Current List 212A

Adams, Edward B:
- KOREAN FOLK ART & CRAFT

Addiss, Stephen; trans. and commentary on Chinese poems by Jonathan Chaves:
- OLD TAOIST

AFANG GONG KAOGU FAXIAN YU YANJIU
(Archaeological Discoveries and Research on the Afang Gong Palace) 阿房宮考古發現與研究.

Aga-Oglu, Kamer:
- THE WILLIAMS COLLECTION OF FAR EASTERN CERAMICS
- THE WILLIAMS COLLECTION OF FAR EASTERN CERAMICS

THE ALBUM OF TOSHOGU AT NIKKO

Almqvist, Kurt ed:
- THE SAMPANS FROM CANTON

Aomen Yishu Bowuguan (Museu de Arte de Macau) ed:
- ZHIREN WUFA: BADA SHITAO SHUHUA XUESHU YANTAOHUI LUNWEN JI
(Rules of The Masters: Proceedings of a Symposium on the Paintings of Badashanren and Shi Tao) 至人無法 : 八大石濤書畫學術研討會論文集.

Arakawa Hirokazu ed:
- HOSOKAWA-KE DENRAI MAKI-E SHITSUGEI
(Gold Lacquer Art inherited by the Hosokawa Family)

Argence, Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d':
- CHINESE JADES IN THE AVERY BRUNDAGE COLLECTION

Art Museum, Chinese University HK:
- JIXIA MINGDAO: HUAIHAI TANG CANG MINGDAI ZHONG WAN QI GUANYAO CIQI
Enlightening Elegance: Imperial Porcelain of the Mid to Late Ming: The Huaihaitang Collection 機暇明道 : 懷海堂藏明代中晚期官窯瓷器.

Asahi Shimbun ed:
- THIS IS JAPAN - NUMBER FIVE

Asahi Shinbun:
- SHIN MANSHUKOKU YORAN: SHASHIN TO KAISETSU
(An Illustrated and Explanatory Guide to the New Manchukuo) 新滿洲國。寫真之解說.

Asia House (Trubner, Henry ed.):
- ARTS OF THE HAN DYNASTY


SEKN04
Sekino, Tadashi & Takeshima, Takuichi: NEKKA. Jehol: The Most Glorious and Monumental Relics in Manchukuo. 熱河 。 關野貞 竹島卓一 著. Tokyo, 1934-5 & 1937. Four volumes photographic plates comprising: 5 colour and c.430 b/w collotype plates of which 2 foldouts and 1 panorama. Smaller text volume: 4, 9, 254, 28 ix pp. B/w photographic illustrations and plans. 5 vols. 44x34 cm. Cloth. Stitched Japanese-style. Hardback text volume.
GBP 20,000.00
A detailed and substantial, indeed, magnificent, four-volume publication comprising the results of a photographic survey undertaken at Chengde in the early 1930s by Prof. T. Sekino and T. Takeshima who travelled extensively in Northern China during this period. This huge report is the prime historical visual reference on the imperial Qing dynasty Summer Resort at Chengde, the Bishu Shanzhuang, and the surrounding temples. No work has yet surpassed the detail of this publication. The complex was also known as Jehol - or 'Nekka' in Japanese. Shows the imperial park, its buildings and pavilions plus the surrounding temples in their original condition but in a very neglected and dilapidated state. Contains five colour and hundreds of black-and-white collotype plates. An important and extremely rare early visual resource on this imperial complex. Contents pages and captions to plates in both English and Japanese. Produced to a very high standard.
  In addition to the four volumes of photography, this set also has the smaller text volume which was issued later in 1937, following Sekino's death. The text volume has a list of contents, two page preface, two page foreword, list of plans, list of illustrations and 28 page summary in English. Main text in Japanese. The text volume was not published with the plate volumes as Sekino made a second trip to Chengde and wanted the text volume to incorporate the findings of this second trip. The photographic illustrations in the text volume are of interest as a number of them were taken in 1909 by a local Chinese photographer and obtained by Sekino and Takeshima on their first visit. The text volume was also only available to those who had subscribed to the four volumes of plates - themselves issued in two stages. It explains the extreme rarity of this work as a set.
  The four volumes of plates have been deaccessioned from a Northeast China institution, the text volume deaccessioned from Cornell University Library. The volumes of plates with library stamps to frontpapers and with a small unobtrusive red library stamp in the margin of each plate alongside the captions and, occasionally, a larger round stamp again to the margin of a plate. The plates themselves clean. The text volume with a couple of library stamps to frontpapers, otherwise clean.
  In general, slight wear, fading and rubbing to the covers but all volumes good and sturdy. Slight marks and occasional foxing to the black-and-white plates. The foldout panorama has become detached from its mount.
  A good study copy of a very rare work. Priced accordingly.
Subjects: Architecture Gardens
Item 211 in List 212.
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