Museum Home Past Exhibitions Tales in Sprinkled Gold: Japanese Lacquer for European Collectors

March 3–May 24, 2009 at the Getty Center

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Techniques of Chinese Lacquer:The Classic 18th-Century Treatise on Asian Varnish


Techniques of Chinese Lacquer:The Classic 18th-Century Treatise on Asian Varnish
Filippi Buonanni

The first English translation of Jesuit Filippo Buonanni's treatise, considered the most important and comprehensive early study of Chinese lacquer in Europe. (Paperback, $30)

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Export Lacquer: Reflections of the West in Black and Gold Makie
Meiko Nagashima

Beautifully illustrated and fully translated, this multilingual volume is a catalogue of the original Japanese exhibition. (Paperback, $45)

Published by The Yomiuri Shimbun, Osaka.
Available from the Getty Bookstore by calling (310) 440-7059