisted Form; and three more articles. 133 Classical Chinese Furniture Society: JOURNAL OF THE CLASSICAL CHINESE FURNITURE SOCIETY I:4. Autumn Quarter 1991. Renaissance, 1991. 56 pp. 83 illustrations, 18 in colour. 28x22 cm. Paper. £15.00 This issue contains: L. Mason: Understanding Joinery in Chinese Furniture; S. Handler: The Chinese Washbasin and Stands. Han - dler: The Dr. S. Y. Yip collection; C. Evarts: A Pair of Zitan Southern Official’s Hat Armchairs; and four other articles. 134 Classical Chinese Furniture Society: JOURNAL OF THE CLASSICAL CHINESE FURNITURE SOCIETY III:3. Summer 1993. Renaissance, 1993. 72 pp. 97 illustrations, 76 in colour. 28x22 cm. Paper. £15.00 Handler: The Chinese Screen; Yang: The Beauty of Perfect Roundness; Keppel: The Well-Furnished Tomb, part 2; Flynn: Robert and William Drummond and Dynasty Furniture; Drummond: Chinese Furniture — the Sackler Collection; Chapman: The Baltimore Mu - seum’s 1949 Exhibition. 135 Classical Chinese Furniture Society: JOURNAL OF THE CLASSICAL CHINESE FURNITURE SOCIETY III:4. Autumn 1993. Renaissance, 1993. 72 pp. 95 illustrations, 52 in colour. 28x22 cm. Paper. £15.00 Handler: Life on a Platform; Evarts: Furniture in the Novel Jin Ping Mei — a Comparison of 17th and 18th-century Illustrations; Wang: The Museum of Classical Furniture; Bruce: Small Portable Treasures; Ecke: Concerning Chinese Furniture. 136 Classical Chinese Furniture Society: JOURNAL OF THE CLASSICAL CHINESE FURNITURE SOCIETY IV:2. Spring 1994. Renaissance, 1994. 72 pp. 90 illustrations, 58 in colour. 28x22 cm. Paper. £15.00 Evarts: Ornamental Stone Panels and Chinese Furniture; Handler: A Clean Table by a Bright Window; Keppel: The Well-Furnished Tomb, Part III; Sickman: Chinese Classic Furniture. 137 Classical Chinese Furniture Society: JOURNAL OF THE CLASSICAL CHINESE FURNITURE SOCIETY IV:3. Summer 1994. Renaissance, 1994. 72 pp. 90 illustrations, 50 in colour. 28x22 cm. Paper. £15.00 Handler: The Ubiquitous Stool; Evarts: Metal Mounts on Chinese Furniture; Zhang Yinwu: A Survey of Chu-Style Furniture; Ecke: A Group of Eighteenth-Century Paintings of Beijing Interiors. 138 Classical Chinese Furniture Society: JOURNAL OF THE CLASSICAL CHINESE FURNITURE SOCIETY IV:4. Autumn 1994. Renaissance, 1994. 72 pp. 102 illustrations, 38 in colour. 28x22 cm. Paper. £15.00 Handler: Square Tables Where the Immortals Dine; Chen: A One-Thousand-Year Old Daybed; Evarts: The Enigmatic Altar Coffer; Handler: The Korean and Chinese Furniture Traditions; Sloman: The ‘Indian’ Period of European Furniture.

139 Cohen, Monique & Jacques Giès: SÉRINDE — TERRE DE BOUDDHA. Dix Siècles d’Art sur la Route de la Soie. Paris, 1995. 440 pp. 242 illustrations in colour, 70 in b/w. 31x23 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £185.00 Magnificent and extremely scarce catalogue from the exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris in 1995 of art objects from the Silk Road, on loan from various collections, including seldom-seen Central Asian ones. Text in French. 14 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

140 Collier, V. W. F: DOGS OF CHINA & JAPAN IN NATURE AND ART. London, 1921. xix, 207 pp. 82 plates and illustrations, 9 in colour. 29x23 cm. Half-cloth. £325.00 Scarce study of the various breeds of dogs in China and Japan. Profusely illustrated. Some foxing on pages. 141 Collingwood, Cuthbert: RAMBLES OF A NATURALIST. on the Shores and Waters of the China Sea.... London, 1868. xiii, 445 pp. Frontispiece plus 9 b/w engravings (of which 2 fullpage) 23x15 cm. Decorative cloth. Some rubbing and minor wear. £380.00 The title continues: ‘Being Observations in Natural History during a Voyage to China, Formosa, Borneo, Singapore, etc., Made in Her Majesty’s Vessels in 1866 and 1867’. Collingwood was a naturalist who travelled on various warships and vessels to undertake these wide-ranging travels in the Far East which included Hong Kong, the Pescadores and Taiwan, Borneo, Sarawak, Singapore, Manila and the Canton area. There is, in particular, a number of chapters on Formosa (Taiwan) detailing the collecting of wildlife and spec - imens, scenery, people and customs encountered at a time when Taiwan was little-known and visited. Rare. 142 Collis, Maurice: MARCO POLO. London, 1950. 190 pp. Frontispiece, 3 b/w plates. Map. Index. 21x14 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £20.00 A good and very readable biography of Marco Polo. Second impression, 1951.

143 Confucius: THE MORALS OF CONFUCIUS. A Chinese Philosopher Who flourished above five Hundred Years before the coming of Christ. Being one of the choicest Pieces of Learning remaining of that Nation. London, 1780. xx, 183 pp. 18x10 cm. Contemporary calf with raised bands, two gilt rules either side and a red chipped label in the second panel. £250.00 Although the title page gives the date of publication as 1691, this is in fact the 1780 second printing. This is not a close or complete translation and is probably derived via French (perhaps from J. de la Brune) from a Latin version rather than directly from the Chi - nese. This copy does not appear to call for the engraved frontispiece. (The British Library has copies with and without a folding engraved frontispiece.) Two signatures of previous owners, one on the front pastedown and one on the front free endpaper. Internally clean and tight and free from foxing. There is slight worming to the last few pages that does not intrude on the text. The book has been sensi - tively refurbished, rebacked and retooled as original.

144 Contag, Victoria: CHINESE MASTERS OF THE 17TH CENTURY. London, 1969. 148 pp. 96 b/w illustrations. Index of artists’ names. 29x24 cm. Cloth. £60.00 Concise and well illustrated study of late Ming and early Qing painters. 145 Coomaraswamy, Ananda K: BRONZES FROM CEYLON, CHIEFLY IN THE COLOMBO MUSEUM. Memoirs of the Colombo Museum Series A. No. 1. N.p. (Sri Lanka), 1978. 31 pp. text plus 28 pp. b/w plates. 31x25 cm. Cloth. £35.00 Reprint of the 1914 original edition. The plates show numerous superb specimens. 146 Cooper, Elizabeth: THE HEART OF O SONO SAN. London, n.d. [1910s] x, 269 pp. 31 duotone plates. 21x15 cm. Gilt decorated suede. £50.00 The duotone plates in this imaginative foreigner’s account of Japan are of a very high quality. By the author of ‘My Lady of the Chi - nese Courtyard’. The top of the suede spine has split slightly and the front endpapers are split, but a nice copy. 147 Cosgrove, Maynard G: THE ENAMELS OF CHINA AND JAPAN. Champlevé and Cloisonné. London, 1974. 115 pp. 12 colour illustrations. Index, bibliography. 23x15 cm. Cloth. £45.00 Discusses the history and background of the subject, describes various shapes and forms of enamelled ware, details production meth - ods, gives meaning of symbols and writes of the care and cleaning of enamels. 西域考古圖譜 148 Count Otani: SEIIKI KOKO ZUFU. (A Catalogue of Archaeological Finds from the Silk Route). . Beijing, 1999. 17 plates text and 246 plates of which 17 in colour. 43x29 cm. Loose in slipcase. £250.00 A large collection of plates showing finds made by the Otani expeditions. The plates appear to come from a 1915/16 Japanese publi - cation. Divided into sections on paintings and frescoes (54 plates), carvings (15), textiles and embroideries (7), old coins (8), miscel - laneous (10), Indian sculpture (11), Buddhist canons (78), historical material (26), canonical texts (10), works in silk road languages (23) and printed items (6). With introductory text and plate list. In Chinese only. Out of print. 149 Cutting, Suydam: THE FIRE OX AND OTHER YEARS. New York, 1947. xviii, 393 pp. 3 colour plates, 182 illustrations, 3 coloured maps. Indexes. 25x18 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Accounts of expeditions made during the years from 1925 to 1937 in Chinese Turkestan and Tibet. During the journeys Cutting was accompanied by his wife, one of the very few women to visit Lhasa. Yakushi C177. 150 Czaplicka, M. A: THE TURKS OF CENTRAL ASIA. in History and at the Present Day. London, 1973. 242 pp. Folding map. 23x15 cm. Cloth. £20.00 An ethnological inquiry into the Pan-Turanian problem and bibliographical material relating to the early Turks and the present Turks of Central Asia. First published in 1918. 1973 reprint. 151 Dardess, John W: CONQUERORS AND CONFUCIANS. Aspects of Political Change in Late Yüan China. New York, 1973. 23x16 cm. Cloth. £60.00 152 David, Lady: ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF CH’ING ENAMELLED WARES. In The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. PDF Illustrated Catalogues Section 2. London, 1958. xvi, 40 pp. 16 plates, 1 in colour; many illustrations. 24x15 cm. Paper. £15.00 The introduction throws valuable light on the problem of the Guyue Xuan wares, and on the Palace workshop activities during the pe - riod. RSB 4:461. 153 David, Lady: ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF CH’ING ENAMELLED WARES. In The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. PDF Illustrated Catalogues Section 2. London, 1973. 39 pp. 12 plates with many illustrations. Bibliography. 25x19 cm. Paper. £15.00 174 15 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

Reprint of the original 1958 edition. The introduction throws valuable light on the problem of the Guyue Xuan wares and on the Palace workshop activities during the Qing period. RSB 4:461. 154 De Gruche, Kingston: DR. D. DUNCAN MAIN OF HANGCHOW. Who is Known in China as Dr. Apricot of Heaven Below. London, N.d. 243 pp. 33 b/w illustrations. 22x14 cm. Cloth. £10.00 The life and work of the Christian missionary, Duncan Main, who worked at Hangzhou hospital from 1881-1926. An interesting life. 155 de Hartog, Leo: GENGHIS KHAN. Conqueror of the World. London, 2004. vii, 230 pp. 20x13 cm. Paper. £11.99 Analyses how Genghis Khan was able to unite the Mongol tribes and organise them into such an effective fighting machine. With par - ticular attention paid to the Mongol invasion of Europe and explores Europe’s contacts with the Great Khan. An interesting biogra - phy of a legendary figure. New paperback edition. 156 Donnelly, P. J: THE ANIMAL IN CHINESE ART. Catalogue of an Exhibition. London, 1968. 68 pp. plus 16 pp b/w plates illustrating 139 exhibits. 28x22 cm. Paper. £60.00 An excellent catalogue of a landmark exhibition describing the various animals found in Chinese art and showing examples in porce - lain, bronze, jade, wood, etc. The exhibition was arranged by the Oriental Ceramic Society. Hard-to-find. 157 DSCHINGIS KHAN UND SEINE ERBEN: DAS WELTREICH DER MONGOLEN. Genghis Khan and His Legacy: The Mongol Empire). Munich, 2005. 432 pp. c. 236 colour plates. 28x25 cm. £45.00 Catalogue of a German exhibition held in Bonn and then Munich. With loans from European and Asian collections including Mon - golia. Explores the history, art and legacy of the Mongol Empire founded by Genghis Khan. The exhibits loaned from Mongolian mu - seums have seldom been seen before. Illustrated throughout. Text in German.

158 D南u方an絲 Yu綢 e之d: 路NA研N究FA論N集G S。IC 段HO渝U 主ZH編 I LU YANJIU LUN JI. (Essays on Research into the Southern Silk Road). . Chengdu, 2008. 2. 498 pp. A few b/w text illustrations. 26x18 cm. Wrappers. £20.00 Proceedings of a symposium held at Chengdu’s Shifan University in 2007. Fifty-one essays on detailed aspects of research into the Southern part of the Silk Road in China’s Xinjiang province and beyond. In Chinese.

159 Dunhuang Academy ed: DUNHUANG JIU YING: WANQING MINGUO LA敦O煌 Z舊HA影 O ：PI A晚N清. D民o國cum老e照nti片 ng Dunhuang: Historical Photographs from the late Qing and Republican Periods. . Shanghai, 2011. 121 pp. Numerous b/w and colour illustrations throughout. 26x19 cm. Paper. £25.00 A selection of photographs from various sources, ranging from the expeditions of Aurel Stein to those of Oldenburg, Langdon Warner and Joseph Needham in 1943, showing the then-dilapidated Mogao Buddhist caves at Dunhuang, the town itself and the surrounding area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dual texts in Chinese and English. 敦煌 采塑 。 160 D敦u煌nh文ua物ng研 R究 es所earch Institute ed: DUNHUANG CAISU. (Dunhuang Painted Sculpture). . Beijing, 1978. 14 pp. Chinese text, 5 pp. inset in English. 85 colour plates. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Excellent colour illustrations of sculptures in the Dunhuang cave temples. The text traces the origins of various influences on the sculptures. 161 E & J Frankel Ltd: STEPPES: FORWARD AND BACK. 17th & 18th Century Buddhist Bronzes, Thankas and Sakhuis/Foremost Contemporary Artists of Mongolia. New York, 2008. 41, 49 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper. £20.00 Dealer’s catalogue showing two concurrent exhibitions. The first comprising 29 fine examples of 17th and 18th century Mongolian and Tibetan Buddhist art. Also 24 examples of contemporary paintings from Mongolia. All illustrated in colour and described. 162 East Asia Archaeological Society: THE MONGOLIAN PLATEAU, PART I. Researches of the Natural History in Silin-Gol and Ulan-Chap ... Archaeologia Orientalis Series B, Vol. IV. Tokyo, 1942. viii, 83 pp. English/German text; 239 pp. Japanese text. 26 plates. 26x18 cm. Half-cloth. £150.00 This publication shows the results of the scientific investigations conducted by two Japanese expeditions to Inner Mongolia. Part I con - centrates on the geological, paleontological and anthropological studies. Very scarce. 163 Ebrey, Patricia Buckley & Peter Gregory: RELIGION AND SOCIETY IN T’ANG AND SUNG CHINA. Honolulu, 1993. xv, 379 pp. 17 illustrations. Index. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £33.00 A collaborative effort of nine scholars of Chinese religion, history and thought address the momentous social and cultural changes that took place in the the two great periods of change in Chinese history. 164 Edgren, J. S: CATALOGUE OF THE NORDENSKIOLD COLLECTION. Of Japanese Books in the Royal Library. Stockholm, 1980. 388 pp. 24x15 cm. Paper. £40.00 An annotated catalogue of over 1000 Japanese books collected by Adolf Erik Nordenskiold on an expedition to Japan in 1879. 165 Edo-Tokyo Museum: RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF RYUSHI KAWABATA. Tokyo, 2005. 208 pp. Colour plates throughout. 3 foldouts. B/w text illustrations. 30x21 cm. Paper. £45.00 Catalogue of an exhibition marking the 120th anniversary of the birth of this energetic modern Japanese painter. Shows screens, paint - ings and drawings. Illustrated throughout. Text in Japanese. 166 Elisseeff, Vadime: DIX SIÉCLES DE PEINTURE CHINOISE. Peintures & Calligraphies de la Collections de M. John M. Crawford Jr. Paris, 1966. 58 pp. 16 b/w plates, 2 folding. 32x25 cm. Paper. £25.00 An exhibition at the Musée Cernuschi. 167 Ellsworth, Robert: CHINESE HARDWOOD FURNITURE IN HAWAIIAN COLLECTIONS. Honolulu, 1982. 99 pp. 91 illustrations. Glossary, bibliography. 27x24 cm. Paper. £25.00 Includes Ellsworth: ‘Chinese Furniture, an Overview’ and ‘Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture’, Link: ‘Dr. Gustave Ecke and Chi - nese Furniture in Hawaii’, and a catalogue of the exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. 16 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

168 Equine Museum of Japan: HORSES IN FULL STRIDE. Where Man and Horse Meet. N.p. 2003. pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 21x30 cm. Paper. £28.00 A focussed exhibition showing Japanese screens and paintings depicting horses. Despite the title of the exhibition, many of the horses are tethered or standing. 23 exhibits (mostly beautiful multi-panelled screens from the Edo period) are shown in full and with close- up detail. Captions in English. Main text in Japanese. 169 Erickson, Britta: ON THE EDGE. Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West. Stanford, 2004. 170 pp. Colour plates. 30x22 cm. Paper. £20.00 Featuring Qiu Zhijie, Sui Jianguo, Wang Du, Xing Danwen, Xu Bing, Yan Lei, Yin Xiuzhen, Zhang Huan, and Zhou Tiehan.

170 Eskenazi Ltd: JAPANESE NETSUKE FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF DR. ROBERT L. GREENE. London, 1973. 43 pp. 98 pieces all illustrated in b/w. Index of artists. Bibliography. 30x21 cm. Paper. £15.00 Currently ON OFFER at 50% off usual price. Exhibition catalogue of the previously little-known collection of Dr Greene which was mainly acquired in North America. Artists include Suzuki Masakatsu, Unsho Hakuriu I & Shoko. 171 Eskenazi Ltd: EIGHTEENTH TO TWENTIETH CENTURY NETSUKE. London, 1978. 52 pp. 77 pieces all illustrated in b/w. Bibliography. 30x21 cm. Paper. £10.00 Currently ON OFFER at 50% off usual price. The catalogue of the exhibition held during the 1978 ‘Netsuke in Japanese Art’ Con - vention. Introduction by Mary Hillier. 172 Eskenazi Ltd: MICHAEL WEBB NETSUKE. London, 1978. 30 pp. 20 pieces all illustrated in b/w. 30x21 cm. Paper. £12.50 Currently ON OFFER at 50% off usual price. A contemporary British netsuke carver. The subjects illustrated in this catalogue demon - strate Michael Webb’s preference for animal subjects. 173 Eskenazi Ltd: JAPANESE NETSUKE FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND MICHAEL WEBB NETSUKE. London, 1980. 35 pp. 75 exhibits all illustrated, 1 in colour. Reproductions of all signatures. 30x21 cm. Paper. £10.00 Currently ON OFFER at 50% off usual price. Works from the 18th to the 20th century. 174 Eskenazi Ltd: JAPANESE NETSUKE, INRO AND LACQUER-WARE. London, 1986. 84 pp. 80 pieces illustrated in colour. Glossary, bibliography. 30x21 cm. Paper. £12.50 Currently ON OFFER at 50% off usual price. Introduction by Joe Earle. 175 Eskenazi Ltd: JAPANESE NETSUKE, INRO AND LACQUER-WARE. London, 1986. 84 pp. 80 pieces illustrated in colour. Glossary, bibliography. 30x21 cm. Cloth. £12.50 Currently ON OFFER at 50% off usual price. Introduction by Joe Earle. (Hardback also available at £17.50.) 176 Eskenazi Ltd: EARLY CHINESE ART FROM TOMBS AND TEMPLES. London, 1993. 148 pp. 62 colour plates, several text-figures. Bibliography. 31x22 cm. Cloth. £75.00 Exhibition catalogue of 48 exceptional objects of early Chinese art, from Shang bronzes to Song sculpture, that coincided with the open - ing of the firm’s new gallery. With annotations and comments. 177 Eskenazi Ltd: CERAMIC SCULPTURE FROM HAN AND TANG CHINA. London, 1997. 55 pp. 38 colour illustrations, 8 b/w illustrations, 1 map 30x21 cm. Cloth. £30.00 Exhibition of 19 Han and Tang burial ceramics marking Eskenazi’s New York debut. This small but select group ranges from Han pro - cessional figures to a Tang white-glazed earthenware candleholder in the form of an elephant. Each object illustrated. All of museum quality. 178 Eskenazi: JAPANESE NETSUKE, OJIME AND INRO FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION. London, 1998. 226 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £35.00 Currently ON OFFER at 50% off usual price. A fine collection of netsuke, ojime and inro with many great classical netsuke from the 18th century Kyoto school. Includes numerous pieces from the Hindson, Behrens, Brockhaus, Winkworth and Hull-Grundy collec - tions. A must for the netsuke enthusiast. 179 Bandini, Rosemary & Claudia Watts-Rehman,: JAPANESE NETSUKE, OJIME AND INRO FROM THE DAWSON COLLECTION. London, 1997. 91 pp. 138 colour illustrations, illustrated index of signatures 30x21 cm. Paper. £12.50 Currently ON OFFER at 50% off usual price. The fruits of Dawson’s collecting over the last 25 years are here presented by Eskenazi. A fine group of objects containing several netsuke from old collections. Well-illustrated and with a useful index of signatures. (Hard - back also available at £17.50.) 180 Eskenazi Ltd: ANCIENT CHINESE BRONZES FROM THE STOCLET AND WESSÉN COLLECTIONS. London, 1975. 56 pp. 9 colour plates, 24 b/w plates, maps, line drawings. Bibliography. 30x21 cm. Paper. £30.00 Sale catalogue of bronzes. Both the Stoclet collection in Brussels and the Wessén collection in Stockholm were renowned among con - noisseurs of Chinese art.

181 Far Eastern Ceramic Group: FAR EASTERN CERAMIC BULLETIN 1-12. Amsterdam, 1975. 1,641 pp. Numerous illustrations. 2 vols. 25x18 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Reprint, in reduced format, of an important periodical published in 43 issues 1948-1960. Contributions by eminent scholars. 182 Far Eastern Ceramic Group: FAR EASTERN CERAMIC BULLETIN 25. Hui-Hsien Number, Vol. VI/1. Ann Arbor, 1954. 30 pp. 14 plates. 28x22 cm. Paper. £30.00 An issue dedicated to Hui-hsien, small black ceramic figurines and ritual burial objects discovered near a town of that name in north - ern Henan province. 174 17 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

183 Feng Hsueh-feng; Huang Yung-yu woodcuts: FABLES. Peking, 1953. 70 pp. Fine b/w reproductions of contemporary woodcuts throughout. 26x19 cm. Boards. £30.00 First edition of a collection of Chinese fables retold by Feng Xuefeng and translated into English by Gladys Yang. This edition is graced with some appealing woodcut designs by Huang Yongyu, a respected then contemporary artist, whose printmaking is less known. 184 Le Fèvre, Georges: LA CROISIERE JAUNE. Troisième Mission G.-M. Haardt — L. Audouin-Dubreuil. Paris, 1933. xlvi, 368 pp. 95 b/w plates. 3 maps in the text and 3 maps additional to the text (one folded in prelims, and 2 printed on a single folded sheet at the end of the book). 22x15 cm. Decorative textured binding in original slipcase. £90.00 The original French edition, in very good condition with slipcase, of this extensive record of travels in Central Asia, the Gobi, Xinjiang, the Himalayas, and elsewhere. Preface by André Citroën and in - troduction by L. Audouin-Dubreuil. Nice colour title page. 185 FitzGerald, C. Patrick: BARBARIAN BEDS. The Origin of the Chair in China. London, 1965. xvii, 85 pp. 17 plates, 8 text-figures. 29x18 cm. Cloth. £60.00 History of the chair in China based on material from literary and archaeological sources.

186 Flagstaff House M宜u興seu紫m砂 of陶 T器ea Ware: YIXING PURPLE CLAY WARES. The K. S. Lo Collection. . Hong Kong, 1994. 182 pp. 118 objects illustrated in colour, some text illustrations in colour. 28x21 cm. Paper. £50.00 Catalogue of a travelling exhibition of 118 tea pots and other implements. Introductory essay by Anita Y. F. Wong on the Yixing wares in the K. S. Lo collection. Index with potters’ names and dates. English and Chinese texts. 187 Fleming, Peter: ONE’S COMPANY. A Journey to China. London, 1934. 319 pp. 21 b/w photographs, 1 folding map. 20x14 cm. Cloth. £20.00 A very readable account of a journey through Manchukuo and Kiangsi in the summer of 1933. Seventh impression, 1934. 188 Fong, Wen C. & Fu, Marilyn: SUNG AND YUAN PAINTINGS. New York, 1973. 162 pp. 25 illustrations, 1 in colour. 21x27 cm. Paper. £30.00 Catalogue of the C. C. Wang collection of paintings, donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in October 1973. 189 Forbes, H. A. Crosby et al: CHINESE EXPORT SILVER 1785-1885. Milton, 1975. xvi, 303 pp. 304 illustrations. Appendixes, bibliography, index. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £350.00 The result of ten years of dedicated scholarship and painstaking research, this study is the only full-length work on this subject. Now a scarce reference. 190 FORMOSA OOLONG TEA. Taiboku, 1904. 11 pp. text plus full page map and 23 pp. colour and b/w collotype plates, of which 22 pp. full page, the 23rd page bearing 3 b/w images. 21x27 cm. Stitched. Embossed decorative wrappers with some rubbing. £500.00 Produced presumably to aid the export of Taiwan’s famous oolong tea, this work is a rare study of tea growing in Taiwan at the turn of the 20th century. The text takes us through the phases of producing Oolong, its merits, and the export of the tea. Then follow 23 pages of illustrations, showing the scenery of tea growing areas, tea plantations, the picking, production and preparation for export. A pleas - ing decorative cover with colour illustration of of a tea-picker with her basket and a tea plantation in the background. Produced by the Bureau of Productive Industries, Government of Formosa, Japan. A rare item which we have never seen before. 191 Franck, Harry A: GLIMPSES OF JAPAN AND FORMOSA. London, 1924. xi, 235 pp. text, frontispiece, 95 b/w illustrations. 21x14 cm. Later cloth. £25.00 Interesting account of travels in Japan and Japanese-ruled Formosa between the two World Wars by an avid American traveller. With unusual illustrations. Later cloth. 192 Franke, Herbert: A SINO-UIGHUR FAMILY PORTRAIT; NOTES ON A WOODCUT FROM TURFAN. The Canada-Mongolia Review Vol. 4. No. 1. Saskatoon, n.d. pp. 33-40. 1 b/w plate. 23x15 cm. Paper. £10.00 Offprint. 193 Freschi, Renzo: THE ART OF BUDDHISM FROM INDIA TO CHINA. Milan, 2000. 116 pp. 30 colour and 24 b/w illustrations. 29x21 cm. Paper. £30.00 Sale exhibition, with 11 essays by seven Italian scholars on Buddhist art, religion and literature. All objects illustrated in full page colour — from Gandharan sculpture to Mongolian gilt bronzes. Dual text in English and Italian. 194 Fu Yang: QINGHUA CIQI. (Blue-and-White Porcelain). Beijing, 1957. 66 pp. Chinese text, 48 b/w plates, 21 b/w illustrations. 20x15 cm. Paper. £22.00 Marxist account of blue-and-white ceramics of the Ming and Qing periods, with particular attention paid to the popular origins of some designs. In Chinese. RBS 3:466. Some damage to cover. 195 Fung Ping Shan Museum: CHINESE PAINTING BY FANG ZHAOLING. Hong Kong, 1988. 112 pp. 88 exhibits illustrated, all in colour. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £28.00 Exhibition catalogue in English and Chinese with an introduction by Fang. The exhibition covers mostly paintings done in the 1980s. 196 Fung Yu-lan: A HISTORY OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY 1-2. Princeton, 1952. xxxiv, 455 pp. Map; xxv, 783 pp. 2 vols. 24x17 cm. Cloth. £25.00 Volume 1 covers the period of the philosophers (from the beginning to circa 100 B.C.) and the second volume is the period of classi - cal learning (from the second century B.C. to the twentieth century A.D.). A standard on the subject. Complete in the two volumes. 18 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

197 Furniture Museum, The: JAPANESE ANTIQUE CHESTS. Wa Tansu Hashu. Tokyo, 1986. 96 pp. 100 plates, 22 in colour. 30x22 cm. Paper. £50.00 One hundred fine antique Japanese chests are illustrated and described. Includes a resumé and list of plates in English. Also in Eng - lish there are diagrams and glossary of the names of tansu parts, woodworking tools, metal parts of tansu, tools for metalworking, man - ufacturing process of a tansu, handles, painting and lacquer tools. A useful reference. Main text in Japanese. Out-of-print. 198 Gallus, Sandor & Horvath, Tibor: UN PEUPLE CAVALIER PRESCYTHIQUE EN HONGRIE. Trouvailles Archeologiques du Premier Age du Fer et Leurs Relations ... Dissertationes Pannonicae II.9. Budapest, 1939. 168 pp. text. 6 pp. b/w plates. 30x23 cm. Paper. £65.00 Monograph in a series produced by the Pierre Pazmany University, Budapest. Discusses the relations of this pre-Scythian people with Eurasia. Dual text in French and Hungarian. 199 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 exam - ples. It is also itself a work of calligraphic art which was carved in stone and reproduced as rubbings. This is a facsimile of one edi - tion. Out-of-print.

200 Gao Wen ed: SICHUAN HA四N川DA漢I 代SH石 IG棺U畫A像N 集H U。A 高XI文AN 編G著 JI. (A Collection of Rubbings on Han Dynasty Stone Coffins from Sichuan). . Beijing, 1998. 9, 8, 1, 132 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 26x23 cm. Wrappers. £25.00 Shows a number of coffins and reproduces rubbings of their carved design and decoration. Primarily a visual reference. Text in Chi - nese. Out-of-print. 201 Gao Xishun: GAO XISHUN HUAJI. (Collected Paintings of Gao Xishun). Changsha, 1981. 7 pp. English text, 5 pp. Chinese text. 16 b/w plates, 40 colour plates. 37x26 cm. Paper. £30.00 Bird-and-flower paintings by this twentieth-century artist. 202 Garner, Sir Harry M. intro: THE ARTS OF THE MING DYNASTY. London, 1958. 80 pp. 104 plates. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £90.00 The complete catalogue of the famous exhibition held by the Oriental Ceramic Society in London, 1957. Limited edition of 850 copies. 203 Garrett, Valery: CHINESE DRAGON ROBES. Images of Asia. Oxford, 1999. 72 pp. B/w and colour illustrations. 20x13 cm. Boards. £15.00 A useful and colourful introduction to these wonderful objects by a well-known writer on Chinese textiles. 204 Garrett, Valery M: HONG KONG LIFE & TIMES. Singapore, 1996. 128 pp. 180 full colour photos. 24x26 cm. Cloth. £20.00 A colourful pictorial record of Hong Kong’s past, present and future. Magnificent photographs taken by the world’s best photographers give an insight into the historical, social and economic aspects of the Pearl of the Orient. 205 Garven, H. S. D: WILD FLOWERS OF NORTH CHINA AND SOUTH MANCHURIA. Beijing, 1937. 117 pp. 102 b/w figures (botanical drawings). Indexes of scientific and common names. 20x14 cm. Quarter cloth. £95.00 A ‘small manual’ for students of the wild flowers of the region, the outcome of a series of drawings made by the author at ‘Pei Tai He’ (Beidaihe) and elsewhere. Scarce. 206 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 2: HORYUJI. (Japanese Art in Colour 2: Horyu-ji Temple). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 232 pp. Numerous full page colour plates and b/w illustrations. B/w text drawings. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £35.00 A well-illustrated work on the treasures of the famous Horyu-ji Temple, located near Nara in Japan. Includes superb Buddhist statu - ary and bronzes. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 207 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 4: SHOSOIN. (Japanese Art in Colour 4: The Shosoin). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. pp. colour plates and illustrations, numerous b/w. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £35.00 Well-illustrated work showing the architecture of the temples buildings and the highly-important works of art held in the temple’s stores. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 208 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 7: BUTSU GA. (Japanese Art in Colour 7: Buddhist Painting). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 246 pp. Numerous colour plates (many full page) and b/w illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Very well-illustrated work on Japanese Buddhist painting from early times onwards. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 209 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 9: CHUSEI JI’IN TO KAMAKURA CHOKOKU. (Japanese Art in Colour 9: Kamakura Sculpture in Medieval Temples). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 250 pp. Numerous full page colour and b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Well-illustrated work on fine and rare Kamakura-period sculpture in Japanese temples. List of plates in English. Main text in Japan - ese. 210 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 10: ZEN JI TO SEKITEI. (Japanese Art in Colour 10: Zen Temples and Gardens). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 240 pp. Numerous full page colour and b/w plates. B/w text illustrations and plans. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £30.00 Visual survey of Zen temples and gardens in Japan. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 211 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 12: SHIRO TO SHO’IN. (Japanese Art in Colour 12: Reading Rooms within Castles). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 238 pp. Numerous full page colour and some b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £35.00 A well-illustrated work showing reading rooms located within Japanese castles. Many lined with superb screen paintings. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 174 19 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

212 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 15: KATSURA KYU. (Japanese Art in Colour 15: Katsura Detached Palace). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 232 pp. Numerous full page colour plates, a number of b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £35.00 Well-illustrated survey of the famous Katsura Detached Palace and its gardens. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 213 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 16: JINJA TO REIBYO. (Japanese Art in Colour 16: Shinto Shrines and Mausolea). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 238 pp. Numerous full page colour plates, b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £35.00 Good visual survey of Shinto architecture. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 214 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 18: NANGA TO SHASHOGA. (Japanese Art in Colour 18: Nanga Painting and Paintings of Nature). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 236 pp. Numerous colour and b/w plates and b/w text illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £30.00 Well-illustrated survey of Japanese Nanga painting and paintings of nature and landscapes. List of plates in English. Main text in Japan - ese. 215 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 25: NAMBAN BIJUTSU TO YOFU GA. (Japanese Art in Colour 25: Namban Art and Western-Style Painting). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. 238 pp. Numerous full page colour and some b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £95.00 Good and well-illustrated survey of these fascinating aspects of Japanese art. Shows very fine examples held in Japanese collections. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 216 GENSHOKU NIHON NO BIJUTSU 29: SEIRAI BIJUTSU: EMAKIMONO SHO. (Japanese Art in Colour 29: Imported Art: Paintings and Calligraphy). Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu. Tokyo, 1970. pp. colour plates and illustrations, numerous b/w. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £35.00 A survey of paintings and calligraphy from outside Japan, now held in Japanese collections. Primarily fine Chinese paintings and cal - ligraphy, many early examples. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 217 Gernet, Jacques: DAILY LIFE IN CHINA. On the Eve of the Mongol Invasion 1250-1276. Daily Life Series No. 7. Stanford, 1962. 254 pp. 15 plates. Maps. Notes, index. 22x15 cm. Cloth. £25.00 Mainly based on contemporary Chinese sources, a lively account is given of Hangzhou — its streets, canals, markets and buildings — and of the people, of all sorts and conditions, who lived there. A good read. 218 Giès, Jacques et al: PAINTED BUDDHAS OF XINJIANG. Hidden Treasures from the Silk Road. London, 2002. 168 pp. 100 colour illustrations. 25x25 cm. Cloth. £25.00 A photo survey of the Buddhist cave murals at Kizil in Xinjiang. Starting with an introduction and history of the Kizil caves, the book then primarily shows detail of the murals with explanation of the scene or figures depicted. 219 Giteau, Madeleine: LES KHMERS: SCULPTURES KHMERES; REFLETS DE LA CIVILISATION D’ANGKOR. (The Khmers: Khmer Sculpture — Reflections on the Angkor Civilisation). Aspects de l’Art. Fribourg, 1965. 300 pp. Glossary, bibliography, index. 24 colour plates, 251 illustrations, 3 maps. 29x26 cm. Cloth. £50.00 220 Goepper, Roger: KUNST DER CH’ING-ZEIT 1644-1911. Ausstellung des Museums für Ostasiatische Kunst in Köln. Köln, 1973. 168 pp. 54 b/w illustrations, 6 colour plates, reign marks. Bibliography. 23x18 cm. Paper. £25.00 Exhibition catalogue from the Museum of Far Eastern Art in Cologne illustrating various aspects of arts and handicrafts during the Qing period. In German. 221 Goldman, Bernard: LURISTAN PITCHERS. Artibus Asiae Vol. XX. 4. Ascona, 1957. pp. 251-264. 4 pp. b/w plates. Drawings. 31x23 cm. Paper. Waterstain. £10.00 Offprint. 222 Gompertz, G. St. G. M: CHINESE CELADON WARES. Faber Monographs on Pottery & Porcelain. London, 1958. xviii, 72 pp. 4 colour plates, 96 illustrations. Brief bibliography and index. 26x17 cm. Cloth. £40.00 A pioneering work in English on the evolution of the glazes that, according to Prof. Koyama, form the centre point of the entire his - tory of ceramics in the Far East. RBS 4:453.

