collections baur (53 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Good condition. French. (art, sculptures, pottery, anthropology, exhibitions) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: New. . paperback. . Not a first edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Geneve: Collections Baur, 1982. Unpaginated. 29 x 23.5 cm. Light brown cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a glossy pictorial dustjacket with white and black lettering, housed in a plain cardboard slipcase. Some light sunning, rubbing, and bumping to slipcase, with a small label ghost on upper corner of one side of case. Slight bump to tail of spine and bottom corner of front panel of dustjacket. Faint bump to bottom corner of front board. Interior is clean and umarked. Binding firm. Due to the size and weight of this book, additional shipping may be required for expedited and international orders. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

broché. Zustand: Trés Bon. Tres bon etat. 212pp, illustre en couleur. Size: 27x21cms. Book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Cover w. some traces of use. Else fine. [HK11P1].

Hardbound. Zustand: Very Good. Quarto in dust jacket, 157 pp., b/w and color plates. In a thin cardboard slipcase. Text is in French and English. Copy No. 579 of 1500 copies.

Paperback. Zustand: Traces of use. Not paginated. Catalogue.Illustrations en n/b et en couleurs. Edges of the cover show some wear due to the use. Size: 24 x 13 cm.

Broche. Zustand: Bon état. Sans date . ( 52 pp). Illustrations en couleurs et ewn n/b. Texte en françaias. Catalogue.

