Alan and Simone Hartman have collected Chinese jades for more than 20 years with a passion and educated taste almost unrivaled in the West and this catalog illustrates with Commentaries and an Introduction more than 200 of their finest pieces, which together form a series spanning almost five thousand years. Whilst boasting superb examples from most periods, the collection is particularly strong on the carving of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911). The catalog is completed with a special introduction by Yang Boda, a foremost expert on Chinese Jades

Slight wear to the dust jacket.  All pages like new crisp and clean, no writing, underlining, tears, creases or marks. 

A stunning jade pictures on each page.  What a delight as well as a book of examples of incredible jade.