Oriental art books

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Hiraizumi: Buddhist Art and Regional Politics in Twelfth-Century Japan

Hiraizumi: Buddhist Art and Regional Politics in Twelfth-Century...

Author: Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan
ISBN: 9780674392052
Format: Hardback
$166.32

In 12th-century northern Honshu, three generations of local rulers built a capital city at Hiraizumi. Known as the...  Read More >>

Kalighat Painting: Images from a Changing World

Kalighat Painting: Images from a Changing World

Author: Jyotindra Jain
ISBN: 9781890206178
Format: Hardback
$160.00

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Cephas, Yogyakarta: Photography in the Service of the Sultan

Cephas, Yogyakarta: Photography in the Service of the...

Author: Gerrit Knaap ,  Yudhi Soerjoatmodjo
ISBN: 9789067181426
Format: Hardback
$166.32

During the nineteenth century the art of photography in the Netherlands Indies, now Indonesia, was mainly in European...  Read More >>

Netsuke: Four Centuries of Masterpieces

Netsuke: Four Centuries of Masterpieces

Author: Partizia Jirka-Schmitz
ISBN: 9783925369902
Format: Hardback
$356.40

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Asian Art: Inlcuding the Arts of Islam

Asian Art: Inlcuding the Arts of Islam

Author: Lark E. Mason
ISBN: 9781851494156
Format: Hardback
$171.60

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Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume 1 Later Han, Three Kingdoms and Western Chin in China and Bactria to Shan-shan in Central Asia

Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume...

Author: Marylin Martin Rhie
ISBN: 9789004112018
Format: Hardback
$1042.80

The earliest Buddhist art of China can only be understood when seen in relation to a wider area comprising Central...  Read More >>

The Asian Art Museum: Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture

The Asian Art Museum: Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian...

Author: Thomas Christensen
ISBN: 9781857593563
Format: Paperback
$20.99

This museum is one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian art. In March 2003 the...  Read More >>

Indian Art Worlds in Contention: Local, Regional and National Discourses on Orissan Patta Paintings

Indian Art Worlds in Contention: Local, Regional and...

Author: Helle Bundgaard
ISBN: 9780700709861
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This beautifully illustrated book explores the opinions of artists, critics and others involved with arts or crafts,...  Read More >>

Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography

Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography...

Author: Elizabeth Ten Grotenhuis
ISBN: 9780824820817
Format: Paperback
$71.28

The first broad study of Japanese mandalas to appear in a Western language, this volume interprets mandalas as sanctified...  Read More >>

Le Potier de Kyoto: Kawai Kanjiro

Le Potier de Kyoto: Kawai Kanjiro

Author: Claude Durix ,  Kanjiro Kawai
ISBN: 9782251490090
Format: Paperback
$71.28

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Shishi and Other Netsuke: The Collection of Harriet Szechenyi

Shishi and Other Netsuke: The Collection of Harriet...

Author: Rosemary Bandini
ISBN: 9780953573301
Format: Hardback
$430.32

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Die Goldschmiede Der Tang- Und Song-Zeit: Archaeologische, Sozial- Und Wirtschaftsgeschichtliche Materialien Zur Goldschmiedekunst Chinas VOR 1279

Die Goldschmiede Der Tang- Und Song-Zeit: Archaeologische,...

Author: Schweizerische Asiengesellschaft ,  François Louis
ISBN: 9783906761473
Format: Paperback
$189.92

Jahr für Jahr fördern Chinas Archäologen erstaunliche, teils spektakuläre Schätze aus Gold und Silber zutage. Damit...  Read More >>

Paintings from India

Paintings from India

Author: Linda York Leach
ISBN: 9781874780571
Format: Hardback
$712.80

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Arts of Korea

Arts of Korea

Author: Chung Yang-mo ,  Yi Song-mi (Professor of Art History, Academy of Korean Studies, Songnam, Korea)
ISBN: 9780300085785
Format: Hardback
$132.00

Published to coincide with the opening of a permanent Arts of Korea Gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this...  Read More >>

The Gods of Asia

The Gods of Asia

Author: T.S. Maxwell
ISBN: 9780195647334
Format: Paperback
$29.95

This book explains the realities behind the appearance of images of deities in Asia by exploring the historical,...  Read More >>

Modern Asian Art

Modern Asian Art

Author: John Clark
ISBN: 9780824821425
Format: Hardback
$58.05

This text presents a seminal publication focusing on the modern art of Japan, China, India, Thailand and Indonesia....  Read More >>

Ancient Chinese Architecture: Imperial Mausoleums and Tombs

Ancient Chinese Architecture: Imperial Mausoleums and...

Author: Boyang Wang
ISBN: 9783211829912
Format: Hardback
$369.60

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Imaging Sound: Ethnomusicological Study of Music, Art and Culture in Mughal India

Imaging Sound: Ethnomusicological Study of Music, Art...

Author: Bonnie C. Wade
ISBN: 9780226868400
Format: Hardback
$285.12

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Islamic Ornament

Islamic Ornament

Author: Eva Baer (Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Tel Aviv, Israel) ,  Sally Cline
ISBN: 9780814713297
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Explores the history and cultural context of ornamentation on Islamic architecture and artifacts from the seventh...  Read More >>

Chinese Paper Offerings

Chinese Paper Offerings

Author: Roderick Cave
ISBN: 9780195903560
Format: Hardback
$50.03

This book surveys the breadth of Chinese ceremonial paper products, exploring their creation and distribution, their...  Read More >>

The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art, Revised and Expanded Edition

The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art, Revised and...

Author: Michael Sullivan
ISBN: 9780520212367
Format: Paperback
$126.59

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Why Asia?: Essays on Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art

Why Asia?: Essays on Contemporary Asian and Asian American...

Author: Alice Yang ,  Jonathan Hay
ISBN: 9780814735794
Format: Hardback
$55.44

Art critic and curator Yang (1961-97) distinguishes between the two movements, which are often considered together,...  Read More >>

Geometric Patterns from Islamic Art and Architecture

Geometric Patterns from Islamic Art and Architecture...

Author: Robert Field
ISBN: 9781899618224
Format: Paperback
$31.68

With its concentration on geometrical forms, Islamic design offers a rich source of patterns. Many are taken Moorish...  Read More >>

Decorative Arts, Part II – Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings

Decorative Arts, Part II – Far Eastern Ceramics and...

Author: Virginia Bower ,  Josephine Hadle Knapp
ISBN: 9780894682520
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Focuses on Chinese ceramics from the Qing period, including earthenware, stoneware, and polychrome porcelain. This...  Read More >>

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