Asian Art Reference Books Online Auction

October 28, 2010

LOT 41

Lot 41

Eighteen Volumes on Chinese Art

Eighteen Volumes on Chinese Art
Lot 41 Details
Eighteen Volumes on Chinese Art

Including: CHINESE ART: AN INTRODUCTORY REVIEW OF PAINTINGS, CERAMICS, TEXTILES, BRONZES, SCULPTURES, JADE, ETC. Fry et. al. London: Burlington Magazine, 1925; ARTS OF CHINA: NEOLITHIC CULTURES TO THE TANG DYNASTY RECENT DISCOVERIES. Akiyama et. al. Tokyo, New York, San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1978; DATED CHINESE ANTIQUES: 600-1650. Riddell. London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1979; CHINESE ART PART III. Jenyns. New York: Rizzoli, 1982; THE ART OF THE DRAGON. Xin, Yihua and Naixiang. Hong Kong: The Commercial Press Ltd., 1988; TRANSACTIONS OF THE ORIENTAL CERAMIC SOCIETY. London: Oriental Ceramic Society, 1964; A CONNOISSEUR’S GUIDE TO CHINESE CERAMICS. Beurdeley. New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row Publishers, 1984; FAR EASTERN CERAMICS. Impey. Junqueiro: Casa-Museu Guerra Junqueiro,; CERAMICS OF ASIA. Till. Victoria: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 2003; CERAMICS IN THE LIAO DYNASTY. Yutaka. New York: China Institute in America, 1973; I-HISING WARE. Weng. New York: China Institute in America, 1978; FOURTEENTH CENTURY BLUE AND WHITE. Pope. Ohio: News Gazette Printing Co., 1970; CHINA TRADE PORCELAIN. Le Corbeiller. New York: China Institute in America, 1974; CHINESE TRANSLATIONS NO. 8. Hsien-ming and Hsin-kuo. London: Victoria and Albert Museum and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1978; AVERY COLLECTION OF ANCIENT CHINESE CLOISONNE. Getz. Brooklyn, New York: Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science, 1912; EARLY CHINESE MINIATURES. Singer. New York: China Institute in America, 1977; CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL. Hyde. New York: China Institute in America, 1970; CHINESE ARTWORK. Hobson. Berlin: Verlag Ernst Wasmthu A.G., 1927.

Estimate $50-$100

Realised: $150
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Eighteen Volumes on Chinese Art
  • Eighteen Volumes on Chinese Art
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From the library of books and catalogues of a prominent Toronto Asian Art collector

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