Zustand: Used: Like New. In-8 broché, comme neuf, bilingue.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English and French text.; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket in slipcase); 24 x 30 cm; 1.6 Kg; 240 pages with colour and black and white illustrations throughout.; ISBN: 2-88031-004-X.; Limited edition of 1600 copies, of which this is 614.; Used in very good condition. Looks as new. Minor signs of wear on the slipcase and dust jacket. Interior as new.; "Among the 1932 acquisitions Mr. Baur restricted the choice partly to enamelled porcelains from Arita kilns and from Nabeshima, which found ready favour among Western collectors, adding also various later, nineteenth century porcelain wares which included in particular examples of Hirado, Kameyama and Kutani; and besides these he also sent a variety of enamelled pottery belonging to the Kyoto tradition, such as Kiyomizu, Awata and Banko. In 1933, the mixture remained the same - as indeed it was to do during the following years down to 1939 - with pieces by other potters working in similar styles, such as Eiraku. Altogether these wares include many of unusual interest, and of types not widely available in Western collections. But in any assessment of the merits of the collection there can be little doubt that pride of place must be given to the group of early porcelains from Arita and above all, to those made for the princely house of Nabeshima, which both in quality and in numbers are hardly to be matched in any collection outside Japan itself." excerpt from the introduction by John Ayers, 1982.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. English and French text.; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket in slipcase); 24 x 30 cm; 1.8 Kg; 200 pages with colour and black and white illustrations throughout.; ISBN: 2-88031-004-X.; Limited edition of 1600 copies, of which this is 565.; Used book in very good condition. Looks as new. Minor signs of wear on the slipcase and the dust jacket.;"This volume is the ninth in the General Catalogue of the Baur Collection, and the fourth to be devoted to Japanese objects. It groups various series of lacquers, leaving aside pipe-cases. This catalogue, which only presents about a third of the objects in the inventory will I hope reflect as faithfully as possibly the totality of the collection: the numerical ratio of the different kinds of boxes (tea caddies, incense holders, writing boxes, inro, etc.) and of signed and unsigned pieces." excerpt from the introduction by Pierre F.Schneeberger (keeper of the Baur Collection).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English and French text.; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 23.5 x 29 cm; 2.8 Kg; 428 pages with colour and black and white illustrations throughout.; ISBN: 2-88031-002.; Limited edition of 1600 copies, of which this is 390.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The dust jacket show edge wear, scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover, the top right side of the front cover is slightly chipped as well as the top of the spine. The outside text block show signs of wear. Interior in very good condition apart some pages that show signs of have been bent.; "The Baur Collection of netsuke is remarkable, both for the great variety of subjects and the great number of carvers represented. In addition it contains a striking number of true masterpieces. At the same time the collection is not so well balanced as one might wish it to be, some important artists missing altogether, others being almost over-represented. This has of course also its advantages. For students and collectors who wish for instance to study the work of Kaigyokusai (31 pieces), Soko (24 pieces), or the famous metal artist Shuraku (30 pieces) there will be few other collections that can afford the same opportunities." excerpt from the introductory text by Martin S. Newstead.; "The collection of netsuke comprises 1,708 pieces, listed as follows by Alfred Baur: 533 netsuke in ivory, 590 in wood, 28 in lacquer, 35 miscellaneous, 247 manju and 275 kagamibuta. This catalogue only illustrates 1,200 pieces of the 1,700 odd of the whole collection. We have therefore selected an ensemble of pieces that could be accomodated within the limits of a volume convenient to handle and consult. Of course all the excluded pieces have been photographed and are described in the inventory." excerpt from the introductory text by Marie-Thérèse Coullery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English and French text.; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 23.5 x 29.5 cm; 1.6 Kg; 52 pages of text plus 137 catalogue entries with black and white and a few colour illustrations.; Limited edition of 1600 copies, of which this is marked as H.C. (one of the 50 copies reserved for the collaborators); Used in very good condition, with minor signs of wear on the exterior of the dust jacket. The interior looks as new.;"Numerically the series of jades forms only a very small part, perhaps no more than two per cent, of the collections so lovingly assembled by Alfred Baur over almost half a century; in sentimental terms on the other hand this group of objects is far from insignificant, for it lay very close to the heart of the Swiss art lover. There is a telling instance connected with the reopening of the Musée Ariana-the Genevan museum which from 1938 has been exclusively devoted to ceramics. In May 1938 he was invited to enhance the lustre of the occasion by lending a part of his collections to the City; in reply he supplemented the splendid choice from his Far Eastern porcelains with almost his whole collection of jades. The Swiss public, otherwise but little acquainted with this type of "bibelot", as they were then still called, was thus given the opportunity of examining and admiring them over a period of some months. The jade collection is here augmented by a few hardstones (rock crystal, agate, cornelian); on the other hand the tobacco flasks, of which about sixty are of jade, have not been included and will be incorporated later in a special catalogue, for the Baur Collection contains more than five hundred examples of this group of small objects which has recently aroused renewed interest in the collecting world. The first jade was bought in England in 1920; the last arrived in Geneva in 1951, the year in which Alfred Baur died. The majority of the pieces were acquired over the thirty intervening years through the Japanese dealer-collector Kumasaku Tomita who procured the greater part of all the Baur Collection. They were bought either in Japan or, most frequently, in China, especially in Peking. A few pieces come from dealers in London or Geneva." excerpt from the introduction.