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Li Jiu-fang. Chinese Jades Throughout the Ages -Connoisseurship of Chinese Jades -Vol.11 & 12: Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911. Chinese Art Foundation: 1997. A beautiful pair of books illustrated with 220 color plates of Chinese carved jades of the Qing Dynasty. Each example is fully described, and there is also an essay about Qing Dynasty jades. The photographs are large and gorgeous. A jade-lover's dream. The prior ten titles in this series had covered earlier periods of Chinese jades. Text in English and Chinese. 2 vols. Hardcover. 9"x12", xlviii + 205 pages, and liv + 216 pages, both volumes filled with color plates. Pictorial slipcases. Fine. |