Books on Rich Lacquer Ware from China, Japan and Other Parts of Asia

	Inro Handbook: Studies of Netsuke, Inro and Lacquer - 0834801353 For collectors who have discovered the delights of such miniature Japanese art form as the inro and the netsuke, this authoritative and enlightening book offers a wealth of valuable information. That it also affords entry to a world of fascinating design and superb craftsmanship goes without saying. In addition to illustrating 108 distinguished inro and their accompanying netsuke, as well as 18 related miniature objects, it presents highly informative essays on the making of inro, on pearl-sh... $27.50     View Details Add To Cart
	The Lacquer of Suzuki Mutsumi and Suzuki Misako - 0907849733 Catalogue of an exhibition of contemporary Japanese lacquer by two of the finest lacquer artists, Mutsumi and Misako Suzuki, at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. $10.95     View Details Add To Cart
	East Asian Lacquers in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum - 0932216420 East Asian Lacquers presents a fine collection of Chinese and Japanese lacquers in the Seattle Art Museum Collection. Chinese lacquers includes examples the Warring States period, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. Japanese works range from the Momoyama to Edo period, including writing boxes, inro, and furniture. $4.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Silken Threads Lacquer Thrones: Lan Na Court Textiles - 1588860175 The unique character of Lan Na culture, so different from that of coastal Southeast Asia, is reflected in the textiles and dress of its 19th century courts, and was developed through the integration of local cultures and societies living in the hills and valleys. In the court workshops, indigenous silk and cotton, Chinese silk, Burmese and Shan fabrics, with embroideries and sumptuous trimmings, were used to create ceremonial court dress, while goldsmiths and silversmiths, wood carvers and la... $55.25     View Details Add To Cart
	Lacquerware from the Warring States to the Han Periods - 9627101184 The 82 exhibits in this unprecedented exhibition of ancient lacquerwares are selected from the superb collection of the Hubei Provincial Museum, illustrating the various production techniques and decorative styles of lacquerwares of the Warring States to the Han periods. Includes 4 scholarly essays on the styles, musical instruments, the qiagin and zanxi techniques, and the conservation of technology of ancient lacquerware. $59.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Baur Collection: Japanese Lacquer - 2880310059 This volume is the ninth in the General Catalog of the Baur Collection, and the fourth to be devoted to Japanese objects. It groups various series of lacquers (lacquer boxes and inro), leaving aside pipecases which will be published together with the other accessories of the smoker. Beautifully produced and limited in quantity. $229.50     View Details Add To Cart
	2,000 Years of Chinese Lacquer - 9627101265 An excellent exhibition of Chinese lacquer ranging in date from the Warring States to the Qing dynasty. Includes many rare lacquer Guqin and scholarly essays on the subject. Language: Mandarin Chinese $54.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Charles Greenfield Collection of Japanese Lacquer - 0950255629 With an introduction by E.A. Wrangham, this catalog presents 141 Japanese lacquer boxes and inro from one of the world's most prestigious collections. A majority of these pieces was exhibited at the Japan House Gallery in 1972, at the Frederick S. Wright Art Gallery in 1977, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1980. $42.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Lacquer Treasures from China Volume 2: Warring States Period to Qin Dynasty - 753930605X Written by Chen Zhenyu, the second volume continues with the wonderful lacquer animal figures, boxes, vessels, combs, and ear-cups of the mid-Warring States and the Qin dynasties. The essay in this volume focuses primarily on the Qin lacquer designs and techniques. $49.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Coromandel Lacquer Screens - 9053493816 Coromandel is an area of the east coast of India between the Godava River and Nagapatnam. Contrary to what its name implies, Coromandel lacquer does not come from this region but from China. Although almost all museums with a major Oriental art collection own a Coromandel screen, no monograph has so far been dedicated to that theme. This is the first book to directly address this subject. Aimed at a public with an interest in Oriental art, this book is divided into four parts. The first part ... $55.25     View Details Add To Cart
	Visions from the Golden Land: Burma and the Art of Lacquer - 1878529684 Lacquer is one of the most important artistic traditions of Burma - and also a living craft. Frequently used to decorate vessels of great style and variety, it is also important in the embellishment of architecture, furniture and musical instruments, in the making of sculpture and even in the Burmese theater. A natural plastic, refined from the sap of a tree, lacquer can be used to elaborate almost any surface, and its visual impact can be stunning - objects are dazzlingly colored, often in s... $49.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Lacquer Treasures from China Vol. 4: Yuan Dynasty - 7539307609 Written by Chen Jing, this volume includes the rarest lacquerwares to have been preserved from the Three Kingdoms, Northern Wei, Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties. $67.50     View Details Add To Cart