The Cheng Xun Tang Collection of Painting and Calligraphy on Fans

Published by Chinese University of HK, Hong Kong, 1996

9627101346 / 9789627101345

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Seller: Orchid Press, Trinity East, NL, CanadaOrchid Press

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Chinese folded fans have a long history both as useful personal accesories and as canvasses for painting and calligraphy. First introduced to China from Japan some 800 years ago, over the course of their long popularity some of the most distinguished of China's artists have applied their talents and brushes to fan decoration. The present collection includes 180 examples dating from the 15th through the 19th centuries and works of both famous and little-known artists. All however are exceptional examples, selected from a collection of over 1,000 fans. Text, including scholarly essays and descriptions of objects, in bilingual English / Chinese. 400 pp., 180 col. and 5 b&w plates, map, chronology, index of artists' names, bibliography. (Heavy and oversize book - orders outside of Canada may require additional postage.) Size: 29 x 21 cm.

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Bibliographic details

Title
The Cheng Xun Tang Collection of Painting and Calligraphy on Fans
Author
Kao Mayching (ed.)
Publisher
Chinese University of HK, Hong Kong
Publication year
1996
Condition
As New
Dust jacket
As New
Binding
Hard bound
ISBN 10
9627101346
ISBN 13
9789627101345
Edition
First Edition.

Orchid Press

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Orchid Press specializes in the sale of books on Asian arts, cultures, history & languages, Asian indigenous books, Asian religions, particularly Buddhism, China Trade books, new & antiquarian books, maps and manuscripts, North-, South- & Southeast Asia and the Himalayan region. We also operate under the banner of Orchid Books, the name of our earlier 'bricks and mortar' bookshop, now only online. We have been members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) since 2011. We are always interested to buy collections and individual items In our areas of interest. * * * We have recently relocated our publishing and bookselling operations from Thailand, where we were based for the past 30 years, to Trinity, NL, Canada. * * *…

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Asian religion, Buddhism, Burma, China, Japan, Himalayas, Central Asia, Thailand, Nepal, Tibet, Asian art, Korea, Asian culture, Asian languages

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