A GROUP OF TWENTY-FIVE CHINESE ART REFERENCE BOOKS |

Akiyama, Terukazu et. al., Arts of China, Neolithic Cultures to the T’ang Dynasty, Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo, 1968. Arts of the Han Dynasty, Chinese Art Society of America, New York, 1961. Chang, Wan-Li, Three-Colour Glaze Pottery of the T’ang Dynasty, vol. I, The Arts and Literature Press, Hong Kong, 1977. Hetherington, A.L., The Early Ceramic Wares of China, Benn Brothers Limited, London, 1922. Hetherington, A.L., The Early Ceramic Wares of China, Ernest Benn Limited, London, 1924. Hentze, C., Chinese Tomb Figures, Edward Goldston, London, 1928. Hobson, R.L. and Hetherington, A.L., The Art of the Chinese Potter, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1923. Important Chinese Works of Art: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull, Sotheby’s, New York, 1983. Joseph, Adrian M. et. al., Burial Objects of the Sui and T’ang Dynasties, Hugh M. Moss Ltd., London, 1970. Kelley, Charles F. and Meng-Chia, Ch’en, Chinese Bronzes from the Buckingham Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1946. Laufer, Berthold, Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty, Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc., Tokyo, 1962. Locsin, Leandro and Cecilia, Oriental Ceramics Discovered in the Philippines, Charles E. Tuttle Company, Tokyo, 1967. Loehr, Max, Ritual Vessels of Bronze Age China, Asia Society Inc., New York, 1968. Mino, Yutaka and Wilson, Patricia, An Index to Chinese Ceramic Kiln Sites From the Six Dynasties to the Present, Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario, 1973. Mino, Yutaka and Wilson, Patricia, Ice and Green Clouds, Traditions of Chinese Celadon, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, 1986. Plumer, James Marshall, Temmoku, Idemitsu Art Gallery, Tokyo, 1972. Prodan, Mario, The Art of the T’ang Potter, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1960. Schloss, Ezekiel, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture, vol. I and II, Castle Publishing co. Ltd., Stamford, 1977. Segalen, Voisins-Lartigue et. al., Mission Archéologique en Chine, vol. I & II, Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris, 1924. Thiel, Albert W.R., Chinese Pottery and Stoneware, Borden Publishing Company, Los Angeles, 1953. T’Serstevens, Michèle Pirazzoli, The Han Dynasty, Rizzoli International Publications Inc., New York, 1982. Wu, G. D., Prehistoric Pottery in China, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., London, 1938. Yaw, Lu et. al., Spirit of Han, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society and Sun Tree Publishing Ltd., Singapore, 1991.

Each book in overall good condition and with minor expected wear to the covers. Some books have handwritten dedicatory inscriptions at the front. The oldest books (e.g. by Hetherington and Segalen) have age spots on the pages and more wear overall, as expected.
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