Dr kosaku hamada (1 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Dr. Hamada's very important and highly collectible work on early Chinese jade. Richly illustrated, and complete in two volumes. With the contents and list of plates in English, and the text and title pages in Japanese.The rarest and most desirable book on Jade this work was last seen at auction in 1978.The very scarce first edition of this work, complete in two volumes. Consisting of a string-sewn volume on important jade books, and a slip cased set of plates.Both volumes are housed in a traditional Japanese folding portfolio, with two bone clasps.The work of Japanese academic, archaeologist, author and President of Kyoto University, Kosaku Hamada.Hamada details the jade housed in the collection of Ueno Riichi, Japanese newspaper manager in the Meiji and TaishÅ eras.Illustrated with twenty eight colour plates with captioned tissue guards. With further full page and vignette illustrations to the text volume.Collated, complete.A wonderful and very scarce study of early Chinese jade artefacts and decorative objects. Two volumes - one string-sewn volume in paper wraps, one paper covered slip case - housed in a folding Japanese style portfolio with bone clasps. String-sewn volume in excellent condition, with light spotting to title label. One panel to head of slip case lacking, with handling marks to boards of slip case, and spotting to paper label. Portfolio in excellent condition, with bone clasps in full working order. Pages clean and bright in text volume. Significant handling marks to list of plates, title page, and plate XXVIII in plates volume. Plates otherwise exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…