Asian Art Online Auction

November 14, 2013

LOT 56

Lot 56

Group of Roughly 40 Books and Catalogues on Mostly Chinese Art Including Export Porcelain and Snuff Bottles

Group of Roughly 40 Books and Catalogues on Mostly Chinese Art Including Export Porcelain and Snuff Bottles
Lot 56 Details
Group of Roughly 40 Books and Catalogues on Mostly Chinese Art Including Export Porcelain and Snuff Bottles

Oriental Ceramics: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Kodansha, 1982); Macintoch. Chinese Blue and White Porcelain (Tuttle, 1977) (2 copies); Perry. Chinese Snuff Bottles (Tuttle, 1967); Bushell. Oriental Ceramic Art (Tuttle, 1980); Beurdeley. Chinese Trade Porcelain (Tuttle, 1969); Mascarelli. The Ceramics of China (Schiffer 2003); Bushell. Collector’s Netsuke (Weatherhill, 1971); Howard and Ayers. Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection in the Virginia Museum(Sotheby’s 1980); Gordon. Treasures from the East: Chinese Export Porcelain for the Collector (Main Street Press, 1984); Gordon. Chinese Export Porcelain: An Historical Survey (Main Street Press, 1975); The Chinese Exhibition (Royal Ontario Museum1974); de Boulay. Chinese Porcelain (Octopus Books, 1973); Palmer. A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain (Crown Publishers, 1976); Sze. The Way of Chinese Painting (Vintage Book 1956); Hobson. Chinese Pottery and Porcelain (Dover 1976); Cobalt Treasures: The Bell Collection of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain (Gardiner Museum 2003); Hoe. Timeless Splendour: Treasures from the National Museum of China (Canadian Museum of Civilization 2007); The Effie B. Allison Collection: Kosometsuke and Other Chinese Blue and White Porcelain (Asian Art Museum of San Francisco 1982); Blue and White: Early Japanese Export Ware (Metropolitan Museum of Art 1978); Shansi Wall Paintings and Sculptures from the Chin and Yuan Dynasties (Royal Ontario Museum 1969); PB Eighty-Four, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, October 11, 1979; PB Eighty-Four, Chinese Snuff Bottles, March 12, 1980 (2 copies); PB Eighty-Four, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, May 28, 1980 (2 copies); Sotheby’s New York, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, October 3, 1980; Sotheby’s New York, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, December 18, 1980; Sotheby’s New York, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part III, June 25, 1982; Sotheby’s New York, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, November 3, 1982; Sotheby’s New York, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Alice B. McReynolds, Part II, April 16, 1985; Sotheby’s New York, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Dr Paula Hallett, December 2, 1985; Sotheby’s London, Chinese Snuff Bottles, Ceramics and Works of Art, December 3/16, 1997; The Asia House Gallery, New York, Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Edward Choate O’Dell Collection, November 1982; Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles Number One; Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles Number Two
largest 15" x 11" — 38 x 28 cm.

Estimate $300-$400

Realised: $264
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

Provenance:

Property from a Notable North York Estate.

CONDITION DETAILS

books have been use but are in fairly good condition

LOT 56
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  • 2 Stars: Fair - Exhibits flaws or damage that may draw the eye under standard lighting
  • 1 Star: Poor - Flaws or damage immediately apparent under standard lighting (examples: missing components, rips, broken glass, damaged surfaces, etc.)

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