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The Chinese on the art of painting : translations and comments / by Osvald Sirén.

The Chinese on the art of painting : translations and comments / by Osvald Sirén.

The Chinese on the art of painting / Osvald Siren.

The Chinese on the art of painting / translations and comments by Osvald Sirén.

The Chinese on the art of painting / translations and comments by Osvald Sirén.

The Translation of art : essays on Chinese painting and poetry / [guest editor, James C. Y. Watt].

Xu yu han yan : dang dai Zhongguo shu hua ming jia yi shu ping lun wen ji = The continuing appeal of Chinese art forms : art reviews and essays on Chinese contemporary painting and calligraphy masters / Wang Siqiang zhu.

The Chinese on the art of painting : texts by the painter-critics, from the Han through the Ch'ing dynasties / Osvald Sirén.

Chinese art : the minor arts / by R. Soame Jenyns with the editorial assistance of William Watson. 2, Textiles, glass and painting on glass, carvings in ivory and rhinoceros horn, carvings in hardstones, snuff-bottles, incakes and inkstones.

Chinese art : the minor arts II: textiles, glass and painting on glass, carvings in ivory and rhinoceros horn, carvings in hardstones, snuff bottles, inkcakes and inkstones / by R. Soame Jenyns, with the editorial assistance of William Watson.

Chinese art : the minor arts II : textiles, glass and painting on glass, carvings on ivory and rhinoceros horn, carving in hardstones, snuff-bottles, inkcakes and inkstones / by R. Soame Jenyns with the editorial assistance of William Watkins.

Chinese art : the minor arts. Vol. 2: Textiles, glass and painting on glass, carvings in ivory and rhinoceros horn, carvings in hardstones, snuff-bottles, inkcakes and inkstones / by R. Coame Jenyns with the editorial assistance of William Watson.

The school of wisdom : or repository of the most valuable curiosities of art & nature. Containing I. A survey of man, with sublime reflections on his most noble part, the soul. II. A particular description of that curious structure, the human body : with the most wonderful properties of the eyes, fully described. III. Astronomy. Oratory, morality, and politeness. IV. A review of the creation, viz, birds, beasts, fishes, and insects : their industry, sagicity, &c. V. Of the terraqueous globe; gravity, air, light, sound; water, clouds, rain, hail, snow, &c. their properties and use. VI. Nations compared with each other. VII. Drawing; painting in water and oil colours; gilding, etching, engraving, painting upon glass, and bronzing. VIII. The arts of painting or staining glass and marble, of staining wood, ivory, bones, horn, paper, parchment, &c. IX. Dying linen, woolen, silk, leather, &c. X. Of casts and impressions from figures, busts, medals, leaves, &c. XI. The whole art of pyrotechny or fire-works. XII. The art of making porcelain after the Chinese manner. With a great variety of other curious particulars, equally instructive and amusing / compiled from various authors.

Catalogue of rugs and carpets, including a Tabriz rug, a Kashan rug, works of art, including a sand picture, a collection of Neapolitan crib figures, transfer engravings and paintings on glass, including an early 19th century Chinese glass painting, barometers, including an early 19th century French rosewood stick barometer signed Wauquier Soleil Paris, English and Continental furniture, including a George III mahogany bow-fronted sideboard, a pair of William IV mahogany side tables, a William IV satinwood secretaire bookcase, dolls, including a French bisque-headed fashion doll, a good German papier mâché doll, a fine and rare pair of early 19th century pedlar dolls by C. & H. White, Milton, Portsmouth, the property of the Misses McLean and other owners, which will be sold by auction by Sotheby & Co. ... at their large galleries ... : Day of sale: Friday, 15th December, 1972 ... / [Sotheby & Co.].