A carefully curated selection of the most interesting and most relevant recommended books about Chinese arts & culture from decorative lacquerware to folk arts to symbolism.
Lacquerware (including from China)
Note that in addition this category contains books pertinent to lacquer arts from other regions outside China.
Chinese Art, The Minor Arts - Gold, Silver, Bronze, Cloisonne, Cantonese Enamel, Lacquer, Furniture, WoodChinese and Japanese lacquer (Collectors' pieces)Masterpieces of Chinese Carved Lacquer Ware in the National Palace MuseumChinese Carved LacquerLacquer: Technology and Conservation (Conservation and Museology Series)A Passion for Asia: The Rockefeller LegacyChinese LacquerwareTomb Treasures: New Discoveries from China's Han DynastyThe Arts of China, Sixth Edition, Revised and Expanded
Chinese Bronze and Metalworking
Chinese Art, The Minor Arts - Gold, Silver, Bronze, Cloisonne, Cantonese Enamel, Lacquer, Furniture, WoodThe Hans Popper Collection of Oriental Art: A Selection of 131 Chinese Ancient Bronzes, Sculptures, Ceramics and Korean CeladonsChinese bronzesArt from Ritual: Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels from the Arthur M. Sackler CollectionsChinese bronzesAncient Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections: Shang Ritual Bronzes (Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections)Chinese and Japanese Bronzes, A. D. 1100-1900Later Chinese Bronzes (Far Eastern Series / Victoria and Albert Museum)Ancient Chinese Bronze Art: Casting the Precious Sacral VesselChinese sculpture, bronzes, and jades in Japanese collectionsPower and Virtue: The Horses in Chinese ArtImperial China : The Art of the Horse in Chinese HistoryCircles of Reflection : The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze MirrorsChinese Bronzes: Selected Articles from Orientations 1983-2000Allen's Authentication of Ancient Chinese BronzesAncient Sichuan: Treasures from a Lost CivilizationThe Glorious Traditions of Chinese BronzesThe Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological PerspectivePortraits of the Masters: Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist LineagesLater Chinese Bronzes: The Saint Louis Art Museum and Robert E. Kresko Collection (Hardcover)Art of the Yellow Springs Hardcover – January 15, 2010Max Loehr and the Study of Chinese Bronzes: Style and Classification in the History of Art (Cornell East Asia Series) (Cornell East Asia Series, 141)Chinese Bronzes: Of The Shang, 1766-1122 B. C. Through The T'ang Dynasty, A. D. 618-906Chinese Bronze Ware (Introductions to Chinese Culture)Lloyd Cotsen Study Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors: Volume I: Catalogue; Volume II: Studies (Box set) (Monumenta Archaeologica, 25)The Archaeology of China: From The Late Paleolithic To The Early Bronze Age (Cambridge World Archaeology)The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han ChinaThe Art of Asia: Chinese Bronze MirrorsThoughts on Chinese Buddhist Gilt BronzesArchaeology of the Chinese Bronze Age: From Erlitou to Anyang (Monographs (79))Excavating the Afterlife: The Archaeology of Early Chinese Religion (Art History Publication Initiative Books)Tomb Treasures: New Discoveries from China's Han DynastyMirroring China's Past: Emperors, Scholars, and Their BronzesThe Arts of China, Sixth Edition, Revised and ExpandedLiangzhu Culture: Society, Belief, and Art in Neolithic ChinaA Source Book of Ancient Chinese Bronze Inscriptions (Revised Edition) (8)Kingly Splendor: Court Art and Materiality in Han China (Tang Center Series in Early China)A Descriptive and Illustrative Catalogue of Chinese Bronzes Acquired During the Administration of John Ellerton LodgeChinese pottery burial objects of the Sui and Tang dynasties. An exhibition with special reference to the scientific testing of pottery wares, and the works of the forgerAncient Chinese Bronzes in the Shanghai Museum by Chen Peifen (1996-01-02)
Chinese Folk Arts