223 G鞏O義 N黃G冶YI唐 H三U彩ANGYE TANG SANCAI. Tricolour-Glazed Wares of Tang Dynasty from Huangye in Gongyi. . Zhengzhou, 2002. 154 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 28x21 cm. Wrappers. £55.00 Well-illustrated survey of Tang sancai wares excavated at the Huangye Kiln site in China’s Henan province. Full page colour plates throughout. 14 page essay and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.

224 Goodall, Hollis et al: THE RAYMOND AND FRANCES BUSHELL COLLECTION OF NETSUKE. A Legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Chicago, 2003. 552 pp. Over 1000 colour illustrations. Numerous b/w illustrations. 29x26 cm. Cloth. £100.00 A comprehensive catalogue of the wonderful Bushell donation to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. All 827 netsuke and 20 inro are illustrated in colour. In addition, 27 pages packed with black-and-white illustrations show hundreds of seals and artists’ signatures. In-depth essays discuss all aspects of netsuke, from its history, themes and regional styles to carving and staining techniques. A lovely book and a fine reference on the subject.

225 Gould, George M: CONCERNING LAFCADIO HEARN. London, 1908. xv, 303 pp. Frontispiece and 4 b/w plates. 22x15 cm. Cloth. £25.00 A biography of Hearn’s life and work. With an extremely useful and comprehensive bibliography both of Hearn’s work (published and unpublished) and of works about him. Scarce. 20 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

226 Grace Wu Bruce: CHINESE CLASSIC FURNITURE. Selections from Hong Kong & London Gallery 2001- 2002. Hong Kong and London, 2001. 93 pp. Colour plates, b/w illustrations. 30x22 cm. Paper. £20.00 Featuring 25 beautiful examples of classic Chinese Ming and Qing furniture from Grace Wu Bruce’s stock at her two galleries. Well- illustrated and described. 227 Grace Wu Bruce: ON THE KANG AND BETWEEN THE WALLS. Ming Furniture Quietly Installed. London, 1998. 63 pp. Colour plates and b/w illustrations throughout. 30x22 cm. Paper. £33.00 Inaugural exhibition for the London gallery which features Ming chairs, stools, tables, medicine chests etc. A fine assemblage. Intro - ductory essay ‘With the Grain — Aesthetic Problems of Chinese Furniture’ by Craig Clunas. 228 Grantham, A. E: HILLS OF BLUE. A Picture-Roll of Chinese History from Far Beginnings to 1799. London, 1927. xi, 643 pp. 19 plates. Map. 23x15 cm. Cloth. £32.00 An excellent history of China. 229 Groslier, Bernard Philippe: INDOCHINA. Ancient Civilizations. London, 1966. 283 pp. 145 plates, 35 in colour. 24x17 cm. Cloth. £25.00 A standard work on the subject. 230 Grousset, René: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE BUDDHA. London, 1932. xi, 352 pp. 9 b/w plates. Foldout map. 23x16 cm. Cloth. £35.00 The pilgrimages of Xuanzang and others during the flourishing of Buddhism in the 7th century. 廣洲 市文物志 231 GUANGZHOU SHI WENWU ZHI. Annals of Cultural Relics of Guangzhou City. . Shenzhen, 1990. 438 pp. 8 pp. with 27 colour plates. 229 b/w illustrations. Map, tables of relics. 27x20 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Systematic record of the artist and archaeological heritage of Canton, this book also embraces important objects relating to science, history and literary culture. Chinese text only. 232 Guariglia, Justin & Polly, Matthew: SHAOLIN. Temple of Zen. New York, 2007. 144 pp. 100 colour images 24x27 cm. Cloth. £22.00 A survey of the temple, famous for its teaching of Chinese martial arts, and its students and inhabitants. The book is primarily picto - rial with numerous full page colour and black-and-white plates mostly showing the practice of martial arts, students and teachers. Four pages of explanatory text at the end. Fine photography. 233 Guerinet Collection: LA COLLECTION GUERINET. Art Chinois, Indo-Chinois, Japonais. Paris, 1910s. 1 p. text. 32 plates, 10 in colour. 41x21 cm. Loose leaves. £45.00 Photographs of lacquerwork, figurines, ivory, paintings on silk, porcelain, etc., some coloured. Comprises a list of plates and then the 32 plates themselves. Text in French. Scarce. 揚州 繪畫 234 Gugong Museum: YANGZHOU HUIHUA. Paintings by Artists of Yangzhou. . 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.

235 明Gu清go家 ng俱 M 上use、um下 : MING QING JIAJU: SHANG, XIA. (Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties: I and II). . Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 53-54. Hong Kong/China 2002. 26, 267 pp.; 26, 312 pp. 564 pp. colour plates showing 467 objects 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Boards. £150.00 Illustrates and describes 467 pieces of Chinese classical furniture from the Forbidden City collection in Beijing. 90% of the pieces are published here for the first time and thus is by far the most complete study of the Chinese imperial furniture collection to date. The vol - umes are written by Zhu Jiajin. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.

236 Gugong Museum: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANGPIN D故A宮XI博: F物A院LA藏N品G大QI系 B I：A N珐 1琅 -5器. C編om 1p-5endium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels: Volumes 1-5. . Gugong Bowuyuan Cangpin Daxi. Beijing, 2011. c.350-400 pp. per volume. Full page colour plates throughout. 38x27 cm. Cloth. £900.00 Magnificent five-volume set comprising a beautifully-produced large format series on the highly-important collection of Chinese cloi - sonné in the Gugong Museum in Beijing. Volume One: Cloisonné from the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. 181 superb examples with 12 dating from the Yuan and the remainder, Ming. Volume Two: Part One of three covering the very large holdings of Qing dynasty cloisonné and shows 300 exceptional examples dat - ing from the early Qing through to, and including, the Qianlong reign. Volume Three: Part Two of three covering the very large holdings of Qing dynasty cloisonné and shows a further 300 wonderful ex - amples ranging from large incense burners to vases and Tibetan Buddhist items. Volume Four: Part Three of three on the Qing dynasty and concludes coverage of this very large holding. Shows a final 300 extremely fine examples ranging from cloisonné ruyi and table screens to archaic-style vessels. All the pieces are attributed as either being mid or late Qing dynasty. Volume Five shows 300 exceptional and extraordinary examples of Qing dynasty copper-body painted enamels, ‘hua falang’, the large majority from the former imperial collection. Includes some objects with European scenes. Includes 28 Kangxi pieces (many with ‘Kangxi Yuzhi marks’), 15 Yongzheng, an extensive amount of Qianlong marked examples plus various other pieces.

Practically all the examples are from the former imperial collection. All illustrated in high-quality colour plates. Basemarks are shown. The smaller objects are shown life-size, the larger ones life-size or near life-size Dual texts in Chinese and English. The best visual reference on the subject. Recommended.

237 G故u宮go博ng物 M院u年se鑒um 2: 0G08 UGONG BOWUYUAN NIANJIAN 2008. (2008 Annual of the Gugong Museum). . Beijing, 2009. 303 pp. A number of colour text illustrations. 28x22 cm. Boards. £40.00 Survey of the events and achievements of the Gugong Museum in Beijing in 2008. In Chinese. 174 21 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

238 克Gu里go姆ng林 M宮u珍seu品m集 : KELIMULIN GONG ZHENPIN JI. Golden Russia: Treasures of the Moscow Kremlin. . Beijing, 2006. 495 pp. Fullpage colour plates throughout. 28x22 cm. Wrappers. £95.00 Large and fine catalogue of an exhibition at the Gugong Museum in Beijing showing 200 objects from the Collection of the Moscow Kremlin. A major showing of Russian imperial art in China which includes objects in many media from armour and porcelain to reli - gious artefacts, medals, textiles and jewel-encrusted works of art. Many objects previously unpublished. Full page colour plates throughout and a dual text in Chinese and English.

239 鄭Gu振go鐸 ng捐 M獻 u大se家um ：: Z（H上EN卷G） 鄭ZH振E鐸 ND捐U獻 O陶 J俑UA選N、X I（A下N 卷D）AJ鄭IA振. 鐸(Z文he博ng文 Z選 henduo’s Gift to the Nation). . 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 well- illustrated 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. 240 Gugong Museum: ZHONGGUO LIDAI HUIHUA: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANGHUA JI 1-8. (Chinese Paintings in the Collection of the Gugong Museum 1-8). Gugong Bowuguan Canghua Ji 1-8. Beijing, 1979-91. Various paginations totalling 998 pp. of, primarily, fullpage colour plates with accompanying lists of contents to each volume and a total of 164 pp. text. B/w text figures. 8 vols. 38x33 cm. Cloth. £500.00 A scarce set of this series on the Chinese paintings in the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. Very good and large colour re - productions of paintings with enlargements of details and colophons. Vol. 1 contains paintings attributed to the Eastern Qin, Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties periods. Vol. 2 is part I of Song paintings. Vol. 3 is part II on the paintings of the Song in the collection. Vol. 4 shows the paintings of the Yuan period. Vol. 5 is part I of paintings of the Ming. Vol. 6 continues coverage of the Ming paintings. Vol. 7 begins the Qing dynasty collection of paintings. Volume 8 completes the series with coverage of the holdings of later Qing dynasty paintings. All texts in Chinese. Out-of-print.

241 Gulland Collection: A HANDBOOK TO THE W. G. GULLAND BEQUEST OF CHINESE PORCELAIN. London, 1950. 57 pp. 48 plates. 21x13 cm. Paper. £25.00 Originally published in 1941, in only 12 copies due to paper shortage, this catalogue of the collection contains W. A. Thorpe: The Sub - jects of Decoration on Chinese Porcelain & L. Ashton: European Influence on Chinese Porcelain. Later 1950 edition. 242 Gyllensvärd, Bo: CHINESE GOLD, SILVER AND PORCELAIN. The Kempe Collection. New York, 1971. 135 pp. with 126 exhibits illustrated. Bibliography. 21x19 cm. Paper. £25.00 Asia House Gallery catalogue of a famous collection of important and rare pieces. Paperback reprint. 243 Gyllensvard, Bo: TWO YUAN SILVER CUPS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE FOR DATING OF SOME CARVINGS IN WOOD AND RHINOCEROS HORN. BMFEA 43. Stockholm, 1971. pp. 223-233 and 15 pp. b/w plates. 27x19 cm. Paper. £15.00 Offprint. 244 Gyllensvärd, Bo & Wirgin, Jan: EN KINASAMARLES GÅVA. (The Gift of a China-Collector). M.F.E.A. Exhibition Catalogue No. 28. Stockholm, 1978. 80 pp. 40 plates. 21x15 cm. Paper. £10.00 The Axel & Nora Lundgren collection of high-quality ceramics, bronzes, & paintings. Text in Swedish only. 245 Hajek, Lubor and Kesner, Ladislav: CINSKE HROBOVE FIGURY. Prague, 1985. 135 pp. 134 illustrations, 9 in colour, text figs. 24x17 cm. Paper. £40.00 A catalogue of the collection of seldom-published Chinese grave figures in the National Gallery, Prague. Covers the periods Han through Tang. List of catalogue items and resume in English. Main text in Czech. 246 Hall, Chris et al: HEAVEN’S EMBROIDERED CLOTHS: ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF CHINESE TEXTILES. Hong Kong, 1997. 364 pp. 185 colour illustrations and plates. 28x28 cm. Paper. £90.00 Catalogue in English and Chinese for a major (and marvellous) exhibition of Chinese textiles from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing periods. Articles by four leading scholars. Each of the 127 exhibits illustrated in colour. 1997 reprint of the 1995 original in exactly the same format. 247 Hamada Kosaku: SHINA KOMEIKI DEIZO ZUSETSU. Ancient Chinese Terra-Cotta Figurines and Other Mortuary Substitutes..... Tokyo, 1927. 76 pp. Japanese text, 13 pp. English captions. 25 text-figs. 92 plates, 3 in colour. 2 vols. 27x20 cm. Stitched, cloth case. £150.00 Ancient Chinese terracotta figurines and other mortuary substitutes, with a descriptive catalogue of the collection in the archaeolog - ical museum in the Imperial University of Kyoto. Good b/w plates. 248 Handler, Sarah: AUSTERE LUMINOSITY OF CLASSICAL CHINESE FURNITURE. Berkeley, 2001. 425 pp. 101 colour and 221 b/w plates. 28x22 cm. Cloth. £45.00 Traces Chinese hardwood furniture from its earliest origins to the present, and provides historical, social and economic context for the development and connoisseurship of this applied art. A comprehensive, well-illustrated and erudite study by an authority on Chi - nese furniture. 249 Hansford, S. Howard: JADE — ESSENCE OF HILLS AND STREAMS. The von Oertzen Collection of Chinese and Indian Jades. Johannesburg, 1969. 220 pp. 8 tipped-in colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. Map. 29x23 cm. Cloth. £300.00 The historical range and the many rare and beautiful pieces make this one of the most important collections. Born 158, Yang 1468. 22 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

天驕偉業 。 250 H郝a時o S遠h i等yu a編 n et al. ed: TIANJIAO WEIYE. Proud Son of Heaven: Man of Great Achievements. . Beijing, 2006. 6, 4, 4, 915 pp. 6 pp. colour plates. 30x21 cm. Cloth. £60.00 Large work on the life of Genghis Khan, his rise to power and the Mongol Empire. In Chinese. 251 Hardy, Sheila Yorke: KU YUEH HSUAN — A NEW HYPOTHESIS. Vol. II, No. 3. London, 1949. pp. 116-125. B/w illustrations. 30x23 cm. Paper. £20.00 An article from Oriental Art Winter 1949-50 on Guyuexuan, a sought-after Chinese porcelain from the late Qing dynasty. 252 Harley, J. B. and Woodward, D. ed: THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY, VOLUME 2, BOOK 2. Cartography in the Traditional East and Southeast Asian Societies. Chicago, 1993. c. 800 pp. 40 colour plates, 481 halftones. 28x22 cm. Cloth. £75.00 This monumental work is an unprecedented survey and illustration of the development of cartography as a science and an art in East and Southeast Asia, richly illustrated with a number of rare maps, many previously unpublished. Essential for those interested in the subject. 253 Harris, Victor & Matsushima, Ken: KAMAKURA. The Renaissance of Japanese Sculpture, 1185-1333. London, 1991. 128 pp. 65 colour illustrations. 28 cm. Paper. £40.00 Scarce catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum. a good reference in English on the subject. 254 Hartel, Herbert: TURFAN UND GANDHARA. Frühmittelalterliche Kunst Zentralasiens. Berlin, 1964. 48 pp. 30 b/w plates interspersed with the text. 21x15 cm. Paper. £45.00 Catalogue from the Museum für Indische Kunst Staatliche Museen Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz, featuring Sculpture and other ob - jects from Turfan and Gandhara. In German. 255 Hartman Collection: THE HARTMAN COLLECTION OF JAPANESE METALWORK. London, 1976. 164 pp. 303 colour and numerous b/w plates and illustrations. Glossary. 31x24 cm. Cloth. £30.00 Christie’s sale catalogue of an extensive collection of tsuba, swords, miscellaneous sword fittings, and other objects in metal. All lots well-illustrated. A scarce record of an excellent collection. 哈薩克 民俗大觀 256 HASAKE MINSU DAGUAN. An Overview of Kazak Folk Customs. . Urumqi, 2002. 199 pp. Full page colour plates. 29x21 cm. Boards. £40.00 A colourful photographic survey of the life and customs of the Kazak peoples living in China’s Xinjiang province. Dual texts in Chi - nese, English and Arabic.

257 He Benf中an國g e宮d:廷 Z知HO識N詞 G典GU 。O 何GO本N方G T主IN編 G ZHISHI CIDIAN. (A Dictionary of Knowledge about the Chinese Court). . Beijing, 1991. 1117 pp. 19x13 cm. Boards. £50.00 Fascinating dictionary pertaining to imperial court life in China throughout the ages. Much on emperors and empresses plus a wealth of knowledge about the court, its rituals and workings. In Chinese. Out-of-print. A scarce reference. 258 Hearn, Lafcadio: BOOKS AND HABITS. London, 1922. xv, 328 pp. Index. 19x13 cm. Cloth. £30.00 A selection of Hearn’s writings on literature (mostly English), compiled by John Erskine. First British edition. 259 Hearn, Lafcadio: CHITA: A MEMORY OF LAST ISLAND. New York, 1889. 204 pp. 19x13 cm. Decorative cloth. £25.00 The longest work of fiction that Hearn ever attempted to write, being a series of articles which purported to be letters from victims of the heavy hurricane which devastated the Last Island in 1856, near where Hearn spent his summer holiday in 18 84. 260 Hearn, Lafcadio: THE JAPANESE LETTERS OF LAFCADIO HEARN. Edited with and Introduction by Elizabeth Bisland. New York, 1910. lx, 468 pp. 6 plates. 21x14 cm. Cloth. £20.00 First edition, issued uncut as here. Near mint copy. 261 Hearn, Lafcadio: STRAY LEAVES FROM STRANGE LITERATURE. London, 1884. 225 pp. 17x12 cm. Decorative cloth. £20.00 Folklore from the South Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and India. First British edition. 262 Hearn, Lafcadio: TWO YEARS IN THE FRENCH WEST INDIES. New York, 1890. 431 pp. 44 plates. 19x13 cm. Decorative cloth. £25.00 This series of articles was Hearn’s piece de resistance on his sojourn in the beautiful Caribbean, especially Martinique. 263 Hedin, Sven: TRANS-HIMALAYA 1-3. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet. London, 1909-13 xxiii, 436; xvii, 441; xv, 426 pp. 392 b/w illustrations. 10 maps of which 3 folding. 3 vols. 23x15 cm. New half leather with marbled boards. Cloth. £90.00 A fascinating record of travel in a land which was previously almost unknown to Europeans. This is an assembled nonuniform set with volumes I and II being the original 1909 edition rebound in new half leather with marbled boards. The third volume was published in 1913 and is a slightly smaller cheaper edition in blue cloth. A complete reading set priced accordingly. Yakushi H103, Marshall 2098. 264 Hedin, Sven: THE WANDERING LAKE. London, 1940. x, 295 pp. 32 b/w plates, 76 sketches, 10 maps, one folding and in colour. Index. 23x16 cm. Cloth. £40.00 The third book in what amounts to a trilogy including ‘The Silk Road’ and ‘The Flight of “Big Horse”’, this one of the accounts based on a journey made by Hedin beginning in 1933, and concentrates on ‘certain geographical and hydrological changes’ Hedin saw as then taking place in Central Asia.

265 Heibonsha Shuppansha ed: SHODO ZENSHU: CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY 書V道O全LU集M ：ES 中 1國-1書 5 法& SUPPLEMENT. (Complete Work on Calligraphy: The Chinese Calligraphy Volumes). . Tokyo, 1955-67. c.200 pp. per volume. B/w illustrations of calligraphy to each volume. 16 vols. 30x21 cm. Cloth. £400.00 Compromises a complete set of the 15 volumes on Chinese calligraphy in this well-regarded Japanese series. Also one supplement vol - ume on Chinese seals. 174 23 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

266 Hempel, Rose: TAUSEND JAHRE CHINESISCHE KERAMIK AUS PRIVATBESITZ. Hamburg, 1974. 142 pp. 228 pieces illustrated, 23 plates in colour. Glossary, basemarks. 24x24 cm. Paper. £30.00 Catalogue from the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe of an exhibition of a thousand years of Chinese ceramics from private German collections. In German. 267 Herklots, G. A. C: HONG KONG BIRDS. Hong Kong, 1967. xxvi, 333 pp. illustrated, some in colour. 25x17 cm. Cloth. £75.00 Comprehensive accounts of the birds in Hong Kong. Second Edition. Many changes in names of the birds from the first edition, which was published in 1953. 268 Herrigel, Eugen: ZEN IN THE ART OF ARCHERY. London, 1953. 107 pp. 19x13 cm. Cloth. £20.00 The classic text that describes the difficult path of learning Zen as parallel and equivalent to the exercise of self-control performed by the successful archer. First edition. Rare. 269 Hessler, Kimberley: CHINESE PROVINCIAL FURNITURE. Atglen, 2007. 237 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £39.95 Focusses on provincial Chinese furniture dating from throughout the 19th century and into the beginning of the 20th century. A de - tailed look at all types of furniture. Over 500 examples are shown in colour and described. Estimated market values in US dollars are given. 270 Higgins, Kitty: THE MANY FACES OF BUDDHA. Atlanta, 1986. 73 pp. 30 colour plates. Bibliography. 28x21 cm. Paper. £15.00 Catalogue featuring 40 pieces from an exhibition of Buddhist Art held at the Oglethorpe University Art Gallery. The pieces are mostly sculpture, mainly from China, Japan and Tibet. 271 Hillier, Jack Ronald: SOURCE-BOOKS FOR JAPANESE CRAFTSMEN. London, 1979. 43 pp. 42 b/w text- figures. 21x15 cm. Paper. £10.00 A lecture given at the London Convention 1978 “Netsuke in Japanese Art”, where Jack Hillier traces the books from which the net - suke carvers might have been inspired. 272 Harmatta, Janos ed: HISTORY AND CIVILIZATIONS OF CENTRAL ASIA VOLUME 2. The Development of Sedentary and Nomadic Civilizations: 700 BC to AD 250. Paris, 1994. 550 pp. Illustrations, maps. Extensive bibliography, index. 25x17 cm. Boards. £65.00 Central to this volume are the important nomadic tribes, such as the Kushans who overthrew the Greeks; the influence of the campaigns of Alexander the Great; the progressive syncretism between Zoroastrianism, Greek religion and Buddhism; and the Silk Roads. 273 Ho Wing Meng: STRAITS CHINESE FURNITURE. Singapore, 1994. 188 pp. 100 colour plates and illustrations. Glossary, bibliography, index. 29x21 cm. Cloth. £35.00 Dr. Ho traces the origins and characteristics of Straits Chinese furniture and gives us pointers on how to date old furniture from their ornamentation and patina. 274 Hobson, R. L: THE GEORGE EUMORFOPOULOS COLLECTION: CATALOGUE OF THE CHINESE, COREAN AND PERSIAN POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. Volume Two: From T’ang to Ming: Ju, Kuan, Ko, Lung-Chuan, & Chien Wares. London, 1926. xvii, 54 pp. text plus 75 pp. b/w and tipped-in colour plates showing numerous objects. 46x33 cm. Cloth. £1,200.00 An individual volume of the eleven volume set covering the celebrated Eumorfopoulos collection formed in England in the early part of the twentieth century. Comprises Volume Two of the six volumes which describe and illustrate ceramics in the collection. The ce - ramics shown are nearly all Chinese and date from the Tang through to the Ming dynasties with a very strong showing of Song ceramics, many quite superb. The 75 pages of plates, which show numerous pieces, are mainly black-and-white but have a good number with tipped-in colour plates showing some of the finest ceramics. In fine condition. Rare. 275 Hobson, R. L: A GUIDE TO THE POTTERY AND PORCELAIN OF THE FAR EAST. In the Department of Ceramics and Ethnography, British Museum. London, 1924. xvi, 168 pp. 14 plates, 230 text-illustrations. Marks. Index. 22x14 cm. Boards. £30.00 Description and examination of the Oriental ceramic collection at the British Museum, illustrating the history of the potter’s art in China, Korea, Japan and parts of Indochina. 276 Hobson, R. L. and Edward S. Morse: CHINESE, COREAN, AND JAPANESE POTTERIES. Descriptive Catalogue of Loan Exhibition of Selected Examples. New York, 1914. xi, 129 pp. 66 illustrations on 27 plates, 2 in colour. 33x26 cm. Half-cloth. £90.00 Includes ‘A Report on Early Chinese Potteries Compiled from Original Sources’ by Rose Sickler Williams. A nicely produced work that has a succinctly-written erudite text still of much use today. A good catalogue which shows a good number of early Chinese porce - lains (mainly Song pieces) from the period when they were beginning to attract interest, particularly following the landmark Burling - ton Club exhibition of 1910. 277 Holst-Hendrix, Henriette: LABOR VINCIT OMNIA: EIN JAPANSCH KUNSTVOORWERP UIT IVOOR. (Work Conquers All: A Japanese Artwork in Ivory). Yokohama, 1909. 16 folding leaves with 16 leaves of text and 16 b/w collotype plates. Two long foldout b/w woodblock illustrations. 22x16 cm. Stitched. Silk-covered wrappers. £60.00 A rare and somewhat curious item which details and shows, with photographs of each month’s progress, the one year process of carv - ing an elephant’s tusk, the design by Nakamura Susuke. The two long foldout woodcut illustrations show in great detail the delicacy of the carving on the finished tusk. This work is a separate publication of an article which first appeared in the Dutch periodical ‘Op de Hoogte’ in April 1909. In Dutch. In fine condition. Very scarce. 278 Hong Kong Heritage Museum: SANXINGDUI SHAN SHUO JINSHA LIUCAI — SHENMI DE GU SHU WENMING. Splendour and Mystery of Ancient Shu: Cultural Relics from Sanxingdui and Jinsha. 24 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

三星堆閃爍 金沙流采 － 神秘的古 蜀文明 . Hong Kong, 2007. 299 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x30 cm. Wrappers. £60.00 Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum showing artefacts relating to the Sanxingdui culture loaned by museums in Sichuan province. Large fullpage colour plates throughout. Dual text in Chinese and English. Out-of-print. 279 Hong Kong Museum of Art: ANCIENT CHINESE BRONZES. In the Collection of the Shanghai Museum. Hong Kong, 1983. 136 pp. 50 colour plates. 21x25 cm. Paper. £30.00 Exhibition of 50 bronze objects from the superb collection of the Shanghai Museum of Art to celebrate the 11th Hong Kong Arts Fes - tival. Text in English and Chinese. 280 Hong Kong Museum of Art: GUO ZHI ZHONGBAO: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG JIN TANG SONG YUAN SHUHUA ZHAN. The Pride of China: Maste國rpi之 ec重es 寶of C：h i故nes宮e 博Pa物int院ing藏 a晉nd唐 Ca宋lli元gr書aph畫y 展 of the Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties from the Palace Museum. . Hong Kong, 2007. 307 pp. Numerous full page colour plates. 3 foldouts. 33x24 cm. Boards. £80.00 Catalogue of a loan exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art showing a superb selection of 30 works of early Chinese painting and calligraphy from the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. All illustrated in colour. Near dual texts in Chinese and English.

281 Hong Kong Museum of Art: XIANG JIAN香G江 Y遺IZ珍H ：EN 遮: Z打H爵E士DA藏 J品U選ESHI CANGPIN XUAN. The Chater Legacy: A Selection of the Chater Collection. . Hong Kong, 2007. 131 pp. Numerous colour plates, some full page. 28x28 cm. Paper. £35.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art showing 46 surviving works from the collection of the Hong Kong busi - nessman, Sir Paul Chater (1846-1926), which was donated to the Hong Kong Government upon his death. The collection is famous as a visual record of the life and scenery of trading ports and the South China coastal region in the 18th and 19th centuries. All ex - hibits illustrated. Dual texts in Chinese and English. 282 Hotel Drouot: COLLECTION DE MADAME G... H...: PIERRES DURES DE LA CHINE. Jade, Cristal de roche, Agate, Corail..... Paris, 1934. 11 pp. plus 2b/w plates. 27x19 cm. Paper. £15.00 Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of Chinese hardstones, Chinese ceramics etc. from the collection of ‘Madame G...H...’ The two black-and- white plates show a selection of 20 objects, mostly later jades plus a few rock crystal. In French. 283 Hotel Drouot: COLLECTIONS CHINOISES DE MADAME H... ET DE MADAME W... Ceramique de la Chine Bois Sculptes-Bronzes-Emaux cloisonnés, Pierres Dures. Paris, 1936. 16 pp. plus 1 b/w plate. 28x19 cm. Paper. £10.00 Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of 416 lots of Chinese art from two private French collections. The black-and-white plate shows seven Qing dynasty Chinese jades. In French. 284 Hsiao Ch’i-ch’ing: THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE YUAN DYNASTY. Harvard East Asian Monographs 77. Cambridge, 1978. viii, 314 pp. Map 28x22 cm. Cloth. Split to cover of spine. £75.00 Important study. Part One is a description of the military system, the Imperial Guard and the garrison system. Part Two presents an - notated translations of two chapters of the Ping-chih or ‘Treatise on the Military’ of the Yuan Histories. 寒舍 秘笈 二 285 Hsu Cheng-fu ed: PRECIOUS TREASURES OF MY HUMBLE HOUSE II. (Hanshe Miji). . Taibei, 1989. 240 pp. 209 colour plates. 30x22 cm. Boards. £95.00 Features jade, pottery, porcelain, bronze castings, Buddhist art, seal stone material, stationery, calligraphy, painting, wood, bamboo, and miscellaneous art forms of various periods of Chinese history. Second volume published by these antique dealers in Taibei.

286 Hu Desheng: MING QING GONGTING JIAJU明 E清R宮SH廷I家SI具 JI二AN十G四 . 講(Tw 。en t胡y-德Fo生ur 著Essays on Ming and Qing Dynasty Furniture made for the Imperial Court). . Beijing, 2006. 693 pp. Colour plates throughout. 2 vols. 21x14 cm. Paper. £30.00 The essays include such topics as: imperial style, woods, designs, production techniques, together with essays describing various types of court furniture, ranging from screens to thrones and tables. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese.

287 Hu Shangde ed: JINGYITANG CANG CI. (Porcelain from the Jingyitang Collection). Nanchang, 2001. xi, 274; xiv, 344 pp. Colour plates throughout. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £180.00 A large finely-produced work with excellent colour plates on 20th century porcelain from the privately-held Jingyitang collection. Volume One covers ceramics in general — vases, brushpots, teapots etc. and shows 358 pieces. It is divided into sections on Xuan - tong Imperial Wares (19), Hongxian porcelains (31), Republican wares (119), copies of earlier ceramics, particularly Qing wares (99) and post 1949 works (90). Volume Two focuses on the painted ceramic plaques that were a feature of 20th century Jingdezhen artistic output. 430 items are shown. With sections on Qianjiang artists (30), works by the Eight Friends of Zhushan (122), works by other Republican ceramic artists (182) and post 1949 works (96). All base marks, inscriptions and signatures are shown. The entire 20th century is covered but the focus is on the first 50 years or so. The work of many artists is shown for the first time — as are the vast majority of pieces. An extremely useful addition to the still lim - ited body of literature on the subject. Text in Chinese. 中國家具文化 288 H。u 胡We文 ny彥an、 & 于Yu淑 Sh岩 uy 著an: ZHONGGUO JIAJU WENHUA. (The Culture of Chinese Furniture). . 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. 十竹 齋箋譜 。 289 （Hu明 Z）he胡ng正 ya言n: 輯 SHIZHUZHAI JIANPU. (Letter Papers from the Ten Bamboo Studio). . Beijing, 2012. 296 pp. Full page colour illustrations throughout. 35x24 cm. Boards. £90.00 Facsimile full size reproduction of the 1941 edition of this famous and beautiful work that was first published at the end of the Ming dynasty. Illustrated throughout with delicate and varied designs and images. Text in Chinese. 174 25 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

290 Hua Linfu: YINGGUO GUOJIA DANG’AN GUAN GUI CANG JINDAI ZHONGWEN YUTU. Classical 英Ch國ine國se家 檔M案a館nu庋scr藏ip近t 代M中a文ps輿 圖a n。d 華A林 tl甫ase s著 Deposited at the National Archives, UK. . Shanghai, 2008. 251 pp. Colour illustrations of maps throughout. 3 foldouts. 35x32 cm. Cloth, cloth case. £800.00 A very well-produced and large work showing 73 rare and unique fascinating Qing dynasty maps, all hand-painted, which are held in the collection of the National Archives at Kew in London. All the maps are shown in high-quality full page colour plates, many also with full page plates showing close-up detail. There are also two separate facsimile reproductions of maps. One is entitled: ‘Xianfeng Si Nian Guangzhou Fu Fan’ou Xian Guan Jun Wei Ze Tiandi Hui Qiyi Xingshi Ditu’ dealing with uprisings in Guangdong province in 1854. The second map is a full length reproduction of a scroll with maps and text entitled: ‘Luoding Xieyou Ying ... Yutu’. Preface, list of contents and captions in English. Also one eleven page essay in English: ‘Textual Research on Two Chinese Ancient Maps of Dahuangjiang Xu Deposited at T. N. A. of London’. Main text in Chinese. Hard to obtain. 291 Huang Binhong: HUANG BINHONG HUAJI. Paintings by Huang Binhong. Shanghai, 1987. 154 pp. 114 plates, 64 in colour. Chronology. 38x26 cm. Cloth. £60.00 A collection of paintings, mostly landscapes, by Huang Binhong (1865-1955).

292 Huang Zhinong ed: Z彰H化AN縣G先H賢UA書 X畫 IA專N輯 XIANXIAN SHUHUA ZHUANJI. (Fine Painting and Calligraphy from Zhanghua County). . Zhanghua, 2004. 223 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Paper. £35.00 Illustrates and discusses painting and calligraphy — mostly recent but in the traditional Chinese style from the Zhanghua area of Tai - wan. Numerous colour plates. Text in Chinese.

