Author: Paul Bromberg
Publisher: River books
ISBN: 9786164510142
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Thai silver and nielloware display exquisite craftsmanship and design to rival better-known genres of silver from Asia. However, there has to date been little written about this fascinating subject. Examining the history and scope of specified Thai silver and nielloware production dating from the early 19th century to the present, as well as the various forms and designs utilised, this book provides a single reference source on the subject matter for both newcomers and seasoned collectors alike. The book focuses on the various artefacts broadly termed "utensils" and "vessels", produced for utilitarian purposes, that can still be found for sale in the domestic marketplace, while rarer artefacts, collectibles and commemorative items made for the royal court are also discussed: such items were typically of the highest quality made by top artisans. The author considers the role of religious and devotional silver objects in Thailand, as these too have become popular collectibles. Although dating of Asian silverware generally remains problematic, the author provides dating indicators and the first published compilation of Chinese and other marks on silverware found in Thailand
Thai Silver and Nielloware
Author: Paul Bromberg
Publisher: River books
ISBN: 9786164510142
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Thai silver and nielloware display exquisite craftsmanship and design to rival better-known genres of silver from Asia. However, there has to date been little written about this fascinating subject. Examining the history and scope of specified Thai silver and nielloware production dating from the early 19th century to the present, as well as the various forms and designs utilised, this book provides a single reference source on the subject matter for both newcomers and seasoned collectors alike. The book focuses on the various artefacts broadly termed "utensils" and "vessels", produced for utilitarian purposes, that can still be found for sale in the domestic marketplace, while rarer artefacts, collectibles and commemorative items made for the royal court are also discussed: such items were typically of the highest quality made by top artisans. The author considers the role of religious and devotional silver objects in Thailand, as these too have become popular collectibles. Although dating of Asian silverware generally remains problematic, the author provides dating indicators and the first published compilation of Chinese and other marks on silverware found in Thailand
Publisher: River books
ISBN: 9786164510142
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Thai silver and nielloware display exquisite craftsmanship and design to rival better-known genres of silver from Asia. However, there has to date been little written about this fascinating subject. Examining the history and scope of specified Thai silver and nielloware production dating from the early 19th century to the present, as well as the various forms and designs utilised, this book provides a single reference source on the subject matter for both newcomers and seasoned collectors alike. The book focuses on the various artefacts broadly termed "utensils" and "vessels", produced for utilitarian purposes, that can still be found for sale in the domestic marketplace, while rarer artefacts, collectibles and commemorative items made for the royal court are also discussed: such items were typically of the highest quality made by top artisans. The author considers the role of religious and devotional silver objects in Thailand, as these too have become popular collectibles. Although dating of Asian silverware generally remains problematic, the author provides dating indicators and the first published compilation of Chinese and other marks on silverware found in Thailand
Silverware of South-East Asia
Author: Sylvia Fraser-Lu
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The art of silversmithing in South-East Asia is part of a tradition dating back over 3000 years, and has been exposed to Indian, Chinese, Muslim, and European influences. In this illustrated introductory volume, the author outlines the history of silverware in South-East Asia and discusses the local tradition in each of the countries in the region, highlighting the unique features of the various communities.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The art of silversmithing in South-East Asia is part of a tradition dating back over 3000 years, and has been exposed to Indian, Chinese, Muslim, and European influences. In this illustrated introductory volume, the author outlines the history of silverware in South-East Asia and discusses the local tradition in each of the countries in the region, highlighting the unique features of the various communities.
Silverware in Thailand
Author: Nǣngnō̜i Pančhaphan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Silverware
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Silverware
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A History of Ayutthaya
Author: Chris Baker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107190762
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
The first full history of a great commercial and political center that rose in Asia over almost five centuries.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107190762
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
The first full history of a great commercial and political center that rose in Asia over almost five centuries.
King of Bangkok
Author: Claudio Sopranzetti
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487526415
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"Based on a decade of interviews and archival research, the English translation of this bestselling graphic novel tells the story of Nok, an old blind man who sells lottery tickets in Bangkok, as he decides to leave the urban capital and return to his native village. ... With each ticket he sells, he encounters something that brings him back to a period of his life, from his arrival in Bangkok all the way to the Red Shirt protests of 2010. Through an alternation of reflections on contemporary Bangkok and flashbacks to his past, we reconstruct Nok's story, the love story with his wife Gai, and the ups and downs of their migrant lives, as well as those of an entire country around them"--
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487526415
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"Based on a decade of interviews and archival research, the English translation of this bestselling graphic novel tells the story of Nok, an old blind man who sells lottery tickets in Bangkok, as he decides to leave the urban capital and return to his native village. ... With each ticket he sells, he encounters something that brings him back to a period of his life, from his arrival in Bangkok all the way to the Red Shirt protests of 2010. Through an alternation of reflections on contemporary Bangkok and flashbacks to his past, we reconstruct Nok's story, the love story with his wife Gai, and the ups and downs of their migrant lives, as well as those of an entire country around them"--
Power, Identity, and the Rise of Modern Architecture
Author: Koompong Noobanjong
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 1581122012
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
This dissertation examines the evolution of Western and Modern architecture in Siam and Thailand. It illustrates how various architectural ideas have contributed to the physical design and spatial configuration of places associated with negotiation and allocation of political power, which are throne halls, parliaments, and government and civic structures since the 1850s.
