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Japanese Ceramics Latest Acquisitions HANSHAN TANG BOOKS • L IST 161 NEW PUBLICATIONS MING CERAMICS JAPANESE CERAMICS LATEST ACQUISITIONS H ANSHAN TANG B OOKS LTD Unit 3, Ashburton Centre 276 Cortis Road London SW 15 3 AY UK Tel (020) 8788 4464 Fax (020) 8780 1565 Int’l (+44 20) [email protected] www.hanshan.com CONTENTS N EW & R ECENT P UBLICATIONS / 3 M ING C ERAMICS / 6 J APANESE C ERAMICS / 12 F ROM O UR S TOCK / 25 S UBJECT I NDEX / 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 C HARGES & D ISPATCH United Kingdom: For books weighing over 700 grams, minimum postage within the UK is GB £10.00. 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. 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United States: by personal US$ cheque, by transfer to our bank in New York, or by a cheque in Sterling or Euros drawn on an EU-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 or Euros drawn on an EU-based bank. Any other form of payment should be accompanied by an extra GB £15.00 to cover bank charges. If making a di - rect 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. Logo kindly written for us by the artist in Xu Bing’s Square Word Calligraphy. Cover image from item number 574. 161 3 & LIST – – NEW RECENT PUBLICATIONS & EW ECENT UBLICATIONS N R P 陝北出土青 銅器 。 曹瑋 1 主Ca編o Wei ed: SHAAN BEI CHUTU QINGTONGQI. Bronzes from Northern Shaanxi. Chengdu, 2009. xxii, 51, 209; 1131 pp. Over 900 pp. colour plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 5 vols. 29x22 cm. Cloth. £700.00 An excellent reference on ancient Chinese bronzes excavated from sites in the north of China’s Shaanxi province, a centre of Chinese civilization since ancient times. Over 900 fine and interesting examples are illustrated in colour plates, including belt hooks, knives, Ordos-style bronzes, small animal ornaments, arrow heads and larger vessels — Ding, Gui, Fu, Jue etc. The objects are arranged by type of object and within each category, the objects are arranged chronologically. The objects date from the Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States, Qin and the Han dynasty. Captions give details of the site of excavation, museum location and de - scription of the object. Volume One contains list of contents, introductions and two essays: Studies on Shang-Date Bronzes from North - ern Shaanxi; Study of Eastern Zhou and Qin-Han Periods Bronzes from Northern Shaanxi. Dual texts in Chinese and English. 2 Chu, Daisy: TRADITIONAL CHINESE PATTERNS AND COLOURS. Chinese Ethnic Minority Motifs. London, 2011. 208 pp. Numerous colour illustrations. 210x175 cm. Paper. £17.00 Numerous Chinese decorative patterns adapted and recreated for the use of modern-day designers of any discipline. A good visual ref - erence. 3 Chu, Daisy: TRADITIONAL CHINESE PATTERNS AND COLOURS. Auspicious Chinese Motifs. London, 2011. 208 pp, numerous colour illustrations. 210x175 cm. Paper. £17.00 Illustrates numerous colour patterns with deep roots in Chinese folklore and history. Formatted to be easily used by designers of any discipline. A good visual reference. 4 Chu, Daisy: TRADITIONAL CHINESE PATTERNS AND COLOURS. Chinese Dress Motifs. London, 2011. 208 pp, numerous colour illustrations. 210x175 cm. Paper. £17.00 Hundreds of patterns collected from clothing of dynasties past. A good visual reference. 5 外Da銷 C瓷h器eng价 值e: 考W成A I。XI 大AO成 C編I著QI JIAZHI KAOCHENG. (A Survey of Prices of Export Ceramics). Beijing, 2007. 304 pp. Colour plates throughout both volumes. 26x19 cm. Wrappers. £45.00 Two-volume compendium providing a price guide to Ming and Qing dynasty export ceramics. Also provides a good visual survey of the subject. The first volume shows blue-and-white export ceramics in the Chinese taste. The second volume shows Qing dynasty ce - ramics for the European market. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese. 6 Dongguan Museum: DON東G莞G市UA博N物 SH館I藏 B陶OW瓷 UGUAN CANG TAOCI. The Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in Dongguan Museum. Beijing, 2010. 167 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards. £60.00 Whilst there are a few early pieces, the majority of the ceramics illustrated are Ming and (predominantly) mid and late Qing dynasty and provide an overview of the fine holdings of the Dongguan Museum in China’s Guangdong province. In Chinese. 7 Field, Dorothy: PAPER AND THRESHOLD. The Paradox of Spiritual Connection in Asian Cultures. Ann Arbor, 2007. xi, 93 pp. Numerous colour illustrations 29x21 cm. Cloth. £45.00 Examines the use of paper placed at thresholds to buildings and temples and its use in Shinto, Shamanic and Buddhist temples as well as paper kites, lanterns, doors and windows. An interesting contribution. 8 Geuna, Elena: ZHANG HUAN. Ashman. London, 2011. 160 pp, 64 colour and 64 b/w illustrations. 285x255 cm. Cloth. £35.00 A book bringing together and highlighting the versatility of the work of Zhang Huan, an artist highly appreciated both in China and the West capable of creating aesthetic links between two distinct cultures that influenced his life, Henan province in China and New York. 9 Hermitage Amsterdam: THE IMMORTAL ALEXANDER THE GREAT. The Myth, The Reality, His Journey, his Legacy. Amsterdam, 2010. 309 pp. Colour plates throughout. 28x24 cm. Wrappers. £45.00 Catalogue of a marvellous exhibition at the Hermitage Museum in Amsterdam featuring over 350 superb exhibits from the collection of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg which trace and explore the legacy of Alexander the Great. Encompasses the whole range of Alexander’s journeys and conquests from Classical Hellas through to Parthia and on eastwards, including influence on Silk Road materials. Good descriptions and accompanying essays. 10 Institute of Archaeology, Ch黃ine梅 se塞 A墩cademy of Social Sciences: HUANGMEI SAIDUN. Excavations of the Saidun Site in Huangmei County. Archaeological Monograph Series Type D No. 83. Beijing, 2010. 349 pp. text plus 36 pp. colour and 128 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 29x22 cm. Boards. £75.00 Detailed report and research on the excavation of the important Neolithic cemetery at Saidun in Huangmei County in China’s Hubei province. Yielded huge amounts of pottery and jade and stone objects, a large number of which are illustrated here. One page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese. 11 Japan Graphic Designs Association Inc: GRAPHIC DESIGN IN JAPAN 2010. London, 2011. 472 pp, 1500 colour illustrations. 304x217 cm. Cloth. £80.00 Annual publication of high-quality contemporary Japanese graphic designs. Lavishly-illustrated guide. 12 Jin Bodong ed: BAIXIANG HUIGUANG: WENZHOU BAIXIANG TA HUIGUANG TA DIANCANG DAQUAN. (B白ai象xia慧 ng光 a：nd溫 Hu州ig白 ua象ng塔 Pa慧 go光da塔s:典 A 藏Su大rv全ey of the Collections of the Baixiang and Huiguang Pagodas in Wenzhou). Beijing, 2010. 297 pp. Full page colour plates throughout 38x27 cm. Cloth. £110.00 A fine illustrated record of the treasures excavated in 1965 and 1966 from the Baixiang and Huiguang pagodas located in the city of Wenzhou in China. The excavations are famous for the fine amount of Northern Song stucco, wooden and ceramic statuary that was discovered together with a superb reliquary, gold and silver, metalwork and other fine Northern Song artefacts.
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