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2009réf. 1-8433023268Editorial Desclée De Brouwer S.a. 2009. Perfect Paperback. New. Spanish language. 11.73x10.16x4.80 inches. Editorial Desclée De Brouwer, S.a. paperback
réf. 38044201Canton 1860-80's Cheungqua. A single pith or Tongcao color painting usual minimal issues clean & solid example brilliantly vivid colors rarely found in such clean & fine condition. A RARE EXAMPLE ! . . . . FINE CHINESE COLOR PITH PAINTINGS . . . SHOWING BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED CHINESE IMPERIAL COURT LADY . . . EXECUTED IN STUNNING & BRILLIANT COLORS . . . AKA: CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS . A stunning Chinese Imperial Court. She wears a golden-embroidered outer dress with elaborate collar sleeves and hem. She wears pink silk-embroidered pants and her "lotus" bound feet are on a wooden stool. She sits on a Ming dynasty style Huahuali wood chair with a fan in her right hand and silk-embroidered accessory in her left. Adjacent to her is a matching Ming table with three ripe 'You' fruits pommel. . This is a typical studio trade painting" executed by Chinese native artists hand-painted color pith painting for foreign traders visiting Canton or Macao during the early to mid-19th century. . "GOLDEN LOTUS" or "LOTUS FEET" BOUND FEET Chanzu: This like most illustrations of the period show the woman with bound feet peeking out below her pant cuff. Chanzu bound feet was an erotic obsession and fetish in ancient China. The erotic ramifications are outlined in the references below. . DESCRIPTION OF THE PAINTING ART WORK AND CONDITION: . This painting is in brilliant vivid and stunning colors. Skillfully painted with a fine hand delicate fine-point brush with great detail incredible reality texture and appeal. . As usual this paintings was tipped to a contemporary stiff backing paper card. . This painting is approximately 19.5 x 27.5 cm. . There are a few old mends on the verso the image is not impacted it remains quite solid and very stable. By and large a far and above average excellent example. Suitable for framing and display. . Please review the photograph posted to our website for details. . "RICE PAPER" PAINTINGS: Several authors refer to this name rather than the proper name "Pith" paper paintings also can be called "Tung Tsao." . THE CANTON ARTIST OR 'SCHOOL' OF CHEUNG QUA: Cheung Qua was an export watercolor painter in Canton. He and followers of his school produced various single and albums of these paintings which were sold from his studio. . Often his in-house artists began painting on their own thus replicating the techniques subjects and essence of their masters. Because these paintings were rarely signed the one and only identification ever found was occasionally on the album cover or spine with the studio name. . Often these paintings were sold in various shops in Macao the main resting and gathering place of foreigners during part of the year. . REFERENCE: . CLUNAS Craig.: CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS. This entire book is devoted to Pith or Rice paper paintings. For musical instruments see color plates on pp.50-53 especially plates on pp.66-67 plates 39 & 40 are particularly similar to our examples that is to say by the same or an artist who was in the same house of Cheungqua or that school. CHU Arthur. et al.: ORIENTAL ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES: A GUIDE pp.62-66. THE CHINESE PITH PAINTING COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA: An Annotated Guide. Crossman Carl L. The decorative arts of the China trade : paintings furnishings and exotic curiosities. LEVY Howard S.: CHINESE FOOT BINDING: The History of a Curious Erotic Custom. . --. THE LOTUS LOVERS: The Complete History of the Curious Erotic Custom of Foot binding in China. JACKSON Beverly.: SPLENDID SLIPPERS: A THOUSAND YEARS OF AN EROTIC TRADITION. . . unknown
réf. 51-6233France: early 19th century. Black pencil and estompe. 40.8 x 32.8 cm Tears and small chips traces of old mounting.Crayon noir et estompe 408 x 328 cm Déchirures et petits manques traces d’un ancien montage.Expertise: Cabinet DE BAYSER Paris. France: early 19th century unknown
1882réf. 2082402113506633Nagasaki normal school 1882. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Nagasaki normal school paperback
1910réf. 21531910. Very good. Watercolor and ink light wove paper 9 1/4 x 6 inches 235 x 152 mm the full sheet. In very good condition. A skillful watercolor study of a collection of Greco-Roman redware vases housed at the Louvre. unknown
réf. 2154Very good. Watercolor with brush and ink on light cream wove paper 9 1/4 x 6 inches 235 x 152 mm the full sheet. In very good condition with light minor toning. A skillful watercolor study of two pieces of Greco-Roman redware housed at the Louvre. unknown
1919réf. RFACSTU00twUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 1919. Very Good. Faculty of the School of Medicine. University of Pittsburgh. Studies on Epidemic Influenza comprising Clinical and Laboratory Investigations. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 1919. 294pp. Illustrated. 4to. Brown buckram with gilt lettered backstrip. Book condition: Very good. Hospital library bookplate on front pastedown. rubber stamps on all edges of textblock. Internally very clean. Folding charts and color plates. Scarce. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine hardcover
1919réf. RFACSTU00twUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 1919. Very Good. Faculty of the School of Medicine. University of Pittsburgh. Studies on Epidemic Influenza comprising Clinical and Laboratory Investigations. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 1919. 294pp. Illustrated. 4to. Brown buckram with gilt lettered backstrip. Book condition: Very good. Hospital library bookplate on front pastedown. rubber stamps on all edges of textblock. Internally very clean. Folding charts and color plates. Scarce. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine hardcover books
1998réf. 2081502112501903A5 boxed old Kokura Junior High School 31st class 1998. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 A5 boxed old Kokura Junior High School 31st class paperback
réf. 1250Good. Drypoint etching and aquatint in sepia on cream wove paper 10 x 8 inches 254 x 201 mm full margins. Signed in pencil lower left. Minor toning with evidence of very minor moisture damage along the lower quadrant on the verso. Non-archival adhesive residue at the top corners on the verso and nickel-sized area of minor skinning at the top left sheet edge verso. Light pencil notation in the lower left corner verso. Otherwise in good condition with rich inking. "Delteil 24" marked in pencil on verso. unknown
1750réf. 24971750. Good. Ink and wash on laid paper laid down to a wove paper matrix 3 1/4 x 2 inches 83 x 50 mm the full sheet. In good condition with uniform toning that is consistent with age. St. Vincent is traditionally shown with wings because he was likened to the angel who flies through the heavens proclaiming the Last Judgment in Revelation 14:6. The figure's left hand is raised with a pointed finger a classic "Vincentian" gesture symbolizing his constant preaching and warning of the coming Judgment "Fear God and give Him honor.". unknown
1950réf. 16031950. Very good. Two engravings with extensive hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper each measures 7 x 8 5/8 inches 177 x 218 mm each with full margins. Each sheet is clean with bright extensive coloration. Each with the Made in France ink stamp on the verso. unknown
réf. 272Fair. Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper with a partial crown and shield watermark 7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches 184x 123 mm matrix. In good condition with top right corner loss and small 1/4 inch loss at top-left sheet edge well outside of image area. Dog-eared lower left corner. Scattered light surface soiling. All consistent with age. A lovely early drawing of the Roman god Mercury. unknown
1690réf. 25011690. Good. Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper 3 x 8 inches 76 x 230 mm the full sheet. In good condition with some edge wear and losses at all but the lower right corner. Adhered to a 19th century laid paper matrix at the corners. On the verso is a similar decorative design in brown ink. This work is a classic example of an "apparato" design. In the 16th and 17th centuries artists were frequently commissioned to design ephemeral architecture and "festival machines" for royal entries weddings or religious processions. These festival machines were often made of temporary materials like wood plaster and gilded papier-mâché to be used once during a city-wide celebration and then dismantled. This image may also be a pattern sheet for an engraver. unknown
1950réf. 218519Leiden: E.J. Brill 1950. Hardcover. Endsheets are age toned else very good plus condition with text clean and binding sound without a dust jacket. 406pp. Originally published in wraps this volume has been rebound in sturdy red buckram. It is not an ex-library copy. E.J. Brill hardcover
1991réf. 70650Glasgow: The Fraser Press 1991. Second edition limited English edition. Very Good. Volume 2. Slim folio 54 cm Introductory leaf; title page leaf; three leaves of text Mackintosh's Art Principles; fourteen illustrated plates. Housed in a portfolio folder with a printed title label on the front board and string ties. Light bumping and scuffing to the edges of the portfolio. Pages bumped at one bottom fore-edge corner. First published in 1902 by Alexander Koch Darmstadt. Introduction by Roger Billcliffe. This second edition is published in an edition limited to one thousand copies worldwide and numbered 1-700 in the English edition and 1-300 in the German of which this is copy number 155 of the English edition. Glasgow's reputation in architecture and the decorative arts was in full bloom in the late 1890s. Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh 1868-1928 is regarded as the father of Glasgow style. His work heavily influenced European movements in design including Art Nouveau and Secessionism. The Fraser Press unknown
1991réf. 70650Glasgow: The Fraser Press 1991. Second edition limited English edition. Very Good. Volume 2. Slim folio 54 cm Introductory leaf; title page leaf; three leaves of text Mackintosh's Art Principles; fourteen illustrated plates. Housed in a portfolio folder with a printed title label on the front board and string ties. Light bumping and scuffing to the edges of the portfolio. Pages bumped at one bottom fore-edge corner. First published in 1902 by Alexander Koch Darmstadt. Introduction by Roger Billcliffe. This second edition is published in an edition limited to one thousand copies worldwide and numbered 1-700 in the English edition and 1-300 in the German of which this is copy number 155 of the English edition. Glasgow's reputation in architecture and the decorative arts was in full bloom in the late 1890s. Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh 1868-1928 is regarded as the father of Glasgow style. His work heavily influenced European movements in design including Art Nouveau and Secessionism. The Fraser Press unknown books
1965réf. 21077Syracuse: Syracuse University Press 1965. First edition signed limited. Fine. Portfolio 13 x 19 inches 14 lithograph prints laid in. Portfolio cover printed with title on front panel recto limitation on verso; Introduction on recto of rear panel list of contents on verso. M. Peter Piening 1908-1977 was a German-born Danish commercial artist and graphic designer educated at the Bauhaus and University of Berlin. After two years in Paris working for "Vogue" he emigrated to the United States in 1934 to work for Conde-Nast's New York office. In the late 30s he was art director for "Life" magazine and in the 40s was art director of "Fortune" magazine. He designed many memorable covers for "Fortune." This portfolio presents ". . . a series of 14 lithographs representing the various academic divisions in the 1965 annual report of research at Syracuse University. 1965 was Piening's seventh year as Professor in the School of Art in Syracuse University. He was also director of the Syracuse University Design Center. Signed and numbered on verso of front cover; each print also signed and numbered by the artist. #7 of 75 copies. Syracuse University Press unknown
1923réf. 064394England: Printed for Rugby School by Philip Lee Warner and The Medici Society Ltd. 1923. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8 Volume Set. Includes the original volumes 1-7 as well as the volume Rugby School War Register: Containing the Names and Services of Rugbeians in the Great War of 1914-1918 published for the Rugby School by George E. Over. All volumes printed between 1916-1923. Scarce complete set of the Roll of Rugby with a separate photography for each man. The final volume also includes the names of casualties and honours. Shelfwear: scuffing along edges and covers fading along edges and spines foxing and tanning on covers and page leafs. Set is in Very Good-minus condition. Printed for Rugby School by Philip Lee Warner and The Medici Society, Ltd. Hardcover
1936réf. 002287Chefoo China: Presbyterian Mission 1936. A charming handmade volume bound in heavy pictorial brocade cloth over limp boards thread bound in Chinese style with black cord. The book begins with a title page cutout of a dragon dance followed by seven double page depictions of the following Chinese traditional legends in order: The Herd Boy and the Weaving Maiden; How Molo Stole the Lovely Rose-Red; The Lady of the Moon; Politeness Pays; The Spirit Bird; Sky O'Dawn; The Theft of the Dragon Pearl. The book is composed of alternate leaves of heavy cream card and translucent glassine tissue. Each legend is depicted with an intricate black paper cut-out illustration mounted on the recto of the card page and an accompanying detailed description of the legend printed on the verso of the previous glassine leaf. A loose tissue insert explains the history and process of the art of Chinese cut-outs and credits the work to the Self-Help Department Women's Bible School Presbyterian Mission. Plain paper inner backing of front brocade cover board cracked along spine overall near fine condition. . First Edition. Softbound. Near fine. 23 x 18 cm. Presbyterian Mission
réf. 035691Philip Lee Warner/Medici Society 1916-1922. nice set; complete; volumes 1 and 2 have original tissue covers . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Philip Lee Warner/Medici Society, 1916-1922 hardcover
réf. 46752775like new. unknown
1973réf. 2080302106808459Not Available 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1892réf. 2080302106803029Nagasaki Prefecture Yushi Kyoikukai Headquarters Edition 1892. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Nagasaki Prefecture Yushi Kyoikukai Headquarters Edition paperback
1892réf. 2080302106804283Nagasaki Prefecture Yushi Kyoikukai Headquarters Edition 1892. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Nagasaki Prefecture Yushi Kyoikukai Headquarters Edition paperback
