Auction Catalogs & Ref Books: Chinese Art, Ceramics & Snuff Bottles
wendy kenney
AUCTION CATALOG & REFERENCE BOOK LIST AS OF 8/9/97 -
CHINESE ART, CERAMICS, SNUFF BOTTLES
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CHINESE ART: GENERAL
AS-CHI1. SOTHEBY’S - New York...November 6, 1981...$10.00
Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings
368 lots.
AS-CHI2. SOTHEBY’S - New York...December 3, 1986...$8.00
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
290 lots.
illus: b/w & color
AS-CHI3. PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES - New York...March 31, 1967...$6.00
Chinese Art
Jade, Porcelains, Sculptures, Ivories
324 lots.
illus: b/w (52 lots pictured)
AS-CHI4. PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES - New York...November 28, 1969...$6.00
Chinese Art
Jade & Other Hardstones, Ivory, Pottery, Ceramics, Porcelain, Celadon,
Enamels, Lacquer, Bronzes, Paintings
236 lots.
illus: b/w (25 lots pictured)
AS-CHI5. PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES - New York...November 4 & 5,
1965...$6.00
Chinese Art
Jades, Bronzes, Porcelains, Sculptures, Paintings, Chinese Furniture &
Decorative Objects
396 lots.
illus: b/w (61 lots pictured)
AS-CHI6. (PERIODICAL) ARCHIVES of the CHINESE ART SOCIETY of
AMERICA...$12.00
Vol. 16, 1962
Contents:
Piece-mold Craftsmanship and Shange Bronze Design - Wilma Fairbank
Embroidery Techniques in Old China - Schuyler Cammann
Two Stelae and a Pagoda on the Central Peak, Mt. Sung - Alexander
Soper
The oberlin Orchid and the Problem of P’u-ming - Chu-tsing Li
Some Rocks in Early Chinese Painting - James Cahill
A Chinese Buddhist Pewter with a Ming Date - John Pope
The Pazyryk Chanfrons, the T’ao-t’ieh, and Late Chou China - John
Haskins
The Bamboo Root Burial Jar - Paul Singer
An Unusual Chinese Tomb Figure - Henry Trubner
Some Lacquer Fragments from Ku Wei-ts’un - Robert Peer
9" x 12" paperback, 124 pages. Very good condition
AS-CHI7. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN...Summer 1990...$8.00
The Arts of Ancient China
by James C.Y. Watt
Overview, with many illustrations, of Chinese art from the neolithic
period to the T’ang dynasty.
8 1/2" x 11" paperback, 72 pages
AS-CHI8. CHRISTIE’S - New York...September 21, 1995...$15.00
The Hardy Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from
the Sze Yuan Tang
164 lots.
illus: color (all items are shown)
hardback with dust jacket
Very fine catalog!
AS-CHI9. SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET - New York...March 21, 1980...$8.00
WITH PRICES REALIZED
Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
A wide variety of ceramics; 30 lots of bronze.
371 lots - (hand-written in catalog during sale)
illus: b/w
AS-CHI11. (EXHIBITION CATALOG) EDUCATED PALATES...October
1987...$10.00
Catalog of a New York exhibit of Chinese artifacts from Nicholas
Grindley and Sydney Moss’s London galleries. 34 items, all with
extensive documentation and high-quality photographs. There are some
especially wonderful mottled jade pieces.
illus: color
AS-CHI12. (EXHIBITION CATALOG) EXHIBITION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS OF
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA...1975...$6.00
One of two companion volumes published for the 1975 exhibitions. This
volume, the Illustrated Handlist, shows examples of all of the types
of items included in the exhibits, along with their dates and regions.
It's very handy for quick reference. Color plates in the front of the
book; b/w photos with descriptions and identification.
8 ¼" x 9 ½" paperback, 104 pages, good condition (lower front cover
corner has been bent.)
AS-CHI13. SOTHEBY’S - New York...June 4, 1986...$10.00
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Pottery & ceramics (188 lots) ~ Archaic Bronzes (32) ~ Early Jades
(19) ~ Tang Silver & Gold (20)
266 lots total.
