GENZB1 Geng Baochang & Qin Xilin ed: ZHUSHAN BA YOU. (The Eight Friends of Zhushan). Nanchang, 2004. 766 pp. Colour plates throughout, colour text illustrations. 2 vols. 30x24 cm. Cloth. GBP 250.00 An excellent addition to the literature on Republic Period (Minguo) Chinese ceramics, this large two-volume work focuses on the work of the pre-eminent ceramic artists active in Jingdezhen during the Republic period. Known collectively as the Zhushan Ba You (The Eight Friends of Zhushan), this group included Wang Qi, Wang Dafan, Xu Zhongnan, Wang Yeting, He Xuren, Liu Yucen, Cheng Yiting, Bi Botao, Deng Bishan and Tian Hexian. The life and work of each artist is covered in detail with numerous ceramics illustrated. In addition, and of particular interest, paintings by each artists are shown. For a couple of artists, just one or two paintings are shown, more in other cases. This is the first time that we can think of where such a link has been shown to exist between Chinese ceramics and painting and will prove of great interest to scholars examining the links between different media in Chinese art. Whilst some of the ceramics have been illustrated in previous publications, new material is also shown. The paintings have, to our knowledge, never been published. In Chinese. Subjects: Ceramics Painting Available, as of: 03/07/2008 Was item 158 in printed List 144. Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.