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CHINESE PICTORIAL ART: As Viewed by the Connoisseur. Notes on the Means & Method
by VAN GULIK, R.H
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Roma 1958, Instituto. Red cloth, very good, 537p., glossary, appendices, 160 b. w. plates, folio, appendices, 42 samples with silk & paper pamphlet in pocket,large size 23 x 29.5 cm index. FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 950 NUMBERED COPIES Van Gulik stated in his bibliography that he "...considered this work his 'MAGNUM OPUS' which he worked on since 1940. By and large, his most impressive and the most valuable re- source on this subject yet done in any language. An essent- ial study for any serious collector of Japanese and Chinese paintings. Covers in much scholarly detail: the technique of moutning of new scrolls and rubbings, remounting & repair of antique scrolls. History of mounting: early history & devel- opment during the T'ang and Sung dynasties, the Yuan dynasty and after, including the history of mounting in Japan. The books of mounting: Chou Chia-chou's Chuang-huang-chih & Chou Erh-hsueh's Shang-yen-su-hsin-lu. The judging of antique sc- rolls, connoisseurship of seals, the collecting of scrolls. * ALWAYS RARE & HIGHLY COLLECTABLE ! * .
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- Title
- CHINESE PICTORIAL ART: As Viewed by the Connoisseur. Notes on the Means & Method
- Author
- VAN GULIK, R.H
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- Used -
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Chinese Art: References On All Aspects & Disciplines; Japanese Art: References On All Subjects, Aspects & Disciplines; Chinese Painting: Illustrated Art Reference Books; Japanese Painting: Illustrated Art Reference Books; ; Japanese Folk Art;
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An Art & Intellectual Property Co. Since 1967* * * * *SINCE 1967, THE PAST FIFTY-YEARS WE HAVE BEEN PURVEYORS OF FINE & RARE BOOKS ON ALL ASPECTS FAR EASTERN, ASIAN & SOUTHEAST ASIAN CULTURES, COUNTRIES & SUBJECTS.Specialties include but are not limited to: CHINA, KOREA, JAPAN, TAIWAN, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM, INDO-CHINE, CAMBODIA, LAOS, PHILIPPINES, SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, CANTON, MACAO AREAS. LAFCADIO HEARN: First Editions, Manuscripts, Collections, Obscure Items, Japanese Cirimen-bon [Crepe Paper Books], LIBRARIES PURCHASED, APPRASIAL FOR ANY REASON. MEMBERS OF THE ABAA & ILAB SINCE JUNE 1973
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