Chinese Folk Art II: In American Collections, From Early 15th Century to Early 20th Century

Honolulu, Hawaii: The University Press of Hawaii, 1977. Softcover. G+ (Ex-library, with label and bookplate, previous owner's name on title page, some marks, otherwise quite nice.). White & decorated wraps, xvii, 159 pp., more than 130 BW illustrations, 6 color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1977 exhibition, "dedicated to Chinese-Americans in celebration of the bicentennial year of United States 1976." Includes examples of utilitarian objects (bamboo constructs, basketry, textiles, wooden utensils, lacquered leathers, gourds, pewter, and silver) as well as sumbolic attributes (domestic god statues, woodblock prints, folk paintings, tile-engraving, paper crafts, and papercuts).