Archive - Jewellery books by Country - Asia

The following titles have been noted by Jewellery History Today. Titles with a reference to JHT at the end are reviewed in that issue. To read the review (members only), click here.

For ethnic and traditional jewellery, by country, click here.

General

Bijoux de Mésopotamie - les bijoux irakiens à travers les siècles.

catalogue.

Centre culturel Irakien, 1980.

unpaginated (ca. 30 pages), paperback, 20 x 12 cm.

Vanishing Beauty: Asian Jewelry and Ritual Objects from the Barbara and David Kipper Collection.

Madhuvanti Ghose.

Art Institute of Chicago, 2016, $65.

276 pages, hardback, 9.5 x 12 inches.

ISBN: 978-0300214840

Schmuck Fur Lebende Und Tote: Form Und Funktion Des Schmuckinventars Der Konigsgruft Von Qatna in Seinem Soziokulturellen Umfeld.

Elisa Rossberger.

Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2016, €198.

482 pages, hardback, 30.5 x 23.5 cm, German

ISBN: 978-3447104395.

Volume 4 in the Qatna studies series.

The Art of Adornment: Jewellery of the Islamic Lands, Parts 1 and 2.

Michael Spink, Jack Ogden.

Khalili Collections, 2013, £125.

702 pages, slip case, 37.3 x 26.9 cm.

ISBN 978-1874780861. JHT 27

The History of Traditional Assamese Ornaments.

Utpal Bania.

Utpal Bania, Nagaon, 2014, $12.

28 pages, hardback, 22 cm, English and Assamese.

Chinese

Chinese Contemporary Jewelry Design.

Bifei Cao.

Schiffer, 2020, $60.

320 pages, hardback, 11 x 8.5 inches.

ISBN: 978-0764360282

Excelling the Work of Heaven: Personal Adornment From China.

Kate Lingley.

University of Hawaii Art Gallery, 2007.

160 pages, paperback.

Published to accompany an exhibition in Hawaai.

Bringing Heaven to Earth: Chinese Silver Jewellery and Ornament in the Late Qing Dynasty.

Elizabeth Herridge.

Paul Holberton Publishing, 2016, £40.00.

200 pages, paperback, 28 x 24 cm.

ISBN 978-0995557703. JHT 28

Jinse Zhongguo: Zhongguo Gudai Jinqi Da Zhan. The Golden China: Gold Artifacts of Ancient China.

Nanjing Museum catalogue.

Nanjing, 2013. £180.

447 pages, hardback, 29 x 21 cm, Chinese, with captions and summary in English.

Catalogue of an exhibition of gold objects dating from the Warring States to the Qing period at Nanjing.

Jewelry and Costumes of Ming Dynasty

Nanjing Municipal Museum of China

Science Press, Nanjing, 2000.

240 pages, hardback, 11.5 x 8.75 inches.

ISBN 978-7030082336.

Royal Style: Qing Dynasty and Western Court Jewelry.

Tsai, Mei-Fen.

NPM Publications, Taipei, 2012. NT$900.

560 pages, paperback, 23 x 28 cm, Chinese, with captions in English.

ISBN: 978-9575626471

Catalogue of an exhibition of Chinese and western jewellery from the The National Palace Museum, the Shenyang Palace Museum and the Cartier Collection.

Chinesische Schmucktäschchen

Loretta H. Wang

Dausien Werner, 1999.

120 pages, hardback, 28.6 x 21.6 cm, German.

ISBN 978-3768410298.

Filipino

Philippine Ancestral Gold.

F.H. Capistrano-Baker, J. Guy, J. Miksic.

NUS Press, 2012, $98.

300 pages, hardback or paperback, 11.3 x 9.5 inches.

ISBN: 978-9971696528

The jewelry art of Celia Molano: A glimpse of Asian and Philippine jewelry traditions.

E.P. Patanne.

Philippine Women's University, 1998.

100 pages, hardback.

ISBN: 978-9718517048

Indian

India La Corte e il Tempio. Gioielli dal Museo Nazionale di Nuova Delhi.

catalogue.

Nodolibri, Como, 1996.

271 pages, paperback, 23.5 x 22 cm.

Published in association with an exhibition at the Palazzo Brancaccio, Rome.

Munnu: Vision and Passion.

Usha R. Balakrishnan (SJH member).

