A GROUP OF TWENTY-SIX CHINESE ART REFERENCE BOOKS |

Akiyama, Terukazu, and Matsubara, Saburo, Arts of China, Buddhist Cave Temples, New Researches, Kodansha International Ltd., Palo Alto, 1969. Bachhofer, Ludwig, A Short History of Chinese Art, Pantheon Books Inc., New York, 1946. Beurdeley, Michael, The Chinese Collector Through the Centuries, From the Han to the 20th Century, Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, 1966. Bushell, Stephen W., Chinese Art, Vol. I & II, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1914. Cahill, James, Hills Beyond a River, John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976. Cohn, William, Chinese Painting, Phaidon Press, London, 1950. D’Argencé, René-Yvon Lefebvre, Chinese Ceramics in the Avery Brundage Collection, The de Young Museum Society, San Francisco, 1967. Edwards, Richard, The Art of Wen Cheng-Ming, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 1976. Edwards, Richard, The Field of Stones, A Study of the Art of Shen Chou (1427-1509), Port City Press Inc., Baltimore, 1962. Fourcade, François, Art Treasures of the Peking Museum, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1965. Fry, Roger et. al., Chinese Art, E. Weyhe, New York, 1935. Great Chinese Painters of the Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York, 1949. Hobson, R.L., Chinese Art, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1927. Hobson, R.L., Chinese Art, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1952. Horvath, Tibor, The Art of Asia, Publishing House of the Fine Arts Foundation, Budapest, 1954. Impey, Oliver, Chinoiserie, The Impact of Oriental Styles on Western Art and Decoration, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1977. Juliano, Annette L. and Lerner, Judith A., Monks and Merchants: Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 2001. Lee, Sherman, China 5000 Years: Innovation and Transformation in the Arts, Guggenheim Museum Publications, New York, 1998. Lion-Goldschmidt, Daisy and Moreau-Gobard, Jean-Claude, Chinese Art, Universe Books, New York, 1971. Munakata, Kiyohiko, Sacred Mountains in Chinese Art, University of Illinois, Springfield, 1991. Paléologue, M., L’Art Chinois, Maison Quantin, Paris, 1887. Sickman, Laurence, and Soper, Alexander, The Art and Architecture of China, Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, 1956. Weng, Wan-Go and Boda, Yang, The Palace Museum: Peking, Treasures of the Forbidden City, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1982. Wong, Kwan S., Masterpieces of Sung and Yüan Dynasty Calligraphy from the John M. Crawford Jr. Collection, China Institute in America Inc., 1981. Zongxu, Zou, The Land Within the Passes, A History of Xian, The Viking Press, New York, 1991.

The books are in overall good condition with minor expected wear to the covers and/or dust jackets. The cover of "Great Chinese Painters of the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties" (Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York, 1949) is detached, but remains with the book.
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