Format:
2 volumes [190, 266] pages
,
31 cm
ISBN:
9789575625337
,
9575625331
,
9789575625344
,
957562534X
Content:
Volume 1: Antiquities (1. Mao-kung "ting", late Western Chou dynasty ; 2. Sung "hu" / late Western Chou dynasty ; 3. San "p'an" / late Western Chou dynasty ; 4. Bird-headed, animal-shaped "tsun" vessel / late Spring to Warring States period ; 5. Chia-liang measure / Hsin dynasty ; 6. White ceramic child-shaped pillow / Ting ware, Northern Sung dynasty ; 7. Celadon lotus-shaped warming bowl / Ju ware, Northern Sung dynasty ; 8. Celadon "tsun" vessel with linear decor / Kuan ware, Southern Sung dynasty ; 9. "Cha-tou" planter with sky blue glaze / Chün ware, Chin to Yüan dynasty ; 10. Globular vase with interwoven lotus and dragon decor in underglaze blue / Yung-lo reign, Ming dynasty ; 11. Flask-shaped vase decorated with human figures in underglaze blue / Yung-lo reign, Ming dynasty ; 12. "Chicken" cup decorated with "tou-ts'ai" colors, / Ch'eng-hua reign, Ming dynasty -- 13. Kuan-yin "tsun" vase with red glaze / K'ang-hsi reign, Ch'ing dynasty ; 14. I-hsing clay teapot decorated with flowers of the four seasons in five-color painted enamels / K'ang-hsi reign, Ch'ing dynasty ; 15. Porcelain bowl with rendering of birds-and-flowers in "fa-lang-ts'ai" enamels / Yung-chen reign, Ch'ing dynasty ; 16. Gilded azure porcelain vase with renderings of fish on a rotating core / Ch'ien-lung reign, Ch'ing dynasty ; 17. Lidded, conjoined jars with "Eternal Tranquillity" motif in "fa-lang-ts'ai" enamels / Ch'ien-lung reign, Ch'ing dynasty ; 18. "Kuei" tablet with mythical bird design / Shantung Lung-shan culture ; 19. Phoenix-shaped jade pendant with a dragon crest / late Shang dynasty ; 20. Jade "pi-hsieh" / Eastern Han dynasty)
Content:
Antiquities [cont.] (21. Jade tablets from the T'ang emperor Hsüan-tsung's sacrifices to the Earth God / K'ai-yüan reign, T'ang dynasty ; 22. Pale green jade armrest carved in the shape of a segmented section of bamboo / Ming dynasty ; 23. Jade imperial seal, bearing the inscription "Seal of he who, at the advanced age of eighty, still tends to the concerns of his people" / Ch'ien-lung reign, Ch'ing dynasty ; 24. Jadeite cabbage / Ch'ing dynasty ; 25. Carved black lacquer plate in eight-petaled peony shape with twin peacock motif / Yüan to early Ming dynasty ; 26. Carved red lacquer vase with floral decor / Yung-lo reign, Ming dynasty ; 27. Carved red lacquer screen bearing a rendition of Su Shih's "Ode on the red cliff" / Ch'ien-lung reign, Ch'ing dynasty ; 28. Cloisonne box with lotus-spray design / Ching-t'ai reign, Ming dynasty ; 29. Bronze jar adorned with coiled dragons and painted enamel / Yung-cheng reign, Ch'ing dynasty ; 30. Cloisonne butter ewer with inset painted enamel panels / Ch'ien-lung, Ch'ing dynasty ; 31. Miniature cosmetics case decorated with with gilding and painted enamel / European, 18th century ; 32. Carved bamboo brush holder with a rendering of the scene "Peeking at a letter" / late Ming to early Ch'ing dynasty ; 33. Miniature boat carved from an olive pit, Ch'en Tsu-chang / Ch'ing dynasty ; 34. Openwork rectangular boxes carved from ivory / Huang Chen-hsiao, Ch'ing dynasty ; 35. Carved boxwood brush holder bearing a depiction of the Elegant Gathering in the Western Garden / Ch'ing dynasty ; 36. Red sandalwood curio box adorned with cloud and dragon motifs (with 47 curios) / Ch'ien-lung reign, Ch'ing dynasty ; 37. Gilded bronze image of Sakyamuni Buddha / Northern Wei dynasty (T'ai-ho reign) ; 38. Golden mandala inlaid with turquoise and cora / Tibetan, 17th century ; 39. Round ink cake with impressed image of "Ch'iu-ch'ih" stone / Fang Yü-lu, Ming dynasty ; 40. Sung-hua inkstone with carved "ch-ih" dragon motif / Ch'ien-lung reign, Ch'ing dynasty)
