Asian Art

BAELZ COLLECTION. Croissant, Doris & Misako Wakabayashi.

Japanese Paintings in the Linden-Museum Stuttgart. A selection from the Baelz Collection.

Stuttgart. Linden-Museum & Kondasha. 1991 2 vols. 4to. pp. 366; 496. Includes 482 pages of reproductions including 30 colour plates. Two hardback volumes in slipcase. New.

£95

ref: 34313

BARBOUTAU, Pierre.

Tome I. Biographies des Artistes Japonais dont les Oeuvres figurent dans la Collection Pierre Barboutau. Tome II. Estampes et Objets d'Art.

Amsterdam. R.W.P. de Vries 1905. 4to. 2 vols. pp. 83; 88. Illustrated throughout. Original embossed decorative wrappers by Auriol.

This is the Paris publication by Bing of 1904 with the title page altered for the Dutch publisher ... (more)

£250

ref: 23906

BARBOUTEAU COLLECTION.

Tome I. Biographies des Artistes Japonais dont les Oeuvres figurent dans la Collection Pierre Barboutau. Tome II. Estampes et Objets d'Art.

Amsterdam. R.W.P. de Vries 1905. 4to. 2 vols. pp. 83; 88. Illustrated throughout. Original embossed decorative wrappers by Auriol, spine of vol. 2 repaired.

This is the Paris publication by Bing of 1904 with the title page altered for the Dutch publisher ... (more)

£250

ref: 22676

BING COLLECTION.

Collection S. Bing. Objets d'Art et Peintures du Japon et de la Chine.

Paris. Durand-Ruel. 1906. 6 folio fascicules. Plates and text illustrations throughout. Six parts in wrappers housed in publisher's folder, slightly rubbed.

The illustrated catalogue of Bing's collection of Japanese art published in six volumes: Sculptures ... (more)

£800

ref: 31248

BRINKLEY, Captain F. (Editor).

Japan, Described and Illustrated by the Japanese. Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars.

Boston. J. B. Millet Company. 1897. 10 vols. Folio. pp. vii, 382. Illustrated with 100 large plates ... (more)

From the Edition de Grand Luxe limited to 50 numbered copies with all photographs hand-coloured ... (more)

£6,000

ref: 33424

BRINKLEY, Captain F.

Japan and China. Its History, Arts and Literature.

London. T.C. & E.C. Jack. 1903-4. 8vo. 12 volumes (1-8 Japan; 9-12 China). Together 3750 pages, with ... (more)

Library edition limited to 500 numbered copies. A very fine set.

£600

ref: 31185

BROCKHAUS COLLECTION.

Netsuke vormals aus der Sammlung A. Brockhaus. Netsuke formerly in the A. Brockhaus Collection.

Cologne. Kunsthandel Klefisch. 1981. Oblong 8vo. pp. 84. Illustrated. Wrappers.

Auction catalogue of over 250 lots.

£10

ref: 31013

BROWN, Louise Norton.

Block Printing and Book Illustration in Japan.

London. G. Routledge & Sons. 1924. 4to. pp. xiii, 261. 43 plates in colour and monochrome. Bound in cloth backed boards, worn, hinges cracked. Ex library with location numbers on spine, blind stamp on front board, book plate on front endpaper, occasional ink stamp in text, blind stamps on plates.

£120

ref: 22687

BUSHELL COLLECTION.

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the collection of Raymond Bushell.

London. Christies. 1984. 8vo. pp. 54. Colour and monochome illustrations. Wrappers.

Exhibition held at Christies on the occasion of the London International Netsuke Convention, October 1984.

£5

ref: 31006

CASTIGLIONE. Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens

Giuseppe Castiglione 1688-1766. Peintre et architecture a la cour de Chine.

Paris. Thalia. 2007. 4to. pp. 224. 73 colour plates, 75 monochrome and colour text illustrations. Pictorial boards.

£55

ref: 32508

CHRISTIE'S.

Japanese Wood and Ivory Carvings, Wood and Ivory Netsuke, Ojime, Kiseru-zutsu and Inro.

London. Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd. October 1979. 8vo. pp. 66, (6). Black and white illustrations. Wrappers.

Auction catalogue with over 400 lots.

£5

ref: 31017

CHRISTIES.

Catalogue of A Celebrated Oriental Collection.

London. Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. 1967. 4to. pp. 97. Colour and monochrome illustrations throughout. Cloth, dust jacket.

Auction catalogue.

£10

ref: 25147

COHEN, George.

In Search of Netsuke & Inro.

Birmingham. Jacey. 1974. Tall 8vo. pp. 95. 32 colour plates each illustrating groups of pieces. Cloth, dust jacket, spine repaired. Burn mark on book spine.

£12

ref: 28142

COLLECTION DE M. KISS. Deshayes, E. (preface).

Objets d'Art et de Haute Curiosite de l'Extreme-Orient.

(Paris). (1921). 4to. pp. v, 159. Hors-texte sepia plates throughout, each object being numbered on the guardleaf. Original parchment wrappers, worn with loss to spine.

A catalogue of over 850 works, including bronzes, wood sculpture, enamels, lacquer works, inros, netsukes, ceramics and textiles.

£50

ref: 31304

CONDER, Josiah.

The Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement.

Tokyo. Hakubunsha. 1891. Folio. pp. xii, 136. With 14 colour plates, 40 outline plates, and 26 text illustrations. Original elaborately colour printed wrappers in Japanese style, bound with cloth ties. Spine stitching worn with loss to one of the binding ties.

First edition.
Josiah Conder was a British architect. He was invited to Japan by the government ... (more)

£1,800

ref: 31014