Scarce Early Book Antique Chinese Bronze Vessels Adhering to the high standards for museum texts, the color photography in this book is plentiful and magnificent and the accompanying descriptions are rich. This book is an in-depth review of

BRONZE VESSELS OF ANCIENT CHINA IN THE AVERY BRUNDAGE COLLECTION by Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d’Argence, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1977 First Edition.

Sixty full-page color plates illustrate over one hundred examples of Chinese bronze vessels. Each item is described by function, maker, date, and dimensions. There is expanded narrative describing each one of these items as well as information on the inscriptions, which many of these vessels have. Items include many types of ceremonial vessels, food vessels, wine vessels, water vessels. "Bronze Age China was never quite unified, politically or otherwise. It did not feel the impact of Confucianism or Taoism until the last centuries of the period, and was of course left untouched by Buddhism. Yet it developed many cultural traits which are inseparable from Chinese civilization as we knot it today, such as a unique and highly sophisticated system of writing, a quasi mystical fervor for outstanding craftsmanship and a religious and social system based on the family." This scholarly text puts the subject of Chinese bronze vessels into a fascinating cultural and historical context. If you are an artist, collector, dealer, historian or curator of Oriental objects of art, you will want to add this early out-of-print book to your permanent reference library.

7.9 in. x 8.9 in. softback in very good condition. 144 pages.

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