1988 Chinese painted enamel Art folk hand Album Catalog Beijing book RussiRare

Collection of the State Hermitage Museum. This publication discusses a collection of Chinese painted enamels, the most interesting and first published.

Various household items - cups and saucers, trays and teapots, jugs and vases, bottles and boxes - made and painted in the 18th century by masters of Guangzhou and Beijing, are decorated with amazingly subtle images of landscapes, flowers and birds, and entertaining genre scenes. In them, as in focus, reflected the sense of beauty, the most subtle understanding of the life of nature and man, so inherent in the art of China - one of the great phenomena in the history of world culture. The author of the book, TB Arapov, the curator and researcher of this Hermitage collection, has been working on studying Chinese applied art for many years, which contributed to the completion of such painstaking work. For the first time, the reader will be able to see the famous collection in numerous color reproductions, find its description, get acquainted with the history of the origin of Chinese painted enamels.

The book has 414 black and white illustrations and 212 color. The condition of the book is excellent.

The item "1988 Chinese painted enamel Art folk hand Album Catalog Beijing book RussiRare" is in sale since Tuesday, March 31, 2020. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Asian\1900-Now\Chinese\Other Chinese Collectibles".

The seller is "nelyasutis" and is located in Tel-Aviv, Israel. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Country/Region of Manufacture: China