Kingfisher Blue Treasures of an Ancient Chinese Art  -  Beverley Jackson

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Many cultures around the world have used bird feathers as decorative accessories to denote status, wealth and even royalty. Nowhere did this unusual art form reach greater popularity than in China, beginning a thousand years ago and continuing to this day. Using the kingfisher, with its uniquely iridescent range of ultramarine to bright turquoise-blue feathers, Chinese artisans created exquisite objects, rendering the many-hued feathers with stunning technique. This volume contians informative text, a selec...
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Uitgever: Ten Speed Press 227 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1580082610 ISBN-13: 9781580082617