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English and French text.; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket).; Two volumes lacking the slipcases.; 23.5 x 29.5 x 8 cm; 5.2 Kg; With colour and black and white illustrations throughout.; Limited edition of 3100 copies, of which this is 273.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior of the dust jackets, that show edge wear, scufss and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover. Interior in very good condition with minor signs of wear.; "These two volumes include the Japanese prints collected by Alfred Baur over the forty or so years from 1909 to 1949. This art form, is known to have exerted a decisive influence on the development of Western painting, offering first to Impressionist painters and then to the Nabil (to mention only France) an example of a new type of compositions that can serve as an alternative to the grand tradition inherited from the Renaissance. Van Gogh and Monet had assembled collections of prints that are still very carefully preserved and the writer Edmond de Goncourt, himself a well-informed collector, had published two major studies with the help of the Japanese merchant Tadamasa Hayashi, one on Utamaro, the other on Hokusai. Matthi Forrer, the author of the present catalogue, deals exhaustively with the "floating world" and with the various aspects of the production of these pictures carved on wood, a good knowledge of which is so important for an appreciation of the Japanese print." excerpt from the introduction by Frank Dunand (keeper of the Baur Collection), 1994.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English and French text.; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 23.5 x 29 cm; 2.9 Kg; 448 pages with black and white and a few colour illustrations.; Limited edition of 1600 copies, of which this is marked as H.C. (one of the 50 copies reserved for the collaborators); Used with minor signs of wear on the exterior of the dust jacket, namely at the bottom of the front cover and top of the spine, which shows edge wear and scuffs. Interior as new.; "The Baur Collection of Japanese sword-furniture is among the largest and most distinguished in the world, amounting to nearly 2,600 pieces, which include signed work by over 800 different craftsmen. The quality is high, often rising to the superlative, and the range is fully representative." excerpt from the introduction.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English and French text.; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket in slipcase).; Two volumes in slipcase; 23.5 x 29.5 x 8 cm; 5.2 Kg; With colour and black and white illustrations throughout.; Limited edition of 3100 copies, of which this is 448.; Used in very good condition. Looks as new. Minor signs of wear on the slipcase and dust jackets. Minor bump on the right top corner of the slipcase. Interior of both volumes as new.; "These two volumes include the Japanese prints collected by Alfred Baur over the forty or so years from 1909 to 1949. This art form, is known to have exerted a decisive influence on the development of Western painting, offering first to Impressionist painters and then to the Nabil (to mention only France) an example of a new type of compositions that can serve as an alternative to the grand tradition inherited from the Renaissance. Van Gogh and Monet had assembled collections of prints that are still very carefully preserved and the writer Edmond de Goncourt, himself a well-informed collector, had published two major studies with the help of the Japanese merchant Tadamasa Hayashi, one on Utamaro, the other on Hokusai. Matthi Forrer, the author of the present catalogue, deals exhaustively with the "floating world" and with the various aspects of the production of these pictures carved on wood, a good knowledge of which is so important for an appreciation of the Japanese print." excerpt from the introduction by Frank Dunand (keeper of the Baur Collection), 1994.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English and French text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket in carton slipcase); 24 x 29 cm; 2.3 kg; 266 pages (introduction of 22 pages followed by an extensive catalogue with black and white and colour illustrations, each with caption).; OUT OF PRINT. LIMITED EDITION OF 1100 COPIES, 50 DELUXE COPIES IN LEATHER NUMBERED FROM I to L; 1000 STANDARD COPIES IN CLOTH NUMBERED FROM 1 to 1000 AND 50 COPIES RESERVED TO EMPLOYEES, OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 605.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The slipcase shows wear marks throughout and minor yellowing, the edges show minor bumps and signs of wear. The dust jacket shows wear marks, edge wear, scuffs and scratches, some yellowing on the back cover, which also shows a small tear at the top right side. The laminated layer is slightly ungluing on spine. The outside text block shows some yellowing. Interior with some yellowing.; When the Baur Collection museum opened in 1964, few people were aware that this private museum housed one of the most important collections of Chinese ceramics in Europe.; "In these last two volumes of the catalogue therefore our scope will be found limited almost entirely to wares produced during the reigns of K'ang Hsi (1662-1722), Yung Chêng (1723-1735), and Ch'in Lung (1736-1795). But few periods have been more prolific in invention: and to all lovers of Chinese porcelain these are familiar and evocative names calling to mind a succession of styles of unusual brilliance.(.) The present volume is devoted exclusively to the porcelains with monochrome glazes. (.) Their representation in the Baur Collection is one of quite exceptional richness and strengh. Shown here (with relatively few lacunae) is the full gamut of tones and colours that the 18th century potters of the Ching-tê-chên were able to devise, while some of the rarest and most prized effects are present in generous measure. Outstanding among the latter are the "peachbloom" pinks, pale "clair-de-lune" blues and much favoured soft celadon greens, the development of which seems to belong especially to the period about 1715-1745. This part of the collection may therefore be said to offer much of unusual value both to the student, and to the casual visitor." excerpt from the introduction by John Ayers, Keeper at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1972.