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Book Review
Chinese Ceramics. From the Paleolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty
11/2011 | 1304 | 153
Pages: 746
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Editor:
Kerr, Rose (Kerr, Rose; K., R.)
Subjects
places:
China
print:
Ceramics
subjects:
Ceramics / Chinese / Excavations / Earthenware / Prehistoric / Sui / Tang / Five Dynasties / Song / Liao / Jin (Six Dynasties) / Ming / Qing
subjects:
Surveys
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Chinese Ceramics. From the Paleolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty | editor: Bower, Virginia L. , editor: Li Zhiyan
Book Review
Symbols of Eternity: The Art of Landscape Painting in China [and: Chinese Landscape Painting in the Sui and T'ang Dinasties]
07/1981 | 940 | 123
Pages: 427-428
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Reviewer:
Sweetman, John (Sweetman, John; Sweetman, J. E.)
Subjects
places:
China
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese / Paintings / Iconography / Landscapes (visual works)
subjects:
Sui / Tang
subjects:
Chinese painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Symbols of Eternity: The Art of Landscape Painting in China; [and: Chinese Landscape Painting in the Sui and T'ang Dinasties | author: Sullivan, Michael , author: Sullivan, Michael
Exhibition Review
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: Sui and T'ang Figurines and Vessels
07/1970 | 808 | 112
Pages: 482-484
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Reviewer:
Watson, William (Watson, William; W., W.)
Subjects
dates:
1970-1979
places:
London / England
private galleries:
Hugh M. Moss Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews / Ceramics / Pottery
subjects:
Chinese / Radiocarbon dating
subjects:
Tang / Sui
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
70. Tomb Guardian. T'ang, First Half of the Eighth Century A. D. Pottery, Partly Glazed in Cream, Brown and Green; Height, 103 cm. (Exh. Hugh Moss Ltd., London.)
Non-western art unattributed:
71. Horse. T'ang, Late Seventh or Eighth Eentury A. D. (The Date Supported by a Thermoluminescence Test). Pottery, with Traces of Slip and Painted Decoration; Height, 61 cm. (Exh. Hugh Moss Ltd., London.)
Article
The Evolution of Chinese Sculpture
03/1938 | 420 | 72
Pages: 106+110-113+116-118+121
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Author:
Sirén, Osvald (Sirén, Osvald; Siren, O.; Siren, Oswald)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Heydt, Eduard von der
collectors and dealers:
Loo, Ching Tsai
places:
China / T'ang-hsien / Yun-Kang
subjects:
Chinese sculpture
subjects:
Buddhist / Buddhas / Iconography
subjects:
Amida
subjects:
Northern Qi / Northern Wei / Zhou (Chou)
subjects:
Sui / Tang
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Buddhistic Votive Stele. Height, about 365 cm. (Mr. C. T. Loo, Paris). The Evolution of Chinese Sculpture
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. B-Back of the Same. The Evolution of Chinese Sculpture
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Plate II. A-Amitabha Buddha in White Marble. Height about 549 cm. (Mr. C. T. Loo, Paris). The Evolution of Chinese Sculpture
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. B-Bodhisattva Statue in Sandstone, Painted and Gilt. Height about 427 cm. (Mr. C. T. Loo, Paris). The Evolution of Chinese Sculpture
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. A-Bodhisattva Statue from T'ien-Lung Shan. Baron E. von der Heydt Collection (Musee Cernuschi, Paris); C, D-The Same Statue Photographed in Situ in 1923 and 1929; B-Bodhisattva Statue from T'ien-Lung Shan. Baron von der Heydt Collection (Musee Cernuschi, Paris); E-The Same Statue Photo-Graphed in Situ in 1923. The Evolution of Chinese Sculpture
Article
Two Monuments of Early Chinese Sculpture
12/1930 | 333 | 57
Pages: 300-301+304-305
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Author:
Sirén, Osvald (Sirén, Osvald; Siren, O.; Siren, Oswald)
Subjects
places:
China
subjects:
Chinese sculpture / Han / Stone
subjects:
Animals / Lions (animals)
subjects:
Statues / Bodhisattva / Sui
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. Lion, Grey Limestone; Han Period. (Mr. Edgar Worch, Berlin). Two Monuments of Early Chinese Sculpture
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. Standing Bodhisattva, White Marble, Height about 1.5 m.; Sui Period. (Mr. Edgar Worch, Berlin). Two Monuments of Early Chinese Sculpture
Article
An Exhibition of Early Chinese Sculptures-I
09/1928 | 306 | 53
Pages: 127-129+132-135
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Author:
Sirén, Osvald (Sirén, Osvald; Siren, O.; Siren, Oswald)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Loo, Ching Tsai
dates:
1920-1929
dates:
0500-0599
places:
China / France / Paris
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese sculpture / Exhibitions
subjects:
Northern Wei / Tang / Buddhas / Buddhist / Iconography
subjects:
Bodhisattva / Statues / Northern Qi / Zhou (Chou) / Sui
subjects:
Tang / Song / Dvarapala
subjects:
Stelae
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. Front and Back of a Buddhist Stele, Dated A. D. 528. of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Grey Limestone. (Messrs. C. T. Loo and Co., Paris). An Exhibition of Early Chinese Sculptures-I
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. Four Sides of a Pedestal to a Buddhist Stele. Northern Wei Dynasty. Grey Limestone. (Messrs. C. T. Loo and Co., Paris). An Exhibition of Early Chinese Sculptures-I
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. A-Bodhisattva, from Nan Hsiang T'ang. Sui dynasty. B-Head of Buddha, from Lung Men; Northern Wei dynasty. C-Bodhisattva, from Southern Chihli. White marble with traces of paint and gold. Sui dynasty. (Messrs. C. T. Loo and Co., Paris). An Exhibition of Early Chinese Sculptures-I
Article
Writings on Chinese Architecture
03/1927 | 288 | 50
Pages: 116+119-121+123-124+126-129+131
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Author:
Yetts, W. Perceval (Yetts, W. Perceval; Yetts, Walter Perceval; Yetts, W. Percival; Y., W. P.; Yetts, Perceval; Y., P.; Yetts, W. P.)
