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Chinese Snuff Bottles	Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price "Trevor Cornforth and Nathan Cheung ISBN: 0764315919 Size: 8 1/2"" x 11"" Illustrations: 657 color photos Pages: 224 Price Guide / One of the loveliest objects to come from China's Imperial history is the snuff bottle" ...
Guo'an Collection of Snuff Bottles	Guo'an Collection of Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price Sotheby's Auction Catalog - The Guo'an Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Hong Kong Monday October 30, 2000. 125 pp., fully illustrated in color, paper, Hong Kong, 2000. Auction Results Included ...
Sotheby's Chinese Snuff Bottles	Sotheby's Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price Sotheby's Auction Catalog - Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of the Baronesses Sapuppo and D'Essen London Tuesday November 14, 2000. 71 pp., 206 lots in color, paper, London, 2000. ...
Gerry P. Mack Snuff Bottle Collection	Gerry P. Mack Snuff Bottle Collection Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York..October 25, 1997. The Gerry P. Mack Collection of Important Chinese Snuff Bottles Introductory essays: Memories of My Father - by Beverly Mack Hall Recollections of Gerry P. Mack - by Janos Szekeres Snuff Bottles - Precious Playthings of the Qing Dynasty - by Geng Baochan ...
Snuff Bottles of Janos Szekeres - Pt II	Snuff Bottles of Janos Szekeres - Pt II Check Latest Price 1987 Auction Catalog Sotheby's Important Chinese Snuff Bottles New York Excellent Condition Catalog depicts the collection of Janos Szekeres, Part II Color photos with descriptions and estimated values ...
Exstein Collection - Snuff Bottles	Exstein Collection - Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price "CHRISTIE'S FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES 3/21/02 THE BLANCHE B. EXSTEIN COLLECTION OF FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES MARCH 21ST 2002 THIS CATALOG CONTAINS 137 PAGES AND 263 IMPORTANT, FINE , RARE LOTS A GREAT BUY SECOND PHOTO IS OF A RARE ENAMELED YIXING STONEWARE BOTTLE 1800-1860 EST 7,000 THIS BEAUTIFUL ...
Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles	Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price 1990 SOTHEBYS FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES, NEW YORK, 4/6/90. This post auction catalog consists of 389 lots all illustrated in color and all described in detail. SNUFF BOTTLES MADE OUT OF: PORCELAIN, GLASS, INSIDE PAINTED, CORAL, COLORED STONES, VARIOUS STONES AND AGATES, VARIOUS AGATES, JADEITE, JAD ...
Snuff Bottles and Works of Art	Snuff Bottles and Works of Art Check Latest Price "1995 SOTHEBYS FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES AND FINE CHINESE CERAMICS, FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART, NEW YORK, 9/22/95 & 9/23/95. This post auction catalog consists of 541 lots all illustrated in color and all described in detail." ...
Reif Snuff Bottle Collection	Reif Snuff Bottle Collection Check Latest Price "CHRISTIE'S - New York...October 18, 1993...$25.00 The Reif Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles WITH PRICES REALIZED 255 lots total, 70 pages. illus: mostly color" ...
Sotheby's Chinese Snuff Bottles	Sotheby's Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price "1994 Sotheby's Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, 12/6/94. This post auction catalog consists of 214 lots, all illustrated, all color, with all lots described in detail." ...
Snuff Bottles from a Private Collection	Snuff Bottles from a Private Collection Check Latest Price "1998 Sotheby's Important Chinese Snuff Bottles including a Private Collection, Hong Kong, 4/28/98. This post auction catalog consists of 73 lots, all illustrated, all color, with all lots described in detail." ...
Snuff Bottles and Works of Art	Snuff Bottles and Works of Art Check Latest Price "1999 Sotheby's Fine Chinese Works of Art and Snuff Bottles ( Ming, Tang, Bronze, Jade, Jadite, Painted Quartz ) New York 3/23/99. This post auction catalog consists of 488 lots, all illustrated, all color, with all lots described in detail." ...
