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The Art of Japanese Netsuke and Lacquer

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The Art of Japanese Netsuke and Lacquer, twenty seven reference works
Lot includes twenty seven volumes: 1. Netsuke: The Life and Legend of Japan in Miniature. Madeline R. Tollner. SF: Fearon Publishers, 1960. second edition. very good. 2. Meetings with Remarkable Netsuke. London: Sydney L. Moss, 1996. 3. Myth, Reality, and Magical Transformation: Aesthetics and Connoisseurship in Japanese Netsuke. London: Sydney L. Moss, 2000. 4-6. Christie's London. The Raymond and Francis Bushnell Collection of Netsuke. parts I, II, and III. 1987-1989. glossy pictorial boards; with price sheets laid in. 7. The Art of Netsuke Carving. Masatoshi and Raymond Bushnell. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1981. first edition, in slipcase. fine. 8. Fables in Ivory: Japanese Netsuke and Their Legends. Adrienne Barbanson. Rutland: Tuttle, 1961. first edition, in slipcase. 9. The Art of the Netsuke Carver. Frederick Meinertzhagen. London: Routledge, 1956. first edition. 4to. 10. Real and Imaginary Beings: The Netsuke Collection of Joseph and Edith Kirstin. Barbra Teri Okada. New Haven: Yale, 1980. hardcover in slipcase. fine.
11. Real and Imaginary Beings: The Netsuke Collection of Joseph and Edith Kirstin. Barbra Teri Okada. New Haven: Yale, 1980. softcover. 12. Japanese Netsuke: Serious Art. London: Sydney L. Moss, 1989. near fine. 13. The Netsuke Handboo of Ueda Reikichi. Raymond Bushnell, ed. later printing in slipcase. fine. 14. Netsuke: A Guide for Collectors. Mary Louise O'Brien. Rutland: Tuttle, 1965. first edition, in slipcase. near fine. 15. Netsuke. F.M. Jonas. Rutland: Tuttle, 1960. 16. The Collectors' Netsuke. Raymond Bushnell. NY: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971. first edition, in slipcase. 17. The I.A. and Cecile Mann Victor Collection of Netsuke. Christie's NY, April 20, 1989. in glossy pictorial boards. 18. Japanese Netsuke, Pipecases and Inro. Christie's, Los Angeles, January, 1989. softcover. 19. Netsuke: The miniature Sculpture of Japan. Barker & Smith. London: British Museum, 1976. 20. The Netsuke of Japan: Legends, History, Folklore and Customs. Egerton Ryerson. NY: A.S. Barnes, 1958. 21. The Netsuke of Japan: Legends, History, Folklore and Customs. Egerton Ryerson. NY: Castle Books, 1967. 22. Eccentrics in Netsuke. London: Sydney L. Moss, 1982. softcover 4to. 23. Netsuke-A Miniature Art of Japan. Yuzuru Okada. Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1960. 24. Japanese Lacquer, 1600-1900. NY: MMoA, 1980. 25. The INRO Handbook: Studies of Netsuke, Inro, and Lacquer. Raymond Bushell. NY: Weatherhill, 1979. first edition. fine. 26. INRO and other Miniature forms of Japanese Art. Melvin and Betty Jahss. Rutland: Tuttle, 1971. first edition, in slipcase. fine. 27. Japan: A History in Art. Bradley Smith. Garden City: Doubleday, 1964.

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The Collection of Fritz & Lucy Jewett, San Francisco, California.

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The Art of Japanese Netsuke and Lacquer

Name: The Art of Japanese Netsuke and Lacquer
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