Many books on Asian, Islamic & Tribal art and antiques are available. But which do we find most useful?
Here is a list of books that we keep in our Gallery and which we use for our research for the items that appear in our catalogue.
Many books listed are out-of-print in which case, the best way to source them, is via www.abebooks.com, a portal site for second-hand book dealers worldwide.
Please note, we do not sell books; this list has been developed to serve as a resource for our clients only.
INDIA
Aitken, M.E., When Gold Blossoms: Indian Jewelry from the Susan L. Beningson Collection, Asia Society & Philip Wilson Publishers, 2004.
Anderson, S., Flames of Devotion: Oil Lamps from South and Southeast Asia and the Himalayas, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2006.
Archer, M. et al, Treasures from India: The Clive Collection at Powis Castle, The National Trust, 1987.
Arts of Bengal: The Heritage of Bangladesh and Eastern India, Trustees of the Whitechapel Gallery, 1979.
Arts of India: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Philip Wilson Publishers, 2001.
Aryan, K.C., Folk Bronzes: Of North Western India, Rekha Prakashan, 1973.
Aryan, K.C., Indian Folk Bronzes, Rekha Prakashan, 1991.
Aryan, S., Unknown Masterpieces of Indian Folk and Tribal Art, KC Aryan’s Home of Folk Art, 2005.
Bala Krishnan, U.R., & M.S. Kumar, Dance of the Peacock: Jewellery Traditions of India, India Book House Ltd, 1999.
Bala Krishnan, U.R. et al, Icons in Gold: Jewelry of India from the Collection of the Musee Barbier-Mueller, Somogy, 2005.
Barnard, N., Indian Jewellery, V&A Publishing, 2008.
Bautze, J.K., Indian and Western Painting 1780-1910: The Ehrenfeld Collection, Art Services International, 1998.
Behrendt, K.A., The Art of Gandhara: In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Press, 2007.
Beltz, J., et al, Wenn Masken Tanzen: Rituelles Theater und Bronzekunst aus Sudwestindien, Museum Rietberg, 2009.
Birdwood, G., The Industrial Arts of India, 1880.
Blurton, T.R., Hindu Art, The British Museum Press, 1992.
Chakravarthy, P., Thanjavur: A Cultural History, Niyogi Books, 2010.
Chopra, S., Ganjifa: The Playing Cards of India in Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, 1999.
Crill, R., & K. Jariwala, The Indian Portrait 1560-1860, National Portrait Gallery, 2010.
Dallapiccola, A.L., Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend, Thames & Hudson, 2002.
Dehejia, V., The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India, American Federation of Arts/Mapin, 2003.
Desai, K., Jewels on the Crescent: Masterpieces of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mapin, 2002.
Dye, J.M., The Arts of India: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Philip Wilson Publishers, 2001.
Elgood, R., Hindu Arms and Ritual: Arms and Armour from India 1400-1865, Eburon, 2004.
Ganguly, W., Earrings: Ornamental Identity and Beauty in India, B.R. Publishing Corporation, 2007.
Godrej, P.J. & F. Punthakey Mistree, A Zoroastrian Tapestry: Art, Religion & Culture, Mapin Publishing, 2002.
Golden Age of Classical India: The Gupta Empire, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 2007.
Gupta, S.P. (ed.), Masterpieces from the National Museum Collection, National Museum, New Delhi, 1985.
Guy, J., Indian Temple Sculpture, V&A Publications, 2007.
Harle, J.C. & A. Topsfield, Indian Art in the Ashmolean Museum, Ashmolean Museum, 1987.
Jackson, A., & A. Jaffer, Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts, V&A Publishing, 2009.
Jaffer, A., Furniture from British India and Ceylon: A Catalogue of the Collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum, Timeless
Books, 2001.
Jaffer, A., Luxury Goods from India: The Art of the Indian Cabinet Maker, V&A Publications, 2002.
Jain-Neubauer, J., Feet & Footwear in Indian Culture, Bata Shoe Museum/Mapin, 2000.
Keane, M., Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals - The Al-Sabah Collection Kuwait National Museum, Thames & Hudson, 2001.
Kelkar, D.G., Lamps of India, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India, 1961.
Koch, E., The Complete Taj Mahal, Thames & Hudson, 2006.
Lal, K., Bidri Ware: National Museum Collection, National Museum New Delhi, 1990.
Llewellyn-Jones, R. (ed.), Lucknow: City of Illusion (The Alkazi Collection of Photography), Prestel, 2006.
Markel, S. et al, India's Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow, LACMA/DelMonico Books, 2010.
Meister, M.W. & M.A. Dhaky (eds.), Encyclopedia of Indian Temple Architecture: South India, Upper Dravidadesa, Early Phase AD550-1075, American Institute of
Indian Studies/Oxford University Press, 1986.
Mitchell, A.G., Hindu Gods and Goddesses, UBSPD, 1982.
Moura Carvalho, P., Gems and Jewels of Mughal India: Jewelled and Enamelled Objects from the 16th to 20th Centuries, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic
Art, Volume XVII, The Nour Foundation, 2010.
Museum of Modern Art (New York), Textiles and Ornaments of India, 1956.
Pal, P., Bronzes of Kashmir, Hacker Art Books, 1975.
Pal, P., Elephants and Ivories in South Asia, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981.
Pal, P., Indian Sculpture, Volume 2 - 700-1800, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.
Pal, P., The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India, Thames & Hudson/Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1995.
Pal, P., A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago/Thames &
Hudson, 1997.
Pal, P., Art from the Indian Subcontinent: Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, Yale University Press, 2003.
Pal, P., The Arts of Kashmir, Asia Society, 2007.
Pal, P. & V. Dehejia, From Merchants to Emperors: British Artists and India, 1757-1930, Cornell University Press, 1986.
Rond, F., Bhuta: Masques & Objets Rituels des Espirits/Masks & Ritual Objects of the Spirits, Karnataka, Inde di Sud, Galerie le Toit du Monde/Indian Heritage,
2011.
Sharma R.C. et al, Alamkara: 5000 Years of Indian Art, National Heritage Board (Singapore)/Mapin, 1994.
Stronge, S., Bidri Ware: Inlaid Metalwork from India, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1985.
Topsfield, A., Indian Paintings from Oxford Collections, University of Oxford, 1994.
Topsfield, A., (ed.), The Art of Play: Board and Card Games of India, Marg Publications, 2006.
Trivedi, S.D., Masterpieces in the State Museum, Lucknow, 1989.
Utracht, O., Traditional Jewelry of India, Thames & Hudson, 1997.
Van Alphen, J., Steps to Liberation: 2,500 Years of Jain Art and Religion, Ethnographic Museum Antwerp, 2000.
Vassallo e Silva, N., & J. Flores, Goa and the Great Mughal, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 2004.
Watt, G., Indian Art at Delhi 1903, Being the Official Catalogue of the Delhi Exhibition, 1902-1903, Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1903.
Zebrowski, M., Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India, Alexandria Press, 1997.
INDIAN SILVER (MUGHAL & EXPORT)
Dehejia, V., Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the Raj, Mapin, 2008.
Terlinden, C., Mughal Silver Magnificence, Antalga, 1987.