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 1581122012
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
This dissertation examines the evolution of Western and Modern architecture in Siam and Thailand. It illustrates how various architectural ideas have contributed to the physical design and spatial configuration of places associated with negotiation and allocation of political power, which are throne halls, parliaments, and government and civic structures since the 1850s.
Essays on Thai Folklore
Author: Anuman Rajadhon (Phrayā)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature, Thai
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature, Thai
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The Killing Wind
Author: Hecheng Tan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190622520
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
In The Killing Wind, Tan recounts how over the course of 66 days in 1967, over 9,000 Chinese "class enemies" were massacred in the Daoxian.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190622520
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
In The Killing Wind, Tan recounts how over the course of 66 days in 1967, over 9,000 Chinese "class enemies" were massacred in the Daoxian.
The Last Englishmen
Author: Deborah Baker
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555979947
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
A sumptuous biographical saga, both intimate and epic, about the waning of the British Empire in India John Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalaya. Michael Spender was the first to draw a detailed map of the North Face of Mount Everest. While their younger brothers—W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender—achieved literary fame, they vied to be included on an expedition that would deliver Everest’s summit to an Englishman, a quest that had become a metaphor for Britain’s struggle to maintain power over India. To this rivalry was added another: in the summer of 1938 both men fell in love with a painter named Nancy Sharp. Her choice would determine where each man’s wartime loyalties would lie. Set in Calcutta, London, the glacier-locked wilds of the Karakoram, and on Everest itself, The Last Englishmen is also the story of a generation. The cast of this exhilarating drama includes Indian and English writers and artists, explorers and Communist spies, Die Hards and Indian nationalists, political rogues and police informers. Key among them is a highborn Bengali poet named Sudhin Datta, a melancholy soul torn, like many of his generation, between hatred of the British Empire and a deep love of European literature, whose life would be upended by the arrival of war on his Calcutta doorstep. Dense with romance and intrigue, and of startling relevance for the great power games of our own day, Deborah Baker’s The Last Englishmen is an engrossing story that traces the end of empire and the stirring of a new world order.
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555979947
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
A sumptuous biographical saga, both intimate and epic, about the waning of the British Empire in India John Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalaya. Michael Spender was the first to draw a detailed map of the North Face of Mount Everest. While their younger brothers—W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender—achieved literary fame, they vied to be included on an expedition that would deliver Everest’s summit to an Englishman, a quest that had become a metaphor for Britain’s struggle to maintain power over India. To this rivalry was added another: in the summer of 1938 both men fell in love with a painter named Nancy Sharp. Her choice would determine where each man’s wartime loyalties would lie. Set in Calcutta, London, the glacier-locked wilds of the Karakoram, and on Everest itself, The Last Englishmen is also the story of a generation. The cast of this exhilarating drama includes Indian and English writers and artists, explorers and Communist spies, Die Hards and Indian nationalists, political rogues and police informers. Key among them is a highborn Bengali poet named Sudhin Datta, a melancholy soul torn, like many of his generation, between hatred of the British Empire and a deep love of European literature, whose life would be upended by the arrival of war on his Calcutta doorstep. Dense with romance and intrigue, and of startling relevance for the great power games of our own day, Deborah Baker’s The Last Englishmen is an engrossing story that traces the end of empire and the stirring of a new world order.
Siamese Coins
Author: Ronachai Krisadaolarn
Publisher: River Books Press Dist A C
ISBN: 9789749863541
Category : Coinage
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the first ever book about Thai coins and ethnographic monies in English. It covers the time period from the earliest proto-state up to the introduction of the baht currency system. It describes the development of Thai money through a continuous economic-historical review with excerpts from a variety of sources, including the Sukhothai inscriptions, the Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya, the records of individual Dutch, French and Portuguese travellers and unpublished documents from the Royal Archive. Also featured are over 1,000 specimens of the coins which have circulated in modern-day Thailand and its tributary states. Included are a selection of Thai documents from Rama IV's reign dealing with the emission of new currency, counterfeits and money reforms. SELLING POINTS First ever book in English, on Siamese coins Richly illustrated with over 1,000 coins, as well as Sukhothai inscriptions and previously unpublished material from the Royal Archive Comes in a beautiful slipcase, with a specially minted limited edition coin on cover of book and a CD featuring additional images 500 colour illustrations
Publisher: River Books Press Dist A C
ISBN: 9789749863541
Category : Coinage
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the first ever book about Thai coins and ethnographic monies in English. It covers the time period from the earliest proto-state up to the introduction of the baht currency system. It describes the development of Thai money through a continuous economic-historical review with excerpts from a variety of sources, including the Sukhothai inscriptions, the Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya, the records of individual Dutch, French and Portuguese travellers and unpublished documents from the Royal Archive. Also featured are over 1,000 specimens of the coins which have circulated in modern-day Thailand and its tributary states. Included are a selection of Thai documents from Rama IV's reign dealing with the emission of new currency, counterfeits and money reforms. SELLING POINTS First ever book in English, on Siamese coins Richly illustrated with over 1,000 coins, as well as Sukhothai inscriptions and previously unpublished material from the Royal Archive Comes in a beautiful slipcase, with a specially minted limited edition coin on cover of book and a CD featuring additional images 500 colour illustrations