Download or read book Chinese Ivory Carvings written by Phillip Allen and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A catalogue for a collection of Far Eastern ivories - ranging from religious iconography to sculptures produced for nineteenth-century collectors. Sir Victor Sassoon (1881-1961) lived an extraordinary and colourful life and left a remarkable legacy. He created a trust to preserve his collection of ivories for the benefit of UK citizens. Since its foundation and under the guardianship of the dedicated trustees, the collection has grown by the addition of significant specimens that originally went unrepresented. Chinese Ivory Carvings presents 350 of its most significant artefacts, each illustrated and discussed. Four introductory essays explore the acquisition of the pieces, placing the ivories in their historical and cultural context. In this scholarly celebration of Sassoon's bequest, one can appreciate some of the many facets of Chinese culture both religious and secular. Including minutely carved 'devil's work' spheres, massive figures and exuberantly carved vases, the book is also testament to the technical skills of the craftsmen who produced these wonderful objects.
Download or read book Asian Ivory written by Jeffrey B. Snyder and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graceful okimono figures in many forms, dating from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, are the primary focus of this book, while scholar's brush holders and wrist rests, cricket cages, card cases, match holders, sword hilts, and scabbards are also presented. Finely carved ivory from China and Japan is featured here, along with artist's signatures, in over 600 beautiful photos. An engaging text explores the history of the ivory trade from East to West, quoting nineteenth century European travelers' encounters with Japanese ivory carvers and merchants. Folk tales provide insight into many of the figural characters represented and beliefs they personify. This book will be treasured by all who enjoy finely crafted art.
Download or read book Catalogue of Extraordinary Antique Chinese and Japanese Art Objects and a Remarkable Collection of Antique Chinese Rugs Collected by the Well Known firm of Yamanaka Company New York Japan China written by Yamanaka & Company and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nordic Private Collections of Chinese Objects written by Minna Törmä and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-27 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the ways in which Nordic private collectors displayed their collections of Chinese objects in their homes. This leads to a reconsideration of how to define collecting and display by analysing the difference between objects serving as decorative or collectible items, while tracing collecting and display trends of the twentieth century. Minna Törmä examines four Scandinavian collections as case studies: Kustaa Hiekka, Sophus Black, Osvald Sirén and Marie-Louise and Gunnar Didrichsen, all of whom had professional backgrounds (a jeweler, two businessmen and a scholar) and for whom collecting became a passion and an educational endeavour. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, museum studies, Chinese studies and design history.
Download or read book What Made Tibet Mysterious written by Walter J. Kidd and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chinese and Japanese Ivory Carvings written by Parke-Bernet Galleries and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations 1851 written by Robert Ellis (F. L. S.) and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue of Antique Oriental Art Treasures Belonging to the Art House Incorporated written by Art House, Inc., N.Y. and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elephants Economics and Ivory written by Edward B. Barbier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ivory is big business, and in some parts of Africa elephants have been hunted almost to extinction in the quest for it. The losses to African economies have been catastrophic. Now there is an international ban on the trade and conservation is. the principal goal. This should be a matter for rejoicing, but nothing is quite so simple. The authors of this book have looked at the overall statistics, including those for countries where the elephant population is stable. They have considered the multiplicity of economic and social functions fulfilled by ensuring that elephant herds survive, tourism, a variety of ecological purpose. and, finally, as a source of ivory. They show how the careful management of elephants as a resource can best serve African interests. This book is at the cutting edge of economic thinking and provides a model for the consideration of the difficult relationship between people and wildlife. Originally published in 19990
Download or read book Ivory and the Aesthetics of Modernity in Meiji Japan written by M. Chaiklin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The opening of the ports of Japan in 1859 brought a flood of Japanese craft products to the world marketplace. For ivory it was a golden age. This book examines the role that ivory and ivory carvers played in the expression of nationalism and the development of sculpture in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Download or read book Narrative of the Earl of Elgin s Mission to China and Japan in the Years 1857 58 59 written by Laurence Oliphant and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Guide to the Collections written by Horniman Museum and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Ivory s Ghosts written by John Frederick Walker and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2010-01-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] tour de force examination of the history of ivory . . . and the demise of the elephant and human decency in the process of this unholy quest.” —The Huffington Post Praised for the nuance and sensitivity with which it approaches one of the most fraught conservation issues we face today, John Frederick Walker’s Ivory’s Ghosts tells the astonishing story of the power of ivory through the ages, and its impact on elephants. Long before gold and gemstones held allure, ivory came to be prized in every culture of the world—from ancient Egypt to nineteenth-century America to modern Japan—for its beauty, rarity, and ability to be finely carved. But the beauty came at an unfathomable cost. Walker lays bare the ivory trade’s cruel connection with the slave trade and the increasing slaughter of elephants in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By the 1980s, elephant poaching reached levels that threatened the last great herds of the African continent, and led to a worldwide ban on the ancient international trade in tusks. But the ban has failed to stop poaching—or the emotional debate over what to do with the legitimate and growing stockpiles of ivory recovered from elephants that die of natural causes. “Ivory’s Ghost is essential reading for anyone concerned with conservation and with the tenuous future of one of the most magnificent creatures our earth has ever seen.” —George B. Schaller, author of A Naturalist and Other Beast
Download or read book Scholars Guide to Washington D C for East Asian Studies written by Hong N. Kim and published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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