Wilkinson, W.R.T, Indian Colonial Silver: European Silversmiths in India (1790-1860) and their Marks, Argent Press, 1973.
Wilkinson, W.R.T., Indian Silver 1858-1947, 1999.
SRI LANKA
Balasooriya, J., The Glory of Ancient Polonnaruva, Parakum Books, 1999.
Bandaranayake, S., Sigiriya, Central Cultural Fund, 1999.
Coomaraswamy, A.K., Bronzes from Ceylon, Chiefly in the Colombo Museum, Colombo Museum, 1914 (reprinted 1988).
Coomaraswamy, A.K., Mediaeval Sinhalese Art, Pantheon Books, 1956 reprint of the 1908 edition.
The Cultural Triangle of Sri Lanka, UNESCO Publishing, 1993.
De Silva, W.A, Catalogue of Palm Leaf Manuscripts in the Library of the Colombo Museum, Volume 1, 1938.
De Silva, P.H.D.H., A Catalogue of Antiquities and Other Cultural Objects from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Abroad, National Museums of Sri Lanka, 1975.
De Silva, P.H.D.H & S. Wickramasinghe, Ancient Swords, Daggers & Knives in Sri Lankan Museums, Sri Lanka National Museums, 2006.
Fernando, S.C., Guide to Polonnaruwa, STS Publishers, 2010.
Goonatilake, S., A 16th Century Clash of Civilisations: The Portuguese Presence in Sri Lanka, Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2010.
Guardian of the Flame: Art of Sri Lanka, Phoenix Art Museum, 2003.
Hettiaratchi, S.B. & T.G. Kulatunge, Abhayagiriya, Central Cultural Fund, 1993.
Hussain, A., Sarandip: An Ethnological Study of the Muslims of Sri Lanka, 2007.
Knox, R., An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies, 1681.
Kulatunga, T.G., Mahavihara, The Great Monastery at Anuradhapura, 2002.
Kulatunga, T.G., Abhayagiri Vihara at Anuradhapura, Central Cultural Fund, 1999.
Manukulasooriya, R., Masks of Sri Lanka and Mask and Kolam Dancing, Sri Lanka, 2005.
Menzies, J. (ed.), Sacred Images of Sri Lanka, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1994.
Pilimatalavuva, A., The Pilimatalavuvas in the Last Days of the Kandyan Kingdom, Stamford Lake Publishers, 2004.
Priyanka, B., Meaning of the Sigiriya Paintings, Godage International Publishers, 2005.
Seneviratna, A., Kandy, Central Cultural Fund, 1983.
Seneviratna, A., Gateway to Kandy: Ancient Monuments in the Central Hills of Sri Lanka, Vijitha Yapa Publications, 1998.
Seneviratna, A., The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic: History and Architecture of the Temples, Volume 1, Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2010.
Seneviratna, A., The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic: Ritual, Customs & Ceremonies, Volume 2, Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2010.
Van der Kuijp, A.W., VOC Monumenten op Sri Lanka/Dutch East India Company Monuments in Sri Lanka, 2005.
Vangeyzel, G.E., Traditional Textiles in the Colombo National Museum, National Museum of Sri Lanka, 2008.
Weereratne, N., Visions of an Island: Rare works from Sri Lanka in the Christopher Ondaatje Collection, Harper Collins, 1999.
Wimalaratne, K.D.G. & D. Gomes, Costumes of Sri Lanka, 2001.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Albanese, M., Angkor: Splendors of the Khmer Civilisation, White Star, 2006.
Asian Civilisations Museum, Sumatra: Isle of Gold, ACM, 2010.
Aung Thaw, Historical Sites in Burma, Ministry of Union Culture/Government of the Union of Burma, 1972.
Avieropoulou Choo, A., Silver: A Guide to the Collections, National Museum Singapore, 1984.
Barnes, R., & M. Hunt Kahlenberg (eds), Five Centuries of Indonesian Textiles: The Mary Hunt Kahlenberg Collection, Delmonico Books, 2010.
Bennett, J., Crescent Moon: Islamic Art & Civilisation in Southeast Asia, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2005.
Brand, M., & C. Phoeurn, The Age of Angkor: Treasures from the National Museum of Cambodia, Australian National Gallery,1992.
Brinkgreve F, & R. Sulistianingsih (eds), Sumatra: Crossroads of Cultures, KITLV Press, 2009.
Brohier, R.L., Furniture of the Dutch Period in Ceylon, National Museum Board of Ceylon, 1978.
Bunker E.C. & D. Latchford, Adoration and Glory: The Golden Age of Khmer Art, Art Media Resources, 2004.
Byachrananda, J., Thai Mother-of-Pearl Inlay, River Books, 2001.
Capistrano-Baker, F.H., Art of Island Southeast Asia: The Fred and Rita Richman Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
1994.
Carpenter, B., Ethnic Jewellery from Indonesia: Continuity and Evolution, Editions Didier Millet, 2011.
Chin, L., Cultural Heritage of Sarawak, Sarawak Museum, 1980.
Coe, M., Angkor and the Khmer Civilization, Thames & Hudson, 2004.
Conway, S., Silken Threads Lacquer Thrones: Lan Na Court Textiles, River Books, 2002.
Conway, S., The Shan: Culture, Arts & Crafts, River Books, 2006.
Cort, L.A. & P. Jett, Gods of Angkor, Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia, Smithsonian Institution, 2010.
Dumarcay J., The Palaces of Southeast Asia: Architecture and Customs, Oxford University Press, 1991.
Falconer, J. et al, Myanmar Style: Art, Architecture and Design of Burma, Thames & Hudson, 1998.
Feldman J.A. et al, Nias Tribal Treasures: Cosmic Reflections in Stone, Wood and Gold, Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara, Delft, 1990.
Feldman, J.A., Arc of the Ancestors: Indonesian Art from the Jerome L. Joss Collection at UCLA, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1994.
Finestone, J. & S. Taib, The Royal Families of Southeast Asia, Shahidera Sdn Bhd, 2004.
Fontein, J., et al, The Sculpture of Indonesia, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990.
Fraser-Lu, S., Burmese Crafts: Past and Present, Oxford University Press, 1994.
Fraser-Lu, S., Burmese Lacquerware, White Orchid Books, 2000.
Fraser-Lu, S., Silverware of South-East Asia, Oxford University Press, 1989.
Gardner, G.B., Keris and other Malay Weapons, Orchid Press, 2009 (reprint or 1936 original).
Ghiringhelli, V., Kris Hilts: Masterpieces of South-East Asian Art, 5 Continents, 2011.
Gillow, J., Traditional Indonesian Textiles, Thames & Hudson, 1995.
Gordon, M., Ancient Echoes: The Mark Gordon Collection of Southeast Asian Indigenous Art, Talisman, 2011.
Green, A., (ed.), Eclectic Collecting: Art from Burma in the Denison Museum, NUS Press, 2008.
Groneman, I., The Javanese Kris, C. Zwartenkot Art Books, 2009.
Gutman, P., Burma's Lost Kingdoms: Splendours of Arakan, Weatherhill, 2001.
Hamzuri, Keris, Penerbit Djambatan, 1988.
