Hardcover
1914 · NY
by Williams, Rose Sickler, Hobson, Robert Lockhart [and] Edward Sylvester Morse
NY: Japan Society, 1914. Hardcover. VG,overall a very clean tight copy. Equal or better to the copy pictured, these are from old dealer stock. Grey cloth, gilt lettering. 129 pp. 66 color and bw plates. Foreword by the Asiatic Institute. A Report on Keramic Wares of the Sung Dynasty by Rose Sickler Williams. Glossary of Chinese Terms. This excellent work brings together knowledge on Sung Pottery from disparate sources, drawing upon our past understading as well as new research on Chinese books, collections, kiln sites, andshards. The native works consulted include the Hsiang Yuan-p"ien Catalogue (in the original, and in Dr. Bushell"s traslation), the T"ao Lu (in the original,and in the French of Julien), the T-ao Shuo, and the Ko Ku Yao Lun. Limited edition of 1500 copies (Roy Young, Bookseller).
(Inventory #: 16005)