293 Hubei Provincial Museum: JINGUO BAO CANG: SHANXI CHUTU JINGUO WENWU TE ZHA晉N國. T寶rea藏su r： es 山of 西 An出ci土en晉t J國in文 S物tat特e: 展 A Special Exhibition of Cultural Relics Unearthed in Shanxi Province. . Beijing, 2012. 183 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. £65.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, China, comprising loans of very fine artefacts from museums in Shanxi related to the ancient Jin state. Many fine bronzes and small jades plus a number of objects in other media. Dual texts in English and Chinese. 294 Hughes, E. R: CHINESE PHILOSOPHY IN CLASSICAL TIMES. London, 1942. xliii, 336 pp. 17x12 cm. Cloth. £10.00 An anthology of original translations of selected passages from all the ancient schools, with a general survey of the history of ancient Chinese thought in its social and historical context. Hucker 1051. 295 Huitfeldt, Johanne: THE MUNTHE COLLECTION IN THE WEST NORWAY MUSEUM OF APPLIED ART. Oslo, 1996. 128 pp. 102 illustrations, 23 in colour. Bibliography. 22x19 cm. Paper. £25.00 A biographical account of Johan Munthe (1864-1935) and his Chinese collection, the largest in Norway. Munthe served in China from 1887 and was the first foreigner to obtain the rank of general, which no doubt afforded him opportunities to amass so many distin - guished pieces. 296 HUNAN KAOGU MANBU. (A Tour of the Archaeology of Hunan). Changsha, 1999. 100 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 28x21 cm. Wrappers. £35.00 Shows many archaeological sites and finds made in China’s Hunan province, ranging from the famous Mawangdui excavations to lit - tle-known sites. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese. Out-of-print. 297 Hürlimann, Martin: ASIA. London, 1958. 262 pp. 5 colour plates tipped in, b/w plates throughout. Index. 31x23 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £30.00 Wide-ranging photo essay with some stunning black and white photography. Second impression.

298 Hurtig, Bernard: MASTERPIECES OF NETSUKE ART. One Thousand Favorites of Leading Collectors. New York, 1973. 245 pp. 1000 pieces all illustrated in colour. Bibliography. Index of carvers. 31x24 cm. Silk, slipcase. £450.00 This well illustrated book captures the visual impact of netsuke. The pieces were selected and introduced by 20 leading collectors from their own collections. Now very difficult to find.

299 Idemitsu Museum of Art: GEN MIN NO TOJI. (Yuan and Ming Ceramics). Tokyo, 1977. 107 pp. 6 colour plates, 184 b/w illustrations. Map. 24x18 cm. Paper. £25.00 Exhibition catalogue in Japanese with English captions. 300 Idemitsu Museum of Art: SENGAI: MASTERPIECES OF ZEN PAINTINGS FROM THE IDEMITSU COLLECTION. Tokyo, 2007. 181 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x23 cm. Paper. £50.00 Catalogue of a fine exhibition at the Idemitsu Museum of Art in Tokyo showing 90 or so paintings by the Japanese Zen master-painter, Sengai (1750-1837), together with objects owned by him. A total of 111 exhibits. Illustrated throughout. Introductions and list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 301 Impey, Oliver: MICHAEL WEBB. An English Carver of Netsuke. Oxford, 1983. 24 pp. 42 b/w illustrations. 20x22 cm. Paper. £5.00 This exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum consists of netsuke carved in the shape of animals by an Englishman who has specialised in the art for the last seven years.

302 Inner Mongo遼lia陳 In國 st公itu主te 墓 of Cultural Relics et al: LIAO CHENGUO GONGZHU MU. Tomb of the Princess of State Chen. . Beijing, 1993. 195 pp. text plus 32 pp. colour and 32 pp. b/w plates. Numerous text drawings, 1 folding. 27x19 cm. Boards. £40.00 Report on the excavation of an important undisturbed Liao dynasty royal tomb in Inner Mongolia with some spectacular funerary ob - jects including gold, silver, bronze, porcelain and jade — the gold and jade being of particular interest. Good colour plates and a use - ful 8 page English abstract, otherwise Chinese text only. 26 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

303 Institute of Oriental Ceramics comp: CATALOGUE OF THE TANG POLYCHROME. Tokyo, 1928. 3 pp. text and 50 plates (17 tipped-in colour and 33 b/w). 47x37 cm. Half-cloth portfolio. £100.00 50 plates, of which 17 are in colour, illustrate fine Tang polychromes from various Japanese collections, including those of Marquis Hosokawa, Tozo Kiyota and Baron Koyota Iwasaki. Three page caption list in English. 304 Izzard, Sebastian ed: ONE HUNDRED MASTERPIECES FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. WALTER A. COMPTON. Japanese Swords, Sword-fittings and Accoutrements. New York, 1992. 321 pp. 54 colour and 126 b/w plates. Glossary, select bibliography. 37x26 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £25.00 100 of the most interesting and important swords and fittings from Dr. Compton’s great collection are here analysed and described in great detail. Magnificently illustrated, this adjunct to the sale catalogues is an important reference work.

305 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 21x27 cm. The photo - graphs 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.

306 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 Amer - ican edition. Hucker 1434. 307 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 and index. 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. 308 Jernigan, Muriel Molland: FORBIDDEN CITY. New York, 1954. 247 pp. 22x14 cm. Cloth. £45.00 A fictionalised account of the life of ‘Nala’ who was to become Cixi, the Empress Dowager. With much court intrigue and politics plus Cixi’s supposed love affair with the Manchu lord Jung Lu. Written by a lady who lived in Peking in the early 20th century. An enjoy - able read. Rare. 敦煌學大 辭典 309 。Ji X 季ia羨nli林n: D主U編 NHUANGXUE DA CIDIAN. (A Comprehensive Dictionary of Dunhuang Studies). . Shanghai, 1998. 56, 1027 pp. 48 additional pages of colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations. Folding map (of the Dunhuang caves). Indexes (including a pinyin index). 28x20 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Highly-useful and detailed reference work with articles on all aspects of Dunhuang studies, arranged in topical sections, but with stroke-count and pinyin indexes to all terms. Good first point of call. In Chinese only.

310 Jiang Haiying, Liu Zhanjun et al. comp: QINGHAI TA’ERSI XIUSHAN GONGCHENG BAOGAO. Report of the Repairs on the Ta Er Temple. Beijing, 1996. 16, 338 pp. 86 plans, 78 b/w and 62 colour plates. Tables, chronology, appendixes. 27x20 cm. Boards, in a slipcase. £35.00 Detailed illustrated report on the restoration of a Ming period Tibetan Buddhist temple, now in Qinghai province. The Stupa was built in 1379 and the temple in 1560. From the plates it is clear that ‘restoration’ includes ‘recreation’ of original decoration. Chinese text only. 昭陵 唐人服飾 311 Jie Mei: ZHAOLING TANGREN FUSHI. (Tang Dynasty Costumes of the Zhaoling Mausoleum). . Xi’an, 1990. 160 pp. 120 b/w line drawings. 26x19 cm. Paper. £25.00 This books consists mainly of annotated redrawings of Tang dynasty costumes by an artist/archaeological worker attached to the Zhaoling Museum and based on materials excavated from the tomb of the emperor Tang Taizong. In Chinese only.

312 Jin Shen: Z中H國O歷NG代G紀U年O 佛LI像DA圖I 典JI N。IA 金 N 申FOXIANG TUDIAN. (Illustrated Dictionary of Dated Chinese Buddhist Images). . Beijing, 1994. 30, 555 pp. 334 b/w plates. Appendix. Chinese text only. 21x15 cm. Cloth. £40.00 By illustrating and providing captions for those Buddhist images whose dates are clearly inscribed or otherwise authenticated, this useful reference work provides a clear guide to the evolution of the form and style of stone and bronze Buddhist sculpture. In Chinese.

313 Jing Ronghua and Shu中ai國 Ci清pin代g 家ed具: Z圖H錄ON 。GG 景 UO戎 Q華I、NG 帥DA茨I 平JI A編JU著 TULU. (An Illustrated Catalogue of Qing Dynasty Furniture). . Beijing, 1999. 186 pp. Colour plates throughout. 22x15 cm. Boards. £20.00 A useful guide to the identification and pricing of Qing dynasty furniture sold at auction over the last few years. With good colour il - lustrations. In Chinese only. 174 27 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

314 Johnson, A. Burlingame: HAND BOOK OF A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAINS. Loaned by A. Burlingame Johnson. LAMH Miscellaneous Publications No 3. Los Angeles, 1923. 149 pp. 62 plates, one tipped- in and coloured, illustrating many pieces. 23x16 cm. Original wrappers. £60.00 Illustrated exhibition catalogue from the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art with an introduction to the history and clas - sification of Chinese porcelains and reproductions of base marks. Scarce. 315 Jonas, F. M: NETSUKE. Tokyo, 1960. 185 pp. 55 plates with numerous illustrations, many in colour. Appendix and index. 22x16 cm. Cloth. £30.00 Reprint of the very rare 1928 edition.

316 Jörg, Christiaan J. A: CH中IN國 E外SE銷 E瓷XPORT PORCELAIN. Chine de Commande from the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. . Hong Kong, 1989. 303 pp. 124 colour plates, 21 b/w text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards. £90.00 Scarce catalogue of an exhibition of an excellent collection of export porcelain of the 17th and 18th centuries. Well-illustrated through - out in colour and with good descriptions. Bilingual English and Chinese text. Couple of marks to covers, internally as new. 317 Joseph, Adrian M: MING PORCELAINS. Their Origins and Development. London, 1971. 78 pp. 109 illustrations and 22 figures. Appendixes and bibliography. 25x20 cm. Paper. £15.00 Study of Ming porcelains, covering decoration, technique, materials etc. 318 Jungmann, Burglind: PAINTERS AS ENVOYS. Korean Inspiration in 18th-Century Japanese Nanga. Princeton, 2004. 272 pp. B/w illustrations. 26x21 cm. Cloth. £35.00 Detailed study in three main parts: Historical Conditions and the Origin of the Style; The Nanga Pioneers and Their Relationship with Korea; The Second Generation: Ike Taiga and the Impact of Korean Namjonghwa. 319 Kahn, Paul adaptation by: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MONGOLS. The Origin of Chingis Khan. San Francisco, 1984. xxxiii, 212 pp. 4 b/w photographs. 2 maps. 24x18 cm. Paper. £20.00 An adaptation of the Yuan Chao Bi Shi based primarily on the English translation by Francis Woodman Cleaves. 320 Rogers, Howard: KAIKODO JOURNAL VIII. Yu Peng. New York, 1998. 63 pp. Colour plates throughout, b/w text illustrations. 30x21 cm. Paper. £30.00 Catalogue from Kaikodo Gallery of a sales exhibition of the works of the modern Chinese painter Yu Peng. Essays by Yulin Lee, Jason Wang and Arnold Chang. 321 Kaikodo: KAIKODO JOURNAL XIII. Summoning the Seasons: The Art of Li Xubai. New York, 1999. 77 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper. £30.00 An exhibition of paintings by the modern Chinese artist, Li Xubai, born in Fujian in 1940. Interesting modern interpretations of tra - ditional Chinese landscape painting themes. 322 Rogers, Howard et al: IN TWO DIMENSIONS. Paintings by Wang Jia’nan and Cai Xiaoli. Kaikodo. New York, 1999. 93 pp. 34 colour plates, numerous b/w text plates. Brief chronology. 22x22 cm. Paper. £25.00 Kaikodo catalogue of the work of two fine Chinese painters, with a introductory essay by Stephen J. Goldberg. 323 Kamansky, David ed: WOODEN WONDERS. Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life. Chicago, 2004. c. 300 pp. Over 200 colour plates. 30x24 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Published to accompany an exhibition at the Pacific Asia Museum, this is a detailed catalogue of 148 exhibits loaned from public and private collections in the western United States. The catalogue ex - amines the important role of these art works in the daily and spiritual lives of Tibetans, as well as their aesthetic significance. With contributions by 14 international scholars. 324 Kao Mayching et al, eds: THE ART OF LI JIAN AND XIE LANSHENG. Hong Kong, 1993. 265 pp. 97 colour and b/w plates, appendices, bibliography. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £60.00 An exhibition held by the Guangzhou Art Gallery, the Chinese University Art Gallery and the Guang - dong Provincial Museum of two prominent Qing dynasty Guangdong artists who combined painting with poetry and calligraphy in the classical manner. In English and Chinese. 325 Karlgren, Bernhard: GLOSSES ON THE BOOK OF DOCUMENTS I & II. Offprint BMFEA 20 & 21. Stockholm, 1948-49 pp. 39-315; 63-206. 2 vols. 27x19 cm. Paper. Some wear and repair to covers. £30.00 Two part offprint that is, in effect, a book of over 400 pages from the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities. Erudite com - mentaries on the Shujing or Book of Documents by a respected scholar. 326 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. £50.00 85 outstanding pieces ranging from ritual vessels to mirrors and decorative bronze objects. 327 Kates, George N: CHINESE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. From Examples Selected and Measured by C. F. Bieber and B. M. Kates. New York, 1948. xiii, 125 pp. 112 b/w photographs, text-figures. 24x17 cm. Cloth. £45.00 Contains many excellent examples of hardwood furniture and an interesting history of Chinese furniture, and provides descriptive notes for each piece illustrated. A good copy of the first edition. Rare. Hucker 1504. 328 Kates, George N: CHINESE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. From Examples Selected and Measured by C. F. Bieber and B. M. Kates. New York, 1962. xiii, 125 pp. 112 b/w photographs, text-figures. 20x13 cm. Paper. £20.00 Contains many excellent examples of hardwood furniture and an interesting history of Chinese furniture, and provides descriptive notes for each piece illustrated. Hucker 1504. Paperback edition. Crease to front cover. 28 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

329 Kawakatsu, Kenichi: KIMONO. Japanese Dress. Tourist Library 13. Tokyo, 1947. 101 pp. 62 b/w illustrations, 1 in colour. 19x13 cm. Paper. £20.00 A good, somewhat dated, introduction to the history of the Japanese dress. Second edition, printed on post-war inferior paper. 330 Kawakita Michiaki: MODERN CURRENTS IN JAPANESE ART. Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art Vol. 24. Tokyo, 1974. 159 pp. 146 plates, 30 in colour. Chronology. 24x19 cm. Cloth. £30.00 A survey of the art of Japan from its opening to the West in the 1860s until the 1970s. 331 Kee Ming-Yuet: PERANAKAN CHINESE PORCELAIN. Vibrant Festive Ware of the Straits Chinese. Tokyo, 2009. 256 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 31x24 cm. Cloth. £70.00 Peranakan porcelain is also known as Nonya ware and is a polychrome enamelled export ware made in China in the 19th and early 20th centuries for the use of the Peranakan or Straits Chinese communities in Penang, Malacca and Singapore. Distinctive for its colourful famille rose enamels, auspicious motifs and functional shapes. This is a detailed and very well-illustrated study. Hundreds of pieces illustrated, including basemarks. 332 Khan, Geoffrey: BILLS, LETTERS AND DEEDS. Arabic Payri of the 7th to 11th Centuries. Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art 6. London, 1993. 292 pp. 108 colour plates, 150 halftones. 36x26 cm. Cloth. £60.00 Catalogues and illustrates 258 Arabic documents written on papyrus, contained in the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. 333 Kimball Art Museum ed: THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT. Masterpieces of Buddhist Sculpture from the ... Musée Guimet, Paris. Fort Worth, 1996. 72 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 28x21 cm. Paper. £15.00 Exhibition at the Kimball Art Museum (and the Idemitsu in Tokyo) of masterpieces of Buddhist sculpture from Afghanistan, Cambo - dia, China, Japan etc. Exhibits from the collection of Musée Guimet, Paris. 334 Kimimori Hitoshi; Du Xiaofan trans: BRUSHES FROM THE SANQING SHUWU. Beijing, 2005. 187 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper. £95.00 Catalogue of a very fine Japanese collection of Chinese calligraphy brushes. Well-illustrated. Text in Japanese. 335 King, F. H: FARMERS OF FORTY CENTURIES. Or Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea and Japan. Madison, n.d. ix, 441 pp. 248 plates and illustrations. Index. 20x14 cm. Cloth. £45.00 An early classical description of agricultural life and products in China, Korea and Japan. Contains a huge amount of information and fascinating photographs of rural life at the start of the 20th century. Hucker 2208. Reprint of 1911 original. 336 Knapp, Ronald G. ed: CHINESE LANDSCAPES. The Village as a Place. Honolulu, 1992. x, 313 pp. 240 illustrations. Bibliography, index. 24x21 cm. Cloth. £33.00 The studies in this volume were written by anthropologists, architects, geographers, historians, a sociologist, and a veterinary ecolo - gist. Taken together they form an exceptionally coherent survey of Chinese villages.

337 Komaroff, Linda and Stefano Carboni ed: THE LEGACY OF GENGHIS KHAN. Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353. New Haven, 2002. 424 pp. 200 colour and 125 b/w illustrations. 30x24 cm. Cloth. £45.00 Focuses on the Ilkans and their culture (1256-1353), featuring some 200 extraordinary objects in a variety of media, supported with eight essays by prominent scholars providing historical, political and art historical background and context.

338 Komazawa University ed: CATALOGUE OF PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY FROM THE MUSEUM OF ZEN CULTURE AND HISTORY AT KOMAZAWA UNIVERSITY. Komazawa, 2004. 64 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper. £25.00 Shows 51 Zen-related paintings and calligraphy in this collection. List of plates in English. Main text in Japanese.

339 Korea Foundation ed: THE KOREAN RELICS IN JAPAN 3. Seoul, 1997. 485 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout, indices. 31x22 cm. Cloth. £85.00 A lavishly and well-illustrated guide to the art and artefacts of Korea to be found in Japanese institutions. This volume covers the hold - ings of the Koryo Museum of Art, Kyoto National Museum, Museum of the Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University, Nara National Mu - seum, Neiraku Art Museum and Osaka Municipal Museum of Art. In English and Korean.

340 Koyama Fujio: CHINESE CERAMICS. One Hundred Selected Masterpieces from Collections in Japan, England ... Tokyo, 1960. v, 62 pp. 144 plates, 32 in colour; 53 text figures. 33x27 cm. Cloth. £150.00 Luxurious, commemorative catalogue of the Takashimaya exhibition of ceramics from collections in Japan, England, France and America. Text in Japanese and English. RBS 6:327. 341 Koyama Fujio: LIAO POTTERY WARES. TOCS vol. 34 offprint. London, 1964. pp. 69-80. 8 plates with may illustrations. 28x21 cm. Paper. £10.00 Paper read to the Oriental Ceramic Society. 342 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. 343 Kuwayama, George: CHINESE CERAMICS: THE HEERAMANECK COLLECTION. Los Angeles, 1974. 48 pp. 19 plates. Bibliography. 26x23 cm. Paper. £20.00 Los Angeles County Museum exhibition catalogue. Features the Heeramaneck collection of ceramics including Chinese funerary fig - ures as well as Korean and Chinese porcelains. 174 29 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

344 Kwan, Simon: THE MUWEN TANG COL沐LE文C堂TI收O藏N 全SE集R I：ES 民 V國OL瓷U器M E。 6 關: C善H明INESE PORCELAIN OF THE REPUBLIC PERIOD. Minguo Ciqi. . Muwen Tang Collection Series Vol. 6. Hong Kong, 2008. 4, 380 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x23 cm. Cloth. £90.00 Volume 6 in the Muwen Tang series is, in effect, a revised and updated version of the sought-after 1990 exhibition catalogue ‘Brush and Clay’, a prime reference on Republic period Chinese porcelain and a record of a pre-eminent collection. Illustrated throughout with full page colour plates and dual text in Chinese and English. New improved photography of all items, many showing close-up de - tail, and a revised text. 345 Kyoto National Museum: SOGA SHOHAKU: THE ENJOYMENT OF UNCONVENTIONALITY. Kyoto, 2005. 405 pp. Colour plates throughout. 3 foldouts. 30x22 cm. Paper. £60.00 Large and excellent catalogue of an exhibition at the Kyoto National Museum featuring a complete survey of the career and painting of the renowned Japanese painter, Soga Shohaku. Illustrated throughout in colour, the exhibition truly reflects, as indicated in the title, the painter’s depiction and enjoyment of the unconventional. Ranges from figure painting to landscapes and birds and animals. Brief descriptions of sections and list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. Recommended.

346 Lai Chusheng: LAI CHUSHENG HUAJI. (Collection of Paintings by Lai Chusheng). Shanghai, 1979. 5 pp. text. 87 plates in colour. 38x26 cm. Cloth. £25.00 Lai (1903-1975) studied at the Shanghai Art Academy in his youth. He was skilled in representing objects with a few simple strokes in a most conclusive way. This collection features paintings, seals and calligraphy. 347 Laing, Ellen Johnston: AN INDEX TO REPRODUCTIONS OF PAINTINGS BY TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHINESE ARTISTS. Eugene, 1984. xx, 530 pp. 23x15 cm. Paper. £28.00 An index listing modern (ca 3,500) artists and their published paintings from 1912 to around 1980. Arranged alphabetically by artist’s name, with brief biography and list of paintings reproduced in books, journals and catalogues. 348 Laing, Ellen Johnston: SIX LATE YUAN DYNASTY FIGURE PAINTINGS. Oriental Art, Vol. XX, no. 3. London, 1974. 11 pp. 16 illustrations. 30x21 cm. Self-covered. £10.00 A study of six unsigned fan paintings, which the author dates to the late 14th century, suggested by, amongst other details, the harshly jabbed strokes outlining the rocks and tree trunks.

349 Lam, Peter ed: DIE CAI: BAOYIZHAI CANG ZH疊O彩NG ：G 包UO一 Q齋I藏QI中. L國 ay漆er器ed Beauty: The Baoyizhai Collection of Chinese Lacquer. . Hong Kong, 2010. 247 pp. Numerous colour plates and numerous b/w text illustrations. 31x23 cm. Boards. £50.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Art Museum at the Chinese University of Hong Kong showing Chi - nese lacquer from the collection of the late Hu Shih-chang. Fifty two fine examples dating from the Western Han to the Qing are illustrated in colour (many in multiple views) and described in detail. The large majority of the pieces are Ming or earlier. Interesting (and well-illustrated) accompany - ing essays by various authors including: Song Dynasty Mother-of-Pearl Lacquers and a Dish in the British Museum; On Chinese Tixi Lacquer; Carved Lacquer (and Further Observation on Carved Lacquer) of the Hongwu Period; Inscriptions on Ming Lacquer. Dual texts in Chinese and English.

350 Lam, Y. K. ed: 2000 YEARS OF CHINESE LACQUER. Catalogue of an Exhibition Jointly Presented by the OCS & the Art Gallery. Hong Kong, 1993. 246 pp. 116 colour plates. Bibliography. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £160.00 Profusely-illustrated exhibition catalogue from the Art Gallery of the Chinese University of Hong Kong of a major exhibition of Chi - nese lacquers from various private and museum collections. Covers all periods from Han to Qing. Out-of-print and hard to find. 351 Lanz, Henry: JAPANESE WOODWORKING TOOLS. Selection, Care & Use. New York, 1985. 160 pp. 194 illustrations. 26x20 cm. Paper. £20.00 352 Laozi; Ren Jiyu trans: THE BOOK OF LAO ZI. A Taoist Classic. Beijing, 1993. 102 pp. Index of themes. 23x17 cm. Cloth. £10.00 An inspiring classic of philosophical Daoism, this is also one of the most translated of Chinese texts, and issued by the Foreign Lan - guages Press in Beijing , it becomes something of an ‘official’ version, by a major Chinese scholar. Second printing, 1995. 353 Lawton, Thomas: CHINESE FIGURE PAINTING. Washington, 1973. 246 pp. 59 illustrations, many in colour. Notes, index. 31x24 cm. Paper. £35.00 A comprehensive study of this genre, issued in connection with an exhibition at the Freer Gallery. 354 Ledderose, Lothar ed: PALASTMUSEUM PEKING — SCHÄTZE AUS DER VERBOTENEN STADT. Frankfurt, 1985. 270 pp. 177 illustrations in b/w, 52 in colour, maps, plans, glossary & bibliography. 27x22 cm. Paper. £15.00 Catalogue to the exhibition of treasures from the Palace Museum, Peking, held in Berlin in 1985. The catalogue contains detailed de - scriptions of the objects on view and essays on the art and cultural history of China by many experts. In German. 355 Lee Chor Lin: ANCESTRAL SHIPS. Fabric Impressions of Old Lampung Culture. Singapore, 1987. 48 pp. 36 b/w plates, 10 colour plates, 1 map. 21x30 cm. Paper. £10.00 The author examines a series of textiles generally known as ship cloths, which are unique to the coastal inhabitants of Southern Lam - pung of Sumatra. 30 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

356 Lee King Tsi and Hu Shih Chang: DRAGON AND PHOENIX: CHINESE LACQUER WARE — THE LEE FAMILY COLLECTION, TOKYO. DRACHE UND PHOENIX: LACKARBEITEN AUS CHINA — SAMMLUNG FAMILIE LEE, TOKYO. Köln, 1990. 229 pp. English and German text. 99 items illustrated, 17 in colour. 28x22 cm. Boards. £80.00 The catalogue of an excellent exhibition at the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst in Köln. Dual texts in German and English. 357 Lemaitre, Solange: LES AGRAFES CHINOISES JUSQU’A LA FIN DE L’EPOQUE HAN. Paris, 1939. 57 pp. 9 b/w plates, map, text-figures. 27x21 cm. Paper. £20.00 A detailed analysis of Chinese belt-hooks. In French. Nearly disbound thus the cheaper than usual price. 358 Li Chu-tsing: LIU KUO-SUNG: THE GROWTH OF A MODERN CHINESE ARTIST. Taibei, 1969. 88 pp. 25 colour plates, 54 b/w illustrations. Selected bibliography. 25x27 cm. Wrappers. £25.00 Monograph on the most recent achievements of this distinguished young painter from Taiwan with many coloured illustrations. 青瓷風 韻 。 李 剛 著 359 Li Gang: QINGCI FENGYUN. The Charm of Celadon. . Beijing, 2010. 273 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £80.00 Illustrated throughout in colour, and showing pieces of the highest quality held in museums throughout China, this is an excellent sur - vey of Chinese celadon from the Eastern Han and the Three Kingdoms and Western Jin through the Song and Yuan dynasties. All text in Chinese.

360 Li Kunsheng comp: NANZHAO南 D詔A大LI理GU國O雕 D刻IA繪O畫KE藝 H術U I。H U李 A昆 Y聲ISH 主U編. The Sculpture and Painting Arts of Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms. . Yunnan Minzu Meishu Quanji. Kunming, 1999. 311 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards. £60.00 A pictorial survey of the sculpture and painting of the Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms that flourished in Yunnan. Copiously-illustrated with sections on sculpture, paintings and also unearthed relics (mainly bronze and ceramic figurines) from tombs and temple hoards. Useful information on sites where sculptures/carvings are located or where objects were unearthed. Preface, introduction to each sec - tion and captions in English, otherwise Chinese text. Out of print.

361 L走i 近Sh故ao宮ba i。: Z 李UO少 J白IN攝 G影UGONG. Photo-Crawling the Forbidden City: A Personal Retrospective of Li Shaobai. . Beijing, 1997. 94 pp. Colour plates throughout. 26x27 cm. Cloth. £25.00 Fine photography of the Forbidden City in various moods and weather conditions through the year. In English and Chinese. 362 Li Wenda ed: REN LONG REN: PUYI HUAZHUAN. (Man, Dragon, Man: A Pictorial History of Pu Yi, the Last Emperor). Beijing, 1988. 138 pp. B/w photographs throughout. 29x21 cm. Cloth. £45.00 A photo-history of the life of Pu Yi, the last emperor of China. With much fascinating material, particularly the latter years of his life under the communists. Also shows many figures who were associated with his life. Text in Chinese.

363 Li Xiaobing: ZHONGGUO XINJIA中NG國 G新U疆D古AI代 F佛O教JIA圖 O案 T紋U飾’A藝N術 W 。EN 李 SH肖I冰 Y I著 SHU. The Pattern Arts of Ancient Buddhism in Xinjiang China. . Xianjiang, 2004. 9, 167 pp. Colour illustrations throughout, many full page. A few b/w illustrations. 29x21 cm. Cloth. £60.00 Shows numerous drawn examples of designs from grottoes in China’s Xinjiang province, ranging from Kizil to Bezeklik List of con - tents and captions in English. Main text in Chinese. Out-of-print. 364 Li Zhiyan: ZHONGGUO YOUTAO YISHU. The Art of Glazed Pottery of China. Hong Kong, 1989. 3, 233 pp. 254 colour and 214 b/w illustrations. 31x23 cm. Cloth. £40.00 A compilation in Chinese on glazed pottery. The main part is concerned with Tang period glazing. In Chinese. 365 Lindley, Augustus F: TI-PING TIEN-KWOH. The History of the Ti-ping Revolution Including A Narrative of the Author’s Personal Adventures. Beijing, 2003. xix, viii, 842 pp. Foldout colour frontispiece, 18 fullpage chromolithographs plus 2 folding maps. 9 woodcuts in text. 27x18 cm. Original decorative covers, rebacked. £60.00 Good reprint of a rare account of China at the time of the Taiping Rebellion. The author jumps from subject to subject in a somewhat chatty style. Illustrated with early colour lithographs showing various engagements during the Rebellion along with scenery and life in China, including one of the interior of an opium smoking saloon. The two folding maps show the position of the Taiping forces at the end of 1861 and a map of China in 1866. 366 Link, Howard A: THE ART OF SHIBATA ZESHIN. The Mr. and Mrs. James E. O’Brien Collection at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Honolulu, 1979. 195 pp. 109 exhibits all illustrated, 54 in colour. Text-figures. 31x23 cm. Cloth. £15.00 The work of this talented artist was collected by the O’Brien’s over a period of 20 years, and represents the wide range of Zeshin’s work. It includes illustrations of lacquer, painting and the seals of the artist. 367 Linrothe, Rob: RUTHLESS COMPASSION. Wrathful Deities in Early Indo-Tibetan Esoteric Buddhist Art. London, 1999. xii, 354 pp. 16 colour plates and 221 b/w illustrations. 31x23 cm. Cloth. £50.00 From a group of art objects (primarily sculpture) dating from the 6th to the 13th centuries AD, the author provides a continuous his - torical record of the evolution of esoteric Buddhist belief and practice accompanied by illustrations. A useful visual history of the field and an important contribution to Buddhist studies. 368 Lion-Goldschmidt, D. & Moreau-Gobard, J: CHINESE ART. Bronzes, Jade, Sculpture, Ceramics. Chinese Art — Volume 1. New York, 1980. 263 pp. 65 colour plates, 133 b/w illustrations. 28x22 cm. Paper. £45.00 A reduced format edition of the 1966 version. A representative selection of masterpieces, accompanied by a scholarly commentary on each of the four categories and a detailed description of every object illustrated. 369 Lion-Goldsmidt, Daisy: CHINESE ART. Bronze Jade Sculpture Ceramics. London, 1960. 425 pp. 198 plates, 16 in colour 34x26 cm. Cloth. £150.00 The first volume in a series of 4 large format books illustrating various aspects of Chinese art and crafts. This, to repeat the title, cov - ers bronzes, jades, sculpture and ceramics. Many famous pieces illustrated and an erudite text. 174 31 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

370 Lister, Richard: MARCO POLO’S TRAVELS IN XANADU WITH KUBLAI KHAN. London, 1976. 175 pp. 13 colour and 24 b/w plates. Index, bibliography. 27x18 cm. Cloth. £15.00 ‘The exciting story of the man who discovered a fabulous oriental kingdom, China and The Court of The Great Khan.’

371 Liu Jinch高en安 g: 元G代AO窖’A藏N瓷 Y器U A。N D劉A金I J成IA 編O 主 CANG CIQI. The Porcelain from the Cellar of Yuan Dynasty in Gao’an. . Beijing, 2006. 185 pp. Colour plates throughout. 21x14 cm. Paper. £30.00 Details the important find in 1980 of numerous intact Yuan dynasty porcelains in the cellar of a collapsed building in Gao’an in China’s Jiangxi province. The porcelains include fine blue-and-white and celadons. Illustrated throughout in colour. Near dual text in Chinese and English. 372 Liu Liangyou: A SURVEY OF CHINESE CERAMICS 1. Early Wares — Prehistoric to the Tenth Century. A Survey of Chinese Ceramics. Taibei, 1991. 288 pp. Over 500 colour illustrations and drawings. Maps and tables. 39x27 cm. Cloth. £250.00 The first volume in a series of 5. The author has combined the latest findings and theories with an impressive number of illustrations making this a valuable addition to ceramics literature. Most objects illustrated are from Chinese collections. English text. 解讀長沙 窯 。 劉美 觀 著 373 Liu Meiguan: JIEDU CHANGSHA YAO. (Explaining Changsha Wares). . Beijing, 2006. 184 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 25x19 cm. Boards. £27.00 Explores, explains and discusses various aspects of Changsha wares. Practically all the material illustrated is Tang. In Chinese.

374 L中iu國 Y古on代 gh車ua輿: 馬ZH具O 。NG 劉 G永UO華 G 著 UDAI CHE YU MAJU. (Ancient Chinese Carriages and Horse Fittings). . Shanghai, 2002. vi, 201 pp. Colour illustrations, b/w illustrations and text drawings throughout. 37x26 cm. Paper. £90.00 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 dy - nasty. 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 individ - ual fittings and artefacts. An excellent contribution to the subject. Slight bumps to covers, otherwise fine. Now out-of-print. In Chinese. 375 Loon, Piet van der: TAOIST BOOKS IN THE LIBRARIES OF THE SUNG PERIOD. A Critical Study and Index. Oxford Oriental Institute Monographs 7. Reading, 1984. 179 pp. 25x16 cm. Cloth. £20.00 Clarifies the nature and transmission of the catalogues of the imperial library and private collections written during the Song period, and retraces the history of the Daoist Canon. 376 Lowe, H. Y. (Lu Hsing-yuan): THE ADVENTURES OF WU. The Life Cycle of a Peking Man. Princeton, 1983. xxii, 250 pp. Illustrations, index. 23x15 cm. Paper. £25.00 A fictional account based on firsthand experience with an enchanting view of daily life. New edition of the Peking Chronicle Press ti - tles of 1940 & 1941. Includes both volumes, a historical introduction and a new index. Recommended.

377 Löwendahl, Björn: CHINA ILLUSTRATA NOVA. Sino-Western Relations, Conceptions of China, Cultural Influences and the Development of Sinology Disclosed in Western Printed Books 1477-1877: The Catalogue of the Löwendahl — von der Burg Collection. Hua Hin, 2008. xlix, 264; 374 pp. A few colour and b/w plates. 2 vols. 30x19 cm. Cloth. £150.00 The Löwendahl — von der Burg collection is a most important assemblage of Western books on China, written by sinologues, mis - sionaries, travellers, merchants and other authors. The collection also includes works by Chinese authors translated and edited by West - ern scholars. The contents cover Chinese history, language, philosophy, religion, society, science, medicine, missionary work and the ‘Chinese Rites’ controversy, trade (incl. treaties with foreign powers), Hong Kong, foreign aggression, and travel accounts. The result of over twenty years collecting and research, this exhaustive two-volume work is a major addition to the reference works on early west - ern books on China. Over 1500 books are described in detail, ranging from major works exclusively devoted to China through to those with brief mentions of the Middle Kingdom. In addition to the actual description of each book, there is ample comment on its impor - tance and associated research. Arranged chronologically. Volume One covers the period 1477-1776 and Volume Two from 1777-1877. Recommended. 378 Löwendahl, Björn: CHINA ILLUSTRATA NOVA: SUPPLEMENT. Sino-Western Relations, Conceptions of China, Cultural Influences and the Development of Sinology Disclosed in Western Printed Books 1477-1877. Hua Hin, 2012. xxiv, 207 pp. A number of colour text plates. 30x19 cm. Cloth. £75.00 Newly-published supplement volume to the useful and comprehensive bibliography of works in the Löwendahl — von der Burg col - lection. This supplement volume lists an additional 300 or so works.