Randall Snuff Bottle Collection	Randall Snuff Bottle Collection Check Latest Price "1995 Christie's The Louise and Christopher Randall Collection of Chinese Glass Snuff Bottles Hong Kong 10/31/95. This post auction catalog consists of 133 lots, all illustrated, all color, with all lots described in detail." ...
Snuff Bottles from Stone Picking Studios	Snuff Bottles from Stone Picking Studios Check Latest Price "1995 Sotheby's Important Chinese Snuff Bottles From the Collection of the Stone Picking Studio(Cai Shi Xuan) (Amber, Jadite, Porcelin, Cinnabar) London 6/21/95. This post auction catalog consists of 206 lots, all illustrated" ...
Kayne-Klitz Snuff Bottle Collection	Kayne-Klitz Snuff Bottle Collection Check Latest Price Sotheby's Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles auction catalog. Hong Kong November 3rd 1994. 265 lots, all illustrated in color. Most of the bottles are from the Kayne-Klitz collection with a few from other owners. ...
Kayne-Klitz Snuff Bottle Collection Pt 2	Kayne-Klitz Snuff Bottle Collection Pt 2 Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - Hong Kong...October 30, 1990 Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Kaynes-Klitz Collection, Part II Glass (58 lots) ~ Hardstone (47) ~ Porcelain (10) ~ Jade & Jadeite (19) ~ Inside-Painted (81) ~ Organic (24) 240 lots total. illus: color ...
Fine Chinese Works of Art & Snuff Bottles	Fine Chinese Works of Art & Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price Includes over 300 Chinese Snuff Bottles. 1998 Sotheby's NY Fine Chinese Works of Art 3/23-24/98. This post auction catalog consists of 277 pages with 756 lots mostly illustrated in color and all described in detail. ...
Tea Ceremony Post Cards ~ 15 Scenes	Tea Ceremony Post Cards ~ 15 Scenes Check Latest Price Tea Ceremony Post Cards "Cha no yu" 15 Scenes From Beginning to End ~ Each post card is numbered in sequence with a description of what is taking place in each step of the tea ceremony. A product of Japan. ...
Tantrik Yoga	Tantrik Yoga Check Latest Price Tantrik Yoga is an account of an authntic yogic system recommended by eminient yogis - 126 pages ...
Sacred Symbols of Buddhism	Sacred Symbols of Buddhism Check Latest Price This handy reference guide illustrates the many and varied symbols which appear throughout the Buddhist world - 70 pages - 120 entries - 50 artistic illustrations ...
Singing Bowls	Singing Bowls Check Latest Price This book explains singing bowls - the special sounds they make - and how to use them - 90 pages ...
Iconography of Nepalese Buddhism	Iconography of Nepalese Buddhism Check Latest Price Excellent color illustrated reference to help identify the many icon of Buddhism - 82 pages ...
Tibetan Meditation	Tibetan Meditation Check Latest Price "Practical Teachings and Step-by-Step Exercises on How to Live in Harmony, Peace, and Happiness - Whatever your personal philosophy or beliefs, this book presents meditation as a way of living day by day—a method of cultivating an inner peace that is within you at all times. Illustrated with small w ...
Why Meditate	Why Meditate Check Latest Price "The Essential Book About How Meditation Can Enrich Your Life - What does the practice of meditation have to do with day-to-day life at home, at work, at play, or in love? Clint Willis here gathers the answers to this question from 17 celebrated authors who discuss how meditation enriches their live ...
The Inro Handbook	The Inro Handbook Check Latest Price Studies of Netsuke, Inro, and Lacquer - Raymond Bushell - Illustrated with 136 color plates, scores of color thumbnails, and hundreds of black and white figures and drawings, this volume describes a superb Japanese art object, the small carved boxes called inro, traditionally suspended from the kimo ...
Tibetan Medicine	Tibetan Medicine Check Latest Price "The Buddhist Way of Healing - Tibetan medicine is a traditional Buddhist form of healing which generally employs natural materials (herbs, minerals, precious stones, metals, etc.) to make medicinal compounds. It also takes a holistic approach, and responds to the symptoms of disease at both the phy ...
The Heart of the World	The Heart of the World Check Latest Price "A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise - The myth of Shangri-la originates in Tibetan Buddhist beliefs in beyul—hidden sacred lands that reveal themselves to devout pilgrims and travelers in crisis—and the greatest of these is said to lie at the heart of the Himalayan Tsangpo Gorge, veiled by a towerin ...
The Essence of Vedanta - The Ancient Wisdom of Indian Philosophy	The Essence of Vedanta - The Ancient Wisdom of Indian Philosophy Check Latest Price "This book examines issues of existential philosophy from the viewpoint of the Veda, the most ancient and sacred of Indian scriptures. It also outlines the work of Sankara, the early medieval master of Vedanta's dominant form, Advaita. - 230 pages" ...
Taj Mahal	Taj Mahal Check Latest Price "In its reputation as one of the most beautiful buildings ever constructed, the Taj Mahal tends to stand as a lone monument to Moghul India. In fact, this mausoleum built by Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal is surrounded by the striking imperial architecture of Agra—mosques, palaces, tombs, and ...
Warrior of Peace - The Life of the Buddha	Warrior of Peace - The Life of the Buddha Check Latest Price "Here Jinananda offers a poetic and rousing account of the Buddha's life. Bringing together the strands of historical fact, traditional oral legend, and symbolic myth, he shows how the Buddha's story is a mirror of our own searches for meaning. The story resonates with deep longings and hopes of the ...
Mastering the Art of War	Mastering the Art of War Check Latest Price "Composed by two prominent statesmen-generals of classical China, this book develops the strategies of Sun Tzu's classic The Art of War into a complete handbook of organization and leadership. Drawing on episodes from the panorama of Chinese history, the book presents practical summaries of these es ...
The Living Way - Stories of Kurozumi Munetada - a Shinto Founder	The Living Way - Stories of Kurozumi Munetada - a Shinto Founder Check Latest Price "Born into a household that had served as Shinto priests for centuries, Kurozumi Munetada founded the religious philosophy of Kurozumikyo, a belief that all people and things deserve our profound gratitude. This is a collection of stories—anecdotes and parables in this philosophy—accompanied by note ...
True Nature	True Nature Check Latest Price "An Illustrated Journal of Four Seasons in Solitude - Tranquil, beautiful, and evocative, this hand-lettered journal by naturalist writer and illustrator Barbara Bash re-creates her personal chronicles of meditation and contemplation during a series of solitary country retreats. The poetic text is i ...
Feng Shui and Your Health	Feng Shui and Your Health Check Latest Price "Getting down to the nuts and bolts of the Chinese practice of feng shui—the use of ideal dimensions and arrangements of items in the individual's physical environment for maximum comfort and peace of mind—this volume precisely spells out such information as how big the bed should be and what shape ...
Healing Gardens	Healing Gardens Check Latest Price "Aromatherapy, Feng Shui, Holistic Gardening, Herbalism, Color Therapy, Meditation - Filled with large, vibrant color photographs of blooms and garden views, as well as color diagrams, this book demonstrates how alternative healing disciplines—herbalism, meditation, aromatherapy, color therapy—can b ...
Hindu Scriptures	Hindu Scriptures Check Latest Price "This collection of spiritual Hindu texts, spanning more than 20 centuries, is an enlarged edition of R.C. Zaehner's 1966 anthology. In addition to the segments taken from the Vedic scripts, the Upanishads, and the Bhagavad-Gita, Dominic Goodall provides three additional scripts—from the Yajnavalkya ...
Pilgrims - Becoming the Path Itself	Pilgrims - Becoming the Path Itself Check Latest Price "Two major events in the Buddhist world occurred in 2002. In January, the small village of Bodhgaya in Bihar, India, was chosen by the Dalai Lama as the site for the highly important Kalachakra Initiation ceremony. Some half-million pilgrims made their way there by any means possible. In May, at the ...
Shamanism	Shamanism Check Latest Price "Shamanism was first known as a religious phenomenon of Siberia and Central Asia, and throughout this vast area the religious life of local culture centers on the figure of the shaman, at once magician and medicine man, healer and miracle worker, priest and poet. Similar phenomena and techniques occ ...
The Essence of Buddhism	The Essence of Buddhism Check Latest Price "The life of Siddhartha Buddha, which means ""Awakened One,"" is that of one who awoke from a sleep of ignorance and saw the true nature of existence. This book provides a clear, straightforward examination of the Buddhist faith and its ideological foundations. Through definitive Buddhist texts, it ...
Ceramics of SouthEast Asia	Ceramics of SouthEast Asia Check Latest Price "Ceramics of SouthEast Asia - Their Dating and Identification, 2nd edition - When this catalog was first published in 1977, it was hoped that it would revive a serious interest in the ceramic traditions of Southeast Asia, and it did just that, inspiring original research and works in English devoted ...
Elephas Maximus - A Portrait of the Indian Elephant	Elephas Maximus - A Portrait of the Indian Elephant Check Latest Price "Revered in Indian religion and culture, yet coveted by poachers for its ivory tusks, the Asian elephant has lived, worked, and even fought side by side with humans for 4,000 years. Stephen Alter first encountered Elephas maximus when he was a child, and traveled every corner of India to create this ...
India	India Check Latest Price "This visual tour of India looks at the faces, landscapes, buildings, and traditions of this widely varied country—the seventh largest in the world, though with the second largest population. The first thing you notice about India is its colors, according to the introduction, and these photographs f ...
Daily Life in Ancient India From 200 BC to 700 AD	Daily Life in Ancient India From 200 BC to 700 AD Check Latest Price "In India, life in vast areas is still conducted according to patterns and traditions that have remained largely unchanged for thousands of years. The one-time curator of the Musée Guimet in Paris, Jeannine Auboyer here looks at a golden age of Indian civilization, the culture of which is still very ...
Savoring China	Savoring China Check Latest Price "Strikingly illustrated with both hunger-inspiring color photos of prepared dishes and evocative scenes of life in China, this coffee table cookbook offers more than a hundred traditional recipes from all over the country. A food writer and culinary historian who lived and traveled extensively in Ch ...
A Walk Through the Ages- Chinese Archaic Art	A Walk Through the Ages- Chinese Archaic Art Check Latest Price "Ancient China, like many early civilizations, developed and used many types of objects in its ritual practice and everyday life. These bound their society together and were important both in public display and in private life. The 38 objects portrayed in detail here—some thousands of years old—prov ...
Daily Life of the Aztecs	Daily Life of the Aztecs Check Latest Price "Born in Montpellier in 1912 and renowned both as an anthropologist and as a politician in de Gaulle's cabinet, Jacques Soustelle made an exhaustive study of the Aztec language, society, art and architecture, rituals, and beliefs. First translated into English in 1961, this is his vivid account of t ...
Pre-Columbian Treasures	Pre-Columbian Treasures Check Latest Price "This exhibit catalog from the Dayton Art Institute spotlights 59 objects in gold, jade, stone, pottery, shell, and wood, from Central and South America, all from the time before the first European explorers arrived. Photographed in color, with additional photos and maps, the book identifies painted ...
The Night Attila Died	The Night Attila Died Check Latest Price "The Night Attila Died - Solving the Murder of Attila the Hun - A recognized authority on the historical and legendary material surrounding the life and death of Attila the Hun, Michael A. Babcock here overturns the widely accepted tale that the conqueror who cut a wide and bloody swath of destructi ...
Summit of Treasures - Buddhist Cave Art of Dazu China	Summit of Treasures - Buddhist Cave Art of Dazu China Check Latest Price "The monumental cave complexes of the Baodingshan site at Dazu in China's Sichuan province, and their vast treasure trove of Buddhist sculpture and painting, have been little studied relative to other Buddhist cave art in China. This book reveals and expla" ...
Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico	Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico Check Latest Price "The Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés occupies a somewhat ambivalent place in Mexican history. His treatment of the Aztec people he found there in 1519 is notorious for its brutality, yet he was a founder of the modern state of Mexico, and was a fearless general and a brave explorer. This volume ...
Dim Sum - 30 Flash Postcards	Dim Sum - 30 Flash Postcards Check Latest Price "Have you ever wondered just what, exactly, you were looking at as the dim sum cart rolled by - The 30 flash cards in this box identify various dim sum dishes with a color photograph and the name in English and Chinese text. But that's not all, diners; each card is also a postcard—use them to invite ...
Mongolia - The Land of Blue Skies	Mongolia - The Land of Blue Skies Check Latest Price "India's ambassador to Mongolia from 2003 to 2006, Gauri Shankar Gupta fell in love with the country and its people. In this tour of the nomadic land that begat Genghis Khan—illustrated with the vivid color photographs of another convert to Mongolia, photojournalist-activist Thomas L. Kelly—Gupta ce ...
Meditating	Meditating Check Latest Price "If you want to find the meaning, stop chasing after so many things - an easy thing to say, perhaps, for the Zen poet Ryokan, who, in his forest dwelling 200 years ago, discovered how to stop chasing. But not so easy to do in the midst of a frenetic 21st-century life, notes Jinananda, the author of ...
Sotheby's London Snuff Bottles	Sotheby's London Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price "March 18, 1980 / $ 12.95" ...
Sotheby London Snuff Bottles	Sotheby London Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price "December 5, 1983 / $ 12.95" ...
Sotheby's London Snuff Bottles	Sotheby's London Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price "October 28, 1969 / $ 12.95" ...
The Handbook of Chinese Snuff Bottles	The Handbook of Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price By: Trevor Comforth and Nathan Cheung (List Price:$29.95) ISBN: 0764315900 Size: 6" x 9" Illustrations: 340 color photographs Pages: 160 This eye-popping book clearly and visually explores the history, types, and value ranges of Chinese snuff bottles from the 17th century to the present ...
Kardos Collection Snuff Bottles	Kardos Collection Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York...July 1, 1985 Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Kardos Collection WITH PRICES REALIZED Kardos Collection: 148 lots ~ Other Owners: 112 lots illus: mostly color ...
Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles	Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York...October 12, 1993 Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles 263 lots total. illus: color ...
Alice B McReynolds Snuff Bottles Part 1	Alice B McReynolds Snuff Bottles Part 1 Check Latest Price SOTHEBY’S - Los Angeles...October 31, 1984 Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Alice B. McReynolds, Part I WITH PRICES REALIZED Porcelain and Yixing (18 lots) ~ Glass (60) ~ Enamelled and Metal (6) ~ Rock Crystal and Chalcedony (36) ~ Semi-Precious and Organic Materials (28) ...
Hasterlik & Lester Snuff Bottle Collections	Hasterlik & Lester Snuff Bottle Collections Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York..September 17, 1996 Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, including the Collections of Bernice Straus Hasterlik, Gerd Lester and Various Owners WITH PRICES REALIZED 246 lots. illus: color ...
Mei Ling Snuff Bottles Collection	Mei Ling Snuff Bottles Collection Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York..March 15, 1984 Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Mei Ling Collection & Others WITH PRICES REALIZED Mei Ling Collection: 213 lots Various Owners: 123 lots illus: color, b/w ...
Lotus Snuff Bottle Collection	Lotus Snuff Bottle Collection Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - London...December 17, 1996 Chinese Snuff Bottles, including the Lotus Collection WITH PRICES REALIZED Glass (24 lots) ~ Organic (28) ~ Agates (13) ~ Jade & Jadeite (39) ~ Enamel & Porcelain (8) ~ Inside-Painted (9) THE LOTUS COLLECTION: 63 snuff bottles, all of which include the ...
Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles	Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - Hong Kong...May 2, 1996 Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Glass (47 lots) ~ Hardstones (33) ~ Organic (28) ~ Porcelain (42) ~ Jade, Jadeite (34) ~ Inside-Painted (17) 204 lots total, 64 pages. ...
Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles	Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - Hong Kong...November 1, 1995 Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Glass (64 lots) ~ Hardstones (50) ~ Organic (19) ~ Porcelain (40) ~ Jade, Jadeite (54) ~ Inside-Painted (10) 242 lots total, 72 pages. illus: color ...