Hardianti, E.S. & P. ter Keurs (eds.), Indonesia: The Discovery of the Past, KIT Publishers for De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, 2005.
Henkel, D., et al, Land of the Morning: The Philippines and its People, Asian Civilisations Museum (Singapore), 2009.
Heppell, M., et al, Iban Art: Sexual Selection and Severed Heads, C. Zwartenkot/Kit Publishers, 2005.
Heringa, R. et al, Fabric of Enchantment: Batik from the North Coast of Java: From the Inger McCabe Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
Weatherhill Inc, 1996.
Hubert, J., The Art of Champa, Parkstone International, 2005.
Ibbitson Jessup, H., Court Arts of Indonesia, The Asia Society Galleries/Harry N. Abrams, 1990.
Ibbitson Jessup, H., Masterpieces of the National Museum of Cambodia, Friends of Khmer Culture, 2006.
Isaacs, R., & T.R. Blurton, Burma and the Art of Lacquer, River Books, 2000.
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, The Message and the Monsoon: Islamic Art of Southeast Asia, IAMM Publications, 2005.
Jasper, J.E. & Pirngadie, De Inlandsche Kunstnijverheid in Nederlandsch Indie V: de Bewerking van Niet-Edele Metalen, 1930 (reprinted 2009 by Sidestone Press,
Leiden).
Java und Bali: Sein in Stille unde Spiel, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1980.
Jay, S., Art of the Ancestors - Nias, Batak, Dayak: From the Private Collections of Mark A. Gordon & Pierre Mondolini, Alliance Francaise, 2007.
Jeldres, J., & B. Dayde-Latham, Le Palais di Roi du Cambodge, Triad Publishing, 2002.
Karow, O., Burmese Buddhist Sculpture: The Johan Moger Collection, White Lotus, 1991.
Kartiwa, S. (ed.), Treasures of the National Museum, Jakarta, Buku Antar Bangsa, 1997.
Kassim Haji Ali, M., Caping: Modesty Disc, Museum Association of Malaysia, 1983.
Kassim Haji Ali, M., Gold Jewellery and Ornaments in the Collection of Muzium Negara Malaysia, Muzium Negara Malaysia, 1988.
Kerlogue, F., Batik: Design, Style & History, Thames & Hudson, 2004.
Khan Majlis, B. et al, Batik from the Courts of Java and Sumatra: Rudolf G. Smend Collection, Periplus, 2004.
Kumar, A., & J.H. McGlynn, Illuminations: The Writing Traditions of Indonesia, The Lontar Foundation/Weatherhill Inc, 1996.
Lau, A.T. & B. Platzdasch (eds.), Malay Heritage of Singapore, Suntree Media/Malay Heritage Foundation Singapore, 2010.
Leigh, B., Hands of Time: The Crafts of Aceh, Penerbit Djambatan, 1989.
Lerner, M. & S. Kossak, The Lotus Transcendent: Indian and Southeast Asian Art from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
1991.
Lewis, P. & E., Peoples of the Golden Triangle: Six Tribes in Thailand, Thames & Hudson, 1984.
Ling Roth, H., Oriental Silverwork: Malay and Chinese, Truslove & Hanson, 1910.
Lowry, J., Burmese Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1974.
Maxwell, R., Sari to Sarong: Five Hundred Years of Indians and Indonesian Textile Exchange, NGA, 2003.
Maxwell, R., Textiles of Southeast Asia: Tradition, Trade and Transformation, Periplus, 2003.
Maxwell, R., Life, Death & Magic: 2000 Years of Southeast Asian Ancestral Art, National Gallery of Australia, 2010.
McGill, F. (ed.), Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma, 1775-1950, Asian Art Museum, 2009.
Miksic, J., Old Javanese Gold, Ideation, 1990.
Miksic, J., Icons of Art: The Collections of the National Museum of Indonesia, BAB Publishing, 2007.
Mingei International Museum, Elemental Art of the Indonesian Archipelago: Selections from the Collection of Mingei International Museum, 2005.
Musee Cernuschi, Archeologues a Angkor, Paris Musees, 2010.
Naengnoi Punjabhan, Silverware in Thailand, Rerngrom Publishing, 1991.
National Museum Jakarta, Treasures of the National Museum Jakarta, Buku Antar Bangsa, 1997.
Noor, F. & E. Khoo, Spirit of Wood: The Art of Malay Woodcarving, Periplus, 2003.
Pal, P., Art from Sri Lanka & Southeast Asia: Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, Yale University Press, 2004.
Peacock, B.A.V., Malaysian Traditional Crafts, Urban Council, Hong Kong Museum of History, 1981.
Ramseyer, U., The Art and Culture of Bali, Oxford University Press, 1977.
Reichle, N. (ed.), Bali: Art, Ritual & Performance, Asian Art Museum, 2010.
Richter, A., The Jewelry of Southeast Asia, Thames & Hudson, 2000.
Rodgers, S., Power and Gold: Jewelry from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, The Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva, 3rd ed. 1995.
Rooney, D., Angkor: Cambodia's Wondrous Khmer Temples, Odyssey, 2011.
Roveda, V., Sacred Angkor: The Carved Reliefs of Angkor Wat, River Books, 2003.
Sanchez-Lafuente Gemar, R., et al, El Fulgor de la Plata, Junta de Andalucia, 2007.
Schoffel, A., Arts Primitifs de l'Asie du Sud-Est (Assam, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines): Collection Alain Schoffel, Alain et Francoise Chaffin, 1981.
Sibeth, A., The Batak: Peoples of Island Sumatra, Thames & Hudson, 1991.
Singh, B., Malay Brassware, National Museum of Singapore, 1985.
Smith, H., Aceh: Art and Culture, Oxford University Press, 1997.
Stadtner, D., Sacred Sites of Burma: Myth and Folklore in an Evolving Spiritual Realm, River Books, 2011.
Summerfield, A., & J., Walk in Splendor: Ceremonial Dress and the Minangkabau, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1999.
The Asian Civilisations Museum A-Z Guide, Asian Civilisations Museum Singapore, 2003.
Tilly, H.L., The Silverwork of Burma (with Photographs by P. Klier), The Superintendent, Government Printing, 1902.
Tilly, H.L., Modern Burmese Silverwork (with Photographs by P. Klier), The Superintendent, Government Printing, 1904.
Tingley, N., Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea, Asia Society, 2009.
Tingley, N., Doris Duke: The Southeast Asian Art Collection, The Foundation for Southeast Asian Art and Culture, 2003.
Villalon, A. & N. Oshima, Philippines: Living Landscapes and Cultural Landmarks, ArtPostAsia, 2007.
van de Geijn-Verhoeven, M., et al, Domestic Interiors at the Cape and in Batavia 1602-1795, Waanders Uitgevers, 2002.
Van Zonneveld, A., Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, C. Zwartenkot Art Books, 2001.
Walker, J.H., Power and Prowess: The Origins of Brooke Kingship in Sarawak, ASAA Southeast Asia Publications, 2002.
Wassing-Visser, R., Royal Gifts from Indonesia: Historical Bonds with the House of Orange -Nassau (1600-1938), Waanders Publishers, 1995.
Zandvliet, K. et al, The Dutch Encounter with Asia 1600-1950, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 2002.