379 L中u國 C古he代 ng顏lon色g釉 ed瓷: 器ZH 。O N呂G成 G龍UO 著 GUDAI YANSEYOU CIQI. (Antique Chinese Monochrome Porcelain). . Beijing, 1999. 177 pp. text and 50 colour illustrations. 20x14 cm. Paper. £20.00 An introduction to the Chinese monochrome — history, types, development and how to distinguish originals from later copies. A num - ber of the colour illustrations contrast early monochromes with later copies. A useful guide in Chinese only. 風塵三閑 380 Lu Peng, Wei Dong and Liang Changsheng: FENGCHEN SAN XIAN. Three Travel Weary Loafers. . [Beijing,] 1994. 2, 76, 4 pp. (bound Chinese-style). B/w woodcuts throughout. 27x18 cm. Stitched. £50.00 A fascinating publication. Three young contemporary Chinese artists — now very well-known — make use of traditional Chinese graphic forms (including traditional bookbinding) to their own ends. The work is various but shares an obsession with contemporary mainland decadence. Contemporary Chinese book art. Recommended. 32 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

381 Lu Yaw: LEE KONG CHIAN ART MUSEUM. Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronze, Archaic Jade, Painting and Calligraphy. Singapore, 1990. 440 pp. 127 figures (with essays) and 540 plates (c.. one half of total in colour). 31x23 cm. Cloth. £20.00 Well-illustrated catalogue of Chinese art objects in the art gallery of the National University of Singapore, including four essays writ - ten ‘in the light of recent archaeological discoveries’ on ceramics, bronzes, jade and Chinese painting and calligraphy.

382 Lü Zuqian; Qu 評Sh註iyi東ng萊 ed博.; 議Sa k。at a呂ni祖 Ha謙jim撰e ；ed .瞿 an世d 瑛not校es:； PI 阪NG谷 Z素HU評 D註 ONGLAI BOYI. (Erudite Disquisitions of Lü Zuqian). . Tokyo, 1879. 37; 50; 53; 52; 59; 64, 4 folded leaves, Japanese-style. 6 vols. 23x16 cm. Stitched. £55.00 Meiji edition of works by the Song period neo-Confucian scholar and philosopher, Lü Zuqian (1137-1181) based on the Qing period edition of Qu Shiying. A example of the vitality of this tradition of Confucianism in Meiji Japan, and also of careful book production and editorial practice. Somewhat grubby externally but generally in fair to good condition, with contents good.

383 L開u國o J名ia人lun墨 e蹟d: KAIGUO MINGREN MOJI. (Calligraphy by the Founding Fathers of the Republic of China). . Taibei, 1961. 4, 2, 114, 46; 4, 85, 38 pp. Illustrated with b/w plates throughout, 1 folded. 2 vols. 31x19 cm. Stitched. £75.00 An extensive collection of reproductions of the fine handwriting by figures famous in the founding of the Republic of China, beginning with a frontispiece by Sun Yat-sen. Published on the 50th anniversary of the Republic in Taiwan. 384 Luo Zewen et al: THE GREAT WALL. London, 1982. 191 pp. 300 illustrations, 150 in colour. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £35.00 Describes the military function of the Great Wall, trade and migration in the neighbouring regions, artistic and architectural features, and archaeological discoveries including the tomb of China’s first emperor. Many interesting photographs of China’s remoter areas. 天一 閣藏書史志 385 。Lu o駱 Z兆ha平op i編ng纂: TIANYIGE CANGSHU SHIZHI. (Historical Records of the Tianyige Library). . Shanghai, 2005. 15, 1, 421 pp. 21x15 cm. Paper. £25.00 An analytical and documentary study of China’s oldest extant library, the Tianyige at Ningbo. In Chinese. 386 Luo Zongzhen: TANSUO LISHI DE ZHENXIANG: JIANGSU DIQU KAOGU, LISHI YANJIU WENJI. To 探Ex索 plo歷re史 t的he 真T相rut h： o 江 f 蘇Hi地sto區ry考: A古r、cha 歷eo史log研ic究al 文an集d 。Hi 羅sto宗ric真al 著 Research Collected Works of Jiangsu Area. . Nanjing, 2002. 3, 2, 2, 3, 435 pp. 3 pp. colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 27x19 cm. Boards. £30.00 Consists of 68 detailed archaeological and historical papers written by the author concerning the Jiangsu area. Focuses on the Six Dynasties and other periods. One page introduction in English, otherwise Chinese text only. 387 Luoyang Museum ed: LUOYANG TANG SANCAI. (Tang Period Tri-colour Pottery of Luoyang). Beijing, 1980. 10 pp. text, including 2 pp. English résumé. 129 colour plates. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £35.00 The 129 pieces of Tang three-coloured pottery in this album have all been excavated from tombs in the burial grounds surrounding the Tang period city of Luoyang. They represent the various types of these relics. 388 Lust, John: WESTERN BOOKS ON CHINA PUBLISHED UP TO 1850. In the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. London, 1992. 352 pp. 17 illustrations. 28x20 cm. Cloth. £35.00 Reprint of this important annotated bibliography of more than 1000 books on China published in the West before 1850. The catalogue is classified with indexes of authors, titles and publishers. An invaluable reference work on this subject.

389 Ma Yigong ed: ZHONGGUOREN D中E國 SH人E的N生 GM命I禮N俗G ：LI S嘉U禮: J篇IA 。L I馬 P以IA工N .編 (Ceremonies and Customs of Chinese Life: Auspicious Ceremonies). . Taibei, 1992. 197 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 2 foldouts. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £50.00 A colourful work showing numerous auspicious occasions and ceremonies — and associated artefacts — in the life of the Chinese of Taiwan — from wedding ceremonies to religious occasions and intimate household events such as a child’s birthday. Illustrated through - out. In Chinese. 390 McArthur, Meher: READING BUDDHIST ART. An Illustrated Guide to Buddhist Signs and Symbols. London, 2004. 216 pp. 304 illustrations. 23x18 cm. Paper. £18.00 All the principal symbols, objects and figures of Buddhist worship are gathered here in a rich, informative and easy-to-use guide that serves as both an art reference tool and an introduction to the principles of the religion. Newly issued in paperback. 391 McCormick, Andrea & Lynde: CHINESE COUNTRY ANTIQUES. Vernacular Furniture and Accessories, c. 1780-1920. Atglen, 2002. 176 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. Bibliography. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £35.00 An extensive look at the kinds of vernacular furniture and accessories that are widely available both in Chinese markets and western shops. Includes numerous types of cupboards, chairs, tables and stools plus baskets, trays, trunks, brush pots etc. A useful and inter - esting guide for both scholars and collectors. Prices are given that presumably reflect the US retail market. Revised price guide: 2002. 392 McCormick, Linda: OLD CHINA/NEW STYLE. Antique Furniture and Accessories, c.1780-1930. Atglen, 256 pp. 592 colour illustrations. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £39.95 A wide selection of Chinese furnishings and accessories from the late 18th through to the early 20th centuries are here illustrated in colour and described. Pieces are shown both in Chinese settings and contemporary interiors. Market values are also included. 393 MacFarquhar, Roderick: THE FORBIDDEN CITY. China’s Ancient Capital. Wonders of Man. New York, 1972. 172 pp. Chronology, bibliography, 115 illustrations, 50 in colour, 4 maps. 30x23 cm. Cloth. £45.00 Includes a special section on the Forbidden City in literature. 394 McGilvary, George: GUARDIAN OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. The Life of Laurence Sulivan. ILHS Vol. 34. London, 2006. xiii, 328 pp. Bibliography, glossary, 174 33 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

index. 21x14 cm. Cloth. £49.50 A well-researched biography of Laurence Sulivan who was the most important single figure in the East India Company for much of the 18th century. 395 McHugh, J. N: CHINESE CERAMICS 10TH TO 17TH CENTURY. Exhibition of Private Collections in Ireland. Dublin, 1967. 13 pp text, 4 colour plates, 39 b/w illustrations. 21x15 cm. Paper. £20.00 Exhibition of private collections in Ireland presented at the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art by the An Chomhairle Ealaion (The Arts Council).

396 MacKinnon, John and Karen Phillipps: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF CHINA. Oxford, 2000. x, 586 pp. 20 colour plates. Endpaper maps. Tables, bibliography, index. 21x15 cm. Paper. £35.00 A field guide to the birds of China produced in collaboration with He Fen-qi. Illustrations by Karen Phillips with 20 plates by David Showler showing hundreds of Chinese birds. Now only available in this well-produced paperback edition.

397 Maenchen-Helfen, Otto: A CHINESE BRONZE WITH CENTRAL-ASIATIC MOTIVES. Offprint BMFEA No. 30. Stockholm, 1958. pp. 167-175 plus 8 pp. b/w plates. 27x19 cm. Paper. £10.00 Offprint from the bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities. A short essay on the bronze vessel of the ‘he’ type with a tiger han - dle in the British Museum dating from the last centuries B.C. 398 Malek, Roman ed: THE CHINESE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST. Volume 3a. Monumenta Serica Monograph Series, 50/3a. Sankt Augustin, 2005. xv, pp. 847-1311. Illustrations. 24x17 cm. Cloth. £50.00 The third volume in an extensive series containing scholarly articles, addressing questions of cultural and historical reception of the figure of Jesus Christ in China. The present volume contains 13 articles (a couple with Chinese text or summary) on ‘Modern Faces and Images of Jesus Christ’ and also an anthology of contemporary textual materials (24 items by authors ranging from Hu Shi and Lu Xun to Chiang Kai-shek) translated into English. The two earlier published volumes are available to order. 399 Mallory, J. P. and Victor H. Mair: THE TARIM MUMMIES. Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. London, 2008. 352 pp. 190 illustrations, 13 in colour. 26x18 cm. Paper. £15.00 Scholarly, illustrated work on the fascinating subject of the discovery of the remains of tartan-wearing Indo-Europeans in north-west China, ‘the first Europeans in China’ and their extraordinary textiles. Paperback. 400 Mao Zedong: SELECTED WORKS OF MAO TSE-TUNG, VOLUME I-V. (Mao Zedong Xuanji). Beijing, 1961-1977. 347, 468, 340, 459, 518 pp. Portrait. 5 vols. 23x16 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Key works, speeches and thoughts of the Chairman. In English. 401 Maringer, John: CONTRIBUTION TO THE PREHISTORY OF MONGOLIA. A Study of the Prehistoric Collections from Inner Mongolia. Sino Swedish Publication 34: VII Archaeology 7. Stockholm, 1950. 216 pp. text and 21 pp. b/w plates. B/w text drawings. 1 foldout map. 31x24 cm. Paper. £50.00 One of the reports from the Swedish Expedition to the north-western Provinces of China under the leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin. This comprises a study of the prehistoric material collected by the expedition whilst in Inner Mongolia, together with the catalogue pre - pared by Folke Bergman. Rare. 402 Marsh, Robert M: THE MANDARINS. The Circulation of Elites in China, 1600-1900. New York, 1961. xvii, 300 pp. Appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. 22x15 cm. Cloth. £40.00 A sociological history of upward mobility within the civil service system of the late Ming and Qing dynasties. Fading to spine. 403 Martin, Brian G: THE SHANGHAI GREEN GANG. Politics and Organized Crime, 1919-1937. Berkeley, 1996. x, 314 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. 23x15 cm. Cloth. £45.00 The author pieces together the fascinating and complex story of the Shanghai Green Gang and its charismatic leader, Du Yueshen. The Green Gang was the most powerful secret society in China during the first half of the twentieth century. Out-of-print. 敦煌畫的研究 。 404 松Ma本 tsu榮m一oto Eiichi: TONKO GA NO KENKYU. (Research into the Paintings of Dunhuang). . Tokyo, 1937. Text volume: 2, 26, 6, 815, 10, 18 pp. 198 text illustrations. Plate volume: 10 pp. text and 224 pp. b/w plates with many illustrations. 2 vols. 26x20 and 32x24 cm. Cloth. £750.00 A major and important early Japanese study of the paintings and prints that emanated from the Dunhuang caves. With the very occa - sional annotation. Text volume and plate volume. Japanese text. 405 Mayuyama Junkichi: BIJUTSUSHO NO YOROKOBI. The Joys of an Art Dealer. Tokyo, 1988. 148 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 33x26 cm. Cloth. £150.00 A personal selection of 50 or so of the finest pieces to have passed through the hands of Junkichi Mayuyama during his years as Japan’s leading dealer in oriental antiquities. Shows simply superb Song ceramics, silk road murals, Japanese paintings, screens etc. Each piece accompanied by Mayuyama’s comments and reminiscences. Many pieces now in renowned museums. Introduction in Eng - lish, otherwise Japanese text only. 歐美美術紀 行 。 406 繭Ma山yu順ya吉 m a著 Junkichi: OBEI BIJUTSU KIKO. (Travelogue of Art in America and Europe). . Tokyo, 1957. 174 pp. 1 colour illustration & b/w photos throughout. 20x16 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £35.00 Junkichi Mayuyama travels through the States and Europe, viewing the sights to see and informing us about museums, art galleries etc. Junkichi Mayuyama was the doyen of the group of Chinese antiques dealers operating between the wars. In Japanese . 407 Mayuyama Junkichi ed: CHINESE CERAMICS IN THE WEST. A Compendium of Chinese Ceramic Masterpieces .... Tokyo, 1960. x, 18 pp. text plus 120 plates. Map. 33x27 cm. Cloth. £90.00 Complementary volume to the catalogue of the Takashimaya exhibition of ceramics from collections in Japan, England, France and America. Text in Japanese and English. 34 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

408 Medley, Margaret: THE CHINESE POTTER. A Practical History of Chinese Ceramics. London, 1976. 288 pp. 223 illustrations, 8 in colour. 25x18 cm. Cloth. £40.00 A history of Chinese pottery from the point of view of the techniques used by the potters. Traces how the craft evolved from the earli - est unglazed earthenware pots to highly sophisticated porcelains. 409 Medley, Margaret: ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF MING POLYCHROME WARES. In the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. PDF Illustrated Catalogues Section 5. London, 1966. 79 pp. 20 plates with many illustrations. 24x15 cm. Paper. £15.00 Original edition of this extensive catalogue of a superb collection. 410 Medley, Margaret: ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER RED. Decorated Porcelains. PDF Illustrated Catalogues Section 3. London, 1963. xxv, 78 pp. plus 27 plates with many illustrations. 25x15 cm. Paper. £12.00 Original edition of this extensive catalogue of a superb collection. RBS 9:420. 411 Medley, Margaret: THE ILLUSTRATED REGULATIONS FOR CEREMONIAL PARAPHERNALIA OF THE CH’ING DYNASTY. TOCS 31. London, 1982. vii, 30 pp. 29 illustrations. 17x13 cm. Paper. £10.00 A study of an eighteenth century manuscript in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society volume 31. Important of the study of Qing period cos - tumes. 412 Medley, Margaret: YUAN PORCELAIN AND STONEWARE. Faber Monographs on Pottery & Porcelain. London, 1977. xii, 139 pp. 124 plates and illustrations. Bibliography and index. 25x16 cm. Cloth. £35.00 This study sees the evolution of Chinese porcelain and stoneware, which took place during the in - novative Yuan period, against the background of social and economic changes. 1977 printing of the 1974 edition.

413 Meishuguan (National Art Museum of China): 1921-2011 GUANGHUI LICHENG SHIDAI HUA JUAN: QINGZHU ZHONGGUO GONGCHANDANG CHENGLI 90 ZHOU NIAN MEISHU ZUOPIN ZHANLAN ZUOPIN JI. (An1 9E2x1h-i2b0it1i1o光n o輝 f W歷o程rk時s C代om畫m卷em ：or a慶 tin祝g 中the國 9共 0th產 A党 nn成iv立ers9a0r周y o年f t美he術 Fo作un品di展 ng覽 of作 th品e 集Communist Party of China). . Beijing, 2011. 7, 366 pp. Colour plates throughout. 36x27 cm. Cloth. £175.00 Large and heavy catalogue of an impressive exhibition at the Meishuguan (National Art Museum of China) in Beijing held to com - memorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. The exhibits are divided into sections covering the historical periods from 1921-1949; 1949-1978 and 1978-2011. Within each section there are works dating from the period, together with works produced at a later date. The exhibits are primarily paintings but also include some early woodblock prints and sculpture. The large majority of exhibits come from the collection of the Meishuguan which, as the foremost official art gallery in China, holds an unparalleled collection of officially-approved material from these 90 years. A few loans from other collections in China. A total of some 350 works by leading Chinese artists past and present. Illustrated throughout with high quality colour plates. Text in Chinese. Not easy to obtain as the majority of the print run of this catalogue has been given to high-level Chinese government officials to com - memorate the anniversary.

414 Meishuguan (National Art Museum of China): XIANG ZU向G祖UO國 H匯U報IB ：AO 新: 中XI國N美 Z術HO60N年G G19 U4O9- 2M00E9 ISHU 60 NIAN 1949-2009. 60 Years of Chinese Fine Arts 1949-2009. . Beijing, 2009. 3, 745 pp. Colour plates throughout. 33x27 cm. Cloth. £260.00 Massive and heavy catalogue of a very large and impressive exhibition at the Meishuguan in Beijing held to celebrate the 60th an - niversary of the Peoples Republic of China and showing offically-approved art produced during these 60 years from 1949-2009. In sections: Traditional Chinese Painting; Oil Painting; Woodblock Prints; Sculpture; Watercolours and Lacquer Paintings; New Year Prints, Posters; Picture Books and Cartoons. The vast majority of the material exhibited comes from the holdings of the Meishuguan which, as the foremost official art gallery in China, holds an unparalleled collection of material from this period. In addition to the more traditional works shown in the traditional Chinese painting section, there is a large amount of propaganda paintings, prints and posters. The propaganda oil painting, in particular, is hugely impressive. An excellent visual reference on the art produced since the founding of the Peoples Republic. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese. Now out-of-print and hard to find.

415 Melikian-Chirvani, Assadullah Souren: ISLAMIC METALWORK FROM THE IRANIAN WORLD 8TH- 18TH CENTURY. London, 1982. Ca. 500 pp. Illustrations, ca. 400 b/w plates. 27x21 cm cm. Cloth. £90.00 Primarily a collection of 165 monographs dealing with bronze, brass or copper wares from Islamic Iran down to the 18th century. First time this important collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum has been catalogued in depth. 416 Melotte de Lavaux, Adrien de: LES DERNIERS JOURS D’UNE LÉGATION. Bois et Eaux-Fortes d’Alfred Martin. No. 376 of an edition of 575 copies. Liège, 1925. 87 pp. printed in red on papier Ingres 28 text cuts, map, and 3 original engravings. 32x24 cm. Uncut in orig. wrappers. Condition fine throughout. £275.00 A beautifully printed and illustrated account of the last days of the Belgian legation in Beijing, before its destruction by the Boxer rebels in 1900. Produced in the spirit of a ‘livre d’artiste’ by the Imprimeries Nationales des Militaires Mutilés et Invalides de la Guerre. In French

417 Mennie, Donald: THE PAGEANT OF PEKING. Comprising 66 Vandyck Photogravures of Peking and Environs from Photographs. Shanghai, 1920. 40 pp text and 66 mounted b/w photogravure plates. 39x30 cm. Silk. £1,000.00 Introductory text by Putnam Weale and descriptive notes by Samuel Couling. A magnificent and now rare book. First edition. A fine copy with strong good colour to the blue silk covers with gilt lettering. Minor wear to top of spine and very slight occasional mottling and rubbing. Very clean inside. The best copy we have seen in a long time. 174 35 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

418 Meyer, Karl E. and Shareen Blair Brysac: A TOURNAMENT OF SHADOWS. The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia. Boulder, 1999. 672 pp. 23x15 cm. Cloth. £15.00 Karl E. Meyer is the author of ‘Pundits, Poets and Wits: The original Great Game (1800-1917)’. The clandestine struggle between Russia and Britain for mastery of Central Asia, has long been regarded as one of the greatest geopolitical conflicts in history. The prize, control of the vast Eurasian heartland, was believed by some to be key to world dominion. 419 Miller, Edwin & Hall, Robert: LO SHAN TANG. Contemporary Chinese Painting. London, 1988. 168 pp. 80 colour plates, index. 30x21 cm. Paper. £45.00 A catalogue of modern Chinese painting offered for sale. The painters include Fang Zhaoling, Liu Guosong, Zhang Daqian, He Haishuo, and other famous modern painters. 420 Minh Chung: KOREAN TREASURES. Rare Books, Manuscripts and Artefacts in the Bodleian Libraries and Museums of Oxford University. Oxford, 2011. 160 pp. 82 colour illustrations. 25x21 cm. Cloth. £35.00 This well-illustrated publication uncovers the previously neglected Korean treasures acquired throughout the long history of the Bodleian Library. Many here published for the first time. 421 Miniaev, Serguey and Philippe Smolarski: THE ART OF THE STEPPES. Foundation Richard Liu. Brussels, 2002. 105 pp. 85 items illustrated in colour plates. Map, bibliography. 21x21 cm. Paper. £25.00 Catalogue with introduction and apparatus (including metal compositional analyses) for an exhibition of this private collection of chiefly early (1st millennium BC to 1st century AD) bronze ornaments from present-day Mongolia. Includes a couple of gold and gilt pieces. 422 Mizuno Seiichi: TANG SANCAI (TRICOLOUR) CERAMICS. Toji Taikei, Volume 35. Tokyo, 1977. 149 pp. 113 plates, 29 in colour, 89 illustrations. Folding map and chart. 27x19 cm. Cloth. £30.00 A survey based on holdings in Japanese museum collections. This volume covering Tang dynasty tricolour ceramics. Japanese text only. 423 Monroe, Betty Iverson: CHINESE CERAMICS FROM CHICAGO COLLECTIONS. Evanston, 1982. 104 pp. 117 plates and illustrations, 11 in colour. Map. Notes, glossary & bibliography. 31x23 cm. Cloth. £15.00 Exhibition catalogue of both public and private collections in the Chicago area, held at the Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University. 424 Montell, Gösta: THE CHINESE LAMA TEMPLE: POTALA OF JEHOL. Exhibition of Historical and Ethnographical Collections. Chicago, 1932. 64 pp. 26 b/w plates. Plan. 24x16 cm. Paper. £35.00 Exhibition of a collection made by Dr Montell on Hedin’s expeditions, donated by Vincent Bendix, housed in Chicago in an absolutely faithful replica of the Golden Pavilion of Jehol. 425 Morga, Antonio de; Cummins, J. S. trans. and edited: SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS. (Events in the Philippines). Hakluyt Society Second Series Volume 140. Cambridge, 1972. xi, 347 pp. B/w frontispiece. Map. 22x15 cm. Cloth. £30.00 A firsthand account of early Spanish colonialism in Asia, this work was first published in Mexico in 1609. It provides an account of the history of the Spanish colony in the Philippines during the 16th century. de Morga was a Spanish official in Manila. The books also touches on Spanish colonial activities elsewhere in Asia. Also contains a long chapter on Filipino customs, manners and religion. English translation. 426 Morris, Ivan: THE WORLD OF THE SHINING PRINCE. Court Life in Ancient Japan. London, 1964. xv, 336 pp. 22x14 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £30.00 The Shining Prince was Hikaru Genji, Emperor’s son during the Heian period, about whom the great work, ‘The Tale of Genji’, cen - tres. This volume is an account of the Prince’s life and times.

427 Moss, Hugh M: CHINESE SNUFF-BOTTLES 1-6. A Magazine for the Collector and Student of Chinese Snuff- Bottles. London, 1963-74. Profusely illustrated, many colour illustrations. 6 vols. 23x16 cm. Paper. £220.00 Contributions by Lilla S. Perry, John F. Ruckman, Mike J. Kayes, Hugh M. Moss, and Tom Harrison. The first six issues of this jour - nal. Scarce.

428 Moss, Sydney L: NETSUKE AND OKIMONO FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS. London, 1974. 50 pp. 25 b/w illustrations. 15x21 cm. Paper. £5.00 Exhibition catalogue including pieces from the Bluth & Meinertzhagen collections. 429 Mulder, Drs. W. Z: HOLLANDERS IN HIRADO. 1597-1641. Holland, 1986. xi, 301 pp. 7 b/w illustrations, 2 maps. 23x15 cm. Paper. £20.00 A history of Dutch trade in Japan, and of their base on the island of Hirado. 430 Münsterberg, Hugo: CHINESE BUDDHIST BRONZES. A Loan Exhibition. New York, 1959. 11 pp. text. plus 4 pp. b/w plates with 9 illustrations. 23x15 cm. Paper. £15.00 Chinese Art Society of America exhibition. 431 Münsterberg, Hugo: DRAGONS IN CHINESE ART. New York, 1972. 64 pp. 70 illustrations. 23x20 cm. Paper. £20.00 China House Gallery exhibition catalogue. A documentation of dragons as represented in Chinese art, from Shang bronzes to Qing costumes. 432 Musée Cernuschi: PEINTURES CHINOISES ET CALLIGRAPHIES ANCIENNES VIII-XIX SIÉCLES DE LA COLLECTION CHIANG ER-SHIH. (Ancient Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the 8th-19th Centuries in the Chiang Er-Shih Collection). Paris, 1971. 45 pp. 17 b/w plates, 2 folding. 32x25 cm. Paper. £20.00 Musée Cernuschi exhibition catalogue. Text in French. 36 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

433 Musée Cernuschi: PEINTURES CHINOISES MING ET TS’ING XV-XIX SIÉCLES DE LA COLLECTION MU-FEI. (Ming and Qing Paintings from the 15th-19th Centuries in the Mu-fei Collection). Paris, 1967. 46 pp. French text. 13 b/w plates, 2 folding. 32x25 cm. Paper. £20.00 Illustrations and descriptions of paintings in Cheng Dekun’s collection. Musée Cernuschi exhibition catalogue. In French. 434 Musée Cernuschi: QUELQUES PEINTURES DE LETTRÉS, XIV-XX SIÉCLES DE LA COLLECTION LING SU-HUA. (Literati Paintings from the 14th-20th Centuries in the Ling Su-Hua Collection). Paris, 1962. 58 pp. 22 b/w plates, 2 figures. 32x25 cm. Paper. £20.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Musée Cernuschi. twenty paintings described and illustrated. In French. 435 Musée Cernuschi: SEIZE PEINTURES DE MAITRES CHINOIS XIIE — XVIIIE SIECLES DE LA COLLECTION CHIANG ER-SHIH. (Sixteen Paintings by Chinese Masters of the 12th to 18th Centuries from the Chiang Er-Shih Collection). Paris, 1959. 25 pp. 16 plates, 4 folding. 22x16 cm. Paper. £20.00 Features works by (amongst others) Wang Tingyun, Yun Shouping, Huang Shen and Daoji. In French

436 Museu de Arte de Macau: BAI LIAN CHENG GANG: DANGDAI G百U煉 O成JI 鋼ZH ：U D當A代O國 D際AS鑄H刀 I 大ZU師O作PI品 N. Masters of Fire: International Exhibition of Contemporary Bladesmiths. . Macau, 2006. c.100 pp. Numerous colour and b/w illustrations. 36x27 cm. Paper. £20.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum of Macau showing the work of around 20 contemporary sword makers from around the world. Includes work by Chinese and Japanese masters. Dual texts in Chinese, Portuguese and English. Difficult to obtain. 437 Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst: BILDER FUR DIE HALLE DES PURPURGLANZES: CHINESISCHE OFFIZIERPORTRATS UND SCHLACHTENKUPFER DER ARA QIANLONG (1736-1795). (Portraits for the Forbidden City: Chinese Portraits of Military Officials and Copperplate Engravings of Battle Scenes from the Qianlong Era (1736-1795)). Berlin, 2003. 69 pp. Colour and b/w plates and illustrations throughout. 23x19 cm. Paper. £35.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst in Berlin. In addition to the full-length portraits and copperplate engravings (done by Castiglione and others), there are illustrations of a number of large lacquer plaques with battle scenes derived from the engravings. In German. 438 Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst: QUELLEN — DAS WASSER IN DER KUNST OSTASIENS. (Wells — Water in the Art of the Far East). Köln, 1992. 272 pp. 199 plates and illustrations, mostly in colour. Glossary and bibliography. 27x21 cm. Paper. £30.00 A detailed exhibition catalogue from the Museum für Ostasiatiche Kunst of Chinese and Japanese objects of art illustrating the sub - ject and idea of water. In co-operation with the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. In German. 439 Nakao Manzo et al: SEIIKI KEI SHINA KO TOJI NO KOSATSU..... (Study of Old Chinese Ceramics with Connections to the Silk Road; Ding Yao Kilns, Celadon Porcelains). Togashu 6. Dairen, 1925. 317 pp. 68 b/w plates. 19x13 cm. Japanese style binding. £125.00 The sixth volume of the Togakai ceramic collection, divided into 3 sections — Chinese ceramics with Indian and Central Asian con - nections; Ding yao kilns; and Celadon Porcelain, each by different authors. Japanese text only. Rare. 440 Nanjing Museum: ART TREASURES FROM THE NANJING MUSEUM COLLECTION. Nagoya, 1981. 58 pp. text. 100 b/w illustrations. 54 colour plates. Maps. 25x22 cm. Paper. £15.00 Travelling exhibition in Japan, starting at the Nagoya City Museum, of various objects on loan from the collections of the Nanjing Mu - seum. English captions, otherwise in Japanese.

441 NANYUE GUO GONG 南SH越U國 YI宮 ZH署I遺. H址istoric Site of the Nanyue Kingdom Palace, Two-Thousand-Year Center of the Lingnan Region. . Guangzhou, 2010. 301 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Boards. £95.00 A survey of this rich site located in the centre of the city of Guangzhou in China. The Nanyue Kingdom flourished in Southern China from 203 BC to 111 BC. Illustrated throughout with pictures of the site and the many artefacts found. Detailed text in both Chinese and English. 442 Nara National Museum: SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF JOBIN. Nara, 1978. 16 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations. 26x18 cm. Paper. £20.00 Catalogue of an exhibition of bronze vases and other vessels seen carried by Bodhisattva and other Buddhist deities, arranged by the Nara National Museum. Japanese text.

443 Nara, Yasumei: ZEN NO SEKAI. (The World of Zen). Tokyo, 2007. 430 pp. Colour plates throughout. 35x26 cm. Cloth. £200.00 Excellent visual survey of Zen, its origins, history, art and practice. In sections: India; China; Japan; Zen Today. Each section is co - piously illustrated with historical sites and artefacts, including much sculpture. Useful for drawing attention to sites with Zen associ - ations, some little-known. The China section includes many such Buddhist sites, from early Buddhist caves on the Silk Road to ancient temples in Xi’an, Wutaishan, Baima Si and elsewhere. The section on Japan is similar with extensive illustration of Zen temples and artefacts. The final, and fairly short, section discusses Zen as practised today in various countries. There is much text to each section discussing the origins and transmission of Zen in each country, its development, discussion and history of sites, temples and artefacts illustrated. A good work on a still-elusive subject. Text in Japanese.

444 Narazaki, M. ed: UKIYO-E MASTERPIECES IN EUROPEAN COLLECTIONS 1-13. Tokyo, 1988-91. Each volume c. 250 pp. with numerous colour and b/w plates. Foldouts. 13 vols. 37x26 cm. Cloth, clamshell or slip- cases. £1,200.00 A composite complete set of the 13 volumes of this definitive, high quality survey of masterpieces of ukiyo-e in European collections. Covers the British Museum (3 volumes), Victoria and Albert Museum (2), Musée Guimet (2), Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, Musées Royaux d’Art et Histoire in Brussels, Museo d’Arte Orientale in Genoa (2), Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst (MOK) in Berlin, and 174 37 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

the final volume contains MOK in Köln, Chester Beatty Library in Dublin and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam plus the separate index. Each volume contains numerous fullpage colour plates plus additional black-and-white plates. Some volumes contain foldout plates of series of ukiyo-e or panoramas. Nine of the volumes are the Japanese edition in clamshell cases. The remaining four (British Mu - seum I and II, the MOK in Berlin and the final volume) are a slightly anglicised edition in slipcases with an English text supplement. However, all the volumes have plate captions in English and the main text in all volumes is in Japanese as is the index. The books them - selves are uniform in size and in mint condition as are the majority of the cases. There is a stain to one case and slight grubbiness to a couple of others but, again, the volumes within are mint. A superb reference on the subject and extremely difficult to obtain as a set.

445 National Centre for Traditional A第rt一s: 屆19傳98統 D工IY藝 I J獎IE作 C品H集 UANTONG GONGYI JIANG ZUOPIN JI. 1998 The First Traditional Crafts Awards. . Yilan, 1998. 127 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper. £20.00 Catalogue of an award exhibition held at the National Centre for Traditional Arts in Yilan, Taiwan. Showed numerous contemporary folk art objects in various media. Introductions in English. Main text in Chinese. 446 National Centre for Traditional Arts: JIANYUE YONGRONG KUANGYE: 2006 YATAI CHUANTONG DAJI YUEQI TEZHAN. 2006 簡Ex約 hib雍iti容 on狂 on野 th ：e T r2a0d0it6io 亞na太l P傳erc統us打 sio擊n 樂Ins器tru特m展ents of Asian-Pacific Area — Simplicity, Elegance and Wildness. . Yilan, 2006. 195 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper. £35.00 Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Centre for Traditional Arts in Yilan, Taiwan, showing primitive and traditional per - cussion musical instruments from throughout the Asia-Pacific region — mostly modern, a few older pieces. Illustrated throughout. Cap - tions in English. Main text in English. 陳景 容作品集 447 National Museum of History: CHEN JINGRONG ZUOPIN JI. Chen Ching-Jung. . Taibei, 2006. 119 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 36x26 cm. Cloth. £20.00 Large catalogue of an exhibition at the National Museum of History in Taibei showing the work of the leading Taiwanese oil painter, Ching-Jung, who focuses on figurative scenes. Illustrated throughout. Introduction and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.

448 National M承us傳eum古 今of H：is t孫or家y: 勤CH畫E展 NGCHUAN GUJIN: SUN JIAJIN HUAZHAN. A Timeless Painter: Sun Chia-chin. . Taibei, 2004. 121 pp. Colour plates throughout, one folding. 30x21 cm. Paper. £30.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Museum of History in Taibei showing the work of the Taiwanese painter, Sun Chia-chin, a student of Zhang Daqian. Illustrated throughout with landscapes, bird-and-flower paintings etc. that show the influence of Zhang Daqian. Introduction and captions in English. Main text in Chinese. 449 National Museum of History: CHINESE COSTUMES — BROCADE — EMBROIDERY. Taibei, 1977. English and Chinese text. 99 plates all in colour. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £45.00 A variety of costumes, brocades and embroideries from the Museum’s collection.