Chinese Lattice Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive)The Traditional Art of Chinese Woodblock PrintsHuizhou shi diao yi shu: Stone engravings in Huizhou District (Mandarin Chinese Edition)China's Folk ToysThe Art of Chinese PapercutsTrue To Form: A Celebration of the Art of the Chinese CraftsmanThe Art of Chinese Traditional Woodblock PrintingFolk Handicrafts (Culture of China)Gems from the South: Traditional Crafts of Guangong ProvinceChinese Arts and CraftsChinese Folk ArtsThings Chinese: Antiques, Crafts, CollectiblesBamboo in China: Arts, Crafts and a Cultural History (Discovering China)Huizhou Vernacular Architecture Exhibition (Chinese Edition)
Chinese Culture
China at Work - An Illustrated Record of the Primitive Industries of China's Masses, Whose Life is Toil, and Thus an Account of Chinese CivilizationChinese Connoisseurship: The Ko Ku Yao Lun, The Essential Criteria of AntiquitiesThe Chinese Scholar's Studio: Artistic Life in the Late Ming PeriodLiving Heritage: Vernacular Environment in ChinaImperial China, 900–1800The Chinese Scholar's DeskThe Arts of an Addiction: Qing Dynasty Opium Pipes and AccessoriesOpium Culture: The Art and Ritual of the Chinese TraditionChinese Arts and CraftsThe art of opium antiquesChinese Ancestor Worship: A Practice and Ritual Oriented Approach to Understanding Chinese CultureChinese Folk ArtsBamboo in China: Arts, Crafts and a Cultural History (Discovering China)Shanghai: Art of the CityThe Arts of China, Sixth Edition, Revised and ExpandedThree Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a Visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries; With an Account of the ... Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, EtcAncient China: A Captivating Guide to the Ancient History of China and the Chinese Civilization Starting from the Shang Dynasty to the Fall of the Han Dynasty
Chinese Symbolism and Motifs
A Grammar of Chinese Lattice, Volume 1 of 2Chinese Lattice Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive)The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting - from 1679-1701Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought (Routledge Dictionaries)Representation of the Figure in Chinese History (English and Chinese Edition)Power and Virtue: The Horses in Chinese ArtChina's Living Houses: Folk Beliefs, Symbols, and Household OrnamentationOutlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual ImageryChinese Folk ArtsChinese Symbolism and Art Motifs: A Comprehensive Handbook on Symbolism in Chinese Art through the AgesMonks in GlazeThe Arts of China, Sixth Edition, Revised and Expanded
Chinese Scholar Objects
Chinese Connoisseurship: The Ko Ku Yao Lun, The Essential Criteria of AntiquitiesChinese art: Textiles, glass and painting on glass, carvings in ivory and rhinoceros horn, carvings in hardstone, snuff bottles, inkcakes and inkstonesBamboo carving of ChinaThe Chinese Scholar's Studio: Artistic Life in the Late Ming PeriodArts from the Scholar's Studio. Catalogue of an Exhibition Presented by The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Fung Ping Shan MuseumChinese Carved LacquerEXQUISITE WOOD CARVING - TRADITIONAL WOOD CARVING FROM FUJIANTrue To Form: A Celebration of the Art of the Chinese CraftsmanSecret world of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial PalaceA Leisurely Pursuit: Splendid Hardwood Antiquities from the Liang Yi Collection'Elegant Offerings from the Scholar's Studio: The Jiansong Ge CollectionGems from the South: Traditional Crafts of Guangong ProvinceThe Four Treasures: Inside the Scholar's Studio (Arts of China)The Chinese Scholar's DeskChinese Jade: Selected Articles from OrientationsThe Arts of an Addiction: Qing Dynasty Opium Pipes and AccessoriesOpium Culture: The Art and Ritual of the Chinese TraditionA Passion for Asia: The Rockefeller LegacyModern Chinese Scholars' Rocks: A Guide for CollectorsThe art of opium antiquesBamboo in China: Arts, Crafts and a Cultural History (Discovering China)Spirit Stones: The Ancient Art of the Scholar's RockForbidden City: Imperial Treasures from the Palace Museum, BeijingCustodians of the Scholar's Way: Chinese Scholars' Objects in Precious WoodsSuperfluous Things: Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern ChinaCollecting China: The Memoirs of a Hong Kong Art AddictRoom for Study: Fifty Scholars' ObjectsElegant Life of The Chinese Literati: From the Chinese Classic, 'Treatise on Superfluous Things', Finding Harmony and Joy in Everyday ObjectsBrushpots: A Collector's View (Chinese and English Edition)