Bob Stevens Snuff Bottles Part 2	Bob Stevens Snuff Bottles Part 2 Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York...March 26, 1982 Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part II WITH PRICES REALIZED Glass (49 lots) ~ Porcelain (17) ~ Yixing (8) ~ Enamelled Glass (6) ~ Enamelled Copper (6) ~ Chalcedony and Rock Crystal (44) ~ Fossil and Puddings ...
Private European Snuff Bottle Collection	Private European Snuff Bottle Collection Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - Hong Kong...November 5, 1997 Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Including a Private European Collection Glass (15 lots) ~ Organic Materials (9) ~ Agate (14) ~ Porcelain (14) ~ Jade (22) ~ Beijing Enamel (2) ~ Inside-Painted (14) 90 lots total, 70 pages. illus: color A very fi ...
Dodge & Lester Snuff Bottle Collections	Dodge & Lester Snuff Bottle Collections Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York...March 17, 1997 Important Chinese Snuff Bottles WITH PRICES REALIZED Including property from the Dodge Collection and the Pauline Lester Collection Glass (90 lots) ~ Organic (51) ~ Hardstone, including jade and jadeite (208) ~ Enamel (3) ~ Mongolian Silver (7) ~ Porcela ...
Hunter Snuff Bottle Collection	Hunter Snuff Bottle Collection Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York...September 15, 1998 The Neal W. and Frances R. Hunter Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles WITH PRICES REALIZED Glass and Inside-Painted (145 lots) ~ Ceramic (38) ~ Organic Materials and Metal (22) ~ Jade and Various Hardstones (181) 386 lots total, 100 pages. ill ...
Asian Art Masterpieces	Asian Art Masterpieces Check Latest Price "If you've ever wanted to create your own Asian art museum in your living room, here's a great place to start. This guide to cultural art from China, India, Japan, Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia contains 24 large color plates—unbound and ready to frame—presented in a slipcase with a separate guidebo ...
Japanese Tea Ceremony	Japanese Tea Ceremony Check Latest Price "Translator and cultural historian A.L. Sadler takes the reader on a detailed and anecdotal tour of the tea ceremony, first published in 1933, giving descriptions of the many disciplines contained within the broader framework of Cha-no-yu, including art, architecture, gardening, and crafted objects. ...
Chinese Love Signs	Chinese Love Signs Check Latest Price "Here astrologer Derek Walters presents twelve tales, one for each sign of the Chinese zodiac, illustrated with watercolor paintings. He then outlines the principal personality characteristics of each animal type. First find out which animal you are—Rat, Ox, Tiger, Hare, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, ...
Imperial China - Art of the Horse	Imperial China - Art of the Horse Check Latest Price "This exhibition catalog features a stunning range of objects related to the horse in Chinese art, drawn from the collections from many museums in the Shaanxi province. In more than 150 color plates, subjects range from tiny figures of ceramic, jade, and bronze, to gold saddle fittings, to chariots ...
Dreams in Chinese Culture	Dreams in Chinese Culture Check Latest Price "Illustrated with woodblock prints from classical texts, this book presents an overview of the subject of dream interpretation in traditional China, and an alphabetical compilation of Chinese dream images and their meanings through history. Dream analysts at the Chinese court are mentioned in histor ...
Angkor	Angkor Check Latest Price "The incredible Angkor region of Cambodia—some 100 square miles of temples, palaces, causeways, and reservoirs that formed the heart of the Khmer empire—is explored in this miniature visual portrait of atmospheric color and black and white photographs. The great temple complex of Angkor Wat, the arc ...
Asian Hot & Spicy	Asian Hot & Spicy Check Latest Price "As you'll find in this interesting, practical cookbook, not all Asian cuisine is hot, and ""spicy"" is certainly not synonymous with ""hot."" Home cooks will be surprised at how easy it is to make Asian coconut and crisp vegetable salad, star anise and duck risotto, chili noodle cakes, and steamed ...
Burma	Burma Check Latest Price "At the boundaries of the British Empire, photography pushed at its own frontiers. These 250 photographs, published here as a collection for the first time, provide a valuable and very specific record of Burma between the First and Second World Wars, when the British and Indian military had a profou ...
