Search Results: chinese pictorial art as viewed by by gulik r h

1981.

Southern Materials Center Inc.. Collectible - Good. Taipei: Southern Materials Center Inc., 1981. Reprint. 4to. xxxvii,537pp. Illus. Good book. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. Owner's name on front free endpage. (painting, penmanship, China, Japan) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Southern Materials Center Inc, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. Foxing to the fore-edge, light scuffing to the cover. The previous owner's name and private library stamp on the inside, but other than this, appears clean and unmarked.Dust jacket in good condition with mylar cover.

Rome: Istituto Italiano Per Il Medio Ed Estremo Oriente, 1958. First edition, limited to 950 copies of which this is copy 200 as stamped on the limitation page.. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. Serie Orientale Roma XIX some fading at top and bottom edges of red silk covers. all corners are bumped. some slight color variation on front cover away from gilt lettering. dj is taped, chipped and many repaired and closed tears.

Roma 1958, Instituto. Red cloth, very good, 537p., glossary, appendices, 160 b. w. plates, folio, appendices, 42 samples with silk & paper pamphlet in pocket,large size 23 x 29.5 cm index. FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 950 NUMBERED COPIES Van Gulik stated in his bibliography that he "...considered this work his 'MAGNUM OPUS' which he worked on since 1940. By and large, his most impressive and the most valuable re- source on this subject yet done in any language. An essent- ial study for any serious collector of Japanese and Chinese paintings. Covers in much scholarly detail: the technique of moutning of new scrolls and rubbings, remounting & repair of antique scrolls. History of mounting: early history & devel- opment during the T'ang and Sung dynasties, the Yuan dynasty and after, including the history of mounting in Japan. The books of mounting: Chou Chia-chou's Chuang-huang-chih & Chou Erh-hsueh's Shang-yen-su-hsin-lu. The judging of antique sc- rolls,… Read More