{"product_id":"chinese-toggles-culture-in-miniature-9780909952242","title":"Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRare objects from one of the world's only major collections\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis book introduces the understudied cultural artifact of the Chinese belt toggle, known as \u003ci\u003ezhuizi\u003c\/i\u003e (坠子). Similar to their better-known Japanese counterparts, \u003ci\u003enetsuke\u003c\/i\u003e, these small carved ornaments offer a rare glimpse into everyday life in early modern China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToggles were a feature of traditional Chinese garments from the seventeenth century but were scarcely collected. A collaboration between the Powerhouse Museum and Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney, this publication reveals one of the world's largest collections of these extraordinary objects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than personal accessories, toggles were wearable symbols, embodying Chinese folk traditions and cultural beliefs. Today, they can speak to three hundred years of Chinese culture across various levels of society. These intricately carved miniatures display the finesse of traditional craft skills through a broad range of materials from jade, ivory, and amber to wood, glass, and seeds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature\u003c\/i\u003e combines curatorial and scientific analysis of the objects' histories and materials by art historians, archaeologists, scientists, and curators. Edited by the curators of an exhibition of the same name, the book allows a larger audience to engage with these unique objects, pairing academic enquiry with detailed photographic documentation of both the exhibition itself and the catalog of eighty toggles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShuxia Chen is a lecturer at the University of New South Wales School of Art \u0026amp; Design. She was the inaugural curator of the China Gallery and East Asian Collections at the Chau Chak Wing Museum. Min-Jung Kim is curator of Asian arts at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum), Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Power Publications, Sydney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51474972311826,"sku":"9780909952242","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f7458386-bfbd-467b-a484-675d94362138.jpg?v=1752584295","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chinese-toggles-culture-in-miniature-9780909952242","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}