Chinese ivory & bamboo carving reading list
Clunas, Craig, Chinese Carving, London 1996. ISBN. 981 3066 12 1
Ip, Yee & Tam, Laurence, Chinese Bamboo Carving. Two volumes, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, l978 and l982. ISBN. 962 215 041 1
Kwan, Simon, Chinese Ivories from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1990. ISBN. 962 7101 16 8
Kwan, Simon, Ming and Qing Bamboo. Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2000. ISBN. 962 8038 257
National Palace Museum, A Catalogue of the Tusk, Bone, Bamboo and Wood Carvings Donated to the National Palace Museum from the Yu-Ting-Ning Studio. Taipei, 1997. ISBN. 957 5623 177
Wang, Shixiang, The Charms of the Gourd, Hong Kong, 1993. ISBN. 962 577 004 6
Watson, William, Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, New York, 1984. ISBN. 0 903421 22 4
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Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950
From 19 May 2012 the V&A celebrates the opening of the newly renovated Fashion Galleries with an exhibition of beautiful ballgowns, red carpet evening dresses and catwalk showstoppers.
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