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LIST 200 NEW PUBLICATIONS LATEST ACQUISITIONS HANSHAN TANG BOOKS H ANSHAN TANG BOOKS LTD Unit 3, Ashburton Centre 276 Cortis Road London SW15 3AY UK Tel (020) 8788 4464 Fax (020) 8780 1565 Int’l (+44 20) [email protected] www.hanshan.com CONTENTS N EW & RECENT PUBLICATIONS / 3 F ROM OUR STOCK / 7 S UBJECT INDEX / 60 T ERMS The books advertised in this list are antiquarian, second-hand or new publications. All books listed are in mint or good condition unless otherwise stated. If an out-of-print book listed here has already been sold, we will keep a record of your order and, when we acquire another copy, we will offer it to you. If a book is in print but not immediately available, it will be sent when new stock arrives. We will inform you when a book is not available. Prices take account of condition; they are net and exclude postage. Please note that we have occasional problems with publishers increasing the prices of books on the actual date of publication or supply. For secondhand items, we set the prices in this list. However, for new books we must reluctantly reserve the right to alter our advertised prices in line with any suppliers’ increases. P OSTAL CHARGES & DISPATCH United Kingdom: For books weighing over 700 grams, minimum postage within the UK is GB £12.00. If books are lighter and we are able to charge less for delivery, we will do so. Dispatch is usually by a trackable three working day courier service. Rest of the World: Dispatch is by the speediest and most economical method, currently Royal Mail International (not trackable). We try to use services which are as inexpensive as surface postage, but are air-lifted wherever possible. Valuable ship- ments will be registered. Larger bulk shipments are dispatched by bag mail. Small consignments are sent by surface mail unless otherwise directed. Should you require a different service, such as air-mail or courier, please let us know your requirements. Please Note: If you enclose payment with your order, please add at least 20% to cover postage, observing the above minimum of GB £12.00. Any excess will be refunded or credited. If you pay by credit card, exact postage will be charged. All books are dispatched at the consignee’s risk and they remain the property of Hanshan Tang Books Ltd until full payment has been received. PAYMENT Payments may be made by Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Visa or MasterCard Debit. Other means of pay- ment are as follows (Please note: Charges for direct transfers must be borne by the sender — we can only credit your account with the Net amount received.): United Kingdom: by personal cheque or by direct transfer to our bank. (Please, as already noted: Charges for direct transfers must be borne by the sender — we can only credit your account with the Net amount received.) United States: by personal US$ cheque, by transfer to our bank in New York, or by a cheque in Sterling drawn on an UK-based bank. Any other form of payment must be accompanied by an extra GB £15.00 to cover bank charges. Europe: by banker’s draft drawn on a UK bank, or by a cheque in Sterling drawn on a UK-based bank. Any other form of payment should be accompanied by an extra GB £15.00 to cover bank charges. If making a direct transfers, please contact us for IBAN and SWIFTBIC numbers. Rest of the World: by banker’s draft drawn on a UK bank. Other forms of payment should be accompanied by an extra GB £15.00 to cover bank charges. Cover image from item 656. Hanshan Tang logo kindly written for us by the artist in Xu Bing’s Square Word Calligraphy. LIST 200 – 3 – NEW & RECENT PUBLICATIONS NEW & RECENT PUBLICATIONS 1 2020 ANTIQUES: AUCTION RECORDS 2019.1.1-2019.12.31 (CERAMICS). 2020 Gudong Paimai Nianjian: Ciqi. 2020 骨董拍賣年鑒 : 瓷器. Changsha, 2020. 332 pp. Colour plates throughout. 26x18 cm. Paper. £50.00 Coverage of auction prices for Chinese ceramics sold in auction in China and elsewhere in 2019. Colour illustrations throughout. Hun- dreds of fine examples shown with prices realised in RMB. Text in Chinese. 2 2020 ANTIQUES: CHINESE ARTS AUCTION RECORDS 2019.1.1-2019.12.31 (JADES). 2020 Gudong Paimai Nianjian: Yuqi. 2020 骨董拍賣年鑒 : 玉器. Changsha, 2020. 300 pp. Colour plates throughout. 26x18 cm. Paper. £50.00 Colour illustrations throughout. Hundreds of fine examples of Chinese jade that were auctioned worldwide in 2019 with prices realised in RMB. Text only in Chinese. 3 Beijing Capital Museum ed: 1420: CONG NANJING DAO BEIJING. Nanjing to Beijing: 600th Anniversary of Moving the Capital of Ming Empire. 1420 : 從南京到北京. Beijing, 2020. 189 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 29x24 cm. Wrappers. £70.