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AS-CHI14. SOTHEBY’S - New York...September 25 & 26, 1986...$10.00
Fine Chinese Decorative Works of Art
Paintings (106 lots) ~ Textiles (35) ~ Hardstone Carvings (12) ~ Jade
(90) ~ Rhino Horn Carvings (9) ~ Wood, Lacquer & Bamboo Carvings (20)
~ Silver & Bronzes (19) ~ Enamels (16) ~ Indian & Southeast Asian
Works of Art (28) ~ Ceramics (93) ~ Furniture (113) ~ Rugs & Carpets
(10)
illus: mostly b/w; some color
AS-CHI15. (BOOK) BRONZE VESSELS OF ANCIENT CHINA...$12.00
by Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argence. Published by Kodansha International
in 1977.
"Bronze Vessels of Ancient China" is the fourth in a series of
selective catalogues presenting to the public some major aspects of
the collections of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and
particularly of The Avery Brundage Collection which forms the bulk of
the holdings of the museum."
142 items from the collection are included in the catalogue; they are
from Middle and Late Shang; Early, Mid, and Late Western Chou;
Ch'un-ch'iu; Warring States; and Han dynasties. Color photographs.
The inscriptions from the vessels are shown in actual size in a table
at the end of the catalogue.
8" x 9" paperback, 144 pages, very good condition (top right corner is
slightly bent, and the wraps are slightly rubbed).
AS-CHI16. CHRISTIE'S - New York...December 1, 1994...$17.00
Important Chinese Works of Art from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
Rhino Horn Carvings and Scholar's Objects (40 lots) ~ Gilt-Bronzes,
Silver and Gold (32) ~ Carved Jades (51) ~ Early Bronzes (14) ~
Ceramics (20) ~ Sculpture (14) ~ Furniture (16)
187 lots, 206 pages.
illus: color
hardback (fine condition) with dust jacket (very good condition)
NEW!AS-CHI17. (EXHIBITION CATALOG) ART STYLES OF ANCIENT
SHANG...$10.00
Published by The China Institute in America, 1967
Bronzes, jades, weapons, pottery, vessels, and tools from the Shang
Dynasty (roughly 1600 B.C. - 1000 B.C.).
82 items pictured in black and white and with descriptive text.
7" x 10", paperback, 40 pages.
NEW!AS-CHI18. (PAMPHLET) THE IMPORTANCE OF PRE-CH'IN COINS AS
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS - AND AN INVENTORY OF PRE-CH'IN COINS IN
AUSTRALASIAN COLLECTIONS
by Cheung Kwong-yue...$8.00
The Proceedings of a Symposium on Scientific Methods of Research in
the Study Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Southeast Asian Metal and Other
Archaeological Artifacts - Australia, 1975 (Noel Barnard, editor).
Many drawings of tao-knife coins, pu-coins, "spurious" coins, and
bronze charms and other objects often taken as true coins by
collectors.
8" x 11" paperback, 34 pages, very good condition (a small section of
the cover has been rubbed off)
NEW!AS-CHI19. (BOOK) IMAGES OF ASIA: ART OF THE TANG COURT...$8.00
by Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky, published by Oxford University Press
in 1996.
A sketch of the Tang Dynasty's political and social history is
followed by chapters illustrating the development of ceramics, the
production of gold and silver, and the increasing sophistication of
Tang painters and sculptors. Discussions of religious and funerary
art complete the portrait of the era. Heavily illustrated with color
and black and white photos.
5 1/4" x 8" hardback, 90 pages, fine condition.
NEW!AS-CHI20. (EXHIBITION CATALOG) CHINESE ANCIENT BRONZE
MIRRORS...$8.00
Taipei Gallery (New York), July - August 1992
Exhibition of mirrors belonging to Professor Shih Tsui-feng
22 mirrors shown in high-quality color photos.
8 1/4" x 11 3/4", 16 pages, very good condition.