Subjects
art literature:
Boerschmann, Ernst
art literature:
Sirén, Osvald
art literature:
Demiéville, Paul
art literature:
Bushell, Stephen W.
artists:
Li Chieh, act. 1100
artists:
Chambers, William
artists:
Halfpenny, Joseph
artists:
Halfpenny, William
places:
China / Xianyang (ancient capital of China) / Beijing
subjects:
Jin (Six Dynasties) / Buildings / Palaces
subjects:
Chinese Art / Influence
subjects:
Chinese architecture / Treatises
subjects:
British architecture
subjects:
Critical Reception
subjects:
Erlitou
subjects:
Song / Sui / Wei
subjects:
Pagodas
works:
Method of Architecture
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. Designs for Interior Decoration First Published A. D. 1103 as Outline Drawings in the Sung Dynasty Method of Architecture (Ying tsao fa shih) and Represented Coloured in the 1925 Edition. A-Decoration of a Ceiling Coffer. B-Decorations of Beams. Writings on Chinese Architecture
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-Octagonal Pagoda at Sung Shan (Honan). Brick. Built A. D. 523, and restored. From photograph by Prof. T. Sekino in Prof. Sirén's Chinese Sculpture, pl. 187. B-Octagonal Reliquary at Shê Shan (Kiangsu) in pagoda form. White stone. Height about 40 ft. Attributed to about A. D. 600. From photograph by Mr. Perceval Yetts. Writings on Chinese Architecture
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. C-Wild-Goose Pagoda at Hsi-an (Shensi). Four-sided and seven-storeyed. Brick. Built A. D. 652, but since restored and altered. From Chinesische Architektur, pl. 308. D-Yellow Crane Tower formerly at Wu-ch'ang (Hupeh). Roofs of green-glazed tiles; body of painted woodwork. Built about 1870; burnt down 1884. From Chinesische Architektur, pl. 60. Writings on Chinese Architecture
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. Memorial arches (p'ai-lou) from Chinesische Architektur. A-Near T'ai-an (Shantung). B-In a street of Kaomi (Shantung). The inscription may be translated: "Her fame is recorded in the annals of wifely devotion." C-At Ning-yang (Shantung). D-At entrance to tombs of the early emperors of the Manchu dynasty, 80 miles east of Peking. White marble. Built 1650. Writings on Chinese Architecture
Book Review
Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century
08/1925 | 269 | 47
Pages: 104-105
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Reviewer:
Ashton, Leigh (Ashton, Leigh)
Subjects
dates:
0400-1399
places:
China
subjects:
Chinese sculpture / Buddhist
subjects:
Northern Wei / Sui
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century | author: Sirén, Osvald
Article
Chinese Sculptures in English Private Collections
04/1925 | 265 | 46
Pages: 178-179+183
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Author:
Sirén, Osvald (Sirén, Osvald; Siren, O.; Siren, Oswald)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Debenham, Mr.
collectors and dealers:
Oppenheim, Henry J., Art collector, act. 1930s
places:
China / England
subjects:
Chinese sculpture / Collections, Private / Buddhist / Sui / Tang / Buddhas
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
A-Seated Bodhisattva. Sui Dynasty. Dated 590 A. D. (Mr. Henry Oppenheim). Chinese Sculptures in English Private Collections
Non-western art unattributed:
B-Bodhisattva. Sui Dynasty. (Mr. Debenham). Chinese Sculptures in English Private Collections
Non-western art unattributed:
C-Bodhisattva. T'ang Dynasty. (Mr. Debenham). Chinese Sculptures in English Private Collections
Non-western art unattributed:
D-Buddha. Marble. T'ang Dynasty. (Mr. Debenham). Chinese Sculptures in English Private Collections