Chinese Snuff Bottles
Chinese snuff bottles;: The adventures & studies of a collectorSnuff bottles of ChinaMasterpieces of Chinese Snuff Bottles in the National PalaceA glossary of Chinese snuff bottle rebus: Re-discovering the hidden internal beauty in snuff bottlesCollector's Book of Snuff BottlesChinese art: Textiles, glass and painting on glass, carvings in ivory and rhinoceros horn, carvings in hardstone, snuff bottles, inkcakes and inkstonesMiniature Art From Old China - Chinese Snuff Bottles From The Montclair Art Museum CollectionsSnuff Bottle Terminology: Chinese and English Equivalents Part I Goass Agate QuartzChinese Snuff Bottles From the Pamela R. Lessing Friedman CollectionSnuff Bottles from ChinaSnuff Bottles in the National Palace MuseumThe Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J CollectionChinese Snuff Bottles (Images of Asia)Bottles of Delight: The Thal Collection of Chinese Snuff BottlesChinese Snuff Bottles: The Baur Collection (English and French Edition)Chinese Snuff Bottles: Exhibition Held in Conjunction with the 34th Annual Convention of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle SocietyChinese Snuff Bottles: A Guide to Addictive MiniaturesThe Handbook of Chinese Snuff BottlesThe Blair Bequest: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Princeton University Art MuseumAbout Chinese Snuff Bottles
Baskets
Chinese BasketsThe Sumptuous Basket: Chinese Lacquer with Basketry PanelsTrue To Form: A Celebration of the Art of the Chinese CraftsmanBamboo in China: Arts, Crafts and a Cultural History (Discovering China)Chinese Baskets: Anthropology Design Series, No. 3
Jade & Precious Stones
Archaic Chinese Jades Collected in China By A. W. Bahr: Now in Field Museum of Natural History, ChicagoChinese ivory sculptureChinese Jade CarvingChinese Art, The Minor Arts - Gold, Silver, Bronze, Cloisonne, Cantonese Enamel, Lacquer, Furniture, WoodDated Chinese Antiquities: 600 To 1650Arts from the Scholar's Studio. Catalogue of an Exhibition Presented by The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Fung Ping Shan MuseumChinese sculpture, bronzes, and jades in Japanese collectionsPower and Virtue: The Horses in Chinese ArtSecret world of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial PalaceImperial China : The Art of the Horse in Chinese HistoryAncient Sichuan: Treasures from a Lost CivilizationChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the QingThe Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological PerspectiveJade: 5000 B.C. to 1912 A.D.: A Guide for Collectors (Schiffer Book for Collectors)Radiant Stones: Archaic Chinese JadesChinese Jade: Selected Articles from OrientationsA Passion for Asia: The Rockefeller LegacyModern Chinese Scholars' Rocks: A Guide for CollectorsChinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing: The Youngman CollectionThe Immortal Stone Chinese Jades from the Neolithic Period to the Twentieth Century /anglaisArt of the Yellow Springs Hardcover – January 15, 20105,000 Years of Chinese Jade: Featuring Selections from the National Museum of History, Taiwan, and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian InstitutionThe Archaeology of China: From The Late Paleolithic To The Early Bronze Age (Cambridge World Archaeology)The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han ChinaForbidden City: Imperial Treasures from the Palace Museum, BeijingExcavating the Afterlife: The Archaeology of Early Chinese Religion (Art History Publication Initiative