NEW!AS-CHI21. (BOOK) ANCIENT CHINA: THE DISCOVERIES OF POSTLIBERATION
ARCHAEOLOGY...$8.00
by William Watson; published by the New York Graphic Society in 1974.
"...The new finds - bronzes, ceramics, fabrics, and works in jade -
all uncovered through carefully controlled scientific methods, have
made possible a coherent picture of the development of Chinese art.
Firm dates can now be given to previously doubtful works in Western
collections."
7" x 9 1/4" paperback, 108 pages, good condition
NEW!AS-CHI22. (PAMPHLET) PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
OF FORM, DECORATION AND INSCRIPTION OF SHANG AND CHOU BRONZES...$6.00
by Kwang-chih Chang; Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Institute of
Ethnology, 1970
7 1/2" x 10 1/4", 40 pages, very good condition
NEW!AS-CHI23. (PAMPHLET) SOME CHINESE ISLAMIC "MAGIC SQUARE"
PORCELAIN...$6.00
by Cheng Te-k'un; Reprinted from Journal of Asian Art, No. 1
4 black and white photos
7 1/2" x 10 1/4", 15 pages, very good condition
NEW!AS-CHI24. (BOOKLET) QIN SHI HUANG POTTERY FIGURES OF WARRIORS AND
HORSES - A Corpus of Data...$7.50
Published by the Museum of Qin Shi Huang in 1981
(1) Excavation of the Pottery Warrior and Horse Pit No. 1
(2) Excavation and Drilling of the Pottery Warrior and Horse Pit No. 2
(3) Excavation and Drilling of the Pottery Warrior and Horse Pit No. 3
(4) The Sites of Architecture Nos. 2, 3 & 4 in the North of Qin Shi
Huang's Mausoleum
7 1/2" x 10" in glossy wraps, 69 pages, very good condition
NEW!AS-CHI25. (BOOK) ANCIENT CHINESE BRONZES...$35.00
by William Watson; published by Faber & Faber (London) in 1962
"This is an account of the bronzes of ancient China from the earliest
time to the Han Dynasty, and especially of the ritual bronze vessels
which are the most important examples of the earliest phases of
Chinese art. The introduction discusses the stylistic development and
the dating of the bronzes, and gives a brief account of recent
scholarship on this subject and of discoveries in China since 1950.
150+ black and white illustrations.
6 1/4" x 10" hardback with dust jacket; unnumbered (approx. 225
pages), very good condition
NEW!AS-CHI26. PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM BULLETIN...November, 1944...$7.50
The Crozier Collection, Part I: Rock Crystals
2-page introduction by Hu Shih; 18 b/w plates with descriptive text
ranging from a brief description of attributes to paragraph-length
items.
7 1/2" x 9 1/2" hardback (library binding), 30 pages, good condition
NEW!AS-CHI27. (EXHIBITION CATALOG) TREASURES FROM THE BRONZE AGE OF
CHINA...$15.00
by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (adapted from scholarly exhibition
catalog); published by Ballantine Books, 1980 (out of print)
-The Beginnings of the Bronze Age: The Erlitou Culture Period
-Vigorous Development: The Zhengzhou Phase (the Erligang Period)
-The Spread of Shang Culture: The Appearance and Growth of Regional
Bronze-Using Cultures
-A Classic Period in the Bronze Art: the High Yinxu Phase (Anyang
Period)
-Unrestrained Invention: The Rise of the Western Zhou Dynasty
-Patterns and Interlace: Transformation of the bronze Art in Later
Western Zhou
-Variety and Freshness: New Departures in Eastern Zhou Bronze Designs;
The Spring and Autumn Period
-Splendor and Sophistication: The Inlaid Bronzes of the Warring States
Period
-The Waning of the Bronze Age: The Western Han Period
-The Terracotta Army of the First Emperor of Qin
Very high-quality color plates.
