Poly Art Museum (6 results)

Map, black and white line illustrations, profuse photographic colour illustrations of Buddha statues, unpaginated, very good in paperback. Text in traditional Chinese. 24.8 x 24.8cm. Shows examples of statues of the Buddha statues from between Northern and Southern Dynasties and Tang Dynasties.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback Edition. 270 x 215mm. pp. 90 (approx). Chinese and English text. Paperback volume entitled 'A Selection of Important Chinese Artworks from the Collection of Guy and Myriam Ullens De Schooten of Belgium'. Colour illustrations (including fold-outs). Bound in original maroon pictorial card covers. Moderate creasing and scuffing to covers, and some bumping to corners. Binding strong. No ownership inscription or underlining. See images.…

Cloth. Condition: Good, unless otherwise noted. 229 pp. Numerous full page colour plates. // Catalogue of an exhibition at the Poly Art Museum in Beijing showing treasures from the distinctive culture of the Sanxingdui and Jinsha sites in Sichuan. The exhibits came from the Sanxingdui and Chengdu museums. Around 100 exhibits in bronze (including the famous and extraordinary masks) and jade are shown in full page colour plates and described.…

Boards. Condition: Good, unless otherwise noted. 29x22cm, 239 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. // Catalogue of an exhibition at the Poly Art Museum in Beijing showing 89 very fine examples of porcelain from the Kangxi reign, the large majority with imperial base marks. All illustrated in colour, many in multiple views and basemarks shown. Also includes 16 fine examples of Kangxi period works of art in various media. The majority of the ceramics come from the Zheng Guan Tang collection, together with examples from other Chinese collections and some from overseas. Contents, list of plates and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.…

Boards. Condition: Good, unless otherwise noted. 29x22cm, 171 pp. Colour plates throughout. // Catalogue of an exhibition at the Poly Art Museum in Beijing showing 26 examples of rhinoceros horn carving, a carved turtle shell plaque and 62 examples of ivory carving. All of a very high quality and dating from the Yuan through to the Qing, the majority being Qing dynasty. The large majority of objects from the Speelman collection. All objects illustrated in colour, many in multiple views. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text only. Out-of-print.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 261 pages. This book is mostly untranslated Chinese text with very little English. The dust jacket is a little worn. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.