Books)Tomb Treasures: New Discoveries from China's Han DynastyThe Arts of China, Sixth Edition, Revised and ExpandedEarly Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art MuseumsLiangzhu Culture: Society, Belief, and Art in Neolithic ChinaKingly Splendor: Court Art and Materiality in Han China (Tang Center Series in Early China)Celestial Beings and Bird-Men: Human Flight in Chinese JadeHongshan Jade: The oldest, most imaginative jades full of mysterious beauty (Neolithic Jade)Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages: a Review of Its Characteristics, Decoration, Folklore, and SymbolismChinese pottery burial objects of the Sui and Tang dynasties. An exhibition with special reference to the scientific testing of pottery wares, and the works of the forger
Chinese Traditional Paintings & Artworks
Chinese Art, The Minor Arts - Gold, Silver, Bronze, Cloisonne, Cantonese Enamel, Lacquer, Furniture, WoodThe Art and Architecture of China: 3rd editionThe Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting - from 1679-1701Chinese art: Textiles, glass and painting on glass, carvings in ivory and rhinoceros horn, carvings in hardstone, snuff bottles, inkcakes and inkstonesThe Traditional Art of Chinese Woodblock PrintsThe Double Screen: Medium and Representation in Chinese Painting (Essays in Art and Culture)Representation of the Figure in Chinese History (English and Chinese Edition)Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting (The Culture & Civilization of China)Secret world of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial PalaceThe Art of Chinese Traditional Woodblock PrintingPerspectives on Connoisseurship of Chinese PaintingHow to Read Chinese PaintingsIssues of Authenticity in Chinese PaintingBeauty Revealed: Images of Women in Qing Dynasty Chinese PaintingForbidden City: Imperial Treasures from the Palace Museum, BeijingChinese Painting and Its Audiences (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, 43)The Arts of China, Sixth Edition, Revised and ExpandedChinese Wallpaper in Britain and IrelandWorshiping the Ancestors: Chinese Commemorative Portraits
Chinese Traditional Architecture
A Grammar of Chinese Lattice, Volume 1 of 2The Art and Architecture of China: 3rd editionChina's Traditional Rural Architecture: A Cultural Geography of the Common HouseHuizhou shi diao yi shu: Stone engravings in Huizhou District (Mandarin Chinese Edition)China's Vernacular Architecture: House Form and CultureCarpentry and Building in Late Imperial China: A Study of the Fifteenth-Century Carpenter's Manual Lu Ban Jing (Sinica Leidensia)China's Living Houses: Folk Beliefs, Symbols, and Household OrnamentationChina's Old DwellingsLiving Heritage: Vernacular Environment in ChinaClassical Chinese Doors and Windows Hardcover – by Ma WeiduYin Yu Tang: The Architecture and Daily Life of a Chinese HouseMing Furniture in the Light of Chinese ArchitectureChinese Houses: The Architectural Heritage of a NationChinese Houses: A Pictorial Tour of China’s Traditional DwellingsBeijing's Imperial Palace: The Illustrated Guide to the Architecture, History, and Splendor of the Forbidden CityThe Emperor's Private Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden CityChinese Houses of Southeast Asia: The Eclectic Architecture of Sojourners and SettlersChinese architecture 3rd edition | Architecture | Cambridge University PressChinese Vernacular DwellingsHuizhou Vernacular Architecture Exhibition (Chinese Edition)Colours and Contrast: Ceramic Traditions in Chinese ArchitectureVernacular Architecture: Domestic Spaces of Ancient China (Library of Ancient Chinese Architecture)Shanghai's Art Deco Master: Paul Veysseyre’s Architecture in the French ConcessionThe Old Bridges in NingboTraditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve EssaysChinese Architecture: A HistoryWhat the Emperor Built: Architecture and Empire in the Early MingChina's Covered Bridges: Architecture Over WaterFurnishing the Gracious Chinese Home (Chinese and English Edition)