STRAITS CHINESE (BABA/NONYA)
Cheah, H.F., Phoenix Rising: Narratives in Nyonya Beadwork from the Straits Settlements, NUS Press, Singapore, 2010.
Cheo, K.B., A Baba Wedding, Marshall Cavendish, 2009.
Chin, E., Gilding the Phoenix: The Straits Chinese and their Jewellery, The National Museum Singapore, 1991.
Dhoraisingam, S.S., Peranakan Indian of Singapore and Melaka: Indian Babas and Nonyas - Chitty Melaka, ISEAS, 2006.
Ee, R., et al, Peranakan Museum A-Z Guide, Asian Civilisations Museum, 2008.
Ho, W.M., Straits Chinese Beadwork & Embroidery: A Collector's Guide, Times Books International, 1987.
Ho, W.M., Straits Chinese Furniture: A Collector's Guide, Times Books International, 1994.
Ho, W.M., Straits Chinese Porcelain: A Collector's Guide, Times Books International, 1983.
Ho, W.M., Straits Chinese Silver: A Collector's Guide, Times International, 1984.
Kee, M.Y., Straits Chinese Porcelain, Kee Ming Yuet Sdn Bhd, 2004.
Kee, M.Y., Peranakan Chinese Porcelain: Vibrant Festive Ware of the Straits Chinese, Tuttle Publishing, 2009.
Khoo, J.E., The Straits Chinese: A Cultural History, The Pepin Press, 1996.
Lee, P. & Chen J., Rumah Baba: Life in a Peranakan House, National Heritage Board, 1998.
Lee, P., Junk to Jewels: The Things that Peranakans Value, Peranakan Museum, Singapore, 2008.
Ong, P.N., Brown & Gold: Peranakan Furniture from the late 19th Century to the mid-20th Century, Ong Poh Neo, 1994.
The Southeast Asian Ceramics Society - West Malaysia Chapter, Nonya Ware and Kitchen Ch'ing, Oxford University Press, 1981.
Tan, C.B., Chinese Peranakan Heritage in Malaysia and Singapore, Penerbit Fajar Bakti, 1993.
Wee, P., A Peranakan Legacy: The Heritage of the Straits Chinese, Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2009.
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER
Chan, D.P.L., Chinese Export Silver: The Chan Collection, published in conjunction with the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, 2005.
Kernan, J.D., The Chait Collection of Chinese Export Silver, Ralph M. Chait Galleries, 1985.
Forbes, H.A.C. et al, Chinese Export Silver 1785-1885, Museum of the American China Trade, 1975.
Marlowe, A.J., Chinese Export Silver, John Sparks, 1990.
BETEL PARAPHERNALIA
Brownrigg, H., Betel Cutters from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Thames & Hudson, 1992.
Rooney, D., Betel Chewing Traditions in South-East Asia, Oxford University Press, 1993.
DUTCH, PORTUGUESE & SPANISH COLONIAL
Akveld, L., & E.M. Jacobs (eds.), The Colourful World of the VOC: National Anniversary Book VOC 1602-2002, Thoth, 2002.
Argent d'Argentine, Association Francaise d'Action Artistique, 1992.
Bargellini, C. et al, Mexican Silver/Mexicaans Zilver, Europalia93 Mexico, 1993.
Benson, E. et al, Retratos: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits, San Antonio Museum of Art, 2004.
Castilho, M., 'Oriente - Ocidente 2', Lisbon, 2010.
Cattaneo, A., et al, Portugal and the World: In the 16th and 17th Centuries, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, 2009.
Centre for Fine Arts, A Passage to Asia: 25 Centuries of Exchange between Asia and Europe, Brussels, 2010.
Clemmensen, T., & M.B. Mackeprang, Kina og Danmark 1600-1950, Nationalmuseet, 1980.
Clode Sousa, F., et al, Obras de Referencia dos Museum da Madeira, Instituto dos Museus e da Conservacao, 2009.
Curvelo, A., et al, The Orient Museum, Lisbon, Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2008.
Davis Boylan, L., Spanish Colonial Silver, Museum of New Mexico Press, 1974.
van Dijk, J. & S. Legene (eds), The Netherlands East Indies at the Tropenmuseum, KIT Publishers, 2011.
De Lavalle, J.A. & W. Lang, Arte y Tesoros del Peru: Plateria Virreynal, Banco de Credito del Peru en la Cultura, 1974.
Esteras Martin , C., La Plateria en el Reino de Guatemala, Siglos XVI-XIX, Fundacion Albergue Hermano Pedro, 1994.
Filipinas: Puerta de Oriente de Legazpi a Malaspina, Sociedad Estatal para la Accion Cultural Exterior, 2003.
Flores, J.M. et al, Os Constructores do Oriente Portugues, Comissao Nacional para as Comemoracoes dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 1998.
van de Geijn-Verhoeven, M., et al, Domestic Interiors at the Cape and in Batavia 1602-1795, Waanders Uitgevers, 2002.
Gelman Taylor, J., The Social World of Batavia: Europeans and Eurasians in Colonial Indonesia, 2nd ed., The University of Wisconsin Press, 2009.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, V.O.C. - Zilver: Zilver uit de periode van de Verenigde Oostinische Compagnie 17de en 18de eeuw, 1983.
Impey, O., & C. Jorg, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850, Hotei Publishing, 2005.
Jackson, A. & A. Jaffer, Encounters: The Meeting of Asia and Europe 1500-1800, V&A Publications, 2004.
Jaffer, A., Furniture from British India and Ceylon: A Catalogue of the Collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum, Timeless
Books, 2001.
Jaffer, A., Luxury Goods from India: The Art of the Indian Cabinet Maker, V&A Publications, 2002.
Jordan, A. et al, The Heritage of Rauluchantim, Museu de Sao Roque, 1996.
Jordan, A., & J. Beltz, Elfenbeine aus Ceylon: Luxusguter fur Katharina von Habsburg (1507-1578), Museum Rietberg, 2010.
Kjellberg, S.T., Svenska Ostindiska Compagnierna 1731-1813, Allhems Forlag Malmo, 1974.
Levenson. J. (ed), Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 2007.
Luis Ribera, A., & H.H. Schenone, Plateria Sudamericana de los Siglos XVII-XX, Hirmer Verlag Muchen, 1981.
Martinez Rojas, F.J., et al, Tota Pulchara: El Arte de la Iglesia de Malaga, Obispado de Malaga, 2005.
Moura Carvalho, P., Luxury for Export, Gutenberg Periscope Publishing, 2008.
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga Lisbon, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga Lisbon, 2003.
Museu Nacional de Soares de Reis, Guide to the Collection, 2001.
Museum of Christian Art, Rachol, Goa, 1993.
d'Orey, L., Five Centuries of Jewellery: National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon, Zwemmer Publishers, 1995.
Pereira, J., Baroque Goa, Books & Books, 1995.
Pereira, J., Churches of Goa, Oxford University Press, 2002.
Phipps, E. et al, The Colonial Andes: Tapestries and Silverwork 1530-1830, Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University Press, 2004.
Piotrovsky, M. et al, Silver: Wonders from the East - Filigree of the Tsars, Lund Humphries/Hermitage Amsterdam, 2006.