450 National Museum of History: QIAOSHOU HU巧A手Y化U 育ZH針E線 NX情I A：N 女 Q紅IN展 G: NU HONG ZHAN. Affectionate Handiworks: Traditional Chinese Women’s Art. . Taibei, 2004. 155 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper. £33.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Museum of History in Taibei showing traditional Chinese folk art done by women. Includes batik-type textiles and much embroidered material from purses to quilts. Also includes complex knotting. The material appears recent or modern. Introduction and basic captions in English. Main text in Chinese.

451 National Museum of History: WANG YOUJU王N友 H俊 UI繪H畫UA歷 L程I黃CH澥E撮 NG奇 特HU展 ANGXIE CUOQI TEZHAN. Paintings of Mount Huang by Wang You-chun. . Taibei, 2004. 168 pp. Colour plates throughout, a few folding. 30x21 cm. Paper. £30.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Museum of History in Taibei showing a large number of paintings of the Huangshan moun - tains in China by the Taiwanese painter, Wang Youjun. Introduction and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.

452 National Museum of History: ZHIZHANG QIANKU指N掌: W乾A坤 N G： D 王 U度 RU如Y意I Z珍H藏 E冊NCANG CE. Palm Universe — Ruyi Sceptres from the Wellington Wang Collection. . Taibei, 2004. 204 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Boards. £175.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Museum of History in Taibei showing a large selection of auspicious ruyi sceptres (and a number of associated objects) dating predominantly from the Qing dynasty. The ruyi are in a large variety of media from jade and box - wood to iron and bamboo. Interesting essay on the origin of ruyi sceptres. Near dual texts in Chinese and English. The only compre - hensive reference on the subject. Out-of-print and hard to find.

453 National Museum of History ed: QINGKONG YIHE: HUANG CHANGHUI JINIA晴N空 Z逸 H鶴AN ：. T 黃he昌 Lo惠fty紀 C念ra展ne, Serene in the Clear Sky: A Memorial Exhibition of Hwang Chang-Huei’s Paintings. . Taibei, 2003. 167 pp. Colour plates throughout. Reproductions of seals. 30x21 cm. Paper. £35.00 Catalogue of a memorial exhibition of the recently deceased Taiwanese artist, Huang Changhui (1938-2002) whose main oeuvre was bird-and-flower painting. Approximately 100 of his works are illustrated in colour plates. Seals are shown. Introduction in English, otherwise Chinese text only.

454 National Palace Museum: EMPTY VESSELS, REPLENISHED M也IN可D以 S:清 T心HE ： C U茶L器TU、R E茶 , 事PR、A C茶T畫 ICE AND ART OF TEA. Ye Keyi Qingxin — Cha Qi, Cha Shi, Cha Hua. . Taibei, 2002. 199 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Cloth. £95.00 Catalogue of a truly memorable and quite wonderful exhibition at the National Palace Museum of Tea in Chinese art ranging from Song album leaves and ceramics through Ming landscapes and Chenghua cups to Qing falangcai porcelains and court paintings. The majority of the 179 exhibits are of exceptional quality, being from the imperial collections, and all are shown in excellent colour. Main text in Chinese but with a good amount of text also in English including captions. Recommended. Now out-of-print and hard to find. 38 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

455 National Palace Museum: INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON CHINESE ART HISTORY, 1991. Proceedings, Antiquities 1-2. Taibei, 1992. (12), 840 pp. 48 colour illustrations and numerous b/w illustrations. 2 vols. 31x22 cm. Cloth. £275.00 Transcripts and resumés of 35 papers given at this important Colloquium. Subjects range from early jades to Ming period ink and ink books. The majority of the papers are in Chinese with English abstracts, a number fully in English with Chinese abstracts. 456 National Palace Museum: KEZHI FENGHUA: SONGDAI KESI HUANIAO ZHAN TULU.緙 W織ea風vi華ng ：a T 宋ap代est緙ry 絲of花 Sp鳥le展nd圖ors錄 : Bird-and-Flower Tapestries of the Sung Dynasty. . Taibei, 2009. viii, 125 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper. £40.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Palace Museum showing seldom-seen and highly-ac - complished Song dynasty tapestries which bear bird-and-flower designs, a feature of Song dynasty painting here expressed in an embroidered form. 23 of the finest of such works from the collection, all of which were in the former Chinese imperial collection, are here shown in full page colour plates and with close-up detail. Of particular interest are a number of microscopic photographs showing the structure and weave of the tapestries — useful for research and identification. Dual texts in Chi - nese and English.

457 National Palace Museum: LÜ JI HUANIAO呂 H紀U花A 鳥TE畫Z特HA展 N. A Special Exhibition of the Bird-and-Flower Painting of Lü Chi. . Taibei, 1995. 170 pp. including 90 pp. of colour plates. 30x21 cm. Paper. £35.00 Fine catalogue of work by one of the best proponents of this genre of Chinese painting, who flour - ished during the 15th century under the Ming. Introduction and contents in English, otherwise Chinese. 458 National Palace Museum: NINETY YEARS OF WU SCHOOL PAINTING. Wupaihua Jiushi Nian Zhan. Taibei, 1975. 37 pp. Chinese & 60 pp. English text, 240 plates, 16 in colour. 31x22 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Features landscapes, animal paintings and calligraphy. Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Palace Museum in 1975.

459 National Palace Museum: SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF CH’ING DYNASTY EN清A宮M中 EL琺L瑯 ED彩 P瓷O特RC展 ELAINS OF THE IMPERIAL ATELIERS. Qing Gong Zhong Falang Cai Ci Te Zhan. . Taibei, 2010. 281 pp. 146 pieces illustrated in colour, including marks. 26x25 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £120.00 Lavish exhibition catalogue of 146 superb objects of the highest craftsmanship from the unparalleled collection of the National Palace Museum in Taibei. Emphatically demonstrates the exquisite workmanship of the Qing imperial workshops in falangcai decoration on ceramics. All exhibits from the former Chinese imperial collection. Dual text in English and Chinese. 2010 reprint of the 1992 edition. Out-of-print.

460 National Palace Museum ed: GUGONG JI KAN 1-10. The National Palace Museum Quarterly Volumes 1-X. Taipei, 1966-76. Various paginations, b/w illustrations and plates to each volume. 40 vols. 26x19 cm. Paper. £130.00 Volumes 1 to 10 inclusive of this important journal on Chinese art issued by the holders of one of the most important collections. Each issue has a number of articles, typically with a single contribution in English and the rest in Chinese. Wear to some covers and spines. Generally in good condition. Difficult-to-find such runs as these.

461 National Taiwan Arts Education Insti藝tu於te:生 Y活I Y ：U S當H代EN陶G藝H展UO: DANGDAI TAOYI ZHAN. Lively Clay — Contemporary Ceramics in Taiwan. . Taipei, 2002. 199 pp. Numerous colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Paper. £38.00 Catalogue of an exhibition of contemporary ceramics created by various Taiwanese ceramic artists. Illustrated throughout in colour. Chinese text only.

462 Needham, Joseph et al: SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA II. History of Scientific Thought. Cambridge, 1956. xxvi, 697 pp. 7 plates, 6 illustrations & text-figures, 12 tables. 26x20 cm. Cloth. £130.00 Beginning with ancient times, it describes the Confucian milieu in which arose the organic naturalism of the great Taoist school. The book examines all of the various schools of thought which affected scientific thought. 463 Needham, Joseph; Robinson, K. ed: SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA VII:2. Reflections and Conclusions. Cambridge, 2004. li, 283 pp. 21 halftones. 3 tables. 25x19 cm. Cloth. £110.00 In the concluding volume of the series, Needham reflects on why the scientific and industrial revolutions did not happen in China. Gives possible answers to this question and provides many fascinating insights.

464 Nelson, Susan: THREE CH’ING CRITICS ON YUAN PAINTING AND THE IDEAL OF SPONTANEITY. Journal American Oriental Society 106.2. N.p., 1986. pp. 297-306. B/w illustrations. 25x21 cm. Self-covered. £9.00 465 Nezu Institute of Fine Arts: IRISES REBORN: KORIN’S DESIGN AESTHETICS AND THE RESTORED IRISES SCREENS. Tokyo, 2005. 155 pp. 62 pp. colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 30x23 cm. Paper. £40.00 Catalogue of an exhibition commemorating the completion of restoration work on the Kakitsubata (Iris screens), a Japanese national treasure painted by Ogata Korin. In addition to the two screens, other noted works by the artist are shown. A total of 44 exhibits. Sum - mary and list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 466 Noetzel, Otto Heinrich: NETSUKE. Geschichte, Meister, Motive. Wilhelmshaven, 2001. 272 pp. of text, 16 colour plates, 68 pp. of b/w plates with numerous illustrations. Text figures. Bibliography, glossary, index. 27x22 cm. Cloth. £60.00 Revised and expanded edition of this useful survey of netsuke connoisseurship which was the first important publication in German since Brockhaus. The book deals primarily with the history and carvers of netsuke, materials used and symbolism. 174 39 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

467 Noone, Martin J: THE ISLANDS SAW IT. The Discovery and Conquest of the Philippines 1521-1581. N.p (Dublin), n.d. (1984). xiv, 476 pp. A good number of b/w text illustrations and maps. 24x15 cm. Paper. £25.00 An excellent and very detailed history drawing on many firsthand accounts and contemporary documents regarding early expeditions to, and the colonisation of, the Philippines. 468 Norlindh, Tycho: FLORA OF THE MONGOLIAN STEPPE AND DESERT AREAS. XI. Botany 4. Stockholm, 1949. 155 pp. 16 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 30x24 cm. Paper. £70.00 Report from The Scientific Expedition to the north-western provinces of China under the leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin. Publication 31. 469 O’Brien, Mary Louise: NETSUKE. A Guide for Collectors. Tokyo, 1986. 245 pp. 146 objects illustrated, 25 in colour. Artist list and index. 21x23 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £50.00 With chapters on types of netsuke, materials and techniques, subject matter and makers, as well as on the problems of collecting. Tenth printing. 470 O’Brien, Mary Louise: NETSUKE. A Guide for Collectors. Tokyo, 1965. 2nd printing. 245 pp. 146 objects illustrated, 25 in colour. Artist list and index. 21x23 cm. Cloth. £35.00 With chapters on types of netsuke, materials and techniques, subject matter and makers, as well as on the problems of collecting. Var - ious printings. 471 Oi Motoi: SUMI-E PAINTING & LIFE. Tokyo, 1958. 68 pp. 22 illustrations. 36x28 cm. Japanese style binding. £95.00 Oi Motoi lived in poverty as a self-supporting student while he trained as an artist. This book, written in English, gives descriptions of the techniques and art of sumi-e painting. Artist’s dedication. 472 Okada Jo: CHODO. (Furniture). Nihon no Bijutsu No. 3. Tokyo, 1966. 134 pp. 125 plates, 17 in colour. 23x19 cm. Paper. £25.00 Japanese small furniture surrounding the scholar — stands, boxes, shelves, armrests, etc. 473 Okada, Amina: LE MOTIF FLORAL DANS LES TISSUS MOGHOLS. Inde XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles. Paris, 1995. 8 pp. text and 26 colour plates. 42x30 cm. Loose, in paper folio. £60.00 Large-size, bilingual (English and French) catalogue of 26 textiles or textile samples with floral decor. Each piece is splendidly illus - trated in full colour and extensively described, including a thorough technical analysis. Numbered edition of 1200 copies. 474 Okakura Kakuzo: THE BOOK OF TEA. New York, 1912. 160 pp. 18x13 cm. Cloth. £25.00 A Japanese harmony of art, culture and the simple life. Nice early edition of what was a very popular work on Eastern philosophy of life, including ‘Taoism and Zennism’. Covers slightly worn, good inside. 475 Olson, Eleanor: TANTRIC BUDDHIST ART. New York, 1974. 100 pp. 57 plates, 5 in colour. 24x20 cm. Paper. £20.00 Exhibition catalogue from China Institute in America. 476 Ono Ken’ichiro et al: TOKI DAIJITEN. (Encyclopaedia of Ceramics). Tokyo, 1934-37. Each vol. c. 600 pp. many b/w & some colour plates, text ills, indices (incl. European). 6 vols. 27x21 cm. Quarter leather in wrappers & slipcases. £150.00 The original 1934-37 edition. Worldwide in coverage, but concentrating on Japanese and other European ceramics. Includes a cata - logue of Japanese national treasures, and a chronology of Japanese, Korean & Chinese ceramics. In Japanese only.

477 鄂Or爾do多s 斯M青u銅se器um: E’ERDUOSI QINGTONGQI. Ordos Bronzeware. . Beijing, 2006. 345 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Cloth. £180.00 Excellent work on Ordos bronzes showing hundreds of examples in full page colour plates. The ma - jority of the bronzes come from the collection of the Ordos Museum located in Yi League in Inner Mongolia and many have never previously been published. One page abstract and captions to plates in English. Main text in Chinese. An important contribution. Now out-of-print. 478 Oriental Art Gallery Ltd, The: ORIENTAL WORKS OF ART. London, 1992. (116) pp. Chronology, bibliography. 119 colour illustrations. 30x21 cm. Paper. £10.00 Catalogue of the inaugural exhibition of the Oriental Art Gallery Ltd, with an introduction by Mar - garet Medley. 127 Chinese (chiefly), Japanese and SE Asian works of art are presented as a collec - tion of ‘good taste and experienced eyes’. 479 Pope, John Alexander et al: ORIENTAL CERAMICS — THE WORLD’S GREAT COLLECTIONS 9. The Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Oriental Ceramics Vol. 9. Tokyo, 1981. 181 pp. 95 colour plates, 377 illustrations. 37x27 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £250.00 A comprehensive collection of fine quality oriental ceramics. Well represented are Han and Sung wares from China, those of Seto, Karatsu, Kyoto and Satsuma from Japan, and Koryo celadons from Korea. 480 Fontein, Jan & Wu Tung: ORIENTAL CERAMICS — THE WORLD’S GREAT COLLECTIONS 10. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Oriental Ceramics Vol. 10. Tokyo, 1980. 182 pp. 106 colour & 314 b/w plates & illustrations. 37x27 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £250.00 481 Osaka Municipal Art Museum: DAI 3-KAI MEIHO TENRANKAI ZUROKU. (Catalogue of the 3rd Exhibition of Japanese Art Treasures). Kyoto, 1938. 75 folded leaves with b/w collotype plates opposite detailed descriptions. 44x30 cm. Stitched brocade (front cover with small piece cut out), cloth case (with some damage to corners). Contents good. £75.00 A fine catalogue of chiefly post-Muromachi period Japanese painting (including some screens and calligraphy) selected from many private collections throughout Japan. Text in Japanese only. 40 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

482 Osaka Municipal Art Museum: KINRYU — KINMA TO DOBUTSUKUNI HOTEN. (Golden Dragon — Golden Horse and the Animal Kingdom). Osaka, 1987. 144 pp. Japanese text. 125 colour plates and illustrations, some b/w. 28x21 cm. Paper. £35.00 Catalogue of an exhibition of items excavated in Shaanxi province and illustrating animal representations in Chinese art from Shang to Yuan in various materials: bronze, pottery, jade, silver and gold, etc. In Japanese. 483 Osaka Municipal Museum: KANDAI NO BIJUTSU. (Arts of the Han Period). Tokyo, 1975. 286 pp. 341 illustrations, 66 in colour. 120 text-figures. 37x27 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £125.00 A major work on Han period art, based on the exhibition in 1974 at the Osaka Municipal Museum, which was arranged with pieces from public and private Japanese collections. In Japanese. 484 Osaka Municipal Museum: RO KYO NO BIJUTSU. (Arts of the Six Dynasties Period). Tokyo, 1976. 300 pp. 333 illustrations, 69 in colour. 149 text-illustrations. Folding map. 37x27 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £150.00 Commemorative catalogue of the major exhibition held at the Osaka Municipal Museum. Fine illustrations. In Japanese only. 485 Osaka Municipal Museum: SO GEN NO BIJUTSU. (Arts of the Song and Yuan Periods). Tokyo, 1980. 273 pp. 337 plates, 71 in colour. 91 text-illustrations. 37x27 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £200.00 Commemorative catalogue of the major exhibition at Osaka Municipal Museum with pieces from public and private Japanese collec - tions. Exquisite paintings and porcelain. In Japanese. 486 Osaka Municipal Museum: SOGEN NO BIJUTSU. (Arts of the Song and Yuan Periods). Exhibitions of Chinese Art, 4. Osaka, 1978. 144 pp. 110 plates with numerous illustrations. 3 colour plates. 26x18 cm. Paper. £25.00 A major exhibition of Chinese art from the Song and Yuan periods held at the Osaka Museum in 1978. Predominantly ceramics, paint - ings and calligraphy illustrated. Japanese text only. 487 Otsu City Museum of History: THE WORLD OF ANIMAL SCULPTURE. Supporting Roles in Religious Arts. Otsu, 1999. 79 pp. 54 colour and 12 b/w plates. 30x21 cm. Paper. £35.00 Interesting catalogue of an exhibition that focuses on the role of animal sculpture in Japanese religious art. Shows haniwa dogs, Shinto deer, animal masks etc. Text in Japanese only. 488 Ouyi and Damo: FO SHUO AMITUO JING YAOJIE BIANMENG MIAO. (Commentaries on the Amitabha Sutra). Taizhong, 1983. Various pagings. 24x19 cm. Cloth. £30.00 Facsimile of a Qing period work with commentaries by two monks: Ouyi Dashi of the Ming period, and Damo of the Qing. In Chinese only. 489 Ozaki, Yei Theodora: WARRIORS OF OLD JAPAN. And Other Stories. London, 1909. xxviii, 254 pp. Frontispiece and 9 b/w plates. 19x13 cm. Decorative cloth. £20.00 Ten stories adapted from the Japanese. Spine a little faded, otherwise a good copy. 490 Pal, Pratapaditya: A BUDDHIST PARADISE THE MURALS OF ALCHI WESTERN HIMALAYAS. Hong Kong, 1982. 67 pp. text. Over 140 colour plates. 29x23 cm. Cloth. £45.00 The first monograph on the early Buddhist murals of the monastic complex of Alchi located in the Western Himalayas which date from the 11th to 13th centuries AD. Photographs by Lionel Fournier. 491 Parley, Peter ed: THE TRAVELS, VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES OF GILBERT GO-AHEAD IN FOREIGN PARTS. New York, 1856. viii, 295 pp. Frontispiece, title page and 6 fullpage b/w engravings. 19x13 cm. Gilt-stamped decorative cloth. £60.00 Boy’s fiction from the 1850s of the travels, adventures and derring-do of one Gilbert Go-Ahead in Borneo, Tibet, China, Burma, Java, Vietnam and many other places in Asia. It is interesting to speculate whether the author had travelled to these places as some of the descriptions appear quite well-informed. A fun read that shows the popular state of knowledge of this part of the world in the mid-19th century. Some minor wear to the covers and some internal foxing but generally a good copy of a rare work. 492 Pauthier, M. G: UNE VISITE A YOUEN-MING-YOUEN. Palais d’Eté de l’Empereur Khien-Loung. Le Tour du Monde. Paris, 1862. Pp. 97-112. 8 plates and illustrations. 30x22 cm. Self-covered. £100.00 Very rare offprint from ‘Le Tour du Monde’ with woodcut illustrations of various scenes from the Yuanmingyuan, then recently sacked by the allied armies. In French. Some foxing.

493 Pei, Fang Jing: SYMBOLS AND REBUSES IN CHINESE ART. Figures, Bugs, Beasts and Flowers. Berkeley, 2004. x, 214 pp. Numerous colour photographs. 26x26 cm. Paper. £45.00 Catalogues hundreds of symbols and visual puns in Chinese art, be it designs on ceramics, paintings, carved figures etc. Describes and deciphers their meaning and significance. Arranged alphabetically from Alarum Staff to Zodiac. A huge help, an essential reference and a fascinating read. Out-of-print and hard to find.

494 Penkala, Maria: MAGIC BLANC DE CHINE. A Handbook for the Collector. Schiedam, 1980. 351 pp. 171 plates, many illustrations Maps on e/p. Glossary, chronology, bibliography & index. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £70.00 A good history of the subject with reproductions of symbols, marks and decoration. Now a scarce ref - erence. 495 Philadelphia Museum: MING BLUE-AND-WHITE. An Exhibition of Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty. Philadelphia Museum Bulletin, Vol. 44:223. Philadelphia, 1949. 72 pp. with illustrations of all 153 exhibits. 24x13 cm. Paper. £25.00 Catalogue of a most important exhibition of blue & white ceramics from various collections. This exhibition did much to clarify the chronology of blue and white as well as trigger increased interest among collectors. 174 41 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

496 A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE MOUNT JOLMO LUNGMA SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION (1966- 1968). Peking, 1974. 80 pp of colour and b/w photographs. 29x23 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £35.00 A splendid photographic essay.

497 Pingtu并ng東 C美ou展nty 2 G00o5vernment Cultural Bureau: BINGDONG MEI ZHAN 2005. Pingtung Fine Arts Exhibition 2005. . Gaoxiong, 2005. 160 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 25x26 cm. Paper. £30.00 Catalogue of an exhibition showing the work of artists living in the area of Pingtung (Bingdong) county in Taiwan. Includes painting, calligraphy, sculpture etc. Illustrated throughout. In Chinese.

498 Plant, Cornell: GLIMPSES OF THE YANGTZE GORGES. Shanghai, 1936. xv, 86 pp. with 49 b/w photographs, and 30 b/w text drawings by Ivon A. Donnelly, 1 in colour. 22x15 cm. Decorative cloth. £85.00 Having devoted the greater part of his life to studying and overcoming the dangers and difficulties which attend navigation of this river, Captain Plant is the ideal man to write a book on this subject. No alterations or additions to the text has been made in this new edi - tion of the 1921 original. However, 4 photographs had to be omitted, the blocks having been mislaid and the original photographs from which they were being made being unavailable. The photographs are interesting and the b/w drawings by Donnelly are pleasing. A scarce work on the Gorges. 1936 reprint of the 1926 second edition. Some warping to covers, otherwise fine.

499 Po-tuan, Chang, Cleary, T. trans: UNDERSTANDING REALITY. A Taoist Alchemical Classic. Honolulu, 1987. 176 pp. Paper. £20.00 The present volume is a welcome addition to the still limited number of Daoist texts translated from the Chinese originals. 500 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. £250.00 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 (?) gaz - ing at Mount Fuji. Dual texts in Japanese and English. Minor tear to top of front cover and remnants of small removed sticker. Oth - erwise in fine condition. Very rare. 501 Pregadio, Fabrizio: GREAT CLARITY. Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China. Stanford, 2005. 392 pp. 9 illustrations. Cloth. £50.00 The first book to examine extensively the religious aspects of Chinese alchemy. Its main focus is the relation of alchemy to the Daoist traditions of the early medieval period — third to sixth centuries A.D. Due October 2005. 502 Priest, Alan: CHINESE SCULPTURE IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. New York, 1944. 81 pp. and 132 plates. Maps on endpapers. Bibliography, index. 29x22 cm. Half-cloth. £25.00 A short history of Chinese sculpture. Illustrated with pieces from this excellent collection. Damage to stop of spine. Priced accordingly. 503 Prodan, Mario: THE ART OF THE T’ANG POTTER. London, 1960. 186 pp. 34 tipped-in colour plates and 120 b/w plates. Bibliography and index. 32x26 cm. Cloth. £90.00 Excellent survey of the subject with numerous illustrations. A standard reference. 504 Prodan, Mario: LA POTERIE T’ANG. Paris, 1960. 186 pp. 34 tipped-in colour plates, 154 illustrations. Bibliography and index. 31x26 cm. Cloth. £70.00 Excellent survey of the subject with numerous illustrations. In French. 505 Pulleyblank, Edwin G: THE BACKGROUND TO THE REBELLION OF AN LU-SHAN. London Oriental Series 4. London, 1966. x, 264 pp. Folding map and chart. 21x14 cm. Cloth. £45.00 Reprint of this excellent study. 506 Putney, Carolyn M: JAPANESE TREASURES: THE ART OF NETSUKE CARVING. Toledo, 2000. 48 pp. 65 colour and 8 b/w illustrations. 22x22 cm. Paper. £15.00 A small but attractive catalogue presenting 50 netsuke selected from the museum’s collection of 250 (donated by Harry Fee, Noah H. Swayne and others).

507 Qi Yuan: WANG DUO SHUH王U鐸A 書BI畫AN編N年IA圖N目 T U。M 齊U.淵 (Il l編 ustrated Chronological Conspectus of the Calligraphy and Painting of Wang Duo). . Beijing, 2004. 6, 20, 357 pp. Including 20 pp. of colour plates and the rest of the pages with b/w plates throughout, with 33 pp. of reproductions of seals and signatures. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £55.00 We cannot recall seeing such a well-illustrated, systematic treatment of the work of an individual calligrapher. Paintings are included, but Wang Duo (1592-1652) is overwhelmingly known and appreciated as one of the transitional period masters of a vibrant and sin - uous cursive style of calligraphy. This book provides a chronological assemblage of accessible pieces, well-reproduced and adequately documented. The text is minimal but there is apparatus, and the collection of seal impressions and signatures enhances a work that is notable for its serious arrangement, offering a uniquely useful overview of the artist’s work. In Chinese.

508 Qi Yuan: ZHENG BANQIAO SHUHUA BI鄭AN板N橋IA書N畫 T編UM年U圖. 目(A 。n I l齊 lu淵str a編te著d Chronological Listing of the Calligraphy and Paintings of Zheng Banqiao). . Beijing, 2007. 3, 11, 211; 6, 22, 273 pp. Colour plates throughout. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £80.00 Very detailed two volume chronological listing of the paintings and calligraphy of this famous Chinese painter active in the early Qing dynasty. Zheng Banqiao (1693-1765), also known as Zheng Xie, is most famous for his calligraphy and paintings of orchids, bamboo and rocks. The most comprehensive work on the artist’s work published to date. An excellent research resource. Hundreds of works are shown in fine colour plates. In Chinese. 509 Qian Hao, Chen Heyi & Ru Suichu: OUT OF CHINA’S EARTH. Archaeological Discoveries in the People’s Republic of China. London, 1981. 206 pp. 286 illustrations, mainly in colour. Map. Chronology. 34x26 cm. Cloth. £40.00 A fascinating account of the archaeological finds in the PRC dating from the 14th century B.C. to the 10th century A.D. 42 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

510 QIANNIAN MAZU: MEIZHOU DAO TAIWAN. (From Meizhou to Taiwan: A Thousand Years of Mazu). Taipei, 1988. 176 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 30x20 cm. Paper. £25.00 A survey of the cult of Mazu — the Goddess of the Sea, particularly popular in Taiwan. With many colour photographs of related fes - tivals and other black-and-white illustrations. Text in Chinese. 511 Rambach, Pierre: THE ART OF JAPANESE TANTRISM. London, 1979. 170 pp. 258 illustrations, 36 in colour. 35x28 cm. Cloth. £40.00 An excellent survey of the subject. 512 Reid, Arnot: FROM PEKING TO PETERSBURG. London, 1899. vi, 300 pp. B/w frontispiece and folding map. Index. 21x15 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Some of the chapters in this book first appeared as articles in the Times and Straits Times. An interesting contemporary journey from China through Mongolia, Siberia, to Russia, with commentary on the political situation and “What should Britain do?” Good copy, with some wear to spine.

513 Renaudot, Eusebius: ANTICHE RELAZIONI DELL’INDIE, E DELLA CHINA DI DUE MAOMETTANI. Che nel Secolo Nono V’andarono. Tradotte dall’ Araba nella Lingua Francese. Bologna, 1749. viii, 376 pp. Index. 22x16 cm. Contemporary vellum. £950.00 A unique collection of narratives with extensive notes describing India and the Far East 400 years before Marco Polo. The original French edition was published in 1718, the English translation in 1733. First and only edition in Italian, translated from French. Cordier 1924, Lust 300.

514 Rhodes, Daniel: STONEWARE & PORCELAIN. The Art of High-Fired Pottery. London, 1960. 217 pp. 81 b/w illustrations. 26x19 cm. Cloth. A few marks to covers. £30.00 A very useful and informative work with much on the technical processes, glazes etc. Refers frequently to Chinese and Japanese ce - ramics. Annotations on a couple of pages. 515 Ricalton, James: CHINA THROUGH THE STEREOSCOPE. A Journey Through The Dragon Empire at the time of the Boxer Uprising. New York, n.d. (1902). 358 pp. Booklet of 8 maps. 18x13 cm. Cloth. £300.00 Produced to accompany the set of 100 stereoscopic views of China from photographs taken by the author and photographer, James Ricalton. Published by Underwood & Underwood who also made the slides. Discusses the view shown in each of the 100 stereoscopic views in a chatty and informative manner. Lacks the booklet of 8 maps that should be in a back pocket of the book. Rare. 516 Rice, Tamara Talbot: ANCIENT ARTS OF CENTRAL ASIA. World of Art Library. New York, 1965. 288 pp. 252 illustrations, some in colour. 21x15 cm. Paper. £20.00 A brilliant analysis of the Central Asian artistic legacy that evolved where Buddhist, Christian and Moslem tradition converge. A valu - able addition to the library of both scholars and laymen. 517 Rice, Tamara Talbot: THE SCYTHIANS. Ancient People and Places. New York, 1957. 255 pp. 63 photographs, 4 maps, 65 line drawings. 21x15 cm. Cloth. £55.00 The author brought together a vast amount of information from sources that were not available in the English language at the time of her study and observation of this most unusual people. Scarce. 518 Ringis, Rita: THAI TEMPLES AND TEMPLE MURALS. London, 1990. 212 pp. 136 illustrations, 25 in colour. 26x20 cm. Cloth. £30.00 A survey, from the religious and historical perspective, of the evolution of ancient Hindu and Buddhist concepts and their manifesta - tion in the tradition of Thai religious architecture and painting. 519 Roberts, Claire ed: EVOLUTION AND REVOLUTION. Chinese Dress 1700s-1900s. Sydney, 1997. 112 pp. Over 100 colour illustrations. 29x22 cm. Paper. £20.00 Explores social, economic and political changes which have occurred in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan through the medium of dress. Comprises seven beautifully-illustrated essays including Qing court robes, western-inspired fashions, the Mao suit etc. 520 Rock, Joseph F: THE ZHIMA FUNERAL CEREMONY OF THE NA-KHI OF SOUTHWEST CHINA. Described and translated from Na-khi manuscripts. Studia Instituti Anthropos Vol. 9. New York, 1972. 250 pp. 10 full page b/w plates. B/w text drawings. 27x19 cm. Cloth. £20.00 Facsimile reprint of the 1955 original edition. 521 Rogers, Howard & Lee, Sherman E: MASTERWORKS OF MING AND QING PAINTING FROM THE FORBIDDEN CITY. Pennsylvania, 1988. 207 pp. 76 colour plates, 2 maps, bibliography, index. 30x23 cm. Paper. £35.00 Catalogue of an American museum tour of paintings from the Palace Museum in Beijing. 522 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. 523 Rosenfield, John M: THE DYNASTIC ARTS OF THE KUSHANS. Berkeley, 1967. xliii, 377 pp. 167 plates and illustrations. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £60.00 A classic in its field. 524 Roth, Stig: NETSUKE. In the Collections of the Röhss Museum of Arts & Crafts. Göteborg, 1970. 131 pp. 45 b/w plates. Bibliography, index. 21x14 cm. Paper. £25.00 The Japanese netsuke in the collection of the Röhss Museum are made up of the collections of Dr Fredrik Martin & Mr Salomon Sörensen. This catalogue uses the collection to give a brief introduction to the study of netsuke. 174 43 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

525 Roth, Stig: NETSUKE UR SAMLING SALOMON SÖRENSEN. With Introduction and Notes in English. Göteborg, 1933. 154 pp. Frontispiece in colour, many illustrations on 101 plates. 25x19 cm. Cloth. £80.00 Edition limited to 300 numbered copies. Extremely rare catalogue of a choice collection. 526 Roux, Jean-Paul: GENGHIS KHAN AND THE MONGOL EMPIRE. New Horizons. London, 2003. 143 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Index. 18x12 cm. Paper. £6.95 A wealth of good information and visual material in this pocket-sized series from Thames and Hudson. 527 Rowland, Benjamin Jr: THE WALL-PAINTINGS OF INDIA, CENTRAL ASIA & CEYLON. Boston, 1938. (i), xiii, (i), 94 pp. 30 plates in colour. 37x29 cm. Cloth portfolio. £200.00 A comparative study, with an introductory essay on the nature of Buddhist art by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, and a foreword by A. Townshend Johnson. Margins of text and plates lightly browned. Numbered edition of 500 copies. Arntzen M-565. 528 Sanada Treasure Hall: MIMURA SEIZAN: A PAINTER OF THE MATSUDAIRA FIEF. Sanada, 2006. 125 pp. 87 colour plates. 30x21 cm. Paper. £35.00 Catalogue of an exhibition examining the work of Mimura Seizan (1800-1858) who studied under Kano Yosenin and taught Kano Hogai and Hashinoto Gaho. The exhibition also shows work by other painters in his family. Well-illustrated with a variety of his work, primarily birds, animals and landscapes. In Japanese. 529 Sasaka, Johei & Sasaka Masako: DAIJO-JI: THE ART OF MARUYAMA OKYO AND HIS SCHOOL. Tokyo, 2003. 179 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x23 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Co-authored by two leading authorities on Okyo. With numerous full-view and close-up colour plates showing the screen cycles and scroll artwork of Maruyama Okyo, created for the Daijo-ji Temple. Includes works by Goshun and other artists of the school who cre - ated works for the temple. Two page introduction and captions in English. Main text in Japanese. 530 Saunders, E. Dale: MUDRA. A Study of Symbolic Gestures in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture. Bollingen Series LVIII. New York, 1960. xxiii, 296 pp. 26 b/w plates. 110 text-figures, 3 diagrams. 26x20 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Iconography of mudra in Japanese Buddhist sculpture. A standard work. Silberman 746. 531 Schurmann, Herbert Franz: ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF THE YÜAN DYNASTY. Translation of Chapters 93 and 94 of the Yüan Shih. Harvard-Yenching Institute Studies XVI. Cambridge, 1956. xviii, 253 pp. 3 maps, bibliography. 26x17 cm. Paper. £20.00 Each section is divided into two parts: a discussion of the subject followed by a translation of the Yüan Shi (History of the Yuan Dy - nasty), both extensively annotated. Hucker 412. 532 Schürmann, Ulrich: CENTRAL-ASIAN RUGS. Frankfurt, 1969. 176 pp. 100 colour plates, 19 b/w illustrations. 30x23 cm. Cloth. £150.00 A very important monograph on the subject. 533 Scott, Rosemary E: FOR THE IMPERIAL COURT. Qing Porcelain from the Percival David Collection. London, 1997. 160 pp. 130 colour and 8 b/w illustrations. 26x23 cm. Cloth. £25.00 Published to accompany a touring exhibition, this well-illustrated catalogue is an excellent new source of information on one of the finest western collections of Chinese ceramics. The marks of all the pieces are also clearly illustrated in colour. 534 Scott, Rosemary ed: CHINESE COPPER RED WARES. Percival David Foundation Monographs 3. London, 1992. 96 pp. 59 illustrations, 34 in colour. 23x17 cm. Paper. £15.00 Proceedings of a peripatetic seminar in London, Oxford & Paris, devoted to the subject of copper red wares. The result of individual research and also of scholars approaching the various analytical and technological questions from different angles. With annotations. 535 Seagrave, Sterling: DRAGON LADY: LIFE AND LEGEND OF THE LAST EMPRESS OF CHINA. London, 1992. 384 pp. Illustrations. 23 cm. Paper. £20.00 A biography of Cixi. 536 Seckel, Dietrich: THE ART OF BUDDHISM. Art of the World. London, 1964. 331 pp. 57 colour illustrations, 73 figures, 9 maps. 23x18 cm. Cloth. £40.00 A wide survey of Buddhist art: architecture, sculpture, paintings, and objects. Includes a comprehensive bibliography. 537 SEKAI BIJUTSU ZENSHU 16: CHUGOKU 5. (Art of the World: Volume 16: China: 5: Song and Yuan). Tokyo, 1965. c.250 pp. A few colour and numerous b/w plates (a total of 150 plates or so). 26x18 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Volume five in this series of six volumes on Chinese art shows art and artefacts dating from the Song and Yuan dynasties. The major - ity of fine artefacts shown are held in Japanese museum collections but also include some objects from museums outside Japan. Cap - tions and list of plates (also giving museum collection where object held) in English. in each volume. Main text in Japanese. 538 Mikami Tsugio & the Zauho Press: SEKAI TOJI ZENSHU 13 — CERAMIC ART OF THE WORLD 13. Liao, Chin and Yuan Dynasties. Tokyo, 1981. 336 pp. Japanese, 14 pp. English text. 300 colour plates, many b/w illustrations. 30x22 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £90.00 Liao Jin and Yuan ceramics in Japanese collections. A well-illustrated survey. Lengthy caption list in English, otherwise Japanese text only. 539 Sen’oka Hakuhokan: EXCELLENT TECHNIQUES OF METAL CRAFTS, THE LATE EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD. Tokyo, 2010. 163 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 28x21 cm. Paper. £50.00 Catalogue of an exhibition showing superb metalwork from the Bakumatsu and Meiji. Much variety of design and themes ranging from life-size and lifelike stag beetles and flies to writhing coiled dragons and metal vases with designs of birds, bowls incised with scenes of trees and landscapes. All of superb workmanship. List of brief captions in English. Main text in Japanese. 44 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

540 Setagaya Ward Museum: ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS IN THE EDO PERIOD — THE WORLD OF SAITA UNTAI, PAINTER OF PLANTS IN SETAGAYA. Setagaya, 1996. 104 pp. 65 pp. colour plates, b/w illustrations. 26x18 cm. Paper. £30.00 Catalogue of an exhibition which featured an album of colour sketches of various flora and fauna and a second album of travel sketches by the little-known 19th century Nanga artist Saita Untai who studied under Oka Unpo, a follower of the Buncho school. Delightful illustrations. In Japanese only.

