Oriental silverwork, Malay and Chinese, with over 250 original illustrations; a handbook for connoisseurs, collectors, students and silversmiths

H. Ling (Henry Ling) Roth

Description

ORIENTAL SILVERWORK MALAY AND CHINESE Malay Circular Dish From Perak Oriental Silverwork MALAY AND CHINESE over 250With IllustrationsOriginal Students and SilversmithsA Handbook for Connoisseurs, Collectors, BY LING ROTHH. HalifaxHon. Bankfield Museum,Curator, " &c.and British North &c.,Author of The Natives of Sarawak Borneo," London . & Ltd.Truslove Hanson, 1910 ERRATUM For Mr. W. H. Luning read Mk. W. A. Luning.throughout CONTENTS INTRODUCTION — —silvervvork known in in Loan collection atbarely Europe DifficultyMalay collecting — — ——Bankfield of execution Little Ornamen-Appropriateness design Masterly reduplication — — — —Combination of handles nortation not overdone results Nopatterns Delightful legs — — —architects No element Animal forms excluded The lotus—not religiousMalays portrayed — — —Ehrensvard's Patterns or models not used untrammelledtheory Consequent fancy Origin — — —founded on native forms ofof the Patterns The thepatterns development patterns — —nature of Chinese life and SinhaleseChinese influence Siamese, Indian,Vigorous Javanese, —— —similar to those on old brocades travel east and westinfluences Designs MalayDesigns — —— —forms Thick and thin metal art mature Chinese silverwork falls in four divisionsMalay — — — —Drill on a brassMethod of manufacture stock etc. OrnamentationPunches, etc.

Sujets

• Work of art
• Silverware

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 5
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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ORIENTAL SILVERWORK
MALAY AND CHINESEMalay Circular Dish
From Perak