Ribeiro de Oliveira, M., et al, Les Portugais au Bresil: L'art dans le vie Quotidienne, Collection Pimenta Camargo, Fondation Europalia International, 1991.
Rishel, J.J. & S. Stratton-Pruitt, The Arts in Latin America 1492-1820, Yale University Press, 2006.
Sierra de la Calle, B., Filipinas: Obras Selectas del Museo Oriental, Museo Oriental, 2004.
Silverworks from Rio de la Plata, Argentina, Smithsonian Institution, date unknown.
Singh Bansal, B., The Lion's Firanghis: Europeans at the Court of Lahore, Coronet House, 2010.
Stevens, H., Dutch enterprise and the VOC, 1602-1799, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1998.
Taullard, A., Plateria Sudemericana, Ediciones Espeula de Plata, 2004.
Tchakaloff, T.N. et al, La Route des Indes - Les Indes et L'Europe: Echanges Artistiques et Heritage Commun 1650-1850, Somagy Editions d'Art, 1998.
Trnek, H., & S. Haag (eds.), Exotica: Portugals Entdeckungen im Spiegel furstlicher Kunst - und Wunderkammern der Renaissance, Kunsthistorischen Museums
Wien, 2001.
Trota Jose, R., Images of Faith: Religious Ivory Carvings from the Philippines, Pacific Asia Museum, 1990.
Vassallo e Silva, N., & J. Flores, Goa and the Great Mughal, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 2004.
Veenendaal, J., Furniture from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India During the Dutch Period, Foundation Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara, 1985.
Villegas, R., Kayamanan: The Philippine Jewellery Tradition, Central Bank of the Philippines, 1983.
Voskuil-Groenewegen, S.M. et al, Zilver uit de tijd van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, Waanders Uitgevers, 1998.
Wassing-Visser, R., Royal Gifts from Indonesia: Historical Bonds with the House of Orange -Nassau (1600-1938), Waanders Publishers, 1995.
Wright, A., The Bellarmine and other German Stoneware, Little Dunham, 2009.
Wright, A., The Bellarmine and other German Stoneware II, Little Dunham, 2011.
Zandvlieyt, K. et al, The Dutch Encounter with Asia 1600-1950, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 2002.
ISLAMIC
Al-Jadir, S., Arab & Islamic Silver, Stacey International, 1981.
Allan, J.W., Persian Steel: The Tanavoli Collection, Yassavoli Publications, 2000.
Askit, I., The Topkapi Palace, Askit, 2000.
Auld, S., Renaissance Venice, Islam and Mahmud the Kurd: A Metalworking Enigma, Altajir World of Islam Trust, 2004.
Bloom, J.M., Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt, The American University in Cairo Press, 2007.
Carboni, S., & Whitehouse, D., Glass of the Sultans, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2001.
Daftary, F., & Z. Hirji, The Ismailis: An Illustrated History, Azimuth Editions, 2008.
Folsach, K., von, Art from the World of Islam: in the David Collection, 2001.
Hagan, H. & L. Myers, Tuareg Jewelry: Traditional Patterns and Symbols, 2006.
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Mightier than the Sword, Arabic Script: Beauty and Meaning, IAMM Publications, 2004.
Istanbul: The City and the Sultan, Nieuwe Kerk, 2007.
Khatibi, A., et al, Triangulo de al-Andalus, Alcazaba de Los Udaya, Rabat, 2004.
al Khemir, S., From Cordoba to Samarqand: Masterpieces from the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Musee du Louvre Editons/5 Continents, 2006.
Komaroff, L. et al, Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts, LACMA/Yale University Press, 2011.
Lavin, D., The Art and Tradition of the Zuloagas: Spanish Damascene from the Khalili Collection, The Khalili Family Trust, 1997.
lleo Canal, V., El Real Alcazar de Sevilla, Lunwerg Editores, 2002.
Loukonine, V., & A. Ivanov, Persian Lost Treasures, Mage Publishers, 2003.
Maddison, F. & E. Savage-Smith, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art: Science, Tools & Magic, Part One: Body and Spirit, Mapping the Universe, The
Nour Foundation, 1997.
Savage-Smith, E., The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art: Science, Tools & Magic, Part Two: Mundane Worlds, The Nour Foundation, 1997.
McWilliams M. & D. Roxburgh, Traces of the Calligrapher: Islamic Calligraphy in Practice c. 1600-1900, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2007.
Melikian-Chirvani, A.S., Le Chant du Monde: L'Art de l'Iran Safavide 1501-1736, Somogy Editions D'Art, 2007.
Mohamed, B., The Arts of the Muslim Knight: The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection, Skira, 2008.
National Museum of Scotland, Beyond the Palace Walls: Islamic Art from the State Hermitage Museum/Islamic Art in a World Context, NMS, 2006.
Piotrovsky, M., & J.M. Rogers, Heaven on Earth: Art from Islamic Lands, Prestel, 2004.
Rogers, J.M., The Arts of Islam: Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2007.
Rosser-Owen, M., Islamic Arts from Spain, V&A Publishing, 2010.
Roxburgh, D. (ed.), Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years 600-1600, RAA, 2005.
Salibi, K. et al, Cultural Treasures of Jordan: Jordan's Traditional Crafts, Turab, 2000.
Schuckelt, H., The Turkish Chamber: Oriental Splendour in the Dresden Armoury, Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2010.
Spirit & Life: Masterpieces of Islamic Art from the Aga Khan Museum Collection, The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, 2007.
Splendeurs du Maroc, Musee Royal de l'Afrique Central, Belgium, 1998.
Tareq Rajab Museum, Museum Guide, Kuwait, 1994.
The Tsars and the East: Gifts from Turkey and Iran in the Moscow Kremlin, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 2009.
Unwin, S., The Arab Chest, Arabian Publishing, 2006.
Zakzouk, A., et al, Las Andalucias de Damasco a Cordoba, Institut du Monde Arabe, 2000.
HIMALAYAN
Bangdel, L.S., Inventory of Stone Sculptures of the Kathmandu Valley, Royal Nepal Academy, 1995.
Beer, R., The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs, Serindia, 2004.
Berger, P., & T. Tse Bartholomew, Mongolia: The Legacy of Chinggis Khan, Thames & Hudson, 1995.
Casey Singer, J., Gold Jewelry from Tibet and Nepal, Thames & Hudson, 1996.
Casey, J., et al, Divine Presence: Arts of India and the Himalayas, Casa Asia/5 Continents, 2003.
Clarke, J., Jewellery of Tibet and the Himalayas, V&A Publications, 2004.
Friedman, M.S., Nepalese Casted Vessels, Decanters & Bowls, Pilgrims Publishing, 2000.
Friedman, M.S., Nepalese Cast Religious and Cultural Lamps, Pilgrims Publishing, Volume 2, 2005.
Gabriel, H., Jewelry of Nepal, Thames & Hudson, 1999.
Heller, A., Tibetan Art: Tracing the Development of Spiritual Ideals and Art in Tibet, 600-2000AD, Jaca Books, 2000.
Heller, A., Early Himalayan Art, Ashmolean Museum, 2008.
