Gansu Provincial Museum (5 results)

Softbound. Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. Museum exhibition catalogue describing and illustrating the highlights of the museum holdings, from Neolithic pottery, jades, bronzes, ancient textiles, Buddhist sculpture, ceramic images and vessels, etc. Text in Chinese with English caption list. 64 pp., 150 col. photos Size: 29 x 21 cm. …

Wrappers. Condition: Good, unless otherwise noted. 24x22cm, 175 pp. Colour plates throughout. Numerous small colour text illustrations. // Catalogue of a little-publicized travelling exhibition in China showing Japanese Imari porcelain from the Edo period made for export to Europe. The ceramics from the Museum of Oriental Ceramics in Osaka. A total of 160 interesting and rare examples are shown, dating from the 1650s to the mid 19th centuries, all illustrated in colour and many shown in multiple views. Ten-page illustrated list of exhibits with brief descriptions in English. Main text in Chinese.…

Condition: Sehr gut. Original softcover binding, 32 pages, mostly illustrations, text in Chinese, one page summary in English, very good condition. Picture book on the Bingling grottoes in Kansu/Western China. zh Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Cloth. Condition: Good, unless otherwise noted. 276 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. // Catalogue of a little-publicized but excellent exhibition held at the Gansu Provincial Museum in 2017. In seven main sections: The Grassland Silk Road; Valuables from the Three Gorges; Sichuan Province and the Southern Silk Road; Yunnan Province Section of the Silk Road; Silk Road Culture Seen from Cultural Relics in the Shaanxi History Museum; Qinghai - A Bright Coordinate on the Silk Road; Footsteps of Ningxia on the Silk Road. Illustrated throughout with major loans from cultural institutions throughout China, from provincial museums down to small local cultural entities. The artefacts date from the Western Zhou through to the Jin dynasty, with much material from the Han through to, and including, the Tang. A prime aim of the exhibition was to show the different cultural influences the Silk Road brought to China and this is clearly demonstrated here with objects showing steppe influence, Buddhism, Sassanian and even Roman influences. Includes tomb figurines of foreigners, gold, very rare ancient glass, bronzes and much more. All the exhibits to a very high standard and much that has not been previously published. List of contents and captions to plates in English. Main text in Chinese. Very hard to obtain.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. China: Cultural Relics Publishing House, 1964, First Edition, First Printing 1000 copies published. Publisher s binding. Previous bookseller's stamp to the end paper. In Chinese language unable to translate 260 pages. Approximately 37.7cm inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition titles in white to brown cloth worn to the extremities. Joints good condition worn. Corners good condition worn and bumped. Boards good condition worn and marked. Page edges good condition tanned. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition tanned. End papers good condition tanned, previous book seller's stamp. Title good condition gently tanned. Pages good condition dusty in between the pages. Binding good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1964 Binding: Hardback. …