Asian Art Auction

November 30, 2015

LOT 60

Lot 60

Seventeen Japanese Art Reference Books

Seventeen Japanese Art Reference Books
Lot 60 Details
Seventeen Japanese Art Reference Books

日本藝術參考書籍17本

Including: Japanese Art at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, (1972); The Ocean in the Sand, Japan: From Landscape to Garden, Gordon Fraser, (1978); Enku: Sculptor of a Hundred Thousand Buddhas, Shambhala, (1982); An Exhibition of Ancient Festival Robots from Japan, The Barbican Art Gallery, (1985); A Connoisseur’s Guide to Japanese Ceramics, Alpine Fine Arts Collection, (1984); Japanese Lacquer, 1600-1900, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1980); Treasures of Asia: Chinese Painting, Skira, (1960); Itchiku Tsujigahana, Canadian Museum of Civilization, (1995); Japanese Art and Design, Victoria and Albert Museum, (1986); Mingei: Japanese Folk Art, The Brooklyn Museum, (1985); The Wonderful World of Netsuke, Charles E. Tuttle Company, (1964); Japanese Graphic Art, Galley Press, (1976); Bugaku Treasures from the Kasuga Shrine, Kasuga Shrine, (1984); Masterpieces of Screen Painting: The Fenollosa Collection from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, NHK and NHK Promotions Co., (1991); A Book of Five Rings: A Guide to Strategy, The Overlook Press, (1974); The Heian Civilization of Japan, Phaidon, (1982); The Book of the Samurai: The Warrior Class of Japan, Bison Books, (1982)

Estimate $400-$600

Realised: $260
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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