8 1/2" x 11" paperback, 192 pages, fine condition
NEW!AS-CHI28. (MONOGRAPH) THE CH'EN NI FU-TRAY: PROBLEMS OF
IDENTIFICATION IN
THE STUDY OF FORGERY...$7.50
by Noel Barnard; reprinted from Monumenta Serica Vol. XXX, 1972-1973
12 black and white plates
7" x 10" paperback, 86 pages, very good condition
NEW!AS-CHI29. (BOOK) CHINESE STONE-PICTURES...$20.00
by Abe Capek; published by Spring Books (London) in 1962
"Bas-reliefs, sculptured stones, or pictures carved in stone, are a
distinctive expression of chinese art. Even the form in which they are
most commonly known within China and to students of Chinese art the
world over - 'rubbings' - is very Chinese and very old."
Introduction ~ The Historical Context ~ Stone-Pictures ~ Bibliography
~ Notes on the Plates ~ The Plates 70 black and white plates
11" x 12" hardback with dust jacket, approx. 150 pages, very good
condition (dust jacket is in good condition only - frayed at edges)
NEW!AS-CHI30. (EXHIBITION CATALOG) IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DRAGON
THRONE...$12.00
Ch'ing Dynasty Costume in the Royal Ontario Museum
by John E. Vollmer, published by the Royal Ontario Museum in 1977
CONTENTS:
Clothing and the Poltics of Conquest
Historical Background
East Asian Clothing Traditions: Chinese Continuity; The Nomadic
Heritage
Manchu Garments: Ch'ao-fu; P'i-ling; Ch'i-fu
Five Colours of the Universe
In Service of the Dragon Throne: Twelve-Symbol Ch'i-fu; P'u-fu;
Ch'ang-fu; A Note on Dating
color and black-and-white photos
9" x 8" paperback, 88 pages, very good condition
NEW!AS-CHI31. (MONOGRAPH) SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATION OF AN ANCIENT CHINESE
DOCUMENT AS A PRELUDE TO DECIPHERMENT, TRANSLATION, AND HISTORICAL
ASSESSMENT- THE CH'U SILK MANUSCRIPT...$7.00
by Noel Barnard, 1971 (signed by author)
8 1/2" x 11" pamphlet in wraps, 56 pages, good condition
NEW!AS-CHI32. (BOOK) A SHORT HISTORY OF CHINESE ART...$12.00
by Hugo Munsterberg, published by The Philosophical Library and
Michigan State
College Press in 1949
50 black and white (glossy) plates
5 3/4" x 9" hardback, 227 pages, very good condition
NEW!AS-CHI32A. (BOOK) A SHORT HISTORY OF CHINESE ART...$10.00
Another copy, printed on lower-quality paper than above; plates are
not glossy
NEW!AS-CHI33. (BOOK) JADE: STONE OF HEAVEN...$22.00
by Richard Gump, published by Doubleday in 1962
This classic reference work is "a remarkable blend of intensely
practical information on the handling, carving, and buying of jade
along with the most delightful and exotic legends of the precious
stone's history. For those who wish to purchase jade and would like to
know how much it should cost, how to distinguish the real from the
fake and where to look for fine jade, Mr. Gump's work is
indispensible."
18 color plus numerous black and white plates
6 1/4" x 9 1/2" hardback, 260 pages, fine condition in a good dust
jacket
NEW!AS-CHI34. (BOOK) CHINESE JADE OF FIVE CENTURIES...$37.00
by Joan M. Hartman, published by Charles Tuttle in 1969
"Written for the layman, the text should satisfy the more discerning
and knowledgable reader as well, particularly for its information on
the quality and location of jade rough, on dating, and the techniques
of carving."
10 color plus 40 black and white plates with descriptive text
7 3/4" x 10" hardback with dust jacket in a slipcase, 171 pages,
very fine condition
NEW!AS-CHI35. (BOOK) JADE...$20.00
by J.P. Palmer, published by Spring Books (London) in 1967
A comprehensive introduction to jade - what it is, where it came from,
how it was carved and how it was used. NOTE: This book discusses and
shows jade from the Near East, New Zealand, and Pre-Columbian America
as well as from China.