Chinese Practices and Beliefs	Chinese Practices and Beliefs Check Latest Price "Evelyn Lip has created this richly illustrated guide as an introduction to the 5000-year heritage of Chinese culture. The book recounts the luxurious and refined spirit of Chinese etiquette, beliefs, practices, art, and architecture. It is not only a guide to Chinese heritage but it also promotes g ...
Interiors from the Orient	Interiors from the Orient Check Latest Price "The vivid color photographs in this Eastern-inspired interior design idea book run the gamut from gleefully tacky knickknacks to ascetic Zen spaces. Of particular note are many unexpected variations on the bathroom—including a semioutdoor shower hung with living bougainvilleas, and open, tiled spac ...
Masterpieces of East Asian Art	Masterpieces of East Asian Art Check Latest Price "This catalogue explores New York's superlative private collections of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean art through a diverse selection of paintings, calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, and lacquerware. Such objects as 18th-century woodblock prints, painted ten-panel paper screens, graceful celadon bowls ...
Tombs from the Liao and Song Dynasties	Tombs from the Liao and Song Dynasties Check Latest Price "Co-existing with the Song Dynasty through 10th- and 11th-century China, the Liao Dynasty in the north has only recently been studied as part of Chinese history. This catalog, with more than 30 plates, additional figures, and essays, shows the differences in their respective concepts of death and th ...
Early Chinese Ceramics	Early Chinese Ceramics Check Latest Price "Early Chinese Ceramics from New York State MuseumsFocusing on periods from 3500 BC to the Southern Song Dynasty, which ended in the 13th century, this book presents four dozen pieces of Chinese ceramics. These incense burners, wine cups, amphora jars, pitchers, plates, and urns are photographed in ...
The Face or Tibet	The Face or Tibet Check Latest Price "Photographer William R. Chapman reveals the broad splendor and some personal moments of modern Tibetan life in these 122 vibrant color photographs. Chapman portrays the Himalayas and the Plateau of Tibet, the Forbidden City of Lhasa, the severely beautiful countryside, the joyous religious life tha ...
Himalaya	Himalaya Check Latest Price "Photographer and filmmaker Eric Valli braved the forbidding Dolpo region of Nepal to create Himalaya, the first Nepalese film to be nominated for an Academy Award, bringing to life the struggle between an old, charismatic chief and a headstrong young caravanner as they attempt to make the annual sa ...
Ideals of the East	Ideals of the East Check Latest Price "The author of the classic Book of Tea here reflects on the long-cherished ideals of the East with special reference to the art of Japan—a tradition he struggled to keep vital during rapid Westernization at the turn of the 20th century. Japan, Kakuzo Okakura wrote, is a museum of Asiatic civilizatio ...
New World Chinese Cooking	New World Chinese Cooking Check Latest Price "This cookbook marries the best of Chinese cooking with a wide variety of readily available North American ingredients, for those who love Chinese food but are daunted by the preparation, or simply want to try something new. New spins on classic favorites are presented along with new and original di ...
Philosophies of Asia	Philosophies of Asia Check Latest Price "This book offers an overview of the major traditions of Eastern thought through the edited transcripts of eight talks delivered by Alan Watts from 1965 to 1972, shortly before the end of his life. The author of Spirit of Zen, The Way of Zen, and Tao: The Watercourse Way, Watts addresses the major A ...
Tea: The Perfect Brew	Tea: The Perfect Brew Check Latest Price "Airy, tranquil color photographs illustrate this homage to the noblest potable. Tea is celebrated here as a mark of conviviality, a gesture of friendship, an expression of sympathy, a comfort for the bereaved, and an excuse to unite. The book offers practical, ceremonial, and inspirational approach ...
A Tibetan Journal	A Tibetan Journal Check Latest Price "Pulitzer Prize-nominated photojournalist Fiona McDougall toured Tibet in 2000. The result is these 139 color images—young monks kneeling in prayer, ruggedly beautiful valleys, golden spired temples rising into the clear sunlight, busy markets, children playing and grandmothers pondering, and rows a ...