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GGM242 - NEW BOOK Gugong Palace Museum ed: CHA SHIJIE JUAN ER. The World of Tea: Volume II. 茶世界：卷二. Beijing, 2024. 338 pp. Colour plates throughout, many full page. 3 foldouts. 31x24 cm. Cloth. GBP 140.00 Catalogue of a second exhibition on the all-important subject of tea in Chinese culture held at the Gugong Museum in Beijing in 2024. A large, extensive and, frankly, terrific volume. The contents come under the general title of: 'Part 2: The Way of Tea Reveres Harmony'. Shows a couple of very early Warring States items, then extensive amounts of Tang and Song ceramics, a few Yuan examples, some Ming items and extensive amounts of simply superb Qing ceramics, many from the imperial collection. The ceramics accompanied by very fine examples of paintings, woodblock-printed books and other objects pertaining to the development and spread of the culture and philosophy of tea in China over the millennia. The majority of the exhibits from the Gugong Museum collection but with loans from other institutions. A number of items definitely not previously published. Introduction, list of plates and captions to plates in English. Main text in Chinese. Subjects: Tea Art Item 4 in List 212. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?g/GGM242.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |