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November/December 2008 Book Club Offer
    The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan,
    T. Bartholomew ed, Chicago, 2008
    390 pp, 100 full page colour plates and numerous other colour plates, 30 x 23 cm, cloth
    US$85/£45/HK$655/€60
    Catalogue accompanying a travelling exhibition opening at the Honolulu Academy of Arts of over 100 works of Buddhist art from Bhutan. The majority of exhibits come from temples and monasteries where they continue to be used in ritual practice. Most of the items have never been published or previously exhibited. Each object is illustrated in a full page colour plate and described in detail. Twelve accompanying essays. A very fine survey of Bhutanese Buddhist art.

    Human and Divine: The Hindu and Buddhist Iconography of Southeast Asian Art from the Clairè and Aziz Bassoul Collection
    by Aziz Bassoul, Beirut, 2006
    358 pp, colour plates throughout, 30 x 21 cm, boards
    US$131/£70/HK$1,015/€93
    Catalogue of the Bassoul collection of Southeast Asian art, primarily Thai and Khmer stone sculpture and bronzes. Detailed text with much focus on iconography, comprising the results of the author's research.

    Yuqi: Jadeware I & II - Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum,
    Shanghai, 2007
    629 pp, colour plates throughout, 2 vols, 29 x 22 cm, boards. Only available as a set
    US$225/£120/HK$1,740/€158
    A further two volumes in the series and illustrated in fine colour plates and describing a total of 601 superb jade objects in the Palace Museum, Beijing. The first volume shows 332 jades from the Neolithic to the Ming period and the second illustrates 269 Qing examples. Close examination of this work with the three previously-published volumes in the series on jade shows that the majority of the material in these two volumes is new. The duplicated pieces have been rephotographed and English captions have been added. Titles to each section and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.

    Zhuqi: Jiading Zhuke Haiwai Yizhen (The Exquisite Art of Bamboo Carving: Gems from Overseas Private Collections,
    Huang Xuanlong (H. L. Huang) ed, Taipei, 2007
    328 pp, full page colour and black-and-white plates throughout, 34 x 27 cm, cloth
    US$178/£95/HK$1,380/€125
    Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Jiading Museum near Shanghai celebrating and investigating the tradition of this bamboo carving centre. Sixty fine examples dating from the Ming and Qing periods, many loaned from overseas collections, most notably that of the editor, are illustrated in colour (with multiple views and showing close-up details) and described. Informative introductory essays. Near dual text in Chinese and English. An excellent reference.

    Mineo Okabe: A Retrospective,
    The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 2007
    234 pp, colour plates throughout, small black-and-white text illustrations, 30 x 22 cm, wrappers
    US$113/£60/HK$870/€79
    Catalogue of an important retrospective at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo of the ceramic art of the modern potter, Mineo Okabe. His work ranged from interpretations of traditional wares such as Oribe and Shino and tea bowls to superb celadons in the Song style with crackle and cracked-ice effects. Six pages of introductory text and plate captions in English. Main text in Japanese.

    85 New Wave: The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art: The Opening Exhibition of Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art (85 Xinchao: Zhongguo Diyici Dangdai Yishu Yundong),
    Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Shanghai, 2007
    299 folded leaves, colour illustrations throughout, separate chronology of Chinese contemporary art in pocket at back,
    34 x 32 cm, wrappers
    US$140/£75/HK$1,090/€99
    A large-format commemorative work published in conjunction with the inaugural exhibition at the Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing. Covering the New Wave movement which flourished in China from 1985-90 and which is now regarded as the catalyst for the explosion in Chinese contemporary art we see today. This enlarged work contains addition material not present in the exhibition catalogue including biographical and other detail on the artists whose work featured in the exhibition, expanded introductions etc. All text in English.

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    The Ugly Chinaman: And the Crisis of Chinese Culture
    by Bo Yang, St. Leonard's, 1992
    162 pp, 22 x 14 cm, paper
    US$19/£10/HK$145/€13
    A selection of the contentious writings and speeches of the poet, novelist and essayist, Bo Yang, and reactions to his work, translated and edited by Don J. Cohn and Jing Qing.


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