• Chinese Arts & Crafts (English Edition): History, Techniques and Legends – Ceramics, Bronze, Silk & Beyond
  • Chinese Arts & Crafts (English Edition): History, Techniques and Legends – Ceramics, Bronze, Silk & Beyond
  • Chinese Arts & Crafts (English Edition): History, Techniques and Legends – Ceramics, Bronze, Silk & Beyond
  • Chinese Arts & Crafts (English Edition): History, Techniques and Legends – Ceramics, Bronze, Silk & Beyond
  • Chinese Arts & Crafts (English Edition): History, Techniques and Legends – Ceramics, Bronze, Silk & Beyond
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Chinese Arts & Crafts (English Edition): History, Techniques and Legends – Ceramics, Bronze, Silk & Beyond

Chinese Arts & Crafts (English Edition): History, Techniques and Legends – Ceramics, Bronze, Silk & Beyond

From Primitive Pottery and Shang-Zhou Bronze to Song Ceramics, Silk Weaving, Lacquerware, Jade, Paper-Cut and Kites — How Chinese Craftsmen Worked, and What Their Creations Meant
This is not a picture book of finished objects, and it is not a technical manual. It is a book about how Chinese crafts actually worked—and what they meant to the people who made and used them. You move through the dynasties, from primitive pottery to Shang and Zhou bronze, from Song ceramics at their peak to silk weaving, lacquerware, jade carving, paper-cut, and even kites and toys. Along the way, you learn the techniques behind each craft, hear the stories and legends that grew up around them, and see how the objects connect to daily life, ritual, and belief. If you want to understand Chinese crafts as a living tradition rather than a museum catalogue—this is it.
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For readers and collectors who are fascinated by Chinese culture and traditional craftsmanship — this book opens a window into the skills, stories, and spirit behind China‘s most treasured handmade objects.

What you’ll find inside:

  • A comprehensive survey of traditional Chinese crafts — covering ceramics, jade and metalwork, dyeing and weaving, knotting, woodwork, lacquerware, and sculpture, organized by craft category for easy browsing-16.

  • Beyond technique: the people and the culture — this is not just a dry technical manual. It weaves in the stories of artisans, the legends surrounding certain crafts, and the social life and cultural values these objects once embodied-2-16.

  • Richly illustrated throughout — with color plates and diagrams that bring each craft to life, making it accessible for Western readers encountering these traditions for the first time-10-13.

Who this book is for: Students of Chinese culture, art and design enthusiasts, collectors of Asian antiques, travelers with an interest in Chinese heritage, and anyone curious about how ordinary materials were transformed into objects of enduring beauty by hand.

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