The World Diamond Museum, 2022, £80.

252 pages, hardback, 30 x 30 cm.

ISBN:‎ 978-1838048419

India, Jewels that Enchanted the World: Every Picture Tells a Story.

Usha R. Balakrishnan (SJH member).

The World Diamond Museum, 2021, £155.

428 pages, hardback, 27.1 x 34.9 cm.

ISBN: 978-0992840402

Published in association with an exhibition at the Moscow Kremlin

Treasures of the Deccan.

Vol I. Jewels of the Nizams.

Usha R Balakrishnan, Deepthi Sasidharan.

216 pages.

Vol II. Painted Visions

Navina Najat Haidar.

100 pages.

Graf Media, 2018, Rs 8500.

2 vol, hardback in slipcase, 27 x 34 cms.

ISBN: 978-8190618830

Great Diamonds of India.

Monisha Bharadwaj.

India Book House, 1999.

144 pages, paperback, 17.3 x 20.1 cm.

ISBN: 978-8175083264

The Ornaments of Bengal: A Profile.

Bholanath Bhattacharya.

Monfakira, Howrah, 2008, INR 195.00.

108 pages, paperback, 19 x 22 cm.

ISBN: 978-8190680332.

Jewellery of India: Five thousand years of tradition.

Francis Brunel.

National Book Trust, India, 1972.

82 pages, hardback, 33 x 23 cm.

Alankar: Ornaments Of The Tribes.

Gopa Chakrabarti.

Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata, 2003, $30.

36 pages, paperback, 21 x 27 cm.

ISBN: 978-8185579818.

Indo-Greek Jewellery.

Rai Govind Chandra.

Abhinav Publications, 1979.

158 pages, hardback.

ISBN: 978-0712801416.

East Meets West: Jewels of the Maharajas from the Al Thani Collection.

Martin Chapman.

Prestel Verlag GmbH & Co, 2018, £29.99.

176 pages, hardback, 24.9 x 27.5 cm.

ISBN: 978-3791357836

Published in association with an exhibition at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Combs. Tribes in India.

Bharati Debi, Anshu Prokash Nandan.

Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata, 2002, $30.

28 pages, paperback, 22 x 27 cm.

ISBN: 978-8185579696.

Indian folk jewellery: designs and techniques.

Waltraud Ganguly (SJH member).

B.R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi, 2015, $100.

128 pages, hardback, 29 cm.

ISBN 978-9350502129

Earrings: Ornamental Identity and Beauty in India.

Waltraud Ganguly (SJH member).

B.R World of Books, Delhi, 2007, $55.

284 pages, hardback, 29 cm.

ISBN: 978-8176465878.

Traditional Jewelry of Himachal .

Vidhu Ganjoor & Buzz Burza .

Samvedana Culture & Heritage Trust, New Delhi, 2011, $55.

133 pages, paperback, 30 cm.

ISBN: 978-8190718059.

Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al-Thani Collection.

Navina Najat Haidar.

Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University Press, 2014, $40.

144 pages, hardback, 7.3 x 10.4 inches.

ISBN: 978-0300208870. JHT 23

Chandrika: Silver Ornaments of India.

Jutta Jain-Neubauer.

Timeless Books, New Delhi, 2001.

132 pages, hardback, 9 x 12.5 inches.

Trésor du monde - Joyaux indiens au temps des Grands Moghols.

Manuel Keene, Salam Kaoukji.

Thames & Hudson,2006.

160 pages, paperback, 219 x 27.6 cm, French.

ISBN: 978-2878112764

India - Jewels That Enchanted the World.

The Moscow Kremlin State Historical and Cultural Museum.

Indo-Russian Jewellery Foundation, 2014, €210.

436 pages, hardback, 26 x 34 cm.

ISBN: 978-0992840402

Catalogue of an exhibition at the Moscow Kremlin Museums.

Jewels of the Nizams.

Usha R Bala Krishnan.

Govt. of India, India Book House, Mumbai, 2001.

240 pages, paperback, 32.8 x 25.2 cm.

ISBN: 978-8185832159

hardback version.

ISBN: 978-8175083066

Esplendores do Oriente/Splendours of the Orient. Gold Jewels from Old Goa.

Exhibition Catalogue.

Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (MNAA), 2014, €20.

200 pages, paperback, 27 x 20 cm, Portuguese, English.

