Timeless Treasure: The Runic Calendar Staff
by Jorge Welsh (ed.)
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0993506887
- ISBN 13
- 9780993506888
- Seller
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Lisbon, Portugal
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About This Item
Jorge Welsh Research and Publishing, 2019 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket).; 23.5 x 29.7 cm.; 0.8 Kg.; 76 pages with 44 colour illustrations.; Timeless Treasure: The Runic Calendar Staff accompanies the 20th annual exhibition of export art at Jorge Welsh Works of Art. This catalogue is part of the three-volume box set Treasures, alongside Pocket Treasures: Snuff Boxes from Past Times and Timeless Treasure: The Runic Calendar Staff. The mysterious symbols that decorate a rare enamelled copper staff are uncovered for the modern viewer in Timeless Treasure: The Runic Calendar Staff. Displaying a runic calendar based on a Swedish model of circa 1750, this staff is among the few copper objects enamelled with Western designs in China during the 18th century. Runic calendar staffs are so called due to the theme of their decoration, which comprises inscriptions with runes forming a perpetual calendar, or almanac. Wooden staffs of this type were important timekeeping devices in Scandinavia in use from at least the 12th century. With only four comparable examples known to survive in museum collections, this study adds to a growing body of literature on Chinese enamelled copper wares..
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- Bookseller
- Jorge Welsh Books (PT)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Timeless Treasure: The Runic Calendar Staff
- Author
- Jorge Welsh (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0993506887
- ISBN 13
- 9780993506888
- Publisher
- Jorge Welsh Research and Publishing
- Date Published
- 2019
- Keywords
- china,enamel on copper
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collections and exhibitions; Our publications;
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Jorge Welsh Books
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About Jorge Welsh Books
Jorge Welsh Books has been dealing in art reference books since 1999. What started as a platform for the distribution of publications by Jorge Welsh Research & Publishing has now evolved into an established bookselling division. We focus in our fields of expertise, specifically cross-cultural works of art from Africa, India, China and Japan, with an emphasis on Chinese porcelain. Our aim is to source and deliver relevant publications in the best possible condition to collectors and academics alike, while providing a high-quality, personalised service.
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