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The arts of China after 1620 / William Watson and Chuimei Ho.

The arts of China after 1620 / William Watson and Chuimei Ho.

 
 
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Author/Artist: 
Watson, William, 1917-2007.
Other Authors: 
Ho, Chuimei.
Publisher: 
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, c2007.
Series: 
Yale University Press Pelican history of art.
Yale University Press Pelican history of art
Subjects: 
Arts, Chinese Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912 History.
Record Number
ISBN: 
9780300107357
0300107358
Bib ID: 
87453
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Description
274 p. : ill. (some col.), map, col. ports. ; 30 cm.
Notes
Glass snuff bottle: p. 166; Chinese glass: p. [158], 170-181; reverse glass painting: p. 241.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-262) and index.
Contents: 
Graphics: a foison of pictures --
Literati inspiration: discipline and free invention --
Carving and sculpture: emblematic images --
Manufactured materials: the quest for colour --
Snuff bottles and glass: from apprenticeship to mastery : Snuff bottles / Chuimei Ho ; Glass / Chuimei Ho --
Textiles: the universal craft --
House and garden: shaping the home environment --
Marketing abroad: mutual exoticism.
Object/Material Note: 
Includes CMoG object: 57.6.10, p. 176 (fig. 223).