Silk and Stone: The Art of Asia -The Third Hali Annual

Silk and Stone: The Art of Asia (The Third Hali Annual), edited by Jill Tilden. Published by Hali Publications Limited, London, 1996. Folio up to 15″ tall., 198pp. with color illustrations. Green cloth boards with blindstamped titles front and spine, green endpapers, reading ribbon. Volume is in mint, unread condition in fine, unclipped jacket.
Contents include: Monuments of the Deccan. Islamic Architecture of the Central Indian Plateau (Michell); The Royal Murals of Rajasthan. Art in Peril (Bautze); The Message of Misfortune. Words and Images in Sa’di’s Gulistan (Hillenbrand); Farangi Saz. The Impact of Europe on Safavid Painting. (Canby); The Chiselled Surface. Chinase Lacquer and Islamic Design (Crowe); China for Export. Export Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty (Sheaf); The Progress of Rama. The Ramayana in Khmer Bas-reliefs of the Angkor Period (Zephir); Ritual and Splendor. The Gold of Indonesia (Kartik); A Fearful Symmetry. The Mughal Red-Ground Grotesque Carpets (Steven Cohen); Meibutsu-Gire. Textiles in the Japanese Tea Ceremony (Best); The Emperor’s Treasure House. 7th and 8th Century Textiles in the Shosoin (Alan Kennedy); Silk of the Northern Song. Reconstructing the Evidence (Vainker); All Excellent Qualities. Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Han (Michaelson).