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Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover; minor shelfwear; light creasing of edges of dustjacket, w/ several small tears along edges of dustjacket; o/w in very good condition. This is a heavy book; extra shipping may be required for priority mail and international orders.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. Very Good+ condition, little sunning to boards in alike dust-jacket, light soiling to back. Some exhibition excerpts laid in; This work, which reveals Chinese Bronze Age history and art through archaeological discovery, serves as a companion to the Great Bronze Age of China exhibit held at many museums from 1980-1981; 4to; 386 pages.

HARD BACK. Zustand: Very Good. 386pp. 121 colour plates, 130 b&w illus, 10maps. There is pencil underlining throughout the text.heavy item, please ask for a quote for postage.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. 386pp hardback, blue cloth gilt in wrapper, extremities of boards faded, wrapper with small closed edge tear, well illustrated.

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 386 pages. Includes 121 color plates along with 130 black and white illustrations, 10 maps and 2 tables. A near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket that has a few edge tears and some minor wear.

Blue Cloth Boards. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Seth Joel (Photographs) (illustrator). First British Edition. Comprehensive survey of China's bronze age described in four essays by leading scholars, originally published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Alfred A Knopf in conjunction with an exhibition held in the USA in 1980-81. 386pp, with 121 colour plates, 130 black and white illustrations, 10 maps and 2 tables. Yellow endpapers. Bronze lettering to top board and spine. Slight fading to edges of boards, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. DJ is unclipped, with minor darkening to edges, otherwise very good in clear protective cover. VERY HEAVY BOOK, extra postage will be required. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Zustand: Near Fine. First edition (hardback). 4to (31cm by 23cm), 263 illustrations, including 121 colour plates, 10 maps and 2 tables. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 0500233179.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. London, Thames and Hudson, 1980. Quarto; blind-stamped cloth; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper very slightly sunned on the spine. Loosely inserted is a folding map; 'China's Administrative Divisions'.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Very good hardback copy in slightly shelfworn dustjacket. xv, 386pp, colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 31x24cms Size: 31x24cms. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dust Jacket Included. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 24 x 31 cm.; 2.2 kg.; 386 pages with 121 colour and 130 black and white illustrations plus 10 maps. Includes loose map of China's Administrative Divisions.; ISBN 0-394-51256.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The front cover has scratches and wear marks throughout and a tear at the top. Two scratches on the front cover. The spine is scuffed on the top and bottom. Wear marks on the back cover. Interior in very good condition with minor signs of wear.; Catalogue from an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 12-July 9, 1980; Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, August 20-October 29, 1980; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, December 10, 1980-February 18, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, April 1-June 10, 1981; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, July 22-September 30, 1981.;Here, in one magnificent volume, in authoritative text and color photographs of unparalleled richness, is the first com- prehensive view of China's Bronze Age. From random discoveries over the centuries, from legends and written records that seem scarcely removed from the realm of legend, and from a few limited excavations, the Bronze Age in China has long been thought to be one of the great epochs in the history of art. Now, thanks to astonishing recent finds by Chinese archaeologists, those legendary glories have become reality. The evidence is here, in this book and in the unprecedented exhibition on which it is based-105 precious objects in bronze, jade, and terracotta, chosen by the People's Republic of China from among the finest and most spectacular discoveries of recent years, and now seen for the first time outside their land of origin. Beginning with the shadowy Xia dynasty (which traditional chronology dates from 2205 to 1760 B.C.), coming into full flower in the Shang (now dated from about 1700 to about 1030 B.C.) and the Zhou (about 1030. to 256 B.C.), and lingering on through the Qin (221 to 206 B.C.) and into the Han that followed, the Chinese Bronze Age saw the development of the Chinese state, of writing and religious rituals, of architectural styles and urban culture. It also and pre- eminently-saw the rise and refinement of bronze metallurgy, and the works of art that were its highest expression. No other people on earth has ever created such bronzes. The group shown and discussed here-ritual vessels, weapons, bronze standards, even a complete set of fourteen exquisite bells- may be the most impressive ever assembled, and includes discoveries so recent that they are virtually unknown even to scholars. Here are jars and cups in the shapes of rhinos and elephants and bulls and rams, surfaces inlaid with jade and malachite and precious metals, weapons echoing with the clangor of ancient wars. Here, too, is a splendid array of carved jade pieces-ceremonial blades and tablets, figurines, jewelry. And there is more. Possibly the most stunning archaeological find of the twentieth century occurred in 1974, when excavation began in the huge mausoleum of Qin Shihuangdi, the First Emperor of Qin, who died in 210 B.C. after unifying China for the first time in history. Diggers came upon an entire army-no less than seven thousand life-size terracotta figures of soldiers, cavalrymen, and horses, with chariots and other battle gear, still standing, rank after rank, as they had been buried as a guard for their dead emperor more than two thousand years before. Individually modeled with great sensitivity and realism, they evoke their lost world with almost painful immediacy. Eight of them-six men and two horses- are included here, the first to be placed on exhibit anywhere outside China.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 24 x 31.5 cm.; 1.6 Kg.; 248 pages with 265 illustrations, of which 81 in colour. Used with minor signs of wear on the exterior of the dust jacket and on the interior. Very good condition overall.; Catalogue from the exhibition "Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717)", held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from September 9, 2008 through January 4, 2009.; Wang Hui, the most celebrated painter of late seventeenth-century China, played a key role both in reinvigorating past traditions of landscape painting and in establishing the stylistic foundations for the imperially sponsored art of the Qing court. Drawing upon his protean talent and immense ambition, Wang developed an all-embracing synthesis of historical landscape styles that constituted one of the greatest artistic innovations of late imperial China. This comprehensive study of the painter, the first published in English, features three essays that together consider his life and career, his artistic achievements, and his masterwork - the series of twelve monumental scrolls depicting the Kangxi emperor's Southern Inspection Tour of 1689. The first essay, by Wen C. Fong, closely examines Wang Hui's genius for "repossessing the past," his ability to engage in an inventive dialogue with previous masters and to absorb their stylistic personae while making works that were distinctly his own. Chin-Sung Chang next traces the entire trajectory of Wang's development as an artist, from his precocious youth in the village of Yushan, through growing local and national fame - first as a copyist, then as the creator of groundbreaking panoramic landscapes?to the ultimate confirmation of his stature with the commission to direct the Southern Inspection Tour project. Focusing on this extraordinary eight-year-long effort, Maxwell K. Hearn's essay discusses the contemporary sources for the scrolls, the working methods of Wang and his assistants (comparing drafts with finished versions), and the artistic innovations reflected in these imposing works, the extant examples of which measure more than two feet high and from forty-six to eighty-six feet long. Presented in this volume are twenty-seven of Wang Hui's major paintings, including two of the Southern Inspection Tour scrolls, drawn from The Metropolitan Museum of Art and from museums in Beijing, Taipei, Shanghai, the United States, and Canada. These are supplemented by a wealth of comparative images that range from ancient Chinese paintings and seventeenth-century woodblock maps to works by present-day artists. Invaluable information is provided by a scholarly catalogue, compiled by Shi-yee Liu, Research Associate in the Department of Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum, which details the inscriptions, colophons, signatures, and seals of each work.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. reprint 2011 edition. 167 pages. 9.50x7.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.