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Abe, Stanley: AN ACCOUNT OF TWO VOYAGES - BACKHOFF AND WAGENER Acharya, Sanjay: Adams, Edward B: Alexander, William & Mason, George: Allen, H. M. ed: Andrews, F. H: ANNINGHE LIUYU DA SHI MU Yuhas, Louise ed: Asahi Shimbun ed: Asian Art Museum: THE ASIATIC JOURNAL AND MONTHLY MISCELLANY VOL II: THIRD SERIES |
WU0GY5 Wu Dacheng: GUYU TUKAO. (Studies and Illustrations of Ancient Jades). 古玉圖考 。 吳大徵 著 (鄭德坤藏書). Shanghai, n.d. 4, 144 double pages, including many with b/w lithographic illustrations. 4 vols. 21x15 cm. Stitched. GBP 300.00 In spite of its shortcomings, this book is the most considerable study of ancient jades in the Chinese language; it did make some reasonable identifications and gave valuable stimulus to further investigations. Written by a famous late 19th century scholar-official and connoisseur, Wu Dacheng, who came from a wealthy family in Suzhou with a tradition of collecting. This four-volume edition is an early lithographic reprint based on the 1889 edition. In Chinese only. Bookplates of Cheng Te-k'un Library. Scarce. Subjects: Jade Item 136 in List 214. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?w/WU0GY5.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |