ZHEYW1 Zheng Nanwei et al. ed: YUANMING WEI ZI: ZHONGGUO MING QING ZITAN JIAJU. The Most Noble Hardwood: Zi Tan [Zitan] Furniture of the Ming and Qing dynasties. 圓明魏紫 : 中國明清紫檀家具 。 鄭南威 等 著. Beijing, 2016. 331; 325 pp. Colour plates throughout both volumes, many full page or double page. 2 vols. 30x23 cm. Cloth. GBP 260.00 A large two-volume catalogue of the very fine Ming and Qing dynasty zitan furniture in the privately-held Hui Tong Collection. Over 160 superb examples are illustrated in full colour, many in multiple views, and well described. Includes tables, chairs, brushpots, table screens, hanging panels and more. Lengthy introduction, list of contents and captions to plates in English. Fuller text in Chinese. An excellent addition to the sparse references on zitan furniture. Subjects: Furniture Item 725 in List 210. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?z/ZHEYW1.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |