Chinese jade & hardstones reading list
Ayers, John and Rawson, Jessica Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages. Oriental Ceramic Society, London, l975. A comprehensive exhibition that took place at the V&A.
Chung, Wah-pui, Michaelson, Carol & So, Jenny F., Chinese Jade Animals. Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1996. An exhibition entirely of animal figures.
Hansford, S. Howard, Chinese Carved Jades. Faber & Faber, London, l968
Hansford, S. Howard, Chinese Jade Carving. Lund Humphries, London, l950
Ip, Yee, Chinese Jade Carving. Hong Kong Museum of Art, l983. ISBN. 962 215 054 3
Lam, Peter Y.K. (ed), Jades from the Tomb of the King of Nanyue, Hong Kong, 1991. ISBN. 962 321 023 X
Loehr, Max, Ancient Chinese Jades, from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection In the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard. Cambridge, Massachusetts, l975
Mou, Yongkang et al, Liangzhu Culture Jade. Woods Publishing, Hong Kong, 1989. Chinese text. ISBN. 962 321 0159
Palace Museum, Beijing Jade, Book I, II & III. Hong Kong, 1995. Complete collection of jades in the Palace Museum, Beijing. Chinese text
Rawson, Jessica, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing. London, 1995. One of the best books on Chinese jade published in English. ISBN. 0 7141 1469 3
Scott, Rosemary (ed), Chinese Jades. Colloquies on Art & Archaeology in Asia No.18. Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 1997
Teng, shu-p'ing, Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Hindustan Jade. National Palace Museum, Taipei, l983
Watt, James C.Y., Chinese Jades from Han to Ching. The Asia Society/John Weatherhill Inc., l980. ISBN. 0 87848 056 0
Wilson, Ming, Chinese Jades. V&A Publication, 2004. Masterpieces from the V&A collection. ISBN. 1-85177-441-6
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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Chinese Jades
A comprehensive history of the development of jades from the neolithic era to the 19th-century.
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Thu 19 July 2012–Sat 21 July 2012

CONFERENCE: The V&A and the University of Reading are organising an international conference related to the major AHRC project, ‘Giving Voice to the Nation': the Arts Council of Great Britain and the development of theatre and Performance in Britain 1945-1995.
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