Eskenazi: Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition: Twelve Chinese Masterworks (November 2010)
London: Eskenazi Gallery, 2010. Hardbound. Green cloth boards with gilt design; color pictorial DJ, 113 pp, profuse color illustrations. VG. Item #127375
ISBN: 9781873609385
Issued in conjunction with a 2010 exhibition celebrating the gallery's 50th anniversary. Includes some Chinese text, but catalog is in English. With essays by Wang Tao, Regina Krahl, Assadullah Souren Melikien-Chirvani, Sarah Wong, and Julian Thompson. Focuses on 12 specific pieces, with much annotation and often close-ups in color: Archaic bronze wine vessel and cover (hu); Gold kneeling figure; Glazed stone-paste ear-cup; Limestone carving of an apsaras; Gilt silver bowl and cover; Marble covering of a bodhisattva; Glazed porcellaneous stoneware dish; Blue and white porcelain dish; Blue and white porcelain bowl; Yellow-glazed porcelain ewer and cover; Famile rose porcelain 'peach' bowl; and Falangcai porcelain pear-shaped vase (yuhuchun ping). Includes chronology and bibliography. Uncommon.
OCLC: 690479223
Price: $85.00