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Auction archive: Lot number 2529

AN EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE SET OF TEN VOLUMES OF 'ORIENTAL C...

Estimate
HK$150,000 - HK$200,000
ca. US$19,353 - US$25,804
Price realised:
HK$225,000
ca. US$29,030
Auction archive: Lot number 2529

AN EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE SET OF TEN VOLUMES OF 'ORIENTAL C...

Estimate
HK$150,000 - HK$200,000
ca. US$19,353 - US$25,804
Price realised:
HK$225,000
ca. US$29,030
Beschreibung:

AN EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE SET OF TEN VOLUMES OF 'ORIENTAL CERAMIC ART'
AN EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE SET OF TEN VOLUMES OF 'ORIENTAL CERAMIC ART' PRINTED 1896, NEW YORK, BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY, NUMBER 13 OF 500 Grouped in pairs and placed into five original green cloth protective covers, each cover woven with two characters, Taoshuo , 'Ceramics Records', the book covers bound with yellow paper, each with a descending dragon painted with green and red, and highlighted with gilt, below the title, 'Oriental Ceramic Art', and above 'Collection of W.T. Walters', followed by the section number, the spines enforced with yellow silk, featuring full-page chromolithographic plates by Louis Prang and black and white illustrations, accompanying the notes and text Asian ceramics, focusing primarily on Chinese imperial and export wares written by S.W. Bushell 22 1/2 x 17 in. (57.2 x 43 cm.) (5)

Auction archive: Lot number 2529
Auction:
Datum:
3 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
3 December 2008, Hong Kong
Beschreibung:

AN EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE SET OF TEN VOLUMES OF 'ORIENTAL CERAMIC ART'
AN EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE SET OF TEN VOLUMES OF 'ORIENTAL CERAMIC ART' PRINTED 1896, NEW YORK, BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY, NUMBER 13 OF 500 Grouped in pairs and placed into five original green cloth protective covers, each cover woven with two characters, Taoshuo , 'Ceramics Records', the book covers bound with yellow paper, each with a descending dragon painted with green and red, and highlighted with gilt, below the title, 'Oriental Ceramic Art', and above 'Collection of W.T. Walters', followed by the section number, the spines enforced with yellow silk, featuring full-page chromolithographic plates by Louis Prang and black and white illustrations, accompanying the notes and text Asian ceramics, focusing primarily on Chinese imperial and export wares written by S.W. Bushell 22 1/2 x 17 in. (57.2 x 43 cm.) (5)

Auction archive: Lot number 2529
Auction:
Datum:
3 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
3 December 2008, Hong Kong
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