Elegance and Radiance: Grandeur in Qing Glass, The Andrew K. F. Lee Collection

A definitive monograph / catalogue on glassware’s produced in the Qing imperial workshops. A lesser-known area of Chinese connoisseurship, the objects illustrated and described display a spectacular clarity and variety of hues, demonstrating the mastery of glass production in late dynastic China. Forms range from different shaped vessels, cups and bowls, censors, objects for the scholar’s study and ornament among others; objects are either monochrome or multi-coloured glass. Including three scholarly essays on the imperial glass workshops, their management, techniques and detailed surviving records.

384 pages, colour, English and Chinese, 32 x 25 x 3 cm

Hardcover

Published in 2000

ISBN: 9627101516

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