54 color plates (with 80+ jade items shown)
9 1/2" x 11" hardback, 54 pages, very good condition in a fair dust
jacket
CHINESE ART: CERAMICS & PORCELAIN
AS-CHIPOR2. QUANTAS GALLERY - London...April 7 - 28, 1966...$6.00
1000 Years of Chinese Ceramic Art - Exhibition catalog
99 items plus brief overviews of dynastic periods and their ceramics
illus: b/w (17 items pictured)
AS-CHIPOR3. (BOOK) A HANDBOOK OF CHINESE CERAMICS...$30.00
by Suzanne G. Valenstein
Published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1975
8" x 10" hardback with dust jacket; 251 pages. The book is slightly
bowed, but otherwise is in very good condition.
NEW!AS-CHIPOR5. (EXHIBITION CATALOG) FOREIGNERS IN ANCIENT CHINESE
ART...$10.00
by Ezekiel Schloss; published by The China Institute in America, 1969
"This exhibition of 'Foreigners in Ancient Chinese Art' does not set
out to show all the foreign influences on Chinese art. Rather it
limits itself to tracing through funerary ceramic figurines only the
relationship China enjoyed with the West at the zenith of its power
and affluence during the Classical or Golden Age of the T'ang Empire."
Figurines in the exhibition represent, among others, racial types from
Turkey, Pakistan, and Northern Iran; there are also sections on
Semitic figures and dwarfs.
65 items shown in black and white photos with descriptive text.
8" x 9" paperback; fine condition.
NEW!AS-CHIPOR6. (EXHIBITION AND SALE CATALOG) CHINESE CERAMIC
SCULPTURE...$12.00
The Chinese Porcelain Company (New York), 1990.
53 items (glazed pottery figures, export porcelain, blanc de chine,
famille verte and famille rose, turquoise and aubergine glazed biscuit
figures), shown with high-quality color photos. The text mostly
describes the attributes of the pieces, and there are historical or
bibliographic references given on some.
8 1/2" x 11" paperback, 60 pages, fine condition.
NEW!AS-CHIPOR7. SOTHEBY'S - New York...January 25, 1989...$10.00
Chinese Export Porcelain and Ceramics of American Interest
Chinese Export Porcelain (421 lots) ~ Presidential China & American
and Related Porcelain (13)
illus: b/w & color
NEW!AS-CHIPOR8. (EXHIBITION CATALOG) CHINESE PORCELAINS OF THE WIDENER
COLLECTION...$7.50
by Erwin O. Christensen, published by the National Gallery of Art in
1947 (National Gallery of Art Handbook/Smithsonian)
6" X 9" paperback, 39 pages, very good condition
NEW!*AS-POR4. SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET - New York...May 22 and 23,
1980...$8.00
The Garbisch Collection, Volume Three: Important Chinese Export
Porcelain, European Ceramics, Vertu and Silver
Chinese Export Porcelain (301 lots) ~ Dutch Delft Porcelain (30) ~
Staffordshire (114) ~ Staffordshire Enamel Snuff Boxes (20) ~ Silver
(55)
588 lots total.
illus: mostly b/w
CHINESE ART: SNUFF BOTTLES
AS-SNUFF1. (PAMPHLET) CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES...October-November
1982...$6.00
Chinese Snuff Bottles from the collection of Emily Byrne Curtis -
exhibition catalog from The Newark (NJ) Museum
color photographs of 18 bottles; 17 in black and white. 38 snuff
bottles in exhibition.
16 pages.
AS-SNUFF2. SOTHEBY’S - New York...July 1, 1985...$12.00
Important Chinese Snuff Bottles
260 lots
illus: color
AS-SNUFF3. SOTHEBY’S - New York...October 3, 1980...$10.00
Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles
289 lots.
illus: b/w & color
AS-SNUFF4. SOTHEBY'S - New York...April 6, 1990...$12.00
Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles
389 lots.
illus: color