ISBN: 978-9722722988

Published to accompany an exhibition of Goanese traditional jewellery at Lisbon.

Chandrika Silver Ornaments of India.

Jutta Jain-Neubauer.

Timeless Books, New Delhi, 2001.

131 pages, hardback, 11.2 x 8.9 inches.

Indian Jewellery. Bijoux Indiens.

Elizabeth Markevitch.

Sotheby's, 1987.

123 pages, hardback, 28 x 21 cm, English, French.

The Indian Gem & Jewellery Industry During The Global Economic Crisis.

Prathmesh Mody.

LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012, €49.

116 pages, paperback, 22.0 x 15.0 cm.

ISBN: 978-3659252693

The Gold Arc: A Study of the Jewellery Industry [in India].

Shantanu Rajguru.

Independently published, 2019, £11.50, Kindle £6.83.

188 pages, paperback, 14 x 21.6 cm.

ISBN: 978-1092913942

Enduring Splendor: Jewelry of India's Thar Desert.

Thomas K. Seligman, Usha R. Balakrishnan.

Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2017, $25.

136 pages, paperback, 8 x 9.9 inches.

ISBN: 978-0990762645

Published in association with an exhibition at the Fowler Museum, Los Angeles.

Handcrafted Indian Enamel Jewellery.

Rita Devi Sharma, M. Varadarajan.

Lustre Press/Roli Books, 2004.

144 pages, hardback, 22.9 x 22.9 cm.

ISBN: 978-8174362476

Bejewelled Treasures. The Al-Thani Collection.

Susan Stronge.

V & A Publishing, 2015, £25.

176 pages, hardback, 24.8 x 28.6 cm.

ISBN: 978-1851778577

Published in association with an exhibition at the V&A.

Tribal ornaments in Maharashtra.

Y.P.S. Tomar, Robin D. Tribhuwan.

Maharashtra Tribal Research & Training Institute, Pune, 2006.

43 pages, paperback, 28 cm, English and Marathi.

Traditional Indian Jewellery: The Golden Smile of India.

Bernadette Van Gelder.

ACC Art Books, 2017, £125.

608 pages, hardback, 2 vols in slipcase, 27.5 x 32.5 cm.

ISBN: 978-1851498536

When Jewellery Speaks (Celebrating the Tradition of Kundan Minakaari).

Shimul Mehta Vyas.

National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, 2012, $150.

267 pages, hardback, 33 cm.

ISBN:978-8186199756

Indonesian

Dancing in Silver: The Jewellery of Runi Palar.

Bruce W. Carpenter.

Editions Didier Millet, 2017, $90.

320 pages, hardback, 11.4 x 12.1 inches.

ISBN: 978-9814610407

Magie van de Vrouw. Weefsels en sieraden uit de gordel van smaragd.

Anne van Cutsem-Vanderstraete.

Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, 2012, €55.

552 pages, hardback, 24 x 18 cm, Dutch and English.

ISBN: 978-9081816410

Published in association with an exhibition at the Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, on textiles and jewellery from Indonesia.

Javagold – Pracht und Schönheit Indonesiens.

Alfried Wieczorek, Wilfried Rosendahl.

Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag, 2019, €24.95.

240 pages, hardback, 24.7 x 28.4 cm, German.

ISBN: 978-3961760862

Published in association with an exhibition at the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museums

Israeli

Jewellery in Israel: Multicultural Diversity 1948 to the present.

Iris Fishof.

Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2013, £35.

224 pages, hardback, 29.5 x 22.9 cm.

ISBN: 978-3897903968

Japanese

Zierkämme und ornamentaler Haarschmuck aus Japan.

Fritz Falk.

Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, 1978.

40 pages, paperback, German.

Published in association with an exhibition of work from the Chiko Okazaki Collection, Tokyo, at the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim.

Contemporary Japanese Jewellery.

Simon Fraser, Toyohiro Hida.

Merrell Publishers Ltd, 2001.

128 pages, paperback, 28.2 x 22.4 cm.

ISBN: 978-1858941639

Netsuke. Japanischer Gürtelschmuck des 18. bis 20. Jahrhunderts aus einer westdeutschen Privatsammlung.

Patrizia Jirka-Schmitz .

Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum, 1994.

248 pages, hardback, 27.5 x 21.3 cm.

