Silk & stone : the art of Asia / Silk and stone [editor, Jill Tilden]. - 228 pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 33 cm. - Hali annual ; 3rd . - Hali annual ; 3rd. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Monuments of the Deccan / The Royal murals of Rajasthan / The Message of misfortune : words and images in Saʻdi's Gulistan / Farangi Saz : the impact of Europe on Safavid painting / The Chiselled surface : Chinese lacquer and Islamic design / China for Europe : export porcelain of the Qing Dynasty / The Progress of Rama / Ritual & splendor : the gold of Indonesia / A fearful symmetry : the Mughal red-ground 'Grotesque' carpets / Meibutsu-Gire : textiles in the Japanese tea ceremony / The emperor's treasure house : seventh and eighth century textiles in the Shōsōin / Silk of the Northern Song / All excellent qualities... : Chinese jade from the Neolithic to the Han / George Michell with photographs by Antonio Martelli -- Joachim Bautze -- Robert Hillenbrand -- Sheila Canby -- Yolande Crowe -- Colin D. Sheaf -- Thierry Zephir -- Kalpana Kartik -- Steven J. Cohen -- Susan-Marie Best -- Alan Kennedy -- Shelagh Vainker -- Carol Michaelson.

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Art, Asian
Decorative arts--Asia
Architecture--Asia

N7260 / .S57 1996 NK2775 / .H35 no.3 1996

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