A selection of museum catalogues, reference books, and magazines on the art and culture of China
A selection of museum catalogues, reference books, and magazines on the art and culture of China
Including:
A signed copy of The Palace Museum: Peking, Treasures of the Forbidden City, Wan-go Weng and Yang Boda, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1982.
Asian Art in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: The Inaugural Gift, Thomas Lawton, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1987.
Art Treasures of the Peking Museum, Francois Fourcade, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York.
Great National Treasures of China: Masterworks in the National Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1990.
Qiannian gudu Xi'an [Xi'an- China's Ancient Capital for a Thousand Years], Kwan Pui Ching, The Commercial Press, Ltd., Hong Kong, 1987.
Buddhist Sculpture of Shanxi Province, The Administrative Bureau of Culture Relics of Shanxi Province The Chinese Buddhist Culture Publishing Co., Ltd, 1991.
Rarities of the Asian Art Museum, program bulletin, The Avery Brundage Collection, The Asia Foundation, 1978.
Zijin cheng gongdian [Palaces of the Forbidden City], Yu Zhuoyun, The Commercial Press, 1983.
Zhongguo Lidai fushi [Chinese Clothing and Adornment in Various Dynasties], by Shanghai Traditional Opera School Research Team, Shanghai Xue Lin Press, 1984.
Treasures of China, Volumes I and II, Ting Sing Wu, International Culture Press, 1970.
Treasures of China: a Collection of Precious Treasures of the Palace Museums of Beijing and Taipei, Two-volume slipcased set, The Commercial Press, Hong Kong, 1992.
Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China, Wen Wu Press, 1973.
Art and Archaeology in China, Edmund Capon, Mobil Oil Australia Limited, Macmillan of Australia, Melbourne, 1977.
Treasures of China, Michael Ridley, The Dolphin Press, 1973.
Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives, C.A.S. Williams, Kelly and Walsh Limited, Hong Kong, 1974.
A signed copy of A Scholar in Imperial China, T.C. Lai, Kelly and Walsh Ltd., Hong Kong, 1970.
Chronological Ancient Chinese Articles Survey [Zhongguo gu wu tong jian], Na Chih- liang, Wenwen chubanshe, Taipei, 1980.
China: The Land and the People, Keith Buchanan, Crown Publishers Inc., New York, 1980.
The Chinese Exhibition: A Selection of Recent Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1977.
China: A History in Art, Bradley Smith and Wan-go Weng, Doubleday and Company, Inc.
The Arts of China, Michael Sullivan, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1973.
The Genius of China, William Watson, Times Newspapers Ltd., 1973.
In the Presence of the Dragon Throne: Ch'ing Dynasty Costume in the Royal Ontario Museum, John E. Vollmer, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1977.
Chinese Cultural Art Treasures: National Palace Museum Illustrated Handbook, National Palace Museum, Republic of China, Taipei, 1982.
Treasures from the Shanghai Museum: 6,000 Years of Chinese Art (2 copies), Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argence, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1983.
A Photographer in Old Peking, Hedda Morrison, Oxford University Press, 1985.
Imperial China: Photographs 1850-1912, Clark Worswick and Jonathan Spence, Pennwick/Crown, 1978.
Chinoiserie: The Impact of Oriental Styles on Western Art and Decoration, Oliver Impey, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1977.
Renditions: A Chinese-English Translation Magazine, Number six, Special Art Issue, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Spring 1976.
Zhonghua lidai wenwu jinghua, City Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong.
Long [Dragon], Cang Shi, The People's Daily Press, 1988.
The Scholar's Desk, Ben Janssens Oriental Art, Asian Art in London, November 2011.

and ten Arts of Asia magazines, including:
Vol. 1. no. 1, January-February 1971.
Vol. 1 no. 3, May-June 1971.
Vol. 2 No. 3, May-June 1972.
Vol. 3 no. 2, March-April 1973.
Vol. 4 no. 6, November-December 1974.
Vol. 5 no. 1, January-February 1975.
Vol. 5 no. 3, May-June 1975.
Vol. 5 no. 4, July-August 1975.
Vol. 6 no. 1, January-February 1976.
Vol. 13 no. 3, May-June 1983.
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Property from the Jing Hai Tang Collection

The Jing Hai Tang Reference Library

The Jing Hai Tang reference library and collection was amassed by private collectors during their long residence in Hong Kong from 1970 to 2000. In addition to reference materials, they collected in a number of areas including ceramics, furniture and paintings during that dynamic period when Hong Kong rose to prominence as a leading center for the study and collection of Chinese art.

Category: Asian Art


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