Marine and China Trade Paintings and Treasures
Author : Northeast Auctions, Hampton
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Page : pages
File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 1998
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Author : Northeast Auctions, Hampton
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File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 1998
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Author : Northeast Auctions
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Page : 104 pages
File Size : 45,36 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Decorative arts, Early American
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Author : Northeast Auctions, Hampton
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Page : 127 pages
File Size : 15,44 MB
Release : 1999
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Author : Northeast Auctions
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Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Decorative arts, Early American
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Author : Taylor Gallery (London, England)
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Page : 39 pages
File Size : 26,53 MB
Release : 2002
Category : China in art
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Author : Taylor Gallery (London, England)
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Page : pages
File Size : 31,31 MB
Release : 2001*
Category : China trade art
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Author : Robert C. Eldred Co
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Page : pages
File Size : 48,60 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Marine art
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Author : Northeast Auctions, Hampton
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Page : pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 1994
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Author : Beverley Jackson
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Page : 227 pages
File Size : 23,5 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781580082617
Many cultures around the world have used bird feathers as decorative accessories to denote status, wealth, and even royalty. Nowhere did this unusual art form reach greater popularity than in China, beginning a thousand years ago and continuing to this day. Using the kingfisher-with its uniquely iridescent range of ultramarine to bright turquoise-blue feathers-as their bird of choice, Chinese artisans created extraordinary objects, rendering the many-hued feathers with exquisite technique. The sheer breadth of these objects is staggering, from massive eight-foot-tall screens to tiny two-inch-long hair pins, from ornately ornamental lanterns to elegantly simple bird cages. Beverley Jackson has once again gathered an exceptional group of objects for study from great museums and private collections alike. Her lively, informative text and unique selection of historical photographs make KINGFISHER BLUE a coffee table book that reads like a novel. The first book-length treatment on this subject. With 150 full-color photographs throughout.
Author : Regina Krahl
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 22,36 MB
Release : 2011-03-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 1588343057
Part adventure story, part maritime archaeological expedition, part historical look into ninth-century Chinese economy, culture, and trade, Shipwrecked is a fascinating journey back in time. Twelve centuries ago, a merchant ship—an Arab dhow—foundered on a reef just off the coast of Belitung, a small island in the Java Sea. The cargo was a remarkable assemblage of lead ingots, bronze mirrors, spice-filled jars, intricately worked vessels of silver and gold, and more than 60,000 glazed bowls, ewers, and other ceramics. The ship remained buried at sea for more than a millennium, its contents protected from erosion by their packing and the conditions of the silty sea floor. Shipwrecked explores this precious cargo and the story of the men who sailed it, with more than 250 gorgeous photographs and essays by international experts in Arab ship-building methods, pan-Asian maritime trade, ceramics, precious metalwork, and more.