Heller, A., Hidden Treasures of the Himalayas: Tibetan Manuscripts, Paintings and Sculptures of Dolpo, Seindia Publications, 2009.
Hutt, M., Nepal: A Guide to the Art & Architecture of the Kathmandu Valley, Adroit Publishers, 2010.
Kerin, M.R., Artful Beneficence: Selections from the David R. Nalin Himalayan Art Collection, Rubin Museum of Art, 2009.
Kvaerne, P., The Bon Religion of Tibet, Shambhala, 2001.
Lama, M.N. Ritual Objects & Deities: An Iconography on Buddhism & Hinduism, Lama Art, 2003.
LaRocca, D.J., Warriors of the Himalayas: Rediscovering the Arms and Armor of Tibet, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006.
Linrothe, R., & J. Watt, Demonic Divine: Himalayan Art and Beyond, Rubin Museum or Art/Serindia Publications, 2004.
Lipton, B., & N.D. Ragnubs, Treasures of Tibetan Art: Collections of the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, Oxford University Press, 1996.
Locke, J., Buddhist Monasteries of Nepal: A Survey of the Bahas and Bahis of the Kathmandu Valley, Sahayogi Press, 1985.
Macdonald, A.W. & A. Vergati Stahl, Newar Art, Aris & Phillips Ltd, 1979.
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, Fundacion 'la Caixa', Barcelona, 2000.
Mongolian Arts and Crafts, State Publishing House, Ulan-Bator, 1987.
Musee National D'Histoire Naturelle, Tresors du Tibet, Editions du Museum, 1987.
Myers, D., and S. Bean (eds), From the Land of the Thunder Dragon: Textile Arts of Bhutan, Serindia, 1994.
Pal, P., Art of Nepal, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.
Pal, P., Marvels of Buddhist Art: Alchi-Ladakh, Ravi Kumar Publishers, 1988.
Pal, P., Art of Tibet, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
Pal, P., Art of the Himalayas: Treasures from Nepal and Tibet, Hudson Hills Press, 1991.
Pal, P., Art from the Himalayas & China: Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, Yale University Press, 2003.
Pal, P., Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2004.
Rawson, P., Sacred Tibet, Thames & Hudson, 1991.
Reynolds, V., Tibet: A Lost World: The Newark Museum Collection of Tibetan Art and Ethnology, The American Federation of Arts, 1978.
Reynolds, V. et al, From the Sacred Realm: Treasures of Tibetan Art from the Newark Museum, Prestel, 1999.
Sakya, Jnan Bahadur, Short Description of Gods, Goddesses and Ritual Objects of Buddhism and Hinduism in Nepal, Handicraft Association of Nepal, 2000.
von Schroeder, U., 108 Buddhist Statues in Tibet, Serindia Publications, 2008.
Shanghai Museum, Treasures from Snow Mountains: Gems of Tibetan Cultural Relics, Shanghai Museum, 2001.
Shreshta, Padma Prakash (ed.), Nepal Rediscovered: The Rana Court 1846-1951 - Photographs from the Archives of the Nepal Kingdom Foundation, Serindia
Publication, 1986.
Sirhandi, M., Royal Nepal: Through the Lens of Richard Gordon Matzene, Serindia Publications, 2009.
Slusser, M.S., Patan Museum Guide, The Patan Museum, 2002.
Slusser, M.S., The Antiquity of Nepalese Wood Carving: A Reassessment, Smithsonian Institution, 2010.
Thurman, R., & D. Weldon, Sacred Symbols: The Ritual Art of Tibet, Sotheby's/Rossi & Rossi, 1999.
Tse Bartholomew, T., & J. Johnston (eds), The Dragons Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2008.
Waldschmidt, E & R.L., Nepal: Art Treasures from the Himalayas, Elek Books, 1967.
Weldon, D., & J. Casey Singer, The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet: Buddhist Art in the Nyingjei Lam Collection, Laurence King/Weatherhill, 1999.
Weldon, D., & J. Casey, Faces of Tibet: The Wesley and Carolyn Halpert Collection, Carlton Rochell, 2003.
CENTRAL ASIA
The Caucasian Peoples, catalogue for an exhibition of the Russian Ethnographic Museum, staged at the Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium, 2001.
Kalter, J. (ed.), Uzbekistan: Heirs to the Silk Road, Thames & Hudson, 1997.
Kalter, J., The Arts and Crafts of Turkestan, Thames & Hudson, 1983.
ARMS & ARMOUR
Caravana, J. et al, Rites of Power: Oriental Weapons: Collection of Jorge Caravana, Caleidoscopio, 2010.
De Silva, P.H.D.H & S. Wickramasinghe, Ancient Swords, Daggers & Knives in Sri Lankan Museums, Sri Lanka National Museums, 2006.
Elgood, R., Firearms of the Islamic World: In the Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait, IB Taurus Publishers, 1995.
Elgood, R., Hindu Arms and Ritual: Arms and Armour from India 1400-1865, Eburon, 2004.
Gardner, G.B., Keris and other Malay Weapons, Orchid Press, 2009 (reprint of 1936 original).
Ghiringhelli, V., Kris Hilts: Masterpieces of South-East Asian Art, 5 Continents, 2011.
Groneman, I., The Javanese Kris, C. Zwartenkot Art Books, 2009.
Hamzuri, Keris, Penerbit Djambatan, 1988.
LaRocca, D.J., Warriors of the Himalayas: Rediscovering the Arms and Armor of Tibet, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006.
Mohamed, B., The Arts of the Muslim Knight: The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection, Skira, 2008.
Stone, G.C., A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in all Countries and in all Times, first published in 1934, Jack Brussel, 1961.
Tirri, A.C., Islamic Weapons: Maghrib to Moghul, Indigo Publishing, 2003.
Tirri, A.C., Islamic and Native Weapons of Colonial Africa 1800-1960, Indigo Publishing, 2007.
Van Zonneveld, A., Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago, C. Zwartenkot Art Books, 2001.
TRIBAL ART
Abiodun, R., H. J. Drewal & J. Pemberton III, Yoruba: Art and Aesthetics, The Center for African Art and the Rietberg Museum Zurich, 1991.
Ao, A. S., Naga Tribal Adornment: Signatures of Status and Self, The Bead Society of Greater Washington, 2003.
Archey, G., Whaowhia Maori Art and its Artists, Collins, 1977.
Bacquart, J. B., The Tribal Arts of Africa, Thames and Hudson, 1998.
Barbier, J. P., Art of Nagaland: The Barbier-Müller Collection Geneva, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
Barbier, J. P., Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: the collections and activities of the Barbier-Mueller Museum 1977-1987, Barbier-Mueller Museums, 1987.
Bargna, I., African Art, Editoriale Jaca Book, 2000.
Barmert, A., Africa: Tribal Art of Forest and Savanna, Thames & Hudson, 1980.
Bassani, E., Arts of Africa: 7000 Years of African Art, Skira, 2005.
Bassani, E., Ivoires d’Afrique dans les Anciennes Collections Françaises, Actes Sud, Musée du Quai Branly, 2008.
Beran, H. & B. Craig, Shields of Melanesia, University of Hawaii Press, 2005.