Published in association with an exhibition at the Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf

Transfiguration: Japanese Art Jewelry Today.

Hitomi Kitamura, Kaneko Kenji, Kida Takuya.

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 2006.

166 pages, paperback, English, Japanese.

The Peacock's Feather: Gentlemen's Jewelry of Old Japan.

Joseph Kurstin.

International Netsuke Collectors Society, 2007.

132 pages, hardback, 29.8 x 23.2 cm.

ISBN: 978-1588860934

In The Garden [20th-century enamel].

Kunio Nakajima.

Kashiwa bookstore Matsubara, 2009.

1686 pages, hardback, 21.4 x 16.2 cm, Japanese.

ISBN: 978-978-4877901141

One hundred years of jewellery in Japan : 1850-1950.

Akio Seki, Norio OÌ"hashi.

Bijutsu Shuppansha, 2005.

230 pages, hardback, 8.2 x 5.9 inches, Japanese.

ISBN: 978-4568201826.

Catalogue of an exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art

Japanese Jewelers Directory.

Ikuko Watanabe, Ryo Yamaguchi.

Word Labo, 2016, $49.70.

144 pages, paperback, 10.1 x 10.2 inches, Japanese, English.

ISBN: 978-4904608111.

26 contemporary Japanese jewellers, with an overview of the history of Japanese jewellery and traditional techniques.

Inrō. Japanese Belt Ornaments. The Trumpf Collection.

Uta Werlich / Susanne Germann.

Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2016, €98.

432 pages, hardback, 22 x 29.5 cm, English, German.

ISBN: 978-3897904446

Kazakh

Древнее Золото Казахстана, Қазақстанның Көне Алтын, The Ancient Gold of Kazakhstan.

K. Akishev.

Oner, Almaaty, 1983.

261 pages, hardback, Russian, Kazakh, English.

Korean

Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom.

S. Lee, D. Patry Leidy.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013, $65.

240 pages, hardback, 8 x 10 inches.

ISBN: 978-0300197020

Persian

Beauty & Fashion: History of Clothing & Jewellery in Iran. Vol. 4 (Culture of Iran Youth Series).

P. Massoume, F. Welland.

Anahita Prod Ltd, 2012, c. £20.

p class="copy1">112 pages, hardback, 28.2 x 22.1 cm.

ISBN: 0980971438

Gioielli dall'Iran.

S. Balbi de Caro.

De Luca Editori d'Arte, 2007, €28.

101 pages, softback, 24 x 30 cm. ISBN: 978-8880168041

Published in association with an exhibition at Rome.

Jewelry by Parviz Tanavoli.

Sarah B. Sherrill.

Bon Gah Publications, 2008. $225.

85 pages, hardback, English, Persian. ISBN 978-6005268003

Zivar-haye zanan-e Iran az dirbaz ta konun (Jewellery of Iranian woman from ancient times to the present day).

Jalil Ziapour.

Teheran: Ministry of culture and arts, 1969.

537 pages, hardback, Persian.

Thai

Jewelry Treasures of Thailand.

Richard Werly, Bernard Maquin.

Beauty Gems, 2004.

hardback, 10 x 9.9 inches.

ISBN: 978-9889811518

Turkish

Stones of the Grand Bazaar: Meváris Jewellery From Istanbul.

Altinbas Fatma.

Mondadori Electa, 2021, £90.

224 pages, hardback, 14 x 9.8 inches.

ISBN: 978-8891830135

Ottoman Jewellery. Reading history through jewellery.

Gül İrepoğlu.

BKG Publications, 2012, 150 TL. 360 pages, hardback, 31.5 x 24 cm. ISBN: 978-6055488147. JHT 17

Is Jewelry Still a Craft?: The Role of Trust and Work Ethic in Jewelry Sector. The Case of Istanbul Grand Bazaar.

I Dem Rek.

LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011, £52.

152 pages, paperback, 22.9 x 15.2 cm.

ISBN: 978-3846523582

Tarih Boyunca Anadolu'da Taki ve Kuyumculuk Kültürü - Jewel and Jewellery Culture in Anatolia Throughout History.

Sabahattin Türkoğlu.

Istanbul Kuyumcular Odasi Yayinlari, 2013, 100 TL.

224 pages, hardback, 24 x 34 cm, Turkish, English.

ISBN: 978-6058747234