Title: Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century. Over 900 specimens in stone, bronze, lacquer and wood, principally from northern China. With descriptions and an introductory essay Author: Sirén, Osvald Place: London / New York Publisher: Ernest Benn / Scribner's Date: 1925 Description: 4 volumes. Volume 1 text; Volumes 2-4 plates. 623 collotype plates, some with multiple images. (Small folio) 32x22.5 cm (12½x9") original cloth, gilt emblems at centers, spines lettered in gilt. Volume 2 is from the American (Scribner's) edition, identical to the English edition but for the publisher's imprint on title page and spine. First Edition. The cornerstone work on the subject. The author later referred to this work as, "my well known repertory ... the illustrations in this work are often useful for the comparative analysis of style on which our classifications are based." The photographic plates are of the highest quality. Accompanied by a later condensed edition, published by SDI, 1998. Lot Amendments Condition: Bindings rubbed, hinges cracked or cracking in volumes 2 & 3; small dampstains to bottom edge of page blocks in Volumes 2 & 3, previous owner's name on front endpaper of Volume 4; about very good. The accompanying reprint is in fine condition. Item number: 267868
Title: Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century. Over 900 specimens in stone, bronze, lacquer and wood, principally from northern China. With descriptions and an introductory essay Author: Sirén, Osvald Place: London / New York Publisher: Ernest Benn / Scribner's Date: 1925 Description: 4 volumes. Volume 1 text; Volumes 2-4 plates. 623 collotype plates, some with multiple images. (Small folio) 32x22.5 cm (12½x9") original cloth, gilt emblems at centers, spines lettered in gilt. Volume 2 is from the American (Scribner's) edition, identical to the English edition but for the publisher's imprint on title page and spine. First Edition. The cornerstone work on the subject. The author later referred to this work as, "my well known repertory ... the illustrations in this work are often useful for the comparative analysis of style on which our classifications are based." The photographic plates are of the highest quality. Accompanied by a later condensed edition, published by SDI, 1998. Lot Amendments Condition: Bindings rubbed, hinges cracked or cracking in volumes 2 & 3; small dampstains to bottom edge of page blocks in Volumes 2 & 3, previous owner's name on front endpaper of Volume 4; about very good. The accompanying reprint is in fine condition. Item number: 267868
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