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Netsuke: The Miniature Sculpture of Japan by Barker, Richard; Smith, Lawrence - 1976
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Netsuke: The Miniature Sculpture of Japan
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British Museum Publications Limited, London, 1976 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 20 x 25.7 cm; 0.722 Kg; 184 pages including 36 netsuke in colour and 650 monochrome illustrations.; Used book with minor signs of wear, namely a tear on the bottom rear of the dust jacket and minor yellowing throughout.The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; Netsuke open the door to almost every aspect of Japanese life seen in miniature. So intricate and delicate, even humorous at times, is their carving that in the West it is often forgotten that netsuke served a functional purpose as small toggles. They were to stop the cord slipping on the sash, which hung the small objects that every man needed to carry around with him - his tobacco pouch, pipe, purse and yatate (a combined writing-brush and ink-well). Before the seventeenth century netsuke were insignificant objects and rarely of artistic interest. With increasing prosperity, merchants, often rich and enlightened patrons of the arts, were not allowed to flaunt their riches and so fine netsuke were a means by which a merchant could express his wealth in a not too noticeable form. Today fine netsuke are appreciated not only for their workmanship but also for the glimpses of Japanese legend and everyday life that they give in such beguiling ways. They exist in many different kinds of material, often specially and cleverly selected to reflect the object they represent. Richard Baker and Lawrence Smith have selected 404 of the best and most interesting netsuke from the British Museum. Every piece is illustrated, including signatures of carvers where present, and the introductory text fits the pieces in their context and comments on their place in the world of netsuke. Notes on the carvers, their schools and areas of work are an important and useful feature which will be of great value to all the collectors together with the comprehensive illustrated coverage..
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- ISBN 10 071411409X
- ISBN 13 9780714114095
- Publisher British Museum Publications Limited, London
- Date Published 1976
- Keywords japan,japanese art,netsuke,history,edo period
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British Museum Press, 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:071411409X
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British Museum Press, 1979. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, light spotting to the fore-edge and rear endpapers but a tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text. The pictorial dust jacket is well preserved but has faded to the spine. Illustrated, 184pp.
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Netsuke : the miniature sculpture of Japan / Richard Barker & Lawrence Smith
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London: British Museum Publications for the Trustees of the British Museum, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 184 pages: illustrations (some color); 26 cm. Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held 22 June to 12 September 1976 at the British Museum to coincide with the London Netsuke Convention. Intended as a permanent record of the major part of the Museum's collection. Subjects: British Museum. Netsuke; Catalogues. Netsukes Exhibitions. Sculpture, Japanese. Sculpture - Japan. Japanese Art. Netsukes. Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue. Illustrated.
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