Berzock, K. B. & C. Clarke, Representing Africa in American Art Museums: A Century of Collecting and Display, University of Washington Press, 2010.
Binkley, D. A. & P. Darish, Visions of Africa: Kuba, 5 Continents, 2009.
Bleakley, R., African Masks, Thames & Hudson, 1978.
Blier, S. P., Art of the Senses: African Masterpieces from the Teel Collection, MFA Publications, 2004.
Boyer, A. M., Visions of Africa: Baule, 5 Continents, 2008.
Brake, B., J. McNeish & D. Simmons, Art of the Pacific, Oxford University Press, 1979.
Brown, D., Maori Arts of the Gods, Penguin, 2008.
Celenko, T., A Treasury of African Art from the Harrison Eiteljorg Collection, Indiana University Press, 1983.
Chemeche, G., The Horse Rider in African Art, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2011.
Cole, H. M. & D. H. Ross, The Arts of Ghana, Regents of the University of California, 1977.
Colleyne, J. P., Visions of Africa: Bamana, 5 Continents, 2009.
Coquet, M., African Royal Court Art, University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Dark, P. J. C., An Introduction to Benin Art and Technology, Oxford University Press, 1973.
Dodd, E., The Ring of Fire: Polynesian Art, Dodd Mead & Co, 1967.
Dodier, L., Totems Miniatures de l’art des Cuillères des Indiens de la Côte Nord-Ouest, Galerie Dodier, 2011.
Drewal, H. J. & M. T. Drewal, Gelede: Art and Female Power among the Yoruba, Indiana University Press, 1983.
Drewal, H. J. & E. Schildkrout, Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures from West Africa, British Museum Press, 2009.
Duchâteau, A., Benin: Royal Art of Africa from the Museum für Völkerkunde Vienna, Prestel, 1994.
Duuren, D. V., Oceania at the Tropenmuseum, KIT Publishers, 2011.
Dyke, C. V., African Art from the Menil Collection, Yale University Press, 2008.
Eisenhofer, S., African Art, Taschen, 2009.
Eyo, E. & F. Willett, Treasures of Ancient Nigeria, Collins, 1980.
Ezra, K., African Ivories, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984.
Faber, P., Africa at the Tropenmuseum, KIT Publishers, 2011.
Fagg, W., Nigerian Images, Lund Humphries Publishers, 1963.
Fagg, W., Tribes and Forms in African Art, Methuen, 1965.
Fagg, W., J. Pemberton III & B. Holcombe, Yoruba: Sculpture of West Africa, Collins, 1982.
Falgayrettes-Leveau, C., et al, Ghana: Hier et Aujourd'hui/Yesterday and Today, Musee Dapper, 2003.
Fur, Y. L., Musée du quai Branly The Collection: Art from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas, Flammarion, 2009.
Garrard, T. F., African Gold, Prestel, 2011.
Ghent, G., Emblems of Passage: Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Museum of Craft & Folk Art, 2002.
Gillon, W., Collecting African Art, Studio Vista, 1979.
Gillow, J., African Textiles: Colour and Creativity Across a Continent, Thames & Hudson, 2003.
Ginzberg, M., African Forms, Skira, 2000.
Groootaers, J. L. & I. Eisenburger, Forms of Wonderment: The History and Collections of the Afrika Museum Berg en Dal, 2002.
Guimarães, J. D., et al, África, Diálogo Mestiço: Colecção De Arte Tribal De José de Guimarães, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, 2009.
Gunn, M. & P. Peltier, New Ireland: Art of the South Pacific, 5 Continents, 2006.
Hahner, I., M. Kecskési & L. Vajda, African Masks: The Barbier-Mueller Collection, Prestel, 2007.
Heppell, M., et al, Iban Art: Sexual Selection and Severed Heads, C. Zwartenkot/Kit Publishers, 2005.
Hooper, S., Pacific Encounters: Art & Divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860, British Museum Press, 2006.
Hurst, N., Power and Prestige: The Arts of Island Melanesia and the Polynesian Outliers, Hurst Gallery, 1996.
Jones, P., Boomerang: Behind an Australian Icon, Wakefield Press, 1996.
Kaeppler, A. L., C. Kaufmann & D. Newton, Oceanic Art, Abrams, 1997.
Kaeppler, A. L., Polynesia: The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art, University of Hawaii Press, 2010.
Kaufmann, C., C. K. Schmid & S. Ohnemus, Admiralty Islands: Art from the South Seas, Museum Rietberg Zurich, 2002.
Kjellgren, E., Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.
Kjellgren, E. & C. S. Ivory, Adorning The World: Art of the Marquesas Islands, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005.
Klopper, S. & K. Nel, The Art of Southeast Africa: from the Conru Collection, 5 Continents, 2002.
Klopper, S., A, Nettleton & T. Pethica, The Art of Southern Africa: The Terence Pethica Collection, 5 Continents, 2007.
Kooijman, S., The Art of Lake Sentani, University Publishers, 1959.
Kreamer, C. M., African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection, Smithsonian, Prestel, 2007.
LaGamma, A., Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures, Yale University Press, 2011.
Leloup, H., Dogon, Somogy, 2011.
Lehuard, R. & A. Lecomte, Statuaire Babembe, 5 Continents, 2010.
Leveau, C. F., et al, L’Art d'être un Homme, Afrique, Océanie, Musée Dapper, 2009.
Linton, R. & P. S. Wingert, Arts of the South Seas, The Museum of Modern Art, 1972.
Longenecker, M. & C. F. Perczel, Ethiopia: Folk Art of a Hidden Empire, Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art, 1983.
Mack, J., Emil Torday and the Art of the Congo 1900-1909, British Museum, 1991.
Massa, G., Masques Animaux d’Afrique de l’Ouest, Sépia, 1995.
McClusky, P., Art from Africa: Long Steps Never Broke a Back, Seattle Art Museum, 2002.
Meyer, A. J. P., Oceanic Art, Könemann, 1995.
Morin, F., & B. Wastiau (eds.), African Terra Cottas: A Millenary Heritage in the Barbier-Mueller Museum Collection, Somogy Editions D'Art, 2008.
Neyt, F., Luba aux Sources du Zaire, Musée Dapper, 1994.
Neyt, F., Fleuve Congo: Arts d’Afrique Centrale Correspondances et Mutations des Formes, Fonds Mercator, 2010.
Njoku, O. N., Mbundu, Rosen Publishing, 1997.
Notué, J. P., Batcham: Sculptures du Cameroun, Musée de Marseille, 1993.
Oddner, G., Afrikanskt: Inspirationskälla för den Moderna Konsten, Malmö Konsthalls, 1986.
Owusu, H., African Symbols, Sterling, 2000.
Peltier, P. & F. Morin, Shadows of New Guinea: Art from the Great Island of Oceania in the Barbier-Mueller Collections, Somogy, 2007.
Petty, D., The Art of Eastern Australia: Fine Aboriginal Weapons & Artefacts [sic], Graphic Solutions, 2009.
Perrois, L., Visions of Africa: Fang, 5 Continents, 2006.
Petridis, C., The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southeast Africa, 5 Continents, 2011.
Phillips, T., Africa: The Art of a Continent, Prestel, 2004.