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English and French text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 24 x 29 cm; 1.8 kg; Introduction of 22 pages followed by an extensive catalogue with black and white and colour illustrations, each with caption.; OUT OF PRINT. LIMITED EDITION OF 1100 COPIES, 50 DELUXE COPIES IN LEATHER NUMBERED FROM I to L; 1000 STANDARD COPIES IN CLOTH NUMBERED FROM 1 to 1000 AND 50 COPIES RESERVED TO EMPLOYEES, OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 879.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The slipcase shows yellowing and wear marks throughout, the edges show minor bumps and signs of wear, the top left side has a tear. The dust jacket shows wear marks, edge wear, scuffs and scratches, wear mark on the top right side of the front cover (likely on the laminated layer. The outside text block shows some yellowing. Interior with minor yellowing.; When the Baur Collection museum opened in 1964, few people were aware that this private museum housed one of the most important collections of Chinese ceramics in Europe.; "The last volume provided an apt demonstration of the new levels of refined workmanship achieved in the porcelain factories of Ching-tê- chên under the Ch'ing dynasty, as a result of the substantial reorganisation put in hand in the time of the K'ang Hsi Emperor (1662-1722). In the perfection of the white porcelain material, the smooth, clear lustre of its glaze and the close attention paid to every aspect of the throwing, finishing and firing of the ware the better products of this time leave nothing to be desired, and these standards were ably maintained down to the end of the 18th century, under the reigns of Yung Chêng (1723-35) and Ch'ien Lung (1736-95). As regards technical proficiency indeed the output of this time is superior to all but the highest levels of the Ming, whatever our preference may be in the matter of design. An outstanding feature of its production was the greatly-expanded range of single- colour glazes, and as we have seen, these are among the especial strengths of the Baur Collection. Yet despite the glorious achievement they represent we should not lose sight of the fact that just as under the Ming, wares with various types of painted decoration remained much the more numerous. The superior quality of the porcelain itself gave added encouragement to the talents of the painter, and whether the decoration was applied by the underglaze or overglaze technique the result was the same: fresh subtleties were elicited both in tonality, and in the varied exploitation of a given palette. The variety of these Ch'ing painted wares is indeed greater than anything we have met with before: this arises both from a diversification of styles, and from the fact that production was raised to unprecedented levels, in order to fulfil the demands of a vast and profitable export trade: thus the collector is faced with a very wide field of choice. In this instance the standard established over previous volumes is well maintained and the proportion of wares presumably made in the Imperial factory is again high, while at the same time most of the significant types of the period, including export wares, will be found represented. Prominent among them are the blue-and-white porcelains and of course those two celebrated families the famille verte and famille rose convenient terms still in wide use, the origin of which we owe to the writings of Albert Jacquemart in the mid-nineteenth century. They embrace a very much wider progeny than their titles at first sight suggest. These major groups are joined by those of the san-ts'ai, the tou-ts'ai, and other more novel combinations of existing ingredients especially as regards enamels, that were sometimes put to quite untraditional uses. Indeed it was in this direction perhaps that the genius of the Ch'ing dynasty flowed most freely and naturally in its search for characteristic expression." excerpt from the introduction by John Ayers, Keeper at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1974.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English and French text; 4 VOLUMES Hardcover (volume 1 and 2 cloth with dust jacket and volume 3 and 4 leather with dust jacket) without the slipcases.; 24 x 29 cm; 7.9 Kg; Each volume includes an introduction followed by an extensive catalogue with black and white and colour illustrations, each with caption.; Used books with signs of wear on the dust jackets and interior. Very good condition overall. The dust jacket of volume I has edge wear at the bottom of the front cover and the exterior text block shows minor yellowing. The dust jacket of volume 2 has some scuffs and scratches on the back cover and spine. The dust jacket on volume 3 has a vertical line throughout the spine, which looks like the spine was glued to the remaining dust jacket and the interior has minor signs of wear with some wrinkles on some of the tissue paper pages. The dust jacket of volume 4 shows some wear signs throughout. All dust jackets are protected with a clearcover.; OUT OF PRINT. LIMITED EDITION OF 1100 COPIES, 50 DELUXE COPIES IN LEATHER NUMBERED FROM I to L; 1000 STANDARD COPIES IN CLOTH NUMBERED FROM 1 to 1000 AND 50 COPIES RESERVED TO EMPLOYEES, OF WHICH THESE ARE: VOLUME I: 770, VOLUME II: 262, VOLUME III: 36 AND VOLUME IV: 36; VOLUME I: Korean and Thai Wares; 1968; 1.9 Kg; 232 pages.; VOLUME II: Ming Porcelain and Other Wares; 1.8 Kg; 194 pages; 1969; VOLUME III: Monochrome-Glazed Porcelains of the Ch'ing Dynasty; 2.3 Kg; 266 pages 1972; VOLUME IV: Painted and Polychrome Porcelains of the Ch'ing Dynasty; 1.9 Kg; 1974; 222 pages.; Alfred Baur was born in the Canton of Zurich, in 1865. He made a life-long collection of Far Eastern art, especially Chinese ceramics and jade, and Japanese porcelain, lacquer ware, netsuke, sword ornaments, prints and textiles. Shortly before he died in 1951, this Swiss connoisseur of Eastern art made over his collection to a foundation which bears his name. The collection is now on view in a Geneva townhouse. These four volumes are a general catalogue of the collections of Chinese ceramics by Mr. John Ayers, Deputy Keeper at the Victoria and Albert Museum at the time of the publication. Each volume covers the following: Volume I: T'ang and Sung, Volume II: Ming, Volume III: Ch'ing (Monochrome and glazed porcelains) and Volume IV: Ch'ing (Painted and polychrome porcelains).

Colour plates, 56pp. Text in English and French. 31 x 24cm. A very good paperback copy. From the library of Aubrey and Eva Sweet with a small label indicating the collection number on the spine.

softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 288 S. Dt. / En. ISBN: 9783930090082 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1414.

Mit 15 Abb. 24 S. Gr. 8°. Illustr. OU., dieser minimal berieben u. angerändert. Kleine handschriftliche Nummer a. d. vorderen Umschlag, sonst gutes Exemplar. (90 Gr.) - Bulletin No. 5. Enthält u. a. folgende Beiträge: M. C. Champoud. Quelques mots sur les inro (7 Abb.); M. C. Une collection de flacons à tabac (2 Abb.); M. Blum. A propos d'une tabatière chinoise. Sprache: französisch.

Mit 12 Abb. 16 S. (ab S. 14 Anz.). Gr. 8°. Illustr. OU., dieser unwesentlich angerändert u. geknickt. Kleine handschriftliche Nr. a. d. vorderen Umschlag, sonst gutes Exemplar. (70 Gr.) - Bulletin No. 6. Enthält folgende Beiträge: M. Coullery. Cérémonie du thé (3 Abb); Ferner: L'esprit de thé (8 Abb.); Tradition orientale et céramique contemporaine (1 Abb.). Sprache: französisch.

Colour and black and white photographic plates, unpaginated. Text in English, introduction also in French. 29 x 23cm. A very good hardback in dustjacket and cardboard slipcase trifle sunned at margins. From the library of Aubrey and Eva Sweet with a small label indicating the collection number on the dustjacket spine.

Zustand: Used: Like New. Lepporello à l'état de neuf.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Limited Edition. 4to. 4 vols. 56, 22, 22, 22pp. Numerous plates, many in color. Original cloth, slightly spotted on edges and endpapers. Dust jacket. Limited to 1100 copies.

HARDCOVER. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Limited edition. Limited Edition, #160 of 1500, color & b/w plates, quarto in publishers paper slipcase, HC with clean and colorful jacket, tight binding, clean and glossy pages, clean boards and titles.

Mit 204 (43 farb.) Abb. 184 n. n. S. 4°. OLn. Der Kopfschnitt ganz schwach stockfleckig. Stempel a. d. Vorsatz, sonst gutes Exemplar mit Schutzumschlag. (1570 Gr.) Nummer 63 von 1500 (gesamt 1600) Exemplaren. Sprache: englisch.

FIRST EDITION 1982, LIMITED EDITION OF 50 DELUXE NUMBERED COPIES BOUND IN FULL BROWN LEATHER, THIS BEING No. 38. 4to, approximately 280 x 225 mm, 11 x 8¾ inches, profusely illustrated in colour and black and white, pages: (176), Introduction in French and English, in original publisher's full brown leather, gilt lettered to spine. Very faint browning to endpapers, otherwise as new in Fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: no printed price, 2 minute indentations at head of spine, minute mark at tail of spine), housed in the original thin card slipcase with staples a touch rusty, otherwise a very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Used-Very Good. Limited. Cloth, dj. Quarto. 428 pp. Profusely illustrated. Number 507 from a limited printing of 1500 copies. Mild shelf wear and light toning to dust jacket otherwise protected by acetate cover. Altogether a handsome copy.