Cheng Lammers (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. hardcover, with gilt board title and decoration, and blue decorative endpapers; 123pp, no dj, corners bumped, book is clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 4to., 115 pp. Softcover that has been made into a hardcover edition. Profusely illustrated. Uncommon publication about ceramics from Vietnam. The collection of important Annamese ceramics, shown in the Museum Pusat in Jakarta. Every image is accompanied by an explanatory text. Also an explanation of the various motifs used.

Condition: Good. Original stapled wrappers, softcover, illustration in b/w, 4to.; Spine slightly worn.

Condition: Good. Paperback, a lot of b/w illustrations.

123 pp.; c.200 b/w and colour illus. throughout, bibliography. Text: English & Indonesian. Jakarta, 1977. Hbk. Former Library copy with the associated markings. A discard from a closed Library. Cover slightly damaged. KEYWORDS: 012 Insular SE Asia/ Indonesia: General books.

Condition: Sehr gut. Original softcover binding, 116 pages, numerous illustrations, last blank page with small missing piece, very good condition. Uncommon publication about ceramics from Vietnam. From the library of art historian Prof. Roger Goepper with facsimile name stamp ("Roger Goepper Nachlass"). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Softcover. 8 1/2" x 11," staple bound in glossy pictorial wraps. Illustrated. Near Fine in color picitorial wraps.

Quarto; hardcover, with gilt upper board title and decoration, and decorative endpapers; 123pp., with many diagrams and monochrome photographic illustrations and 8pp. of full-colour photographic plates. Boards heavily spotted and worn along the edges; offset to the preliminaries; signed in ink, with an ink stamp, on the publication page; text block top edge mildly dusted. Dustwrapper is well-rubbed; sunned on the upper panel and spine panel; lacquer lifting on the lower panel; spotted on the verso; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Martavan is the name used to refer to a group of big stoneware or highly fired earthenware storage jars. The name can be traced to the important entrepot port of Martaban in Burma. Martaban was an active base from whence the Chinese wares were shipped to the Near East, India and Africa during the Sung and Ming dynasties and it was at Martaban that these big jars were first observed by Westerners. Early Western writers on the porcelain trade route called a wide number of ceramic products 'Martavans' after the port. The popular Indonesian name for martavans is tempayan, a name which originates from 'tempat tape' the containers in which the local fermenting rice or cassava is made. Martabani jars have now become decorative pieces in the modern home and their value has soared as the factor of antiquity comes into play. Beyond this, especially among the peoples of Sarawak and the Philippine Archipelago, some jars accredited with magical powers, have become priceless. Many stories exist on the magical origin of the jars. A particular jar may be effective in curing all sicknesses or only for a particular sickness. Some collectors refrain from collecting martavans for fear of the living myths and legends connected with them. The long tribal history belonging to them played an integral part in Dayak culture; with conversions to Christianity or Islam many of the traditions were lost and so for a time Jakarta was flooded with jars from Kalimantan and Sarawak. Apparently if you 'tell' your jar how fortunate it is and how happy you are to have it, no adverse events will befall you.

PAPERBACK. 1st edition. 32pp, staple bound quarto. tight binding, worn wraps with clear images and text, creased corners, dimpled creases to right edge through the book, clean throughout, Good.