Phillips, T., African Goldweights: Miniature Sculptures from Ghana 1400-1900, Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 2010.
Plankensteiner, B., Benin Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria, Snoeck Publishers, 2007.
Polo, F., Encyclopedia of the Ibeji, Ibeji Art, 2008.
Price, C., Made in Africa, Cassell & Collier Macmillan Publishers, 1975.
Quarcoopome, N. O., Through African Eyes: The European in African Art, 1500 to Present, Detroit Institute of Arts, 2009.
Robbins, W. M. & N. I. Nooter, African Art in American Collections, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989.
Roberts, A. F., Animals in African Art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous, Prestel, 1995.
Roberts, M. N. & A. F. Roberts, The Shape of Belief: African Art from the Dr. Michael R. Heide Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1996.
Ross, D. H., Visions of Africa: The Jerome L. Joss Collection of African Art at UCLA, Regents of the University of California, 1994.
Schmidt, A. M. & P. Westerdijk, The Cutting Edge: West Central 19th century Throwing Knives in the National Museum of Ethnology Leiden, National Museum of
Ethnology Leiden, 2006.
Segy, L., African Sculpture, Dover Publications, 1958.
Sieber, R., Out of Africa: Sub-Saharan Traditional Arts, The Dayton Art Institute, 2000.
Starzecka, D. C., R. Neich & M. Pendergrast, The Maori Collections of the British Museum, British Museum Press, 2010.
Stevenson, M. & M. G. Stewart, The Mlungu in Africa: Art from the Colonial Period, 1840-1940, Michael Stevenson Contemporary, 2003.
Strother, Z. S., Visions of Africa: Pende, 5 Continents, 2008.
Tejada, A. C. R. & M. Coquet, África: Magia y Poder - 2500 Años de Arte en Nigeria, Fundación La Caixa de Pensiones, 1998.
Thiel, J. F. & H. Helf, Christliche Kunst in Afrika, Dietrich Reimer, 1984.
Thompson, R. F., African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, University of California Press, 1974.
Völger, H. V. G., Kunst der Welt: Im Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum für Völkerkunde, Köln, Prestel, 1999.
Waite, D. & K. Conru, Solomon Islands Art: The Conru Collection, 5 Continents, 2008.
Walker, R. A., Olowe of Ise: A Yoruba Sculptor to Kings, National Museum of African Art, 1998.
Wardwell, A., Island Ancestors: Oceanic Art from the Masco Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1994.
Wastian, B., Visions of Africa: Chokwe, 5 Continents, 2006.
Waterfield, H. & J. C. H. King, Provenance: Twelve Collectors of Ethnographic Art in England 1760-1990, PHP, 2009.
Welsch, R. L., V. L. Webb & S. Haraha, Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art and Society in the Papuan Gulf of New Guinea, University of Washington Press, 2006.
Willett, F., African Art, Thames & Hudson, 1971.
Zaloumis, A., Zulu Tribal Art, Amazulu, 2000.
OTHERS
Anderson, S., Flames of Devotion: Oil Lamps from South and Southeast Asia and the Himalayas, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, 2006.
Bennett, J., & A. Reigle Newland, The Golden Journey: Japanese Art from Australian Collections, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2009.
Cruse, J., The Comb: Its History and Development, Robert Hale Ltd, 2007.
Daalder, T., Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment: Australia, Oceania, Asia, Africa, Ethnic Art Press/Macmillan, 2009.
Delalande, D. & E., Memoires d'Opiums/Memories of Opium, Somogy editions, 2011.
Ethnic Jewellery: From Africa, Asia and Pacific Islands, Pepin Press, 2004.
Lee, P., Opium Culture: The Art & Ritual of the Chinese Tradition, Park Street Press, 2006.
Lerner, M., & S. Kossak, The Lotus Transcendent: Indian and Southeast Asian Art from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991.
Martin, S., The Art of Opium Antiques, Silkworm, 2007.
Pinn, K., Paktong: The Chinese Alloy in Europe 1680-1820, Antique Collectors' Club, 1999.
Quette, B. (ed.), Cloisonne: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Bard Graduate Center, 2011.
Treasures of the Israel Museum, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1985.
TRAVEL BOOKS & LITERARY WORKS
These books, some of which are relatively obscure, provide atmospherics and context for the cultures and people from which the Gallery's objects have been
sourced. Many collectors are likely to enjoy them.
Ali, Ahmed, Twilight in Deli, New Directions, 1994. (Originally published in 1940 this novel provides an evocative account of a middle-class Mughal family during the
dying days of the Mughal era in Delhi.)
Bock, Carl, The Head-Hunters of Borneo, Oxford University Press, 1985. (First published in 1881 - an account of travels through Borneo but also Sumatra in the
nineteenth century.)
Bock, Carl, Temples and Elephants: Travels in Siam in 1881-1882, Oxford University Press, 1986. (Originally published in 1883.)
Chia, Felix, The Babas Revisited, Heinemann Asia, 1994. (Descriptions of life among the Straits Chinese in the early part of the twentieth century.)
Dalrymple, W., The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857, Bloomsbury, 2006. (A brilliant account of the last days of the Mughal dynasty which also offers
excellent descriptions of how Delhi was looted of its cultural and other treasures first by the sepoy forces and then by the British.)
Duras, Marguerite, The Lover, Flamingo, 1986. (The story of an affair between a French teenage girl and the son of a wealthy local Chinese businessman in Cholon
and Sa Dec, colonial Vietnam.)
Forster, Harold, Flowering Lotus: A View of Java in the 1950s, Oxford University Press, 1989. (A travel narrative set in Java during the 1950s, first published in
1958.)
Framjee, Dosabhoy, The Parsees: Their History, Manners, Customs and Religion, Asian Education Services, 2006. (A non-fiction account of Bombay's
Parsee/Zoroastrian community, first published in 1858.)
Laidler, K., The Last Empress: The She-Dragon of China, Wiley, 2003. (A non-fictional account of the Dowager Empress Cixi and her household.)
Lubis, Mochtar, Indonesia: Land Under the Rainbow, Oxford University Press, 1987. (A popular history of Indonesia written by a well known Indonesian writer.)
Malouf, Amin, Samarkand, Abacas, 1992. (A fictional account of the history of the manuscript of the Rubaiyaat of Omar Khayyam.)
Maxwell, G., Lords of the Atlas: The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956, Eland, 2004.
Pramoedya Ananta Toer, This Earth of Mankind, Child of all Nations, Footsteps, and House of Glass, Penguin. (This quartet of historical novels by Indonesia's most
famous novelist provides an epic account of the birth of Javanese national consciousness during the period 1890-1920, through the eyes and experiences of the
central protagonist Raden Mas Minke.)
Smith, Malcolm, A Physician at the Court of Siam, Oxford University Press, 1986. (First published in 1957. An account of court life in Thailand in the 1940s.)
Yeap, Joo Kim, The Patriarch, Lee Teng Lay, 1975. (An account of life in a big Straits Chinese or baba household in Penang during the first half of the twentieth
century.)
Wilcox, Harry, Six Moons in Sulawesi, Oxford University Press, 1989. (First published in 1949 - an account of the author's six months among the Torajan people of
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