The Golden Age of Chinese Art by Hugh Scott

The Golden Age of Chinese Art (Second Printing in Illustrated Dust Jacket)

An Illustrated Survey of T'ang Dynasty Art from the Private Collection of a US Senator

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: The Golden Age of Chinese Art: The Lively T'ang Dynasty
• Author: Hugh Scott
• Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont ; Tokyo, Japan
• Publication Date: 1970
• ISBN-10: 0804802122
• Edition Details: Second printing, 1970. Published by Charles E. Tuttle Company.
• Binding: Publisher's dark olive-green cloth boards, gilt title to the front board with blind-stamped fret motifs, in illustrated dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large illustrated quarto art book, xii + 191 pages. With colour and black-and-white plates, glossary, bibliography and index.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Boards: Dark olive-green cloth boards with gilt lettering to the front and blind-stamped fret motifs. The spine is straight. A few small dark spots show on the front board beneath the jacket. Corners and edges appear sound.
• Interior: The text block is clean and tight, with bright pages and a colour plate free of foxing or markings. The endpapers are yellow. A tiny brown speck appears on the copyright page.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. The dark illustrated jacket carries gilt and blue lettering and a bronze mirror illustration. There is some wear at the head of the spine and a few scuffs or marks to the front panel. The back panel and flaps appear clean, and the flap is reinforced at the fold with tape or clear film. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

The Golden Age of Chinese Art: The Lively T'ang Dynasty is an illustrated survey of the art of China's Tang dynasty (618-907), told through objects from the author's own collection.

Chapters cover gold and silver, jade, glass, jewellery, pottery and porcelain, gilt bronzes, sculpture and textiles. The book is illustrated with 124 plates, 24 of them in colour, and opens with a history of the Tang era.

Its author, Hugh Scott, was both a long-serving American senator and a noted collector of Chinese art, which gives the volume the particular character of a collector's own record of his holdings. A useful and handsome reference for collectors of Oriental art books.

Author Profile: Hugh Scott

Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (1900-1994) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives and the Senate. He served in the Senate from 1959 to 1977 and was Senate minority leader from 1969 to 1977.

A well-known collector of Chinese art, Scott drew the plates for this book from his own collection. In 1972 he joined the first official Senate delegation to the People's Republic of China.

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