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Capital Museum in Beijing exploring the cultural legacy surrounding the momentous move in 1420 of the capital of the Ming dynasty, and thus China, from Nanjing to Beijing. Nearly all the artefacts are early Ming from around 1420 and seek to give context to the establishment of the new capital. Much material from archaeological excavations in Beijing including architectural fragments and ceramics, gold and jewellery and other luxury items testifying to the wealth that the move of the capital brought to Beijing. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese. 4 Canepa, Teresa: JINGDEZHEN TO THE WORLD. The Lurie Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Late Ming Dynasty. London, 2019. 382 pp. Colour plates and text illustrations throughout. 31x26 cm. Cloth. £90.00 Catalogue of a fine private collection of Chinese export porcelain. dating from the late Ming dynasty. Shows 130 rare and important pieces. All illustrated in colour and described in detail. Of much interest for the study of the production, design and trade of Jingdezhen export porcelain in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. 5 Chengdu Museum ed: CHONGHUA GONG. Chonghua Palace. 重華宮. Chengdu, 2019. 231 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. £110.00 Catalogue produced to accompany an impressive exhibition at the Chengdu Museum in China’s Sichuan province. Explored the sig- nificance of the Chonghua Gong complex of halls and residence in the north-eastern part of the Forbidden City in Beijing. These were the private apartments of the Qianlong emperor when a child (then Prince Hongli). 88 exhibits demonstrating residential life and rit- ual within the Qing court and the splendour of court life at the highest level. One page prologue in English, otherwise Chinese text. 6 Cui Yuanhe ed: WUTAISHAN WENHUA YICHAN: SUXIANG JUAN. (The Cultural Heritage of Wutaishan: Statuary). 五台山文化遺產 : 塑像卷 。 崔元和 編纂. Taiyuan, 2017. 1, 7, 4, 171; 5, 224; 6, 246; 6, 302; 6, 326; 6, 292 pp. Full page and text colour plates throughout each volume. Numerous b/w full page text drawings. 6 vols. 31x24 cm. Cloth. £700.00 The first comprehensive survey of the cultural relics and heritage of the highly-important Buddhist site of Wutaishan in China’s Shanxi province. These six volumes focus on statuary and sculpture in temples and religious sites throughout the Wutaishan complex. The first two volumes contain Tang statuary, volume 3 covers Song, Jin, Liao and Yuan material. Volume 4 entirely comprises Ming statuary. Volume 5 completes the extensive amount of Ming material and begins the survey of Qing statuary. Volume Six completes the chrono- logical coverage by showing the remainder of the Qing statuary and a couple of early 20th century examples. Many of the temples’ statuary systematically photographed for the first time. Illustrated throughout in colour (with many accompanying detailed line draw- ings) and well described. Of much value for the study and research of Buddhist art in China. Text in Chinese. Very hard to obtain. 7 Cultural Relics Bureau: 2018 ZHONGGUO ZHONGGUO KAOGU FAXIAN. Major Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2018. 2018 中國重要考古發現. Beijing, 2019. 181 pp. Colour text plates throughout. 26x19 cm. Wrappers. £25.00 Well-illustrated work on major archaeological discoveries in China in 2018 from the Palaeolithic through the dynasties to the early 20th century. 37 sites are shown and described. An ever-interesting annual publication. List of contents, descriptions of each find and captions in English. Main text in Chinese. 8 Cultural Relics Bureau: 2019 ZHONGGUO ZHONGGUO KAOGU FAXIAN. Major Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2019. 2019 中國重要考古發現. Beijing, 2020. 181 pp. Colour text plates throughout. 26x19 cm. Wrappers. £28.00 Well-illustrated work on major archaeological discoveries in China in 2019 dating from the Palaeolithic through the dynasties to the Qing. 36 sites are shown and described. Always of much interest. List of contents, descriptions of each find and captions in English. Main text in Chinese. 9 DONG TIAN CI YUN: LILING YAO ZHONGGUTANG YUANDAI YIZHI CHUTU CIQI JINGCUI. (A Selection of Yuan Dynasty Ceramics Excavated from the Zhonggu Embankment at the Liling Kiln Site). 洞天次 韻 : 醴陵窯鐘鼓塘元代遺址出土瓷器精粹. Beijing, 2019. v, 16, 224 pp. Over 200 pp. colour plates. Colour text illustrations. 29x21 cm. Cloth. £95.00 Shows the best of the hoard of Yuan dynasty ceramics excavated in 2015 at a site within the remains of the old Liling kiln site in China’s Hunan province. A site secondary only perhaps to Jingdezhen in terms of ceramic production in China. A total of 264 objects (or groups of objects) are shown, comprising sherds or reconstructed pieces. In six sections: Qingbai Wares (47); Celadon Wares (38); Wares with Dark Reddish Brown Glaze; Bicolour Glazed Porcelain; Ceramics as Architectural Material; Ceramics as Kiln Furniture and Pot- ter’s Tools.