Content:
Volume two: Painting and calligraphy & books and documents (41. Timely clearing after a sudden snowfall / Wang Hsi-chih, Chin dynasty ; 42. Draft of a Requiem for my nephew / Yen Chen-ch'ing, T'ang dynasty ; 43. Autobiography / Huai-su, T'ang dynasty ; 44. The Cold Food observance / Su Shih, Sung dynasty ; 45. On Szechwan silk / Mi Fu, Sung dynasty ; 46. Two odes on the Red Cliff in running script / Chao Meng-fu, Yüan dynasty ; 47. Miscellaneous calligraphy of poetry / Chu Yün-ming, Ming dynasty ; 48. A palace concert / Anonymous, T'ang dynasty ; 49. Herd of deer in an autumnal grove / Anonymous, Five Dynasties period ; 50. Traveller in early snow on the river / Chao Kan, Five Dynasties period ; 51. Seated portrait of Sung Jen-tsung's empress / Anonymous, Sung dynasty ; 52. Travelers among mountains and streams / Fan K'uan, Sung dynasty ; 53. Early spring / Kuo Hsi, Sung dynasty ; 54. Magpies and hare / Ts'ui Po, Sung dynasty ; 55. Literary gathering / Emperor Hui-tsung, Sung dynasty ; 56. Wind in pines among a myriad valleys / Li T'ang, Sung dynasty ; 57. Children at play in an autumn garden / Hu San-ch'en, Sung dynasty ; 58. Plum tree, bamboo, and a gathering of birds / Anonymous, Sung dynasty ; 59. Oxherds returning in wind and rain / Li Ti, Sung dynasty ; 60. Pure and remote mountains and streams / Hsia Kuei, Sung dynasty)
Content:
Painting and calligraphy & books and documents [cont.] (61. Kublai Khan out on a hunt / Liu Kuan-tao, Yüan dynasty ; 62. Dwelling in the Fu-ch'un Mountains, Huang Kung-wang, Yüan dynasty ; 63. Fishing in reclusion on Lake Tung-t'ing / Wu Chen, Yüan dynasty ; 64. Autumn egrets and hibiscus / Lü Chi, Ming dynasty ; 65. Drunk with spring / Tai Chin, Ming dynasty ; 66. Lofty Mount Lu / Shen Chou, Ming dynasty ; 67. T'ao Ku presenting a lyric / T'ang Yin, Ming dynasty ; 68. Mountains tall, rivers long / Shih-hsi, Ch'ing dynasty ; 69. Twelve scrolls of bamboo in continuous scenery / Shih-t'ao. Ch'ing dynasty ; 70. One hundred steeds, Lang shih-ning, (Giuseppe Castiglione), Ch'ing dynasty ; 71. New and revised edition of the poetry of Tu Fu, with collected annotations / late Sung dynasty ; 72. Sagely governance statutes of the great Yüan dynasty with additions of the Chih-chih reign / late Yüan dynasty ; 73. The Yung-lo encyclopedia / mid-Ming dynasty ; 74. Mister Chang Shen-shih's private editon of the True Northern Romance of the Western Chamber / late Ming dynasty ; 75. The dragon tripitaka / K'ang-hsi reign, Ch'ing dynasty ; 76. Complete collection of the four treasuries from the Wen-yüan Pavilion / Ch'ien-lung reign, Ch'ing dynasty ; 77. Amitabha sutra / Ch'ing dynasty ; 78. Map of the Grand Canal, from Peking to Hangchow / K'an-hsi reign, Ch'ing dynasty ; 79. Archives in Old Manchu, unsectioned / late Ming to early Ch'ing dynasty ; 80. Vermilion rescripted palace memorials of the Ch'ing dynasty / K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng, Ch'ien lung reigns)
Language:
English
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