8th Nov, 2023 10:00

Asian & Islamic Art

 
Lot 442
 

442

Collection of books/catalogues on Asian Art and Furniture

to include Friends of the House, Furniture from China's Towns and Villages, by Nancy Berliner and Sarah Handler, published by Peabody Essex Museum, vol 131, dated 1995, illustrated in monochrome and colour;

Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, volume two, number three, Summer Quarter 1992;

a notebook-size book, 'Images of Asia', Chinese Classical Furniture by Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, Oxford University Press, 1995, illustrated in colour and monochrome, 1st published 1995;

a notebook paper back issue, The Chair in China by Louise Hawley Stone, published by Royal Ontario Museum Toronto 1952,

a paper covered hard-backed issues, dated Chinese Antiquities 600-1650, 195 illustrations alongside descriptions, by Sheila Riddell, 1979, in Memory of His Majesty King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden 1882 - 1973, first published in 1979 by Faber and Faber,

a paper covered issue Selection of Master Works in The Collection of The National Palace Museum, with a preface by Chiang Fu-tsung, 1972, illustrated in colour and monochrome and inscriptions in Chinese and English,

Chinese Ceramics from the Museum Yamato Bunkakan Collection, an illustrated catalogue series No. 7 - 1977,

a hardback book by Margaret Jourdain and R. Soame Jenyns, Chinese Export Art in the 18th Century, published in 1967, with 144 illustrations, first issued in 1950 by Country Life Ltd,

a similar issue, catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition 'Eastern Ceramics and Other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger', first published in 1981 by the Ashmolean Museum and Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications by Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd.,

a jacket paper covered hardback folio size issue with 80 pages and 60 coloured illustrations 'Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection in the Virginia Museum by David Howard and John Ayres, published by Philip Wilson for Sotheby Park Bernet publications,

a hardback folio issue The Arts of The Ching Dynasty, An Exhibition Organised by The Arts Council of Great Britain and The Oriental Ceramic Society from May 26th to July 1964, covering some ten materials with 144 illustrations,

a paper-backed issue, Masterworks in Wood in China and Japan by Donald Jenkins assisted by Robin Sribnick, Portland Art Museum and Asia House Art Gallery,

a paper-backed issue, Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty (1279-1368) by Sherman E Lee and Wai Kam-Ho, published by The Cleaveland Museum of Art, copyright 1968 (13)

Sold for £80
Estimated at £80 - £100


 

Collection of books/catalogues on Asian Art and Furniture

to include Friends of the House, Furniture from China's Towns and Villages, by Nancy Berliner and Sarah Handler, published by Peabody Essex Museum, vol 131, dated 1995, illustrated in monochrome and colour;

Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, volume two, number three, Summer Quarter 1992;

a notebook-size book, 'Images of Asia', Chinese Classical Furniture by Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, Oxford University Press, 1995, illustrated in colour and monochrome, 1st published 1995;

a notebook paper back issue, The Chair in China by Louise Hawley Stone, published by Royal Ontario Museum Toronto 1952,

a paper covered hard-backed issues, dated Chinese Antiquities 600-1650, 195 illustrations alongside descriptions, by Sheila Riddell, 1979, in Memory of His Majesty King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden 1882 - 1973, first published in 1979 by Faber and Faber,

a paper covered issue Selection of Master Works in The Collection of The National Palace Museum, with a preface by Chiang Fu-tsung, 1972, illustrated in colour and monochrome and inscriptions in Chinese and English,

Chinese Ceramics from the Museum Yamato Bunkakan Collection, an illustrated catalogue series No. 7 - 1977,

a hardback book by Margaret Jourdain and R. Soame Jenyns, Chinese Export Art in the 18th Century, published in 1967, with 144 illustrations, first issued in 1950 by Country Life Ltd,

a similar issue, catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition 'Eastern Ceramics and Other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger', first published in 1981 by the Ashmolean Museum and Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications by Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd.,

a jacket paper covered hardback folio size issue with 80 pages and 60 coloured illustrations 'Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection in the Virginia Museum by David Howard and John Ayres, published by Philip Wilson for Sotheby Park Bernet publications,

a hardback folio issue The Arts of The Ching Dynasty, An Exhibition Organised by The Arts Council of Great Britain and The Oriental Ceramic Society from May 26th to July 1964, covering some ten materials with 144 illustrations,

a paper-backed issue, Masterworks in Wood in China and Japan by Donald Jenkins assisted by Robin Sribnick, Portland Art Museum and Asia House Art Gallery,

a paper-backed issue, Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty (1279-1368) by Sherman E Lee and Wai Kam-Ho, published by The Cleaveland Museum of Art, copyright 1968 (13)

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