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Francis Wood Elizabeth Herridge Bringing Heaven to Earth (Paperback)
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- Publication Name
- Bringing Heaven to Earth
- Title
- Bringing Heaven to Earth
- Subtitle
- Silver Jewellery and Ornament in the Late Qing Dynasty
- ISBN-10
- 0995557705
- EAN
- 9780995557703
- ISBN
- 9780995557703
- Release Date
- 11/30/2016
- Release Year
- 2016
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Book Title
- Bringing Heaven to Earth : Chinese Silver Jewellery and Ornament in the Late Qing Dynasty
- Item Length
- 11in
- Publisher
- Holberton Publishing, Paul
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Design, Nature, Art
- Topic
- Asian / Chinese, Jewelry, Rocks & Minerals, Decorative Arts
- Item Width
- 9.5in
- Item Weight
- 33 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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Shining a light on a little-known area of Chinese decorative arts from 1850 to 1930, this lavishly illustrated book presents dazzling jewelry from an important private North American collection. Immortals, dragons, magpies, monkeys and bats populate this pioneering book on Chinese jewelry of the late 19th to early 20th century. In so many aspects, these exquisite objects - made with silver, jade, tourmaline, amethyst, rock crystal, rose quartz, carnelian and serpentine - reveal a previously unexplored journey, not just from Heaven to Earth but from the West to the East and back again. The appeal of the jewelry is more than just aesthetic, and their varied design and decoration speak of the social, religious, economic and political climate of their time. Their period of production, from the Late Qing dynasty through to the 1930s, is one that has been insufficiently explored by historians as a whole. This was the time when the Treaty Ports attracted foreign residence and tourism, when Western visitors flocked to Shanghai and Peking to buy 'Chinese' souvenirs, and when fashionable young Chinese of the Republican period embraced aspects of foreign life and design. Many of the pieces naturally reflect Chinese designs and motifs, particularly in the bold association of colors, their use of 're-purposed' carved plaques and the emphasis on luck-bearing emblems. Western influence creeps in, however, in the form of secure box-and-tongue clasps and the occasional maker's or retailer's names, as well as stamps such as 'Chinese sterling'. Do these makers' marks suggest that the items were produced for export or do they simply represent a nod to modernity? In the many fine photographs and her detailed descriptions of each piece, Elizabeth Herridge offers a full survey of the wide variety of the complex motifs involved and their significance. She presents a groundbreaking contribution to our understanding of early 20th-century China, its handicraft production, its commercial activities, and the last gasp of items such as mandarin court necklaces in the face of modern fashions.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Holberton Publishing, Paul
ISBN-10
0995557705
ISBN-13
9780995557703
eBay Product ID (ePID)
228876391
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bringing Heaven to Earth : Chinese Silver Jewellery and Ornament in the Late Qing Dynasty
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Asian / Chinese, Jewelry, Rocks & Minerals, Decorative Arts
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Design, Nature, Art
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
11in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
9.5in
Item Weight
33 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Nk7383.A1h47 2016
Reviews
A beautifully designed book with a wealth of material ... enjoyable strictly for the beautiful photography, but also for anyone with a serious interest in Chinese jewelry.
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2016-498566
Dewey Decimal
709.5
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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