541 Shaanxi Lishi Bowuguan: TANGMU BIHUA GUOJI X唐U墓E壁SH畫U國 YA際N學TA術O研 H討UI會 L論U文NW集 ENJI. (Proceedings of an International Symposium on Tang Dynasty Murals). . Xi’an, 2006. 484 pp. Some b/w text illustrations and drawings. 26x18 cm. Wrappers. £30.00 Comprises 45 papers from a symposium held in Xi’an, China. Three of the papers are in English, the remainder in Chinese. 542 Shaanxi Sheng Wenwu Shiye Guanli Ju ed: SHAANXI TAOYONG JINGHUA. A Treasury of Pottery Figures in Shaanxi. Shaanxi Zhengui Wenwu Congshu 1. Xi’an, 1987. 134 pp. Chinese text. 99 colour plates. 26x23 cm. Paper. £15.00 A selection of pottery figures ranging in date from the Neolithic to the Yuan period. Includes some of the terracotta figures from the tomb of Qin Shi Huang. 543 Shan Guoqiang et al: THE FORBIDDEN CITY. Court and Culture of the Chinese Emperors (1644-1911). Rotterdam, 1990. 248 pp. 108 illustrations, 86 in colour. 28x23 cm. Cloth. £20.00 Published to coincide with an exhibition organized by the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam. A unique look at the court culture of the Qing dynasty emperors. Dual texts in Dutch and English.

544 Shanghai Library: X西I方FA人NG筆R下E的N 中BI國XI風A情 D畫E Z。H上 ON海G圖G書UO館 F編 ENGQING HUA. (Scenes of Chinese Life by Western Painters). . Shanghai, 1997. 4, 151 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 29x21 cm. Cloth. £30.00 A survey of images of China by early western illustrators (18th and 19th centuries) from books in the collection of Shanghai Library. An interesting selection. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese only. 545 Shanghai Museum: ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURES ON THE SILK ROAD IN XINJIANG UYG絲U路R 考AU古T珍ON品O 。M O馬 U承S 源RE 岳G峰 IO 主N.編 Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Silu Kaogu Zhenpin. . Shanghai, 1998. 321 pp. 159 pp. colour plates. 142 b/w illustrations. Text drawings. 28x22 cm. Paper. £90.00 Over 300 exhibits from the Silk Road in Xinjiang including fine textiles, mummified figures, funerary objects etc., from recent archaeological digs. Most exhibited for the first time at this exhibition at the Shanghai Museum. In Chinese but with abstracts of introductory essays, captions and descriptions of objects in English. A fine catalogue. Out-of-print and now becoming hard to find.

546 Shanghai Museum: SHANGHAI BOWUGUAN ZHONGGUO MING QING JIAJUGUAN. Shanghai Museum Chinese Ming and Qing Furniture Gallery. Shanghai, n.d. 32 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 29x19 cm. Paper. £15.00 Guide to the Furniture Gallery in the new Shanghai Museum. A good selection of the Museum’s col - lection, much donated by the Chuang family. Text and captions in both English and Chinese. 547 Shaw, John: NORTHERN THAI CERAMICS. Bangkok, 1989. x, 244 pp. 159 colour plates, numerous text illustrations. 26X20 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Second edition. Includes new notes, three new appendixes, an updated bibliography and more colour plates.

548 Shen Zengzhi comp.; Zhang Ertian ed: MENGGU YUAN蒙LI古U 源 JI流AN箋Z證H E。N G沈. 曾(T植he 箋Or證igi、ns 張of 爾th田e M校on補gols: Documents and Commentaries). . Hairilou Yishu. Beijing, n.d. 10 juan in 2 ce. 29x19 cm. Stitched, cloth case. £60.00 Historical texts on the Mongols and their origins compiled by Shen Zengzhi (1850-1922) and pub - lished here in a modern facsimile based on the Hairilou collection. Chinese only.

549 Sheng銅zu板; S《 he御n 製Yu避 an暑 d 山W莊an三g Z十 en六gq景i: 詩TO圖N》G B。A 聖N 祖‘Y玄UZ燁 H詩I B；IS 沈HU崳 S 繪H；AN 王 Z曾HU期 A 書NG SANSHILIU JING SHI TU’. . Beijing, 2002. 4 pp. leaflet. 36 openings with reproduction of copperplate illustration opposite a poem & commentary, plus an additional 19 openings with reproductions of matching woodcut illustrations. 38x41 cm. Accordion-style. £250.00 Facsimile edition of the first work produced in China based on the copperplate printing technology introduced by the Jesuits. The work is a collection of 36 poems attributed to the Kangxi emperor (Shengzu) about scenic spots around his summer palace at Jehol, the ‘Bishu Shanzhuang’, matched with copper engravings of scenes painted by Shen Yu. The calligraphy has been copied by Wang Zengqi. The work was engraved by Matteo Ripa and printed in 1713. An appendix reproduces woodcut versions of the illustrations made at the Palace for the original 1712 edition in, as it were, traditional media. Text in Chinese only. Now out-of-print. See: Hummel: Eminent Chinese of the Ch’ing Period, 330.

550 SHENMU DABAODANG: HANDAI CHENGZHI YU MUSANG神 K木AO大 G保U當 BA ：O G漢A代O城. (S址 he與nm墓u葬 D考ab古aod報 an告g: Archaeological Reports on the Han Period Urban and Tomb Sites). . Beijing, 2001. 180 pp. Plus 24 pp. colour and 16 pp. b/w plates. 156 text figures, plans and drawings. Tables, appendixes. 37x27 cm. Boards. £35.00 174 45 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

Detailed and well-illustrated official report of the sites notable for their exquisite stone relief carvings, amongst other things. Produced by Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Institute and the Yulin Cultural Relics Committee, with a ten-page English abstract, otherwise Chinese. 551 Shenzhen Museum ed: JINGCAI: JIN YUAN HONG LU CAI CI ZHONG DE SHENZHI YU SHIXIANG. Splendid: T精he彩 D e：iti e金s 元an紅d S綠ec彩ul瓷ar中 W的or神ld 祇in輿 P世oly相chrome Overglaze: Decoration Ceramics of Kin and Yuan Dynasties. . Beijing, 2009. 319 pp. Full page and text colour plates throughout. 36x26 cm. Wrappers. £85.00 Catalogue of an exhibition held jointly at the Shenzhen Museum and the Wangye Museum also in Shenzhen in China showing a large and varied selection of coloured ceramics dating from the Jin and Yuan dynasties. All 197 exhibits are held in the collection of the Wangye Museum. All illustrated in colour. List of exhibits and captions in English. Main text in Chinese. 中國近代繪畫 552 S。h i石 Yu允nw文en 編: Z著 HONGGUO JINDAI HUIHUA. Highlights of Chinese Painting During 1850-1950. . Shijiazhuang, 1997. [11], 200; [11], 200 pp. 200 colour plates, some folding. 2 vols. 40x28 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £150.00 Lavish overview of traditional style painting divided into two volumes covering, respectively, the end of the Qing dynasty and the be - ginning of the Republican period. Includes many lesser-known artists. Appears to be a reprint of a 1991 Taiwan publication. Captions in English. 553 Shigemori, S: NIHON KADO BIJUTSU ZENSHU. (The Art of Japanese Flower Arranging). Kyoto, 1929. 28; 27; 27; 27; 27 folded leaves. 125 full page illustrations, the majority b/w. 5 vols. 31x23 cm. Stitched. £130.00 A pleasing five volume work from the early Showa period discussing the art of Japanese flower arranging. Each volume contains 25 full page illustrations of a flower arrangement accompanied by a page of descriptive text. The fine illustrations are a combination of black-and-white line drawings, b/w collotype and b/w photographic illustrations. A minority of the illustrations are lovely colour col - lotypes. All text in Japanese. Scarce.

554 Shih Chien University ed: SH實IJ踐 IA大N學 D服A飾XU博E物 F館U圖SH錄 I BOWUGUAN TULU. Collection of the Shih Chien University Costume Museum. . Taibei, 2004. vi, 209 pp. c. 200 pp. colour plates. 31x22 cm. Cloth. £60.00 Catalogue of the little-known Chinese costume and textile collection of the Shih Chien (Shijian) University in Taiwan. The collection includes dragon robes, court robes, other costumes, textiles and accessories. The majority of the material is Qing dynasty and early 20th century. Illustrated throughout in colour and with a near dual text in Chinese and English. 555 Shimada City Museum: KAWASE HASUI. The Landscape Woodblock Prints of the Taisho and Showa Periods. Shimada 2005. 137 pp. 108 p. colour plates. 30x22 cm. Boards. £45.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Shimada City Museum focusing on the landscape woodblock prints of the early 20th century mas - ter, Kawase Hasui. Numerous colour illustrations. Introduction and brief captions in English. Main text in Japanese.

556 Shimada S. & Narazaki, M. ed: ZAIGAI HIHO. Japanese Paintings in Western Collections. Tokyo, 1969. Part 1: 133; 212 pp. 102 pp. tipped-in colour plates, numerous b/w plates to text vol. Part 2: 145; 228 pp. 106 pp. tipped- in colour plates, numerous b/w plates to text vol. Part 3: 107; 220 pp. 101 pp. tipped-in colour plates, numerous b/w plates to text vol. 6 vols. 41x32 cm. Cloth, cloth case. £400.00 A finely-produced six-volume work on Japanese paintings in western collections. The works illustrated are overwhelmingly from Amer - ican public and private collections with a few from European collections. In addition to the total of 309 colour plates in the three plate volumes, numerous additional paintings are shown in black-and-white in the text volumes. A grand total of approximately 700 works are illustrated in three parts and six physical volumes. Each part comprises a volume of text and an accompanying volume of plates. Part One shows Shoheiga (screen) , Rimpa and Bunjinga (literati) paintings. Part Two includes Buddhist painting, Yamato-e and Ink Paintings, Part Three illustrates Nikihitsu ukiyo-e. The text volume to each part contains a list of plates in English to both the text and plate volumes. The plate volumes all have captions in English. Main texts in Japanese. In fine condition. Rare.

557 Shoto Museum: ZENGA — THE RETURN FROM AMERICA. Zenga from the Gitter-Yelen Collection. Tokyo, 2000. 214 pp. 129 colour plates. 30x17 cm. Boards. £36.00 Catalogue of an exhibition that features the collection of Zen painting and calligraphy from the Gitter-Yelen collection supplemented by examples from temples and private collections in Japan. Near dual language Japanese and English text.

558 SHOUDU TUSHUGUAN GUJI 首SH都U圖HU書A館 Z古 HE籍N書PI畫N珍 JI品CU集 I萃. (Selected Bibliographic and Art Treasures from the Beijing Municipal Library). . Tianjin, 2001. 171 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £42.00 An illustrated conspectus of treasures in the collection of one of Beijing’s major libraries, including early bibliographic rarities (with some original paintings and calligraphy); fine collections of modern, early 20th century material, and of material relating to Beijing itself; and a number of foreign and Western items — 208 items illustrated and captioned in all, in Chinese only. 559 Shoumatoff, Nicholas: AROUND THE ROOF OF THE WORLD. Ann Arbor, 1996. 250 pp. 50 colour photographs and illustrations. Cloth. £15.00 Travellers and mountaineers recount their journeys and discoveries in some of the most remote places of the world. 560 Sickman, Lawrence: CHINESE CLASSIC FURNITURE. London, 1978. 12 pp. text, 11 plates. 28x22 cm. Paper. £15.00 A lecture given on the occasion on the Third Presentation of the Hills Gold Medal. 561 Sickman, Lawrence ed: CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY AND PAINTING IN THE COLLECTION OF JOHN M. CRAWFORD, JR. New York, 1962. 302 pp. including 54 plates, 3 in colour. Chronology, glossary, bibliography, index. 33x25 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £350.00 Published in a limited edition of 850 copies. The collection is especially strong in early works — approximately two-thirds of the total are by, or ascribed to, artists active before the Ming period. Published by the J. Pierpont Morgan Library. A well-produced and schol - arly catalogue. A very scarce catalogue. 46 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

562 Siegel, Jennifer: ENDGAME. Britain, Russia and the final Struggle for Central Asia. New York, 2000. xviii, 273 pp. Map. Cloth. £15.00 The Great Game as played in the early 20th century through to the outbreak of World War I. 563 Sigg, Uli et al: MAHJONG. Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection. Ostfildern, 2005. 360 pp. Over 380 colour plates. Chronology, brief biographies. 31x26 cm. Cloth. £25.00 Published on the occasion of the groundbreaking exhibition of Dr. Sigg’s collection at the Kunstmu - seum Bern in 2005, this catalogue presents a selection of over 200 works by more than 80 artists from Sigg’s collection. In addition to the two exhibition curators, Bernard Fibicher and Ai Weiwei, Hou Hanru, Li Pi and Li Xianting all contribute essays and provide commentary on this fascinating overview of contemporary art in China. 564 Silbergeld, Jerome: IN PRAISE OF GOVERNMENT:. Chao Yung’s Painting Noble Steeds, and Late Yuan Politics. Artibus Asiae Vol. XLVI, 3. Ascona, 1985. Pp. 159- 198. 5 plates. Glossaries. 32x23 cm. Paper. £10.00 Offprint. Includes glossaries of Chinese texts, names and terms, authors and titles.

565 Silbergeld, Jerome: MIND LANDSCAPES. The Paintings of C. C. Wang. Seattle, 1987. 132 pp. 90 illustrations. 31x31 cm. Cloth. £25.00 The first full-length study of this fine Chinese landscape painter, beautifully and extensively illustrated, with an academic and very read - able introduction. 566 Silva de, R. K. & Beumer, W. G. M: ILLUSTRATIONS AND VIEWS OF DUTCH CEYLON 1602-1796. A comprehensive work of pictorial reference with selected eye-witness accounts. London, 1988. viii, 495 pp. Numerous colour and b/w text illustrations. 28x22 cm. Cloth. £70.00 Primarily a pictorial reference, complemented by extensive excerpts from original texts and well-researched notes. The illustrations are from contemporary publications with the paintings and drawings by varied artists and VOC craftsmen. In addition to topograph - ical sketches, includes illustration of flora and fauna, customs, occupations, dress and portraits of Dutch officials. An interesting work. 567 Silva, P. de: A CATALOGUE OF ANTIQUITIES AND OTHER CULTURAL OBJECTS FROM SRI LANKA (CEYLON) ABROAD. N.p., 1975. 505 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations, a few in colour. 25x19 cm. Cloth. £50.00 A detailed listing of fine art objects from Sri Lanka now held in collections outside Sri Lanka. 568 Simkin, C. G. F: THE TRADITIONAL TRADE OF ASIA. Oxford, 1968. xiii, 417 pp. Frontispiece, 3 maps, 14 illustrations, chronology, sources, index. 23x15 cm. Cloth. £30.00 A comprehensive survey of pan-Asian trade, from the Persian empire of Darius (521-486 B.C.) to the 19th Century.

569 Sirén, Osvald: CHINESE PAINTING. Leading Masters and Principles. New York, 1973. lxxxii, 1409 pp. 867 plates. Bibliographies, index. 7 vols. 29x23 cm. Cloth. £620.00 Monumental work divided into two parts: the first 3 volumes covering the period up to the Song, and the last four the Yuan, Ming, and Qing periods. Extensive indexes and biographies. Reprint of the 1956-58 edition and equally hard to find. RBS 4: 486. 570 Sirén, Osvald: KINAS KONST UNDER TRE ÅRTUSENDEN. (Chinese Art During Three Millenniums). Stockholm, 1942-43. 464; 696 pp. Over 1,000 plates and illustrations, a few in colour. 2 vols. 30x19 cm. Half- leather. £75.00 An excellent general history of Chinese art from prehistoric time to the middle of the Qing period, illustrated with pieces from world- wide collections, by a recognised expert. Very nice binding and copy. In Swedish.

571 Sotheby’s: CATALOGUE OF THE VERY IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF JAPANESE COLOUR PRINTS. And Illustrated Books, the Property of the Late John Mellor, Esq. London, 1963. 167 pp. plus 34 pp. b/w plates showing 67 items. 25x19 cm. Paper. £55.00 Sotheby sale catalogue of a splendid collection, comprising 641 lots of ukiyo-e by all the famous masters. The great strength of the collection lies in the figure prints of the second half of the 18th century and the landscape prints and Kacho-e of the 19th. Also includes Japanese illustrated books and some Chinese colour prints. Abrams L161. Scarce. 572 Sotheby’s: CATALOGUE OF WOOD AND IVORY NETSUKE. The Property of Various Owners. London, 1969. 61 pp. 7 pp. b/w plates. 25x16 cm. Paper. £15.00 Sotheby’s sale catalogue of 317 lots of netsuke. Numerous netsuke are illustrated. 573 Sotheby’s: CATALOGUE OF FINE WOOD AND IVORY NETSUKE, INRO AND LACQUER WARES. The Property of Various Owners. London, 1970. 93 pp. 14 pp. b/w plates illustrating numerous lots. 25x16 cm. Paper. £15.00 413 lots, primarily good netsuke. Many lots illustrated in clear black-and-white — the majority show netsuke but also a number of inro and a few lacquers. Annotations. 574 Sotheby’s: IMPORTANT JAPANESE LACQUER INRO ... AND FINE WOOD AND IVORY NETSUKE. London, 1972. 46 pp. 15 b/w plates. 24x18 cm. Paper. £30.00 Sotheby’s sale catalogue of inro and netsuke. With list of prices realised. A few annotations. 575 Sotheby’s: A FINE COLLECTION OF NETSUKE AND INRO (PART I). The Property of Dr. T. Schrire. London, 1973. 36 pp. 13 b/w plates with many illustrations 24x18 cm. Paper. £25.00 Sotheby’s sale catalogue of Dr. Schrire’s collection of netsuke and inro. Part I. With some annotations. 174 47 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

576 Sotheby’s: CATALOGUE OF A GOOD COLLECTION OF NETSUKE AND INRO PART II. The Property of Dr. T. Schrire. London, 1973. 32 pp. 8 b/w plates with many illustrations 24x18 cm. Paper. £25.00 Sotheby’s sale catalogue of Dr. Schrire’s collection of netsuke and inro. Part 2. 185 lots. Prices realised written in. 577 Sotheby’s: CATALOGUE OF CHINESE CERAMICS, KOREAN AND SOUTH-EAST ASIAN POTTERY AND WORKS OF ART. The Property of Dr. Bo Ewert. London, 1973. 23 pp. text plus 14 pp. b/w plates. 24x16 cm. Paper. £10.00 Sotheby’s London sale catalogue of 106 lots from the Bo Ewart collection. A very focused collection of Tang-Yuan ceramics plus Ko - rean and Southeast Asian pieces. Numerous pieces illustrated. 578 Sotheby’s: CATALOGUE OF NETSUKE, INRO AND OTHER JAPANESE WORKS OF ART. The Property of Various Owners. London, 1976. 44 pp. 65 b/w illustrations. 25x18 cm. Paper. £15.00 Sotheby’s sale catalogue of 400 fine netsuke and inro. 64 netsuke and 1 inro illustrated. Good succinct descriptions. Annotations. 579 Sotheby’s: CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE NETSUKE. The Property of E. R. Levett Esq. and Various Owners. London, 1977. 26 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 25x18 cm. Paper. £20.00 Sotheby’s sale catalogue of good assembly of netsuke, the majority of the 158 lots are illustrated. Price annotations. 580 Sotheby’s: CATALOGUE OF NETSUKE, INRO, AND OTHER JAPANESE WORKS OF ART. The Property of Various Owners. London, 1977. 25 pp. 20 b/w illustrations. 24x18 cm. Paper. £12.00 Sotheby’s sale catalogue. 20 lots — netsuke and inro — are illustrated. Annotations. 581 Sotheby’s: CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE NETSUKE, INRO AND WORKS OF ART. London, 1977. 26 pp. 27 b/w illustrations. 24x18 cm. Paper. £12.00 Sotheby’s sale catalogue. 27 lots — 21 netsuke and 6 inro — are illustrated. Annotations. 582 Sotheby’s: A COLLECTION OF NETSUKE, INRO AND LACQUER WARES. The Property of a European Collector Part II. London, 1984. 79 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations. 24x18 cm. Paper. £18.00 Sotheby’s sale catalogue of 324 fine lots from a fine but anonymous collection of Japanese netsuke and lacquers. 583 Sotheby’s: BELLE PORCELAINES DE PORCELAINE DE CHINE. et Objets d’Art Chinois. Monaco, 1987. 123 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations. 27x21 cm. Paper. £20.00 Sotheby’s Monaco sale catalogue of 242 lots, primarily fine Chinese export porcelain pieces from the Qing dynasty. The majority of pieces illustrated. Text in French. 584 Sotheby’s: IMPORTANT EARLY CHINESE CERAMICS, ARCHAIC BRONZES, SCULPTURE, SILVER AND LACQUER. From the Works of Art Collection of the British Rail Pension Fund. London, 1989. 120 pp. 90 colour plates, 2 folding. 28x22 cm. Cloth. £100.00 Sotheby sale catalogue of the second part of the British Rail Pension Fund collection, including an important Northern Qi marble stele and some fine archaic bronzes and Tang figures. The first sale was in Hong Kong earlier the same year. Hard to find. 585 Sotheby’s: JAPANESE WORKS OF ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE CHARLES A. GREENFIELD. Part II. New York, 1998. 103 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 28x22 cm. Paper. £35.00 Sotheby’s sale catalogue of 304 lots of fine Japanese art from the Greenfield collection. Includes many fine netsuke, lacquer and sword fittings. 586 Southeast Asian Ceramics Society: CHINESE CELADONS. And Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia. Singapore, 1979. 312 pp. 295 colour illustrations. Maps on endpapers. Bibliography. List of members. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £60.00 Seven authoritative articles by W. Willetts, J. Ayers et al., very well illustrated in colour. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the National Museum, Singapore. 587 Spence, Jonathan D: EMPEROR OF CHINA: SELF PORTRAIT OF K’ANG-HSI. London, 1977. xxvi, 218 pp. Index. Text illustrations. 20x13 cm. Paper. £15.00 The life and motives of the 17th-century emperor from primary material. 588 Spink & Son Ltd: FORM & FUNCTION. Furniture & Accessories from China, Korea and Japan. London, 1997. 60 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper £20.00 Catalogue of a sale exhibition held at Spinks in late 1997. Useful and readable introduction by Antonia Tozer. Well-illustrated with ob - jects ranging from the 14th-19th centuries. 589 Spink & Son Ltd: THE MINOR ARTS OF CHINA II. London, 1985. 119 pp. 239 pieces illustrated, majority in colour, bibliography. 30x21 cm. Paper. £35.00 Catalogue to a second exhibition of The Minor Arts of China. Subjects include Canton & cloisonné enamels, glass, hardstone carv - ings, jewellery bronze, gold, silver, furniture, ivory, horn, lacquer, textiles & paintings. 590 Stein, Sir Aurel: NOTE ON A MAP OF THE TURFAN BASIN. Geographical Journal Vol. LXXXII No. 3. London, 1933. pp. 236-246. Folding map. 25x16 cm. Paper. £40.00 Contained within a volume of The Geographical Journal. The article is based on a map made during Stein’s third Central Asian Ex - pedition. 591 Stewart, Basil: JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS AND THE SUBJECT THEY ILLUSTRATE. A Guide for the Collector & Student. London, 1920. xvi, 336 pp. 6 colour plates and 40 b/w plates. 26x20 cm. Cloth. £40.00 With description of the subjects illustrated in landscape, drama, story and portraiture. All prints illustrated are from the author’s col - lection. Split to spine and slightly shaky in covers. working copy of a good reference and priced accordingly . 592 STREAMS AND MOUNTAINS WITHOUT END. A Reproduction of a Northern Sung Handscroll in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Ascona, n.d. 1 folding b/w plate in a folder. 33x25 cm. Paper. £10.00 Reproduction only of the much-studied painting in Cleveland. 48 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

593 Stube, Rudolf: W. BARTHOLD, ZUR GESCHICHTE DES CHRISTENTUMS IN MITTEL-ASIEN. Bis zur Mongolischen Eroberung. Beijing, 1942. vii, 74 pp. 24x16 cm. Paper. £25.00 Reprint of the original Tübingen edition of 1901. Partly uncut. In German. 594 Suga Shoen: ROKEI CHUZO SUGA SHOEN SAKUHINSHU. (Collection of Works of Art Cast in Wax by Shoen Suga). Tokyo, 1979. 220 pp. 98 colour plates & 48 b/w photographs. 25x26 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £55.00 Collection of metalwork cast in wax by Shoen Suga, together with some of his paintings and calligraphy, beautifully illustrated. Fore - word by Tanigawa Tetsuzo and further text by Shoen Suga, in Japanese only. Numbered edition of 480 copies. 595 Sugimura Yuzo: KODAI CHUGOKU NO BI: DOGU, CHOKOKU, DOKI, GYOKUKI. (Treasures of Ancient China: Tomb Figures, Sculpture, Bronzes, Jade). Tokyo, 1967. 58, 59, 59 pp. 6 tipped in colour plates and a total of 144 b/w plates. 30x23 cm. Cloth (dust jacket torn). £30.00 Introductory work by a major scholar on aspects of early Chinese art. The book is in three quasi-independent sections (with Bronze and Jade together). Text in Japanese only. 596 Sulimirski, T: THE SARMATIANS. New York, 1970. 267 pp. text inc. 32 pp. b/w illus. Text drawings. 21x16 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £45.00 A good history and discussion of one of the migratory peoples of Central Asia. 597 Sullivan, Michael: CHINESE ART IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. London, 1959. 110 pp. 4 colour plates, 72 b/w illustrations. Bibliography, indexes. 28x20 cm. Cloth. £15.00 A serious and extensive treatment of recent Chinese art in a Western language, this book covers the years from around 1910 to 1949, excluding art produced under the Communists. RBS 5:460. 598 Sun Qifeng: SUN QIFENG HUAJI. (Collection of Sun Qifeng’s paintings). Shijiazhuang, 1984. 66 pp. 66 plates, 38 in colour. 38x27 cm. Cloth. £25.00 A collection of paintings, mainly of the bird-and-flower type, by the modern artist Sun Qifeng. 599 Suntory Art Museum: WATER IN LIFE. An Exhibition Commemorating the New Home of the Suntory Museum of Art. Tokyo, 2007. xlviii, 159 pp. Numerous colour plates . 18x26 cm. Wrappers. £40.00 Catalogue of an interesting exhibition exploring the depiction of water in Japanese art in various media — paintings, textiles, lacquer, glass etc. Foreword, introductions to each section, detailed list of plates and captions in English. Main text in Japanese. 600 Suntory Museum of Art: SAN — HANA TO CHO. (Brilliance — Flowers and Birds). Tokyo, 1986. 103 pp. 79 objects illustrated, 44 also in colour. 28x21 cm. Wrappers. £25.00 Catalogue of an exhibition to commemorate the 25th birthday of the museum’s opening. The theme is flowers and birds used as deco - ration on ceramics, lacquer, textiles, etc.

601 Suzhou Museum ed: TAIPING TIANGUO ZHONG WANG FU 太CA平I天HU國 A忠. T王he府 A彩rch畫 itectural Colored Painting of the Mansion of Prince Zhong of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. . Beijing, 2010. 351 pp. Colour plates throughout. 1 foldout. 29x22 cm. Boards. £80.00 Located in the town of Suzhou in China, the Mansion of Prince Zhong is important for the extensive amount of coloured paintings and designs to the buildings walls and structure which dates from the time of the Taiping Rebellion. Extensively illustrated in colour throughout and comprises a good visual study reference. Table of contents, 3 page introduction, brief introductions to each section and brief captions to plates in English. Main text in Chinese. 602 Swann, Peter: CHINESE MONUMENTAL ART. London, 1963. 276 pp. 14 colour plates. 110 b/w plates. 28x24 cm. Cloth. £45.00 Photographs by Claude Arthaud and Francois Hébert-Stevens. Sections on the Great Wall, the Yungang, Longmen, Dunhuang and Mai - jishan caves, the tombs of the Ming Emperors and Chinese architecture. 603 Symmes, Edwin C: NETSUKE. Japanese Life and Legend in Miniature. Tokyo, 1990. 200 pp. 96 colour plates. 28x20 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Each netsuke is showcased in an individual scene that illustrates the hidden story behind its creation, while the accompanying text both entertains and informs.

604 Taibei County Government Cultural Bureau: 2005 TAIBEI XIAN MEISHUJIA DA ZHAN JI DEGUO YIS20H0U 5 J臺IA北O縣L美IU術 大Z展 HA暨N德. 國2藝00術 5 交流 Jo展int Exhibition of Germany & Taipei County Artists. . Taibei, 2005. 255 pp. Colour plates throughout. 31x21 cm. Boards. £35.00 Catalogue of an exchange exhibition between Germany and Taiwan jointly showing the work of contemporary artists from Taibei county together with work by German artists. Illustrated throughout. Text in Chinese. 陳泰元油畫集 605 Tainan County Cultural Centre: CHEN TAIYUAN YOUHUA JI. Oil Paintings of Tai-Yuan Chen. . Tainan, 2006. 182 pp. Full page colour and b/w plates throughout. 30x23 cm. Wrappers. £45.00 Catalogue produced to accompany an exhibition in Tainan, Taiwan, showing the work of the Taiwanese painter, Tai-Yuan Chen (Chen Taiyuan), who works in oils, painting a variety of subjects. Preparatory pencil sketches are shown alongside the finished oil. Illustrated throughout. Introduction and list of plates in English. Main text in Chinese. 林智信油 畫集 606 Tainan County Cultural Centre: LIN ZHIXIN YOUHUA JI. Oil Paintings by Lin Chih-Hsin. . Tainan, 2004. 95 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 30x23 cm. Boards. £40.00 Catalogue produced to accompany an exhibition in Tainan, Taiwan, showing the work of the Taiwanese painter, Lin Chih-Hsin (Lin Zhixin), who works in oils, painting a wide variety of subject matter. Illustrated throughout. In Chinese.

607 Tainan County Cultural Centre: ZHANG張 S松ON元 G專YU輯A國N畫 Z瓢HU雕ANJI GUOHUA PIAODIAO. (The Paintings and Gourd Carvings of Zhang Songyuan). . Tainan, 2004. 128 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 30x23 cm. Wrappers. £35.00 Catalogue produced to accompany an exhibition in Tainan, Taiwan, showing the work of the Taiwanese painter, Zhang Songyuan, who paints landscapes in both traditional and modern Chinese styles and who, more unusually, also carves gourds with landscapes and flowers. Illustrated throughout. In Chinese. 174 49 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

608 Taipei Co第un三ty屆 Yi台ng北ge陶 C藝era術 m獎ics Museum: DISANJIE TAIBEI TAO YISHU JIANG. The Third Taipei Ceramics Awards. . Taipei, 2003. 178 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Paper. £35.00 Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Yingge Ceramics Museum (located outside Taipei) in conjunction with the Third Taipei Ce - ramics Awards. Shows the work of many of the participants in the awards and is thus a good survey of the current state of ceramic artistry in Taiwan today. Illustrated throughout. Near dual text in English and Chinese.

609 Taipei Coun生ty活 Yi茶ng具 ge競 C賽era展mics Museum: SHENGHUO CHAJU JINGSAI ZHAN. Tea Set Competition and Exhibition. . Taipei, 2004. 111 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Paper. £35.00 Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Yingge Ceramics Museum (located outside Taipei) in conjunction with the competition held in 2004. Most of the tea sets shown are contemporary Yixing-style. Illustrated throughout. Near dual text in English and Chinese. 台灣地圖 610 TAIWAN DITU. Taiwan in Maps. . Taibei, 2005. 95 pp. Colour reproductions of maps throughout. 26x19 cm. Paper. £25.00 A well-illustrated work showing maps of Taiwan from the earliest cartographic envisionings to modern digital maps and satellite im - ages. In Chinese. 611 Takashima, S. & Ogawa, K: ILLUSTRATIONS OF JAPANESE LIFE. Tokyo, 1896. 70 fullpage b/w collotype plates. 36x27 cm. Decorative crepe cover. £480.00 The 70 black-and-white collotype plates are on crepe paper, a genre popular in Japan at the end of the 19th century. Each full page illustration has a title in English below and a few plates also have some descriptive text. The subject range from ‘Cloth Dealer’s Shop’, ‘Entertaining a Guest’ and ‘A Vegetable Dealer’ to ‘Picking Tea’, ‘Children at Meals’ and ‘Maple Garden at Takinogawa’. There are numerous variants of this work ‘Illustrations of Japanese Life’ but we have never seen this one before. Some wear and fading to cov - ers and the occasional crease within but, generally, in good condition. 612 Takashimaya Department Store: CHUGOKU KODAI CHOKOKU TEN. (Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Sculpture). Tokyo, 1959. 32 pp. B/w Illustrations throughout. 26x18 cm. Paper. £15.00 Illustrated exhibition catalogue of ancient Chinese sculpture, mostly Buddhist — stone and gilt-metal Japanese text only. 613 Takeda Hisayoshi & Funazaki Kojiro: KOZAN GAFU. (Illustrations of Mountain Flowers). Tokyo, 1947. 73 pp. 33 tipped-in colour woodblock prints. 23 b/w text illustrations. 28x20 cm. Wrappers with slight marks and wear and one unobtrusive repair. £650.00 A delightful work published in Japan just after the end of the Second World War when everything, including paper, was in short supply, thus making the creation of this work a true achievement and a triumph of the artistic impulse. The artist, Funazaki Kojiro, has created 33 colour woodblock prints of flowers found in the mountains of Japan. These are very accomplished and yet a number manage to retain a slightly naive style. The cover wrappers are also woodblock-printed. A very pleasing work. In the listing of the illustrations, the Latin name for each flower is given, otherwise text in Japanese only. Rare.

614 Takeshima Takuichi: RYO KIN JIDAI NO KENCHIKU TO SON BUTSUZO. (Buddhist Architectu遼re 金an時d S代 cuのlp建tur築 e oとf t其he佛 L像iao 。an d竹 J島in 卓Pe一rio d著 s — Text Volume and Plate Volumes 1-2). . Tokyo, 1934-35 & 1944. Text volume: 367 pp. 163 plates and illustrations. Two volumes of plates with 10 pp. text and 213 pp. b/w plates and illustrations. Map. 3 vols. 42x31 cm. Japanese-style silk binding with stitched gilt-edged pages. £1,500.00 Detailed study in Japanese of the pagoda, temples, and sculptures preserved in China from the Liao and Jin periods. These are the two, large-sized volumes with the plates. Excellent black-and-white photography from the early 1930s showing many historic struc - tures and their interiors in Northern China prior to later change and restoration. Includes the Datong area in Shanxi province, sites in Shaanxi, Hebei, Shandong and other areas in N. E. China in the then sphere of Japanese influence. Also includes multiple views of a couple of pagodas in the Rehe (Chengde) province of Manchuguo (the Japanese puppet state in N. E. China in the 1930s). The two plate volumes were published 1934-35. The smaller text volume, published later in 1944, is also present. A rare complete set. Slight wear to edges of plate volumes but generally in very good condition as is the text volume. 清初六 家與吳 歷 615 Tam, Laurence C. S: QINGCHU LIU JIA YU WU LI. Six Masters of Early Qing and Wu Li. . Hong Kong, 1986. 457 pp. English and Chinese text. 73 plates, many folding/colour, 109 text figures. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £80.00 The first half of the book is a study of Wu Li, and the second an extensively illustrated catalogue of early Qing painters featured at a Hong Kong Museum of Art exhibition in 1986. A good amount of English text including introductory essays and captions to plates. Out- of-print and hard to find. 616 Tan Chung, ed: DUNHUANG ART. Through the Eyes of Duan Wenjie. New Delhi, 1994. 456 pp. Frontispiece, 64 colour plates, many b/w illustrations, glossary, bibliog., index. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £80.00 An English translation of the selected writings of Professor Duan, Director of the Dunhuang Academy, with a description of the con - tents of the Mogao caves.

617 Tang Liguang ed: MINJIAN CIQI CANGPIN SH民A間N瓷GX器I:藏 J品IU賞SI析 TA ：N G九 C思A堂N藏G 瓷CI .。 (E 唐 njo利yi光ng 著 Collections of Ceramics: Ceramics in the Jiusi Tang Collection). . Hangzhou, 2006. 2, 4, 119 pp. Colour plates throughout. 21x14 cm. Wrappers. £15.00 A small work showing Qing dynasty and Republican period ceramics from a small private collection in China. Text in Chinese. 618 Tattersall, C. E. C: NOTES ON CARPET-KNOTTING AND WEAVING. London, 1933. 50 pp. 13 plates. 18x12 cm. Paper. £10.00 Victoria & Albert Museum, Department of Textiles handbook. 50 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

619 Tawara Municipal Museum of Art: ESCAPING THE DAILY GRIND TO FIND TRANQUILITY — PAINTINGS BY FUKUDA HANKO. Tawara, 2006. 126 pp. Numerous colour and b/w plates. 30x21 cm. Paper. £40.00 Catalogue of an exhibition showing the work of the Nanga painter Fukuda Hanko, (1804-1864), a student of Watanabe Kazan, and who focussed on landscape painting. 44 fine paintings and screens are illustrated in colour and described. In Japanese. 620 ter Haar, Barend: RITUAL AND MYTHOLOGY OF THE CHINESE TRIADS. Creating an Identity. Leiden, 1998. xiv, 520 pp. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £90.00 Explores the extensive ritual and mythological lore of the Chinese Triads. Evaluates extant sources and introduces several little-known Triad manuals. 621 Textile Society of Hong Kong: THE GUIDE TO ASIAN TEXTILE COLLECTIONS. Second Edition. Hong Kong, 2000. 310 pp. Index. 14x13 cm. Spiral binding. £15.00 Revised edition of a guide to collections covering 200 museums and 170 commercial outlets throughout the world. Each institution is given a descriptive note on the collections along with contact information, opening hours, etc. Useful and pocket-sized. 622 Textilia, Galleria: CINA 1644-1911: TAPPETI DE SETA E DI METALLO DALLA CITTA’ PROIBITA. (China 1644-1911: Carpets in Silk and Metal from the Forbidden City). Rome, n.d. 15 pp. 10 colour plates. 34x24 cm. Comb binding. £15.00 Gallery catalogue with ten Qing period carpets. In Italian. 623 Thorp, Robert L: SON OF HEAVEN. Imperial Arts of China. Seattle, 1988. 208 pp. Numerous colour illustrations. 30x23 cm. Paper. £35.00 A travelling exhibition of 200 of the most significant Chinese Imperial treasures gathered from eight provinces and Beijing covering all aspects of Chinese art. Stunning objects.

624 Tibet Museum: XIZANG BOWUGUAN CANG YUAN西 M藏I博NG物 Q館I藏NG元 Y明U清Q玉I J器IN精G品PIN. Jade Selections from Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties in the Tibet Museum. . Beijing, 2005. 189 pp. Colour plates throughout. 28x21 cm. Paper. £70.00 A selection of 132 of the finest Yuan, Ming and Qing jades in the collection of the Tibet Museum in Lhasa. All illustrated in colour. The vast majority never published before. Introductions, list of plates and captions in English. Main text in Chinese. A hard to obtain work.

625 Tie Yuan ed: MING QING CIQI WENSHI JIA明N清DI瓷NG器:紋 D飾ON鑒G定W ：U W動E物N文SH飾I卷 JU 。A N鐵. 源(T h主e A編 uthentication of Designs on Ming and Qing Porcelains: Animals). . Beijing, 2002. 204 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 21x14 cm. Paper. £15.00 A volume illustrating and discussing Ming and Qing dynasty porcelains with animal designs. Numerous colour illustrations. In Chi - nese. 清代青花瓷器 。 鐵源 主編 626 Tie Yuan ed: QINGDAI QINGHUA CIQI. (Qing Blue-and-White Porcelain). . Beijing, 1999. 156 pp. Colour photographs throughout. 21x14 cm. Paper. £20.00 A useful guide for the identification and pricing of Chinese blue-and-white dating from the Qing dynasty sold at Chinese auctions over the last few years. Good colour photographs. In Chinese only. 627 Tizac, H. d’Ardenne: ANIMALS IN CHINESE ART. New York, 1923. xi, 50 fullpage plates printed on 1 side of each leaf. Protective tissue, short text. 42x33 cm. Half-leather, back decaying and split. £150.00 Preface by Roger Fry. 42 of the plates are monochrome gravures and 6 are coloured mounted reproductions. Pieces date from Zhou to Ming. 628 Tizac, H. d’Ardenne de: LA SCULPTURE CHINOISE. Bibliothèque d’Histoire de l’Art. Paris, 1931. 52 pp. text. 64 b/w plates. Brief bibliography. 25x19 cm. Wrappers. £20.00 An account of the origins and development of Chinese sculpture and its role in Buddhism and primitive religion. In French. 629 Tokyo National Museum: EXHIBITION OF JAPANESE BUDDHIST ARTS. Tokyo, 1956. 33 pp. text, including English captions. 164 illustrations. 26x18 cm. Paper. £15.00 630 Tokyo National Museum: THE EXHIBITION OF TRADITIONAL LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS OF JAPAN. Nihon no Sansui Ga Ten. Tokyo, 1977. 166 pp. 24 full page colour plates, numerous b/w plates. 24x24 cm. Paper. £40.00 Scarce catalogue of a superb exhibition. Exhibited were some of the best Japanese landscape paintings and scrolls in existence. The 60 exhibits are all illustrated, Captions and list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. 631 Tokyo National Museum: HIROTA COLLECTION. Gift of Mr. Hirota Matsushige. Tokyo, 1973. 159 pp. 493 b/w illustrations, 8 colour plates. 26x18 cm. Paper. £30.00 Catalogue of the important Matsushige Hirota Collection now in the Tokyo National Museum. 496 items, mostly Japanese and Chi - nese ceramics, are catalogued. With descriptions in Japanese and English. 632 Tokyo National Museum: ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM. Korean Ceramics: Earthenware and Stoneware. Tokyo, 2004. 213 pp. 8 pp. colour and 151 pp b/w plates. 26x19 cm. Cloth. £85.00 Catalogue of the very fine collection of earthenware and stonewares from Korea held in the Tokyo National Museum. 427 objects are shown, many with multiple views. Primarily dating from the Silla and Goryeo periods up to the 13th century. Preface and captions in English. Main text in Japanese. A useful visual reference. 174 51 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

633 Tokyo National Museum: ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM. Korean Ceramics: Celadon, Buncheong Ware and Porcelain. Tokyo, 2007. 16, 6, 205 pp. 16 pp. colour and 123 pp b/w plates. 26x19 cm. Cloth. £90.00 Catalogue of the fine collection of Korean celadons, Buncheong (Punch’ong) wares and porcelains from Korea held in the Tokyo Na - tional Museum. 453 examples are shown, dating from the 10th century onwards, many with multiple views. Preface, list of contents and 34 page list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese. A useful visual reference. 634 Tokyo National Museum: SEIIKI BIJUTSU TEN — DOITSU TORUFAN TANKENKA. Central Asian Art from the Museum of Indian Art, Berlin, SMPK. Tokyo, 1991. 226 pp. 158 exhibits illustrated. 28x22 cm. Paper. £45.00 Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of paintings, embroidery and sculptures from temples on the Silk Road, excavated by the Ger - man Turfan expeditions between 1902 and 1914. English introductions,one essay, list of plates and brief captions in English. Main text in Japanese. 635 Tokyo National Museum: SPECIAL EXHIBITION CHINESE PAINTING FROM TWO AMERICAN MUSEUMS. Tokyo, 1982. 388 pp. c.300 illustrations, 20 in colour. 26x18 cm. Paper. £25.00 The two museums are The Cleveland Museum of Art and Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum. Index of artists, extensive bibliography. Eng - lish introduction and captions. Main text in Japanese. 636 Tokyo National Research Institute: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY. Preservation and Development of the Traditional Performing Arts. Tokyo, 1981. xiv, 259 pp. Numerous drawings and musical scores. 21x16 cm. Cloth. £60.00 19 articles on music, songs and theatre in the Far East, particularly Japan. In English. 637 Tollner, Madeline: NETSUKE. The Life and Legend of Japan in Miniature. San Francisco, 1960. 338 pp. 14 plates in halftone & 3 colour illustrations. 28x23 cm. Cloth. £200.00 Complete historical data, legendary tales and alphabetically listed names of 1500 carvers of the 16th to the 20th century. A valuable netsuke reference. A good copy of the 2nd printing. 638 Torigoe Kazutaro: TSUBA KANSHOKI. (The Intrinsic Value of the Japanese Sword-Guard). Tokyo, 1965. 162 pp. text, 351 pp. plates and illustrations. 31x22 cm. Half-leather. £350.00 Some 700 tsuba from private Japanese and Western collections are reproduced and described in Japanese only. Numbered edition of 500 copies. Loosely added is a partial translation of the plate captions, with owners’ names written where known. 639 Toyo Toji Kenkyujo: KARA SANSAI ZUFU. (Illustrations of Tang Dynasty Three Coloured Ware). Tokyo, 1928. 6 pp. text. 50 plates, 16 in colour. 32x24 cm. Cloth. £110.00 50 loose plates illustrating Tang dynasty three coloured ware. Introduction in Japanese only.

640 Ts’ai Chin-chung: QINGDAI S清HU代H書U畫AJ家 IA字 Z號IH引A得 O Y。I N蔡D金E重. In 編dex to the Fancy Names of the Calligraphers and Painters of the Ch’ing Dynasty. . Harvard-Yenching Institute Sinological Index Series No. 21. Peking, 1934. xxxii, 179 pp. 26x18 cm. Paper. £40.00 In Chinese. 641 Tsang, Gerard C. C: SONG CERAMICS FROM THE KWAN COLLECTION. Hong Kong, 1994. 455 pp. 205 colour illustrations. Map. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £180.00 Catalogue of a marvellous exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art of over 200 wonderful Song ceramics from the Simon Kwan collection. All pieces are shown in a fullpage colour plate, plus illustrations of bases. Introduction and captions in English. Main texts in Chinese. Out-of-print and hard to find. 642 Tsareva, Elena: TURKMEN CARPETS. Masterpieces of Steppe Art, from 16th to 19th Centuries, The Hoffmeister Collection. 2011. 192 pp. Numerous colour plates. 32x24 cm. Cloth. £55.00 The Hoffmeister Collection is one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of classical and historical Turkmen carpets. Com - prising nearly 200 items, the majority here illustrated and discussed. 643 Turner, John A: KWANG TUNG, OR FIVE YEARS IN SOUTH CHINA. Hong Kong, 1982.. xiii, 194 pp. 9 illustrations, map. Bibliography and index. 19x14 cm. Paper. £10.00 Reprint of the original 1894 edition. Autobiographical account of the author’s experiences in Hong Kong, Canton and the interior of South China at the end of the last century. With an introduction by H. J. Lethbridge. 644 Umezawa Gallery: THE SUMMER EXHIBITION: UMEZAWA GALLERY. Tokyo, 1968. 5 pp. text, 2 pp. English captions 67 b/w illustrations, 2 colour plates. 26x19 cm. Paper. £15.00 Illustrated catalogue of a summer exhibition of late Ming Chinese ceramics and of Chinese and Japanese paintings and calligraphy. Japanese text with a list of exhibits in English. 645 Uwado, Tamotu: CHILDREN’S DAYS IN JAPAN. Tourist Library 12. Tokyo, 1936. 84 pp. 41 illustrations, 3 in colour. 19x13 cm. Paper. £15.00 From the Tourist Library series. Introduction to children’s games and pastimes. A very pleasant work. 646 Vaurie, Charles: TIBET AND ITS BIRDS. London, 1972. xv, 407 pp. A few colour and b/w plates. One map. 25x17 cm. Cloth. £45.00 A prime reference in English. 647 Vever Collection: CATALOGUE OF FINE NETSUKE FROM THE HENRI VEVER COLLECTION. London, 1974. 24 pp. Many illustrations, showing the majority of the 130 lots. 26x20 cm. Paper. £30.00 Sotheby sale catalogue of the fine netsuke collection of Henri Vever. 52 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

648 Victor Collection: THE I. A. AND CECILE MANN VICTOR COLLECTION OF NETSUKE. New York, 1989. 53 pp. 201 objects, most of them illustrated, many in colour. 26x20 cm. Boards. £30.00 Christie’s sale catalogue of a choice collection of netsuke. Also includes a few inro and boxes. 649 Victoria and Albert Museum (A. Lane): CHINESE PORCELAIN OF THE CH’ING DYNASTY. London, 1957. 2 pp. text, 28 pp. plates. 18x12 cm. Paper. £10.00 650 Wachs, Iris: MAGICAL SHAPES. Twentieth Century Chinese Papercuts. Tel Aviv, 2004. 156 pp. 120 colour plates, b/w illustrations. 23x24 cm. Paper. £25.00 Catalogue of an unprecedented exhibition of over 200 examples of Chinese papercuts held at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv. Includes information on this popular quintessentially Chinese art never before been published in the West. Both English and Hebrew text.

651 Wada Mankichi: KO-KATSUJI古B活ON字 K本E研N究KY資U料 SHIRYO. (Research Material on Moveable-Type Printed Books). . Kyoto, 1944. 35, 6, 591 pp. text. 84 plates. 21x15 cm. Cloth. £40.00 A list of 468 books printed by moveable types with research material on each one and some illus - trations. Japanese text only. Damage to spine and shaky in binding.

652 Waley-Cohen, Joanna: THE SEXTANTS OF BEIJING. Global Currents in Chinese History. New York, 1999. 322 pp. 22x15 cm. Cloth. £15.00 A bold attempt to refute the long-standing Western view that China has been stubbornly isolationist civilisation. Looks at the many lev - els at which the Chinese across two millennia have used or integrated foreign beliefs or technologies. Includes the modern period. 653 Waley, Arthur: AN INDEX OF CHINESE ARTISTS. Represented in the Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings .... London, 1922. xii, 112 pp. 21x14 cm. Cloth. Spine repaired with tape. Becoming disbound. £25.00 The first dictionary of Chinese artists published in a European language, this index provides information about Chinese artists then represented in sub-department of oriental prints and drawings at the British Museum. 654 Waley, Arthur: THE NO PLAYS OF JAPAN. With Letters by Oswald Sickert. London, 1954. 319 pp. 2 plates. 2 appendixes, index. 22x14 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Contains translations by Waley of nineteen plays, summaries of sixteen more, and a revealing introductory essay. First published in 1921, this is the third impression. 655 Waley, Arthur: THREE WAYS OF THOUGHT IN ANCIENT CHINA. New York, 1956. xv, 216 pp. Appendixes, and index. 18x11 cm. Paper. £10.00 Contains translations from Zhuangzi, Mencius and the Realists. By a renowned translator. Paperback. 656 Waley, Arthur: THE WAY AND ITS POWER. A Study of the Tao Te Ching and its Place in Chinese Thought. London, 1956. 262 pp. Index. 20x14 cm. Cloth. £25.00 A translation of Laozi’s Daodejing, together with an account of Chinese thought down to the third century BC. Fourth impression.

657 Wang Gai et al: WUCAI JIEZIYUAN HUAPU足 D本AQ原U稿A五N:彩 C芥HU子 J園I, E畫R譜JI大. (全Fiv初e-集Co、lo u二r M集 ustard Seed Garden Painting Manual: First and Second Collections). . Shanghai, 1884. 8 ce in 2 han. B/w lithographic reproductions of woodcuts throughout, each fascicle with a number of pages printed in one or other single colour; five-colour images as follows per volume: 3; 3; 2; 4; 3; 3; 2; 6. 8 vols. 20x13 cm. Stitched. £450.00 A popular, small-format early colour lithographic edition of the first two collections (ji) from the well-known Mustard Seed Garden painting manual. Generally in good condition inside with some wear and tear to the original book labels on some of the separate vol - umes. Registration of the colour images is not always perfect, as usual with this edition. In Chinese only. 658 Wang Guanqing: HUIZHOU DAGUAN — HUIPAI DIAOKE YISHU. (The Sculptor’s Art of Huizhou). Shanghai, 1989. 130 pp. Colour plates throughout. Chinese text only. 27x24 cm. Cloth. £25.00 Good colour illustrations of the decorative carving (chiefly relief) in wood and stone which is characteristic of Huizhou. Illustrations taken from furniture, wood panelling, architectural decorations, etc.

659 W中a國ng清 J代ian瓷yu器 e目t a錄l. e。d: 王Z建HO宇N 等GG 編U著 O QINGDAI CIQI MULU. (A Catalogue of Qing Dynasty Ceramics). . Haikou, 1998. 6, 215 pp. 600 colour photographs. 21x14 cm. Paper. £20.00 A useful guide for the identification and pricing of Qing period ceramics sold in Chinese auctions in the last few years. Divided into sections by imperial reign. With good colour photographs. In Chinese only. 王慶明畫集 660 Wang Qingming: WANG QINGMING HUAJI. The Art of Wang Qingming. . Beijing, 1993. 6, 70 pp. of colour plates. 37x27 cm. Cloth. £25.00 Selected paintings by a modern Chinese artist known for her lush, hybrid-style depictions of figures, especially Chinese exotic National Minorities. List of contents in English, otherwise Chinese. 661 Wang Qingzheng: UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND RED. Elegant Decoration on Porcelain of Yuan, Ming and Qing. Hong Kong, 1993. 271 pp. 182 colour plates and illustrations, 68 b/w illustrations. Index, bibliography. 27x22 cm. Paper. £60.00 A study of underglaze blue and/or decorated red porcelains. Also contains articles on Technical Virtuosity in Underglaze Blue, Sum - mary on Inscriptions on Underglaze Blue, and Transitional Underglaze Blue Porcelain.

662 Wang Qingzheng: ZHONGGU中O 國T陶AO瓷 C錢I 幣QI碑A帖NB研I 究B E。IT 汪IE慶 Y正A N著 JIU. (Various Researches into Chinese Ceramics, Coins and Rubbings). . Shanghai, 2006. 16, 6, 3, 628 pp. 16 pp. colour plates. B/w text illustrations and drawings. 27x20 cm. Cloth. £35.00 A large body of essays on the above three topics by an acknowledged Chinese authority. Text in Chinese. 174 53 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

663 Wang Qingzheng et al: SERENE PLEASURE. The Jinglexuan Collection of Chinese Ceramics. Seattle, 2001. 72 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 28x22 cm. Paper. £25.00 Published in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Wonders of Clay and Fire: Chinese Ceramics from the Jiurutang and Jinglexuan Col - lections’ at the Seattle Art Museum. Beautiful Song, Yuan and Ming ceramics. 王石 谷畫集 664 WANG SHIGU HUA JI. (The Paintings of Wang Shigu). . Beijing, 2003. 432 pp. Colour plates throughout both volumes. 2 vols. 29x21 cm. Boards. £55.00 Pleasing two-volume work showing the work of this Qing dynasty landscape painter. Both volumes illustrated throughout in colour showing numerous examples of his fine paintings. A prime visual reference. Text in Chinese. 665 Wang Shixiang: CHUGOKU NO MINTAI NO KAGO. (Ming Period Furniture). W/A/C/O/A 16. Tokyo, 1989. 74 pp. 15 pp. colour and 12 pp. b/w illustrations. 30x22 cm. Paper. £10.00 An article in Japanese by the Chinese expert on Ming furniture, published in the interior design magazine WACOA. 塑神秘譜 。 王 樹村 著 666 Wang Shucun: SUSHEN MIPU. (Illustrations of Spirits and Guardians). . Beijing, 2008. 11, 145 pp. of folded leaves. 2 colour illustrations and b/w illustrations throughout. 28x20 cm. Stitched. £30.00 Interesting work with reproductions of traditional Chinese black-and-white illustrations of numerous spirits and guardians from the Buddhist and Daoist pantheon. Accompanying text describes the illustrated deity. In Chinese.

667 W筆a墨ng輯 T痕ieq ：ua n王: 鐵BI全 M 山O 水JIHEN: WANG TIEQUAN SHANSHUI. (The Landscape Works of Wang Tiequan). . Beijing, 2007. 147 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x24 cm. Boards. £55.00 A selection of the works of the fine modern Chinese artist, Wang Tiequan, who paints landscape scenes. A pleasing modern interpre - tation of the Chinese literati painting tradition. Also include fans and calligraphy. Illustrated throughout. Text in Chinese. 668 Wang Yanzhang: WANG YANZHANG HUAJI. Selected Paintings of Wang Yanzhang. Beijing, 1988. 10 pp, Chinese & 13 pp. English text & contents. 75 colour plates. 37x27 cm. Cloth. £20.00 Painting in traditional style by the contemporary artists from Henan, born in 1951, chiefly landscapes, many with architecture, and one fine example of bamboo painting. 669 Wang Zilin: ZIJINCHENG FENGSHUI. (The Fengshui of the Forbidden City). Beijing, 2005. 335 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations. 21x14 cm. Paper. £15.00 A detailed study of the geomancy of the Forbidden City in Beijing. In Chinese. Bumped copy. 670 Wang, C. C: ALBUM LEAVES. From the Sung and Yuan Dynasties. New York, 1970. 60 pp. 29 b/w plates. 23x20 cm. Paper. £25.00 A China House Gallery exhibition catalogue covering album leaves ranging from Northern Song portraits to the end of the Yuan period. 671 Warner, Marina: THE DRAGON EMPRESS. Life and Times of Tz’u-hsi, 1835- 1908. Empress Dowager of China. London, 1972. 271 pp. 32 pp. colour, 100 b/w illustrations. Notes, index. 25x19 cm. Cloth. £20.00 The Empress Dowager Cixi was the power behind the throne in China from 1861 to 1908. Marina Warner’s compelling biography describes Cixi against the background of court ceremony and Con - fucian tradition. 672 Washington County Museum of Fine Arts: CH’ING DYNASTY MONOCHROMES & TOU-TS’AI TO THE CHINESE TASTE. Washington, 1987. 48 pp. 44 plates, 4 in colour. 23x18 cm. Paper. £15.00 An exhibition drawn primarily from the collection of Philip Khan Jr., at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. 673 Watson, William: THE EARLIEST BUDDHIST IMAGES OF KOREA. Offprint TOCS. London, n.d. 83-94 pp. 28 illustrations. 28x21 cm. Paper. £10.00 A study of the introduction of Buddhist art to Korea. Offprint.

674 Wei Jian ed: NEIMEN內GG蒙U古 W文E物NW考U古 K文A集O；GU 第 W二E輯N J。I D 魏I 堅ER 主 JI編 . Papers on Cultural Relics and Archaeology in Inner Mongolia (II). . Beijing, 1997. 783 pp. B/w text drawings. 26x18 cm. Paper. £35.00 A second large collection of essays on Inner Mongolian culture and archaeology. 65 contributions by various scholars. List of con - tents in English. Main text in Chinese. Out-of-print. 675 Weng, Wan-go & Yang Boda: THE PALACE MUSEUM PEKING. Treasures of the Forbidden City. London, 1982. 319 pp. with 160 colour, 350 b/w photographs & more than 100 other illustrations. 35x28 cm. Cloth. £40.00 The Palace Museum in Peking houses the finest collection of Chinese art in the world. This is the first book to be published jointly with the Palace authorities & illustrates many pieces shown for the first time in the West. 676 Werner, E. T. Chalmers: A DICTIONARY OF CHINESE MYTHOLOGY. New York, 1961. xxiii, 627 pp. Index and bibliography. 24x16 cm. Cloth. £65.00 Reprint of the original 1932 edition. Standard reference on the various deities of popular religion. With an introduction by Professor Hyman Kublin. 677 White, Julia M. and Ronald Y. Otsuka: PATHWAYS TO THE AFTERLIFE. Early Chinese Art From the Sze Hong Collection. Honolulu, 1993. 102 pp. Colour plates throughout. Bibliography, index. 30x26 cm. Paper. £25.00 Well-illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of the Sze Hong collection at the Denver Art Museum with chiefly (very fine) Neolithic pot - tery and early bronzes, but extending to Han ceramics and a few pieces of Tang sancai. 54 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

678 Whitfield, Susan: AUREL STEIN ON THE SILK ROAD. London, 2004. 144 pp. 70 colour and 30 b/w illustrations. 24x24 cm. Cloth. £20.00 An accessible account of the intrepid adventures of this famous Silk Road explorer and archaeolo - gist. With numerous colour illustrations of Buddhist masterpieces and historical photography. 679 Wilkinson, E. S: THE SHANGHAI BIRD YEAR. A Calendar of Bird Life in the Country Around Shanghai. Shanghai, 1935. 4 ff., 219 pp. 7 plates and 26 vignettes by ‘Sapajou’. Some browning. 27x18 cm. Orig. decorative cloth. Dustjacket. £175.00 A delightful blend of charm and industry, continuing the pioneering work of Charles Gayot in ‘Les Oiseaux de Chang-hai’. Wilkinson even explores the nuances of bird language: ‘Male: “Zak-Zak- Zak”(= There you are stupid woman). Female: “Zak, Zak!” (= Shut up, there’s no need to crow)’. With black-and-white vignettes by the distinctive Shanghai-based artist, Sapajou. A rare and amus - ing period Shanghai piece. 680 Williams, S. Wells: THE MIDDLE KINGDOM. A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, ... Taibei, 1965. xxvi, 836 + folding, xii, 775 pp. Illustrations, 1 map. 2 vols. 23x16 cm. Cloth. £20.00 Reprint of New York, 1883. The first history of China written by an American scholar and one of the best known of those written in the 19th century. 681 Wilson, Gillian; with an introduction by Sir Francis Watson: MOUNTED ORIENTAL PORCELAIN. In the J. Paul Getty Museum: Revised Edition. Malibu, 1999. xi, 116 pp. 25 colour plates, 84 illustrations. Bibliography and index. 29x23 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Beautifully illustrated catalogue — with extensive, informative captions and numerous plates showing details — of 22 mounted ori - ental porcelain objects from the important collection in the J. Paul Getty Museum. 682 Wilson, Marc F. & Wong, Kwan S: FRIENDS OF WEN CHENG-MING. A View from the Crawford Collection. New York, 1974. 128 pp. 54 illustrations, 3 in colour. Bibliography. 23x20 cm. Paper. £35.00 Catalogue of an exhibition of twenty-eight paintings from the Ming period held at the China House Gallery. 683 Wiltshire, Trea: HONG KONG. Pages from the Past. Hong Kong, 2005. 120 pp. B/w photographs throughout. 19x20 cm. Cloth. £20.00 Pleasing little work showing photography of people, buildings and scenery from throughout Hong Kong’s history from the late 19th century through to the 1997 handover. 684 Wirgin, Jan: SUNG-MING. Treasures from the Holger Lauritzen Collection. MFEA Exhibition Catalogue No. 3. Stockholm, 1965. 76 pp. 112 illustrations. 24x18 cm. Paper. £15.00 A very good collection of 100 objects, which are now in the possession of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities. Text in English and Swedish. 685 Wolferstan, Bertram: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CHINA. From 1860 to 1907. London, 1909. xxxvii, 470 pp. Map, appendixes & tables. 23x16 cm. Cloth. Slightly loose in binding. £65.00 A very scarce study. 686 Wong, Kwan S. assisted by Addiss, S: MASTERPIECES OF SUNG AND YUAN DYNASTY CALLIGRAPHY. From the John M. Crawford Collection. New York, 1981. 87 pp. 13 b/w plates, 25 figures. Introduction, bibliography, glossary. 36x25 cm. Paper. £25.00 China House Gallery exhibition catalogue. Wong’s scholarly text explains artistic values by means of comparison or analysis of ex - amples from this well-known collection. 687 Wood, Ernest: ZEN DICTIONARY. Tokyo, 1973. 169 pp. 18x11 cm. Paper. £15.00 A useful tool for the explanation of many Zen terms and meanings. 688 Wood, Frances: DID MARCO POLO GO TO CHINA? London, 1995. 182 pp. Map. Notes, bibliography, index. 22x14 cm. Paper. £25.00 Frances Wood questions whether Marco Polo ever reached the country he so vividly describes. Why, within the romantic and detailed account, is there no mention of such fundamental parts of Chinese life as tea or footbinding or even the Great Wall? A lucid and very readable study. 吳昌 碩作品集 － 689 W繪U畫 CHANGSHUO ZUOPIN JI — HUIHUA. (The Works of Wu Changshuo — Paintings). . Shanghai, 1996. 142 pp. 139 colour illustrations. 38x26 cm. Cloth. £45.00 The paintings of Wu Changshuo — a few pages of text followed by 139 examples of his art demonstrating a wide range of subject mat - ter. In Chinese only. 690 Wu Hung ed: SHU: REINVENTING BOOKS IN CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART. New York, 2006. 119 pp. Numerous colour illustrations. 28x22 cm. Portrait. £35.00 Catalogue of an interesting exhibition at the China Institute in New York, focusing on the art of the book in contemporary Chinese art. Includes work by Xu Bing, Gu Wenda and others. 中國 造船史 。 席龍飛 691 X著i Longfei: ZHONGGUO ZAOCHUAN SHI. (The History of Shipbuilding in China). . Wuhan, 2000. 9, 346 pp. 24 colour plates, Numerous b/w text illustrations. Tables. 21x15 cm. Paper. £35.00 Detailed study of boat and shipbuilding, with many useful illustrations. In Chinese only.

