HANSHAN TANG BOOKS • L IST 180 NEW PUBLICATIONS 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 F ROM O UR S TOCK / 11 S UBJECT I NDEX / 60 T E R M S 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. 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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. Ths cover image is from item 300. Hanshan Tang logo kindly written for us by the artist in Xu Bing’s Square Word Calligraphy. & LIST 180 – 3 – NEW RECENT PUBLICATIONS & NEW RECENT PUBLICATIONS 1 2015 ANTIQUES: CHINESE ARTS AUCTION REC2O0R15D 骨S 董20拍14賣.1年.1-鑒20 1：4. 1書2畫.31 (PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY). 2015 Gudong Paimai Nianjian: Shuhua. Changsha, 2015. 516 pp. Colour plates throughout. 26x18 cm. Paper. £60.00 Coverage of auction prices for Chinese paintings and calligraphy sold at auction in China and elsewhere in 2014. Colour illustrations throughout. Classical, modern and contemporary works all included in this volume. Hundreds of fine examples shown with prices re - alised in RMB. Text only in Chinese. 2 2015 ANTIQUES: CH2I0N15E S骨E董 A拍RT賣S年 A鑒UC ：T I玉ON器 RECORDS 2014.1.1-2014.12.31 (JADES). 2015 Gudong Paimai Nianjian: Yuqi. Changsha, 2015. 236 pp. Col. pls. 26x18 cm. Paper. £35.00 Colour illustrations throughout. Hundreds of fine examples of Chinese jade that were auctioned worldwide in 2014 with prices realised in RMB. Text only in Chinese. 3 2015 ANTIQUES: CHINESE ARTS2 0A1U5 C骨TI董ON拍 R賣E年CO鑒R D：S 2雜01項 4.1.1-2014.12.31 (WORKS OF ART). 2015 Gudong Paimai Nianjian: Zaxiang. Changsha, 2015. 396 pp. Colour plates throughout. 26x18 cm. Paper. £45.00 Coverage of auction prices for Chinese bronzes, cloisonné, sculpture, bamboo, wood, furniture, seals, textiles and numerous other works of art in various media sold in auction in China and elsewhere in 2014. Colour illustrations throughout. Hundreds of examples shown with prices realised in RMB. Text only in Chinese. 4 2015 ANTIQUES: CHINESE AR2T0S1 A5 U骨C董TI拍ON賣 R年E鑒CO ：RD 珠S 寶201翡4.翠 1.1-2014.12.31 (JEWELRY). 2015 Gudong Paimai Nianjian: Zhubao Feicui. Changsha, 2015. 236 pp. Colour plates throughout. 26x18 cm. Paper. £30.00 Colour illustrations throughout. Hundreds of fine examples of jewellery, precious stones and jade jewellery and necklaces that were auctioned in Hong Kong and mainland China in 2014 with prices realised in RMB. Text in Chinese. 5 Anhui Provincial Museum ed: YIYI SHENGHUI: GUGONG BOWUYUAN ZHENCANG QINGDAI GONGTING JINYINQI TEZHAN. (Special Exhibition of Qing D熠y熠na生sty輝 G o：ld 故an宮d S博il物ver院 U珍se藏d b清y 代the宮 Im廷p金er銀ial 器Co特ur展t in the Collection of the Gugong Palace Museum in Beijing). Hefei, 2013. 102 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. £90.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Anhui Provincial Museum in Hefei, China, comprising a loan exhibition of 90 extraordinary and quite superb gold objects used by the Qing court and held in the collection of the Gugong Palace Museum in Beijing. Includes eating implements and dishes (presumably used by the Emperor), Buddhist reliquaries, jewellery, boxes, ewers, a pair of cranes and other items. Many of the objects have not been previously published. All illustrated in colour and described. In Chinese. Hard to obtain. 百滴圖 。 白煦 著 6 Bai Xu: BAI DI TU. (Pictures of 100 Water Droppers). Beijing, 2014. 74 pp. 100 colour text plates. 26x19 cm. Wrappers. £30.00 The contents are exactly as the title states. Illustrations of 100 pleasing and varied Chinese water droppers from various dynasties are shown in colour plates. Explanatory text accompanies. In Chinese. 7 Bengbu Mu蚌se埠um博 e物d: 館BE銅N鏡G集BU萃 BOWUGUAN TONGJING JICUI. (Bronze Mirrors in the Collection of Bengbu Museum). Beijing, 2014. 221 pp. Full page colour plates throughout, each accompanied by a full page b/w illustration of a rubbing of the mirror design. 29x22 cm. Boards. £70.00 Shows over 100 fine, varied and ancient Chinese bronze mirrors held in the collection of Bengbu Museum, located in the north of China’s Anhui province. All illustrated in full page colour plates and each accompanied by a full page rubbing of the mirror’s design. Welcome in that this work has dual texts in Chinese and English including all descriptions. 8 Bowlt, J. et al. ed: THE RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE. Siberia and the East. Milan, 2013. 319 pp. Colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. 29x25 cm. Cloth. £39.95 Produced to accompany an exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, this is a fascinating and welcome exploration of Russian Avant- Garde art with particular reference to Siberia and the East which encompasses a broad sweep through Persia, India and the Russian Far East to Japan. Primarily paintings. Includes much little-seen and published material. 9 Brown, Claudia: GREAT QING. Painting in China 1644-1911. Seattle, 2014. xv, 336 pp. Colour text illustrations throughout. 25x18 cm. Cloth. £50.00 A comprehensive overview of painting during China’s last dynasty. Amongst topics explored are the relationship between painting and mapmaking, the roles of patrons and collectors, printmaking and publishing, religious themes and western influences. 10 Chaffee, J. & Twitchett, D. ed: THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF CHINA: VOLUME 5 PART TWO. Sung China, 960-1279. The Cambridge History of China. Cambridge, 2015. xvii, 957 pp. Bibliography. Index. 23x15 cm. Cloth. £120.00 A long-awaited volume in this erudite series. The second of two volumes on the Song dynasty (see item 144). This part paints a com - plex portrait of a dynasty beset by problems but which, despite military & geopolitical weakness, was economically powerful, cultur - ally brilliant, socially fluid and the most populous empire in global history up to that point. Surveys key themes across 10 chapters, including government, education, economy, society, thought, religion & China’s emergence as a maritime power. Highly-recommended. 紫 11 檀Ca鑒o Z賞hi與: Z收IT藏A N。 J 曹IA口NS 著 HANG YU SHOUCANG. (The Connoisseurship and Collecting of Zitan Furniture). Shanghai, 2012. 4, 214 pp. Colour text plates throughout. 23x17 cm. Cloth. £30.00 Useful work on zitan furniture exploring all aspects from its construction and design through to styles and types of furniture. Illustrated with some very fine examples. In Chinese. 12 Chen Liang ed: JINGHA靜I L海O樓U藏 C珍AN貴G古 Z籍H圖EN錄 GUI GUJI TULU.