Xinjiang Museum (11 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Text in Chinese and English. Glossy, illustrated paper covers; wear to edges and covers; small surface tear on crown of spine; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; illustrations throughout; no internal markings; unpaginated.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Lightly read. No markings in book. Binding is fine. Text in English and Chinese.

Colour plates, some full page, showing 66 historical examples of textiles that have been unearthed, beautifully embossed flower pattern on upper cover, hardback, includes loosely inserted booklet with notes and a brief history of Chinese silk and brocade in Chinese, title gilted upper cover and spine, very light browning at margins of booklet, very good copy. Text in Chinese, 35.6 x 26.4cm. The brocade relics showed in this were all discovered along the "Silk Road" in China. This work gives readers a brief insight on how Chinese silk and brocade appeared in different time periods (from Eastern Han Dynasty to Tang Dynasty) and at which excavation sites they have been found.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book and slipcase shows almost no wear. Text is unmarked with only inscription on title page.

Wrappers. Condition: Good, unless otherwise noted. 29x21cm, 255, 12 pp. Colour plates throughout. // Catalogue of a exhibition at the Xinjiang Museum in Urumqi showing Qing dynasty artefacts pertaining to Xinjiang. A main focus of the exhibition is the pacification campaigns that the Qianlong and Daoguang emperors undertook against tribes in the area. There is also examination of the efforts the Qing emperors, from Kangxi onwards, took to include the Xinjiang area, its peoples and religions as part of the whole of the Qing empire. The exhibits mainly loaned from the Gugong Museum in Beijing. Includes fine paintings of the military campaigns and imperial audiences with Xinjiang rulers, imperial seals made from the jade of the region, maps, textiles, armour, documents and other associated paintings. Many rarely-seen or not previously-exhibited artefacts. Illustrated throughout in colour. All text in Chinese. A very interesting insight into the importance of Xinjiang during the Qing dynasty. Very hard to obtain and out-of-print.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Wenwu, Beijing, 1973. Hard Cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Brief check list and 65 color plates on glossy paper. Explanatory text insert (staple bound) Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Di 1 ban. First edition. [vi], 45 leaves of plates + 8 pp. Illus. with 65 color plates. Folio. "The Silk Road: Textiles from the Han and Tang Dynasties." Text in Chinese on separate 8 pp. booklet. Minor bumping to corners else a fine copy in a plastic dust jacket in original cardboard slipcase, a bit worn.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition, 2nd printing, June 1973 ; [8] pages, 46 unnumbered leaves of plates ; 36 cm OCLC 733081332 ; large folio, with 65 color plates of ancient textiles from the Xinjiang Uyghur area, with an explanatory fasicle in Chinese, labeled Illustrations ; also laid in is an English translation of the introduction and list of illustrations, prepared by China Books & Periodicals, San Francisco, Chicago, & New York ; only two copies held worldwide, in libraries in the Australian National University and the National Gallery of Victoria ; likely a gift presented during the initial cultural exchanges between the US and China immediately after the Nixon visit to China in 1972 ; extremely scarce ; in scuffed slipcase ; FINE/FINE. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. 376 pages in English and Chinese, 213 colour illus., 26 line drawings, soft binding, 24 x 30 cm Between 1985 and 1998 five ancient cemeteries were excavated near Zaghunluq (Qiemo) on the southern rim of the Taklamakan desert in Xinjiang, China. They span a time range from the 8th century BC to the 6th century AD. Textiles survived particularly well in the arid sands, many of them as complete garments. Made from wool, silk and cotton they show striking ornamental and animal patterns. The book presents a selection of these rich textile finds in words and pictures, including full technical descriptions and close ups.…

Condition: gut. Rechnung mit MwSt - Versand aus Deutschland pages.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Language:Chinese.Author:Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Museum.Binding:HardCover.