Glorious Qing

Decorative Arts in China, 1644–1911

Claudia Brown a guided tour through C enturies of exquisitely C rafted obje C ts

With over 250 color illustrations, this companion volume to Claudia Brown’s Great Qing: Painting in China, 1644–1911 covers an array of superbly crafted objects of art produced during China’s last dynasty. It features ceramics, metalwork, textiles, lacquer, glass, jade, and works of bamboo selected from collections in North America, Europe, China, and Taiwan. Art historian Brown probes the materials, motivations, technologies, and skills of Qing period artists, along with trends in art patronage and collecting. She considers objects of private patronage, including snuff bottles and instruments for the scholar’s desk, alongside imperial commissions, palace furnishings, and pieces made for export in the flourishing East-West trade market. Moving chronologically from one emperor’s reign to the next, Glorious Qing offers a comprehensive survey of Qing decorative arts that will delight experts and novices alike, from collectors to students of art history.

“A useful, concise, and well-illustrated introduction to the field of Chinese material and visual culture, focusing on the artistic production of luxury items and decorative objects throughout the Qing dynasty, and a long-overdue overview that presents a broad range of material.” —Clarissa von Spee, author of Wu Hufan: A Twentieth Century Art Connoisseur in Shanghai

“Comprehensive and concise . . . Brown’s lucid writing, weaving together almost all the media embraced in Qing dynasty decorative arts, is the first English-language text to explore this overlooked but fascinating topic.” —Pengliang Lu, associate curator of Chinese decorative arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art february

Claudia Brown is professor of art history at Arizona State University and research curator for Asian art at the Phoenix Art Museum. She is author of Great Qing: Painting in China, 1644–1911.

226 pp., 277 color illus., 3 maps, 7 × 10 in.

$70.00s / £56.00 hC / 9780295751917

$70.00s / £56.00 eb / 9780295751924

Art History / Asian Art / China

A William Sangki and Nanhee Min Hahn Book february

320 pp., 2 tables, 6.14 × 9.21 in.

$105.00x / £84.00 hC / 9780295752235

$32.00s / £24.99 Pb / 9780295752242

$32.00s / £24.99 eb / 9780295752259 Asian