692 X西I安’A韓 N 森H寨 AN元S代EN壁Z畫H墓AI YUANDAI BIHUA MU. Fresco Tomb of Yuan Dynasty at Hansenzhai of Xi’an. . Beijing, 2004. 9, 85 pp. text plus 40 pp. colour plates. B/w text drawings. 26x18 cm. Paper. £25.00 Excavation report of a damaged Yuan tomb near Xi’an that yielded fine frescoes and some ceramics. The finds are well-illustrated in colour. Two page English abstract. Main text in Chinese. 174 55 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

693 Xiang Da: TANGDAI CHANG’AN YU XIYU WENMING. (Civilization of Tang Period Chang’an and the Western Territories). Yanjing Xuebao Zhuanhao 2. Peking, 1933. 107 pp. text. 16 plates. 26x19 cm. Paper. £65.00 A scarce collection of 23 studies dealing with culture, arts and literature during the Tang period. See RBS 3:226 for more details. In Chinese. 694 Xiao Xiang et al: CHUGOKU TOJI ZENSHU 8 — CHINESE CERAMICS IN CHINESE COLLECTIONS 8. Tongguan Wares of Changsha. Kyoto, 1982. 189 pp. Japanese text. 195 colour plates & illustrations. Maps. Text- figures. 33x27 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £70.00 With illustrations of many Tang pieces. 謙益堂藏瓷 。 695 熊Xi中on發g Z 等 hongfa et al. ed: QIANYI TANG CANG CI. (Ceramics in the Qianyi Tang Collection). . Nanchang, 2005. 314 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. A number of colour text plates. 31x24 cm. Boards. £130.00 Catalogue of the privately-held Chinese collection of late Qing and Republic period ceramics. Illustrates a total of 356 examples, in - cluding a large selection of Qianjiang ceramics. Also includes works by the Eight Friends of Zhushan and other ceramic artists ac - tive in the first half of the 20th century. There is also a selection of paintings done by famous ceramic artists. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese. Hard to obtain. 西藏唐 卡大全 696 XIZANG TANGKA DAQUAN. Selection of Tibetan Thangkas. . Lhasa, 2005. 14, 220 pp. Colour plates throughout. 38x27 cm. Boards. £90.00 289 thangkas showing the variety of this art form are illustrated in good colour. Contents, brief introduction in Chinese and Tibetan. Captions in Chinese with short Tibetan entries. 徐冰版畫 。 徐 冰 697 (Xu Bing): XU BING BANHUA. Xu Bing Prints. . Beijing, 2009. 266 pp. Numerous colour plates throughout, 8 foldouts. 34x25 cm. Cloth. £110.00 Well-produced large-format monograph on the woodblock print work of the foremost contemporary Chinese artist, Xu Bing. Traces his print work from the small and highly-appealing small prints produced at the beginning of the 1980s through to the development of Square Word calligraphy. His seminal work Tianshu ‘The Book from the Sky’ is barely mentioned. Illustrated throughout. Dual texts in Chinese and English. Includes two essays by Xu Bing, ‘Ignorance as a Kind of Nourishment’ and ‘Understanding Gu Yuan’ as well as a timeline of Xu Bing’s life and creative output. 旗袍 。 徐 冬 編著 698 Xu Dong ed: QIPAO. Chi-pao. . Hefei, 2011. 164 pp. Numerous colour illustrations throughout. 22x18 cm. Cloth. £20.00 An illustrated history of this distinctive Chinese dress for women. Dual texts in Chinese and English. 凊宮瓷器 。 徐 湖平 主編 699 Xu Huping ed: QING GONG CIQI. Imperial Kiln Porcelain of Qing dynasty. . Gems of Collections in Nanjing Museum. Shanghai, 1998. 2, 5, 2, 52 pp. Colour plates throughout. 26x19 cm. Paper. £20.00 Shows 50 of the finest pieces of Qing imperial kiln porcelain in the Nanjing Museum from Kangxi to Xuantong. Fine colour plates and a decent text in English and Chinese make this a pleasing little work.

700 Xu Liping (Hui Lai Ping) ed: HU黃AN公G望 G富O春 N山GW居A圖N G。 F 徐UC禮H平U N編 SHANJU TU. Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains by Huang Gongwang. . Beijing, 2011. 169 pp. Colour plates throughout. 28x21 cm. Paper. £45.00 A very detailed visual survey of this famous scroll painting in its entirety plus accompanying calligraphic inscriptions etc. The paint - ing is reproduced in a near life-size format. Four page essay in English by Lee Chi Kwong: Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains: Leg - end of a Painting. Main text in Chinese. 那個 年代 那些 人 。 薛寶其 著 701 Xue Baoqi: NA GE NIANDAI NAXIE REN. Those Years And Those People. . Shanghai, 2011. 128 pp. Numerous b/w plates throughout. 23x22 cm. Paper. £20.00 Comprises black-and-white full page photographs of people and their life during the Cultural Revolution, mostly engaged in political study, marches, struggle and education sessions. Text in Chinese. 702 Yamamoto Tsunetomo: HAGAKURE. The Book of the Samurai. Tokyo, 1980. 180 pp. 19x13 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £30.00 Written about 1716, the Hagakure came to be the guide to Samurai ethics most widely studied until the end of the feudal period and for many decades thereafter. English translation of an important work. 703 Yamato Bunkakan Museum: KANNON NO KAIGA — SONO BI TO REKISHI. Exhibition of Kannon paintings (Their beauty and history). Nara, 1974. 40 pp. 1 colour plate & b/w illustrations throughout. 26x19 cm. Paper. £22.00 Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of Buddhist paintings of Kannon (Guanyin). Japanese text. 704 Yang Chu: YANG CHU SUXIE JI. Sketches by Yang Chu. Hong Kong, 1988. [40] pp. B/w plates throughout. 28x19 cm. Paper. £20.00 Yang Chu was born in Guilin in 1923 and studied under Fong Renting. This is a collection of ink sketches — many portraits and nudes — some with light washes. Wan Fung Art Gallery catalogue.

705 Yang Danxia ed: G故U宮GO書N畫G館 S H第U二H編UA 。 G U楊A丹 N霞: D 主I E編 R BIAN. (The Calligraphy and Painting Gallery of the Palace Museum Part II). . Beijing, 2008. 219 pp. Colour plates throughout and 1 b/w plate. Map. 2 foldouts. 29x22 cm. Wrappers. £70.00 Catalogue of the second part of an ongoing series of exhibitions held in the Wuyingdian exhibition hall in the Forbidden City in Bei - jing showing highlights of Chinese painting and calligraphy from across the ages in the Gugong Museum’s holdings, from the earli - est examples through to the early 20th century. This second exhibition showed 69 works including 13 works dating from the Northern Song to the Yuan, 22 Ming dynasty and 34 Qing dynasty masterpieces. All illustrated in fine colour and described. Forewords and list of plates with brief descriptions in English. Main text in Chinese. 56 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

紅樓夢 706 Yangliuqing Huadian: HONGLOUMENG. (The Dream of the Red Chamber). . Tianjin, n.d. (c.2001). 8 original colour woodblock prints opposite 8 printed calligraphic inscriptions. 34x46 cm. Accordion bound in brocade boards and brocade case. £250.00 Fine prints produced in Yangliuqing near Tianjin and continuing its long-standing tradition of excellence in this form of colour wood - block printing. The images are scenes from the famous early novel by Cao Xueqin.

元代古 玩鑒定 707 。Ya o姚 Ji江an波gb o著 : YUANDAI GUWAN JIANDING. (Verifying Antiquities from the Yuan Dynasty). . Hangzhou, 2006. 152 pp. Colour plates throughout. 21x14 cm. Paper. £20.00 Rather than an attempt at the verification of Chinese antiquities from the Yuan Dynasty, this work is more a survey of ceramics and pottery objects from that period. Illustrated throughout. In Chinese. 708 Yawata Municipal Shokado Museum of Art ed: SHOKADO SHOJO’S VISION: AN AESTHETIC SENSE TO BE SEEN IN PAINTINGS. Special Exhibition: Commemorative Third Anniversary of the Opening. Yawata, 2005. 47 pp. 37 colour plates. 30x21 cm. Paper. £30.00 Catalogue of an exhibition focusing on the fine painting of the priest, Shokado, who was also famous for his knowledge of the tea cer - emony. List of exhibits in English. Main text in Japanese. 709 Yone Noguchi: LAFCADIO HEARN IN JAPAN. With Mrs. Lafcadio Hearn’s Reminiscences. London & Yokohama, 1910. vii, 2, 177 pp. Frontispiece portrait. B/w illustrated endpapers. A few b/w plates and illustrations. 18x12 cm. Stitched. Japanese-style case, with illustrated book label, slightly grubby. £40.00 A scarce Hearn item discussing Lafcadio Hearn his life and work in Japan. In good condition, some foxing. Jointly published by Elkin Mathews, London, and Kelly and Walsh, Yokohama. 710 Yonezawa Yoshiho: CHUGOKU KAIGASHI KENKYU — SANSUIGA RON. (Research on the History of Chinese Painting — Landscape Painting). Tokyo, 1962. 153 pp. 8 b/w & 4 colour plates & 41 illustrations. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £55.00 Essays on different aspects of Chinese landscape painting, with illustrations. In Japanese.

711 Yu Ping and Ren Ping: FENG TU QING: YU PING, REN PING JIANZHI JI LOUYIN B風A土NB情E N：. C l于ipp平in、gs 任fro憑m 剪th紙 e 及O漏ld 印C版ou畫 ntry: Paper-cuts and Stencil Prints by Yu Ping and Ren Ping. . Xianggang Keji Daxue Tushuguan Meishu Zhanlan Mulu, 10. Hong Kong, 2003. 63 pp. Colour plates throughout, some folding. 26x34 cm. Paper. £35.00 Exhibition catalogue from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library with a finely illustrated exposition of con - temporary work that is closely engaged with the traditional folk art practices of papercuts and stencil printing. In English and Chi - nese. 雲南民 族服飾 712 YUNNAN MINZU FUSHI. The Clothes and Ornaments of Yunnan Ethnic Groups. . Kunming, 2000. 303 pp. Colour photographs throughout. 21x14 cm. Paper. £30.00 An excellent colourful survey of the vibrant clothes and ornaments of Yunnan’s numerous minority peoples. With hundreds of vivid pho - tographs. List of contents in English, otherwise Chinese text. Recommended. 174 57 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

藏傳佛教藝術 713 ZANG CHUAN FOJIAO YISHU. (Buddhist Art of the Tibetan Plateau). . Hong Kong, 1987. 360 pp. 666 colour illustrations. 26x32 cm. Cloth. £55.00 Selected from 5000 unique photographs, this book illustrates different areas of Buddhist art including architecture, paintings, murals, woodblocks and scriptures, costumes, reliquaries, musical instruments, jewellery, etc. Text in Chinese only.

714 Zhang Daoyi & Guo Lianfu ed: GUDAI JIANZHU DIAOKE WEN古S代HI建 C築AO雕M刻U紋 H飾U A：H 草UI木. (花 Ca卉rv e。d D張es道ig一ns 郭on廉 An夫 ci e主nt編 Chinese Architecture: Birds, Flowers, Plants and Trees). . Nanjing, 2007. 152 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. A number of b/w line drawings. 26x19 cm. Wrappers. £25.00 A focussed work containing hundreds of colour photographs and some line drawings showing carved designs, primarily of a botani - cal nature, carved in wood and stone on Chinese architecture. Text in Chinese.

715 Zhang Daoyi & Guo Lianfu ed: GUDAI JIANZHU DIAOKE WENSH古I 代ZH建E築N雕QI刻N 紋R飾UI S：H O珍 U禽. 瑞(C獸arv 。ed 張De道sig一ns 郭 on廉 A夫 nc 主ien編 t Chinese Architecture: Auspicious Birds and Beasts). . Nanjing, 2007. 152 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. A number of b/w line drawings 26x19 cm. Wrappers. £25.00 A focussed work containing hundreds of colour photographs and some line drawings showing carved designs in wood and stone on Chinese architecture depicting auspicious animals and birds — the deer, lions, monkeys etc. Text in Chinese. 張大 千畫集 716 Fei Yu ed: ZHANG DAQIAN HUAJI. (The Paintings of Zhang Daqian). . Shanghai, 1995. 73 pp. colour plates, 8 pp. text. 38x27 cm. Cloth. £60.00 A representative cross-section of the varied work and styles of the modern Chinese painter, Zhang Daqian. Text in English and Chi - nese with good colour plates. 中國京 劇藝術 717 Z。h a張 ng庚 G、en g余 a從nd 主Yu編 Cong ed: ZHONGGUO JINGJU YISHU. The Art of Chinese Beijing Opera. . Beijing, 1996. vii, 322 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £60.00 Describes the history and repertoire of Peking Opera along with the types of role, orchestra and musicians, theatres, makeup, scenery. An interesting book with many photographs both recent and older. Contents in English, otherwise Chinese only. 718 Zhang Huailin & Lin Han ed: HAIWAI ZHENCANG ZHONGHUA GUIBAO: MING TIANSHUN MOQIAN QINGHUA CI. Treasures of海 C外hin珍es藏e A中rt華 in瑰 C寶oll ：ect i明on天 s A順b末roa前 d:青 B花lue瓷 a n。d W張 h懷ite林 P o林 rc瀚ela 主in 編 (up to the Tianshun Reign of the Ming Dynasty). . Bejing, 2011. 87 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 23x16 cm. Wrappers. £20.00 In a series on Chinese art held in museums outside China, this work covers Yuan and Ming dynasty blue-and-white ceramics up to, and including, the Tianshun reign of the Ming dynasty. Includes pieces in the British Museum (including the Percival David Collec - tion) and the V&A. Illustrated throughout. Text in Chinese.

719 Zhang Zhongxing ed: QI REN WANG SHIXIANG: MING奇R人EN王 B世 IX襄I A： D 名E人 L筆IS下ON的 G儷JU松 Z居H主U人RE 。N. 張 (W中 an行g S著hixiang The Individual: A Record of the Master of Lisongju). . Beijing, 2007. 374 pp. Numerous colour & b/w illustrations. 23x15 cm. Wrappers. £18.00 A biography of the life, work and collecting of China’s most famous connoisseur. In Chinese.

720 Z第h五an屆gh礦ua溪 C美ou展nty Cultural Bureau: DIWUJIE KUANGXI MEI ZHAN. (The Fifth Kuangxi Art Exhibition). . Zhanghua, 2004. 195 pp. Colour plates throughout. 26x26 cm. Boards. £35.00 Catalogue of a touring exhibition in Taiwan that shows contemporary art in various media by artists resident in the Zhanghua area of Taiwan, a region also known as Kuangxi. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese. 道德寶 章 721 。Zh a趙o 孟Me頫ng 書fu calligraphy: DAO DE BAO ZHANG. (The Precious Chapters of the Way and its Power). . Hong Kong, 1997. 60 folded leaves, Chinese-style. 37x27 cm. Stitched, in modern yellow silk. £45.00 Finely executed facsimile, reproducing an early edition that was distinguished, in turn, by its woodcut versions of Zhao Mengfu’s cal - ligraphy, here inscribing an annotated text of the famous ‘Daode Jing’, ‘The Way and its Power’ (in Waley’s rendition of the title). Zhao Mengfu came to prominence during the Yuan dynasty. His esteemed calligraphy was highly influential on the design of printed ‘type - faces’, especially as these matured during the Ming period. In Chinese. 722 Zhao Songling et al. comp: BAOYUSHI: JIANSHANG ZHINAN. (Precious Stones: A Connoisseurs’ Guide). Beijing, 1992. 484 pp. 44 colour illustrations. Text-figures. 20x21 cm. Cloth. £25.00 An account of Chinese precious stones giving chemical formula as well as historical background to their use. In Chinese. 723 Zhao Zhiqian: ZHAO ZHIQIAN DE YISHU CHENGJIU. (Artistic Achievements of Zhao Zhiqian). Hangzhou, 1987. 27 pp. text. 120 plates, 34 in colour. 106 seal reproductions. 38x27 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Flower paintings, calligraphy, seals, etc. by this contemporary artist. Well illustrated. Text in Chinese. 724 Zhao Ziqiang ed: SIJIA CANGBAO: YUE GUI GANG AO TAI SIREN CANGPIN ZHENJI. A Private Collectio私n 家of 藏Ch寶in ：ese 粵 C桂era港m澳ics台: T私re人as藏ure品s 珍fro集m 。Co 趙lle自cto強rs 主in 編 Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. . Nanning, 2001. 2, 13, 305 pp. 288 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards. £75.00 353 examples of Chinese ceramics held in private collections on the Chinese mainland and in Taiwan. Presented chronologically from earliest times through to the Republic of China with many fine pieces — the vast majority unpublished. Introduction, list of plates and captions in English. Main text in Chinese. An easily accessible work showing a huge variety. 58 FROM OUR STOCK – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

725 昭ZH曠A無 OK塵U ：A N彭G襲 W明U繪C畫HEN: PENG XIMING HUIHUA. Transcendental Vision: Paintings by Peng Ximing. . Hong Kong, 2005. 272 pp. Numerous colour plates, 6 foldouts. Dual text in English and Chinese. 31x23 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Catalogue to accompany an exhibition at the Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery of the work of the Chinese painter, Peng Ximing (1918-2002). Fine landscape and scenery depicted on paintings and handscrolls. An exhibition that brings to our attention the very fine work of this artist. Illustrated throughout in colour. Near dual texts in English and Chinese. 726 Zhen Yan & Cai Jingfeng: CHINA’S TIBETAN MEDICINE. Beijing, 2005. 16, iv, 361 pp. 16 pp. colour plates. 26x19 cm. Cloth. £20.00 A detailed study of the principles and practise of Tibetan medicine. In English. 727 Zheng Jia and Liu Yi ed: MINJIAN XIANCUN BUFEN YUAN QINGHUA ZHENPIN TULU: GUONEI SIREN SHO民UC間A現 NG存 Z部H分 E元NP青IN花 T珍U品LU圖. 錄(Il l：ust r國ati內on私s o人f 收Yu藏an珍 Pe品rio圖d 錄Fo 。lk B張 lu嘉e a、nd 劉 W一hi t編e i著 n Private Chinese Collections). . Beijing, 2007. 5, 216 pp. Chiefly colour plates throughout, numerous b/w vessel outlines and small colour plates with decorative details. 27x20 cm. Cloth. £55.00 Contains numerous photographic illustrations of Yuan period blue-and-white folk ceramics held in private hands within China. Many details shown and noted, with brief introductory essay and minimal captioning for the larger illustrations. In Chinese only. 728 Zhong Chong ed: JIU CHENG SHENGJING: RI HUI JINDAI ZHONGGUO DUSHI NIAOKAN DITU. (Views of舊 O城ld 勝Ci景tie s：: T w日en繪tie近th代-C中en國tur都y B市ir鳥 ds瞰-E地ye圖 Vi e。ws 鐘of 翀 Ch i編ne著 se Towns and Cities Produced by Japanese Artists). . Shanghai, 2011. 138 pp. Colour and illustrations throughout. 4 foldouts. 21x30 cm. Wrappers. £35.00 Shows numerous examples of a distinctive genre of maps of China — that of maps derived from painted birds-eye views of towns and cities of China dating from the early 20th century and done by Japanese artists. Now becoming very collectable. Text in Chinese. 中國藏書 票選 729 ZHONGGUO CANG SHUPIAO XUAN. (A Selection of Chinese Ex-Libris). . Anhui, 1991. 94 pp. 90 pp. of colour illustrations. 18x17 cm. Paper. £15.00 90 pages of modern Chinese ex-libris in colour showing the highly varied forms this art can take. Text in Chinese only. 元人畫風 。 李一 等 編 730 Li Yi et al. ed: YUANREN HUAFENG. (Yuan Painting). . Zhongguo Gudai Huihua Dashi Huafeng Xilie. Chongqing, 1997. 6 pp. text and 162 pp. colour plates. 27x19 cm. Boards. £25.00 A good, useful and cheap overview of Yuan painting with colour reproductions of works by numerous famous artists. In Chinese only. 中國陶瓷全集 一 十五 731 ZHONGGUO TAOCI QUANJI 1-15. (Compendium of Chinese Ceramics 1-15). . Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji. 2000. c. 300 pp. and 250 colour plates per volume. 15 vols. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £775.00 A well-illustrated 15 volume set on Chinese ceramics organised chronologically from the Neolithic to the Qing dynasty as follows: 1. Neolithic; 2. Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn, Warring States; 3. Qin and Han; 4. Three Kingdoms, Western and Eastern Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties; 5. Sui and Tang; 6. Tang and Five Dynasties; 7 & 8. Song Dynasty; 9. Liao, Xi Xia and Jin; 10 &11. Yuan Dynasty; 12 & 13. Ming Dynasty; 14 & 15. Qing Dynasty . All volumes with high quality colour plates. Text in Chinese.

732 ZHONGGUO T中AO國C陶I 瓷Q全UA集N 十JI ：10 :元 Y 上 UAN: SHANG. (Compendium of Chinese Ceramics 10: The Yuan Dynasty: Part 1). . Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji. Shanghai, 2000. 292 pp. 246 colour plates and 246 b/w illustrations. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £55.00 Volume 10 in a 15 volume set on Chinese ceramics, this volume is part 1 of 2 and shows beautiful ceramics from the Yuan dynasty. 246 pieces, all very well-illustrated, from various museums and institutions in mainland China, both large and small. Numerous pieces sel - dom, if ever, published before. This volume shows Cizhou pieces, Longquan celadons and pieces with various coloured glazes. In Chi - nese only.

733 ZHONG中G國U陶O 瓷TA全O集CI 十 Q一UA ：N J元I 1下 1: YUAN: XIA. (Compendium of Chinese Ceramics 11: The Yuan Dynasty: Part 2). . Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji. Shanghai, 2000. 311 pp. 249 colour plates and 249 b/w illustrations. Tables. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £55.00 Volume 11 in a 15 volume set on Chinese ceramics, this volume is part 2 of 2 that focuses on wonderful ceramics from the Yuan dy - nasty. 249 further pieces, all very well-illustrated, from various museums and institutions, both large and small, in mainland China. A few pieces from collections abroad. A large number of pieces have seldom, if ever, been published before. This volume shows un - derglaze blue, underglaze red, white glaze and Qingbai wares. In Chinese only.

734 Deng Bai et al: ZHONGGUO XIANDA中I國 M現EI代SH美U術 Q全UA集N 二JI十 27七 = 。TA 陶OC瓷I 一1: T：A O陶Q器 I. (Compendium of Modern Chinese Art 27 = Ceramics 1: Pottery). . Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji. Nanchang, 1998. 6, 42, 199, 66 pp. 199 colour plates and 199 matching b/w plates, several b/w text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £60.00 Part of the huge Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji series, this is volume one of five on modern ceramics and shows modern pottery and earthenware from various areas in China, including 76 Yixing zisha objects. Good colour illustrations. In Chinese only.

735 Deng Bai et al: ZHONGGUO XIANDAI MEISHU QUA中N國JI 現28代 =美 TA術O全C集I 2 :二 C十 IQ八I ( S。H A陶N瓷G )二. (C ：om 瓷pe器nd iu上 m of Modern Chinese Art 28 = Ceramics 2: Porcelain 1). . Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji. Nanchang, 1998. 8, 18, 212, 70 pp. 209 colour plates and 209 matching b/w plates, several b/w text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £60.00 Part of the huge Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji series, this volume is one of five on modern ceramics and forms part one of modern porcelains. Shows a comprehensive range of recently-produced porcelains from various areas in China. Well-illustrated. Particularly interesting to see the modern reproductions of antique porcelains. In Chinese only. 174 59 LIST – – FROM OUR STOCK

736 Deng Bai et al: ZHONGGUO XIANDAI MEISH中U國 Q現UA代N美JI術 2全9 =集 T 二AO十C九I 3。: C 陶IQ瓷I 三(X I：A )瓷. (器Co 下mpendium of Modern Chinese Art 29 = Ceramics 3: Porcelain 2). . Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji. Nanchang, 1998. 6, 18, 212, 70 pp. 210 colour plates and 210 matching b/w plates, several b/w text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £60.00 Part of the huge Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji series, this volume is one of five on modern ceramics and forms part two of modern porcelains dating from the Republican period until the present day. Shows a comprehensive range of porcelains from various areas in China, including Jingdezhen. Well-illustrated. Particularly interesting to see the modern reproductions of antique porcelains. In Chi - nese only.

737 Deng Bai et al: ZHONGGUO XIANDAI MEISHU QUANJI中 3國0 =現 T代AO美C術I 全4: 集TA 三OC十I 。DI A陶O瓷SU 四. ( ：Co m陶p瓷en雕diu塑 m of Modern Chinese Art 30 = Ceramics 4: Ceramic Sculpture). . Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji. Nanchang, 1998. 6, 18, 212, 69 pp. 208 colour plates and 208 matching b/w plates, several b/w text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Cloth, slipcase. £60.00 Part of the huge Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji series, this volume is four of five on modern ceramics and shows ceramic sculpture, primarily figurines, from various areas in China, including Shiwan and Dehua pieces. Well-illustrated. In Chinese only.

738 中ZH華O古NG文H名U大A 圖GU集 W 1-E8 NMING DA TUJI: 1-8. (Illustrated Compendium of Ancient Chinese Civilisation: 1-8). . Beijing, 1992. c. 300 pp. per volume. Colour plates throughout. Tables, maps. 8 vols. 30x22 cm. Cloth. £200.00 Something of an illustrated Chinese-only ‘Science & Civilisation in China’, this encyclopaedic work has truly spectacular photogra - phy covering a broad spectrum of China’s material cultural and art. The 8 volumes are organized by subject from ‘Ancestral Origins’ to ‘Medicine’.

739 台Zh灣u 寫Pe實iyi主 &義 美Xi術e D。on 朱gsh珮an儀謝: TA東IW山A N著 XIESHIZHUYI MEISHU. Taiwanese Realist Arts 1895-2005. . Taibei, 2006. 342 pp. Numerous colour illustrations. 25x19 cm. Wrappers. £45.00 A detailed study of the development of the realism movement in Taiwan, influenced by European art. Primarily painting is shown and discussed, together with some sculpture. In Chinese.

740 Zhu Wenyu ed: ZHONGHUA RENMIN GONGHEGUO中 K華A人IG民UO共 和DA國D開IA國N.大 (A典 P h。ot o祝gr文ap煜hic 主 C編ompendium of the Establishment of the Peoples Republic of China). . Beijing, 1999. 22, 420 pp. B/w plates throughout, a few in colour. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £60.00 Black-and-white photography detailing the period immediately before and after the establishment of the Peoples Republic. Interest - ing photographs of revolutionary leaders, parades, the establishment of government. Accompanied by artefacts from the time, partic - ularly bronze seals that very much resemble imperial seals and seal impressions. Text in Chinese. Out-of-print. 中國三彩 。 朱 裕平 著 741 Zhu Yuping: ZHONGGUO SANCAI. (Chinese Sancai Wares). . 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. Text in Chinese.

742 英Zh漢u Z陶h瓷ufa詞ng匯: Y手IN冊 G 。 H 朱AN竹 T芳A O主C編 I CIHUI SHOUCE. An English — Chinese Handbook of Ceramic Glossary. . Shanghai, 2007. 4, 348 pp. 21x15 cm. Paper. £30.00 A useful handbook for those struggling to find the precise Chinese word for ceramic terminology and related vocabulary. Many tech - nical and artistic terms and vocabulary in addition to more general words. Ranges from kraak porcelain, surface undulation and lang yao red glaze to transfer printing, oil-fired kiln and impressed zigzag design. Listed alphabetically in English with the Chinese term given alongside in characters — no pinyin translation. 紫禁城 743 ZIJINCHENG. The Forbidden City, La Cite Interdite, Die Verbotene Stadt. . Beijing, 1999. 96 pp. Colour photographs throughout. 25x26 cm. Paper. £15.00 Photographic tour of the Forbidden City showing the main palaces, gardens and highlights from its collection. In English, French, Ger - man and Japanese. 744 ZIJINCHENG DIHOU SHENGHUO 1644-1911. (Imperial Life in the Forbidden City 1644-1911). Beijing, 1993. 121 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 31x23 cm. Paper. £50.00 A pictorial view of imperial life in the Forbidden City during the Qing dynasty. English and Chinese texts. Reprint of the 1981 edition that was only in Chinese. 清代宮廷服飾 。 宗 鳳英 著 745 Zong Fengying: QINGDAI GONGTING FUSHI. (Qing Dynasty Court Costume). . Zijin Shu Xi 2. Beijing, 2004. 212 pp. Colour illustrations. 25x16 cm. Paper. £20.00 Essays on aspects of Qing dynasty court costume — the regulations surrounding their wear plus other research and papers. In Chi - nese. 60 SUBJECT INDEX – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS

S UBJECT I NDEX Flower Arrangement 553 615, 619, 630, 635, 640, 653, 657, 660, Folk Art 445-6, 450, 510, 711 664, 667-8, 670, 682, 689, 696, 700, Ainu 58 Folk Customs 256, 389, 489 703-5, 708, 710, 716, 723, 725, 730, Animals in art 627 Folk Tales 183 739 Archaeology 31, 54, 106, 110, 221, 229, Forbidden City 21, 55, 554, 669, 745 Philosophy 77, 143, 196, 294, 352, 382, 239, 278, 293, 296, 302, 374, 384, 386, Foreigners in Asia 72, 94, 225, 259, 262, 463, 499, 655, 702 399, 401, 441, 482, 509, 541, 545, 550- 394, 398, 418, 425, 429, 467, 544, 643, Photography 63-4, 159, 305, 361-2, 496, 1, 567, 674, 692, 741 652, 709 500, 515, 611, 683, 701, 740 Architecture 13, 117, 206-7, 210-3, 232, Furniture 16-7, 22, 107, 120, 132-8, 167, Poetry 103 310, 518, 601, 614, 669, 714-5 185, 197, 226-7, 235, 248, 269, 273, Politics 151, 403 Armour and Weapons 255, 304, 436, 489, 286, 288, 313, 323, 327-8, 351, 391-2, Printing 111, 437 638, 702 472, 546, 560, 588, 665, 719 Private Collections 45, 50, 241, 244, 287, Artists’ Books 380 Games and Sports 645 314, 343, 395, 423, 631, 684, 724 Beijing 55, 70, 119, 308, 393, 417, 543, Gandhara 254 Propaganda 740 743-4 Gardens 21, 108, 119, 130 Rare Books 38, 377-8, 420, 611, 690 Bibliography 38, 164, 375, 377-8, 385, Geography 49, 51, 105, 297, 468, 492, Reference 38, 78, 78, 309, 347, 653 388, 558, 651, 729 559 Religion 3, 163, 230, 232, 268, 389, 398, Biography 59, 155, 225, 262, 362 Glazes 47 488, 499, 501, 510-1, 520, 557, 656, Blanc de Chine 494 Gold 1, 242 687, 721 Blue and White 43, 194, 495, 727 Great Game 562 Rivers and Canals 498 Botany 205, 553, 613 History 9, 59, 71-2, 97, 106, 151, 159, Rubbings 200 Boxer Rebellion 92, 416, 671 217, 228, 250, 252, 264, 284, 319, 365, Scholar’s Studio 199, 285, 334, 522 Bronzes 11, 145, 161, 180, 279, 326, 357, 402, 418, 441, 467, 505, 513, 526, 531, Science 462-3, 496 397, 421, 430, 442, 477 535, 548, 562, 568, 587, 593, 652, 693, Screens 465 Buddhism 101, 230, 268, 443, 488, 673, 701 Sculpture 79, 107, 200, 209, 253-4, 312, 687 Hong Kong 35, 204 333, 360, 487, 502, 530, 612, 614, 628, Buddhist Art 3, 68, 101, 193, 208-10, Iconography 101, 390 666, 673, 739 270, 333, 363, 367, 390, 424, 475, 490, Illustrated Books 41, 289, 540, 544, 549, Secret Societies 620 536, 556, 629, 666, 703, 713 566, 613, 657 Sex 6, 66 Calligraphy 12, 166, 216, 265, 280, 292, Islamic Art 4, 332 Shanghai 679 338, 383, 507-8, 561, 640, 664, 686, Ivory 122, 124-5, 277 Silk Road 61-2, 139, 148, 158, 192, 363, 705, 721 Jade 40, 249, 624 545, 590, 678 Carpets and Rugs 57, 532, 618, 622, 642 Jewelry and Silver 189, 242 Snuff Bottles 427 Carvings 18, 243, 607, 658, 722 Lacquer 36, 349-50, 356 Sociology 49, 335-6, 376 Celadons 222, 586 Landscape 630, 710 Stein, Aurel 678 Ceramics 2, 10, 14-5, 24, 27, 32-4, 43, 45, Language 58, 98 Symbolism and Designs 26, 493 47, 50, 65, 81, 102, 104, 152-3, 177, Literature 146, 258, 260-1, 325, 426, 491 Taiping Rebellion 365 181-2, 186, 194, 222-3, 239, 241, 244- Lithography 657 Tea Ware 454 5, 247, 251, 266, 274-6, 282-3, 287, Maps and Atlases 290, 610, 728 Tea 190, 454, 474 299, 303, 306-7, 314, 316-7, 331, 340- Marco Polo 370, 688 Textiles 54, 57, 73, 88, 203, 246, 311, 4, 359, 364, 371-3, 379, 387, 395, 407- Maritime 29, 691 329, 355, 399, 411, 449-50, 456, 473, 10, 412, 422-3, 439, 454, 459, 461, Medicine 726 519, 532, 554, 618, 621-2, 698, 712, 476, 479-80, 494-5, 503-4, 514, 533-4, Metalwork 243, 415, 539, 594 745 538, 542, 547, 551, 577, 577, 583, 586, Minor Arts 44, 650 Theatre 654, 717 608-9, 617, 625-6, 631-3, 639, 641, Minorities 198, 256, 520, 712 Tomb Art 24 644, 649, 659, 661, 663, 672, 681, 684, Missionaries 154, 685 Trade 394 694-5, 699, 707, 718, 724, 727, 731-7, Mongolia 162, 548 Translations 143 741-2 Monochrome 379 Travel 35, 51-2, 95, 113, 141-2, 154, 184, Chengde 424, 549 Mounted 681 187, 191, 263-4, 370, 425, 491, 512, Chinese 463 Murals 8, 42, 527, 541, 692 515, 590, 743 Christianity 398 Museums 5, 90, 237, 275, 479-80, 621 Ukiyo-e 100, 444, 555, 571, 591 Cixi 2 Music 114, 636 Wang C.C. 565 Clocks 19 Myths and Legends 367, 620, 676 Warfare 284, 374 Cloisonné and Enamels 75, 147, 236 Natural History 267, 396, 646, 679 Woodcuts 25, 41, 80, 111, 192, 380, 650, Collectanea 5, 420 Netsuke 56, 82-4, 121-8, 170-5, 178-9, 697, 706 Communism 400 224, 271, 298, 301, 315, 428, 466, 469- Yangtze 498 Confucianism 143, 382 70, 506, 524-5, 572-6, 578-82, 585, Yixing 186, 734 Connoisseurship 617, 662, 719 603, 637, 647-8 Yunnan 360 Contemporary Art 96, 131, 169, 563, 690, Ordos 421, 477 Zen 268, 300, 338, 443, 474, 557, 687 697 Painting 20, 26, 30, 37, 42, 60, 74, 76, 86- Zhang Daqian 93, 716 Court Life 257, 286 7, 89, 93, 109, 112, 129, 144, 161, 165- Zisha 734 Daoism 352, 499, 501, 656, 721 6, 168, 188, 195, 201, 208, 211, 214-6, Zoology 140 Design 4, 625 218, 234, 240, 280-1, 291-2, 300, 318, Dictionaries 12, 105, 257, 309, 742 320, 322, 324, 330, 338, 345-8, 353, Dunhuang 61-2, 101, 160, 309, 404, 616 358, 360, 366, 413-4, 419, 432-5, 437, Ethnography 150 447-8, 451, 453, 457-8, 464-5, 471, Export Art 20, 316, 583 481, 508, 521, 527-9, 552, 556-7, 561, Figurines 104, 245, 247, 542, 737 564-5, 569, 592, 597-9, 601, 604-7,