CONTENTS

1. PERIODS OF ART WARREN E. COX Art Director of the Encyclopædia Britannica 1

2. TEXTILES AND EMBROIDERIES A. F. KENDRICK , F.R.S.A. Keeper of Textiles in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 9

3. AESTHETIC DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA CARL W. BISHOP Associate Curator of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington 12

4. ARCHITECTURE OSWALD SIRÉN Director, National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden 20

5. CHINESE PAINTING LAURENCE BINYON , HON. LL.D. Deputy-Keeper of Oriental Prints, British Museum, London 52

6. WOOD CARVING JIRO HARADA Imperial Household Museums, Japan 65

7. CHINESE SCULPTURE OSWALD SIRÉN Director, National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden 68

8. SCREEN KOJIRO TOMITA Keeper of Japanese Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 101

9. POTTERY AND PORCELAIN R. L. HOBSON Keeper of the Department of Ceramics, British Museum, London 109

10. JEWELLERY ANONYMOUS 137

11. ENAMEL LT. COL. E. F. STRANGE , C.B.E. Victoria and Albert Museum, London 140

12. JADE AND OTHER HARD STONE CARVINGS GEO. F. KUNZ , PH.D., Sc.D. Gem Expert, Tiffany & Co., New York 146

13. IRON IN ART BENJAMIN MARCH Curator of Asiatic Art, Detroit Institute of Arts 159

14. IVORY CARVING JIRO HARADA Imperial Household Museums, Japan 161

15. LACQUER LT. COL. E. F. STRANGE , C.B.E. Victoria and Albert Museum, London 164

16. BRONZE AND BRASS ORNAMENTAL WORK CHARLES F. KELLEY Curator of Oriental Art, Art Institute, Chicago 173

BIBLIOGRAPHIES 189