Asian Art Online Auction

July 07, 2011

LOT 133

Lot 133

Eleven Volumes on Jade

Eleven Volumes on Jade
Lot 133 Details
Eleven Volumes on Jade

Including: THE HANDBOOK OF JADE. Hemrich. Mentone, California: Gembooks, 1966; JADE: A STUDY IN CHINESE ARCHAEOLOGY AND RELIGION. Laufer. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1974; SHANGHAI MUSEUM ANCIENT JADE GALLERY. Shanghai: Shanghai Museum of Art; CHINESE CARVED JADES. Hansford. London: Faber and Faber, 1968; CHINESE JADE: THE IMAGE FROM WITHIN. Foster. Pasadena, California: Pacific Asia Museum, 1986; JADE THE ULTIMATE TREASURE OF ANCIENT CHINA. The Canadian Foundation for the Preservation of Chinese Cultural and Historical Treasures, 2000; CHINESE ARCHAIC JADES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Jenyns. London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1951; CHINESE JADES FROM HAN TO CH’ING. Watt. New York: The Asia Society, 1980; CHINESE JADE THROUGHOUT THE AGES. Nott. Rutland Vermont and Tokyo Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1962; THE JADES FROM YINXU. Beijing: 1982.

Estimate $50-$100

Realised: $132
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Eleven Volumes on Jade
  • Eleven Volumes on Jade
Provenance:

From the library of books and catalogues of a prominent Toronto Asian Art collector

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