Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing. London. The Oriental Ceramic Society, The British Museum. 1984. 200 pages. 283 b/w and color plates, glossary and bibliography. 8.75” x 11.25”
$100.00
First Edition. Casebound. Very good, w/dustjacket. Item #10101
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Cox, Warren E. Chinese Ivory Sculpture. New York. Crown Publishers. 1946. 112 pages. 48 b/w plates. 10.25” x 13.75”
$150.00
Cloth binding. No. 951 of 1250 copies. Signed by author. Very good, with tear to final page of index. Spine sunned on dust jacket. Item #11849
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Eastham, Barry C. Chinese Art Ivory. Ann Arbor. Ars Ceramica, Ltd. 1976. 86 pages. 44 b/w plates, chronology and index. 6.25” x 9.25”
$45.00
First American Edition. Cloth binding. Very good, w/d.j. Item #10333
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Editorial Committee of National Palace Museum. A Catalog of the Tusk, Bone, Bamboo and Wood Carvings-Donated to the National Palace Museum from the Yu-Ting-Ning Studio. Taipei. National Palace Museum. 1997. 366 pages. 237 full color plates. 8.5” x 12”
$100.00
First Edition. Cloth binding. Very fine, w/slipcase. Item #10105
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Kao, Mayching. Chinese Ivories from the Kwan Collection. Hong Kong. Art Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong. 1990. 382 pages. 200 full color plates, figures, chronology, maps, bibliography and reference. 8.5” x 11.25”
$100.00
First Edition. Cloth binding. Very good, w/dustjacket. Item #10110
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The Oriental Ceramic Society. Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing. London. Sotheby Publications. 1984. 200 pages. 20 color and 320 monochrome illustrations. 9” x 11.5”
$100.00
First Edition. Brown cloth binding with dustjacket. The arrangement of the exhibits and the explanatory texts are devised to represent the craft in the three thousand years of its history, and to clarify the place of ivories in the artistic exchange between China and the western nations. New condition with dustjacket. Item # 11646
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Phillips. Selected Ivory Carvings from the Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese Ivories Trust. London. Asian Art. 1999. 85 pages. 54 b/w plates. 8.25” x 11.75”
$25.00
First Edition. Paper Cover. Fine condition. Item #10546
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Pal, Pratapaditya. Elephants and Ivories . Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 1981. 112 pages.
$75.00
First Edition. Paper Cover. Good condition - end paper wrinkled. Item #19270
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S.E. Lucas. The Catalogue of the Sassoon Chinese Ivories. London. Country Life Limited. 1950. 3 volumes with 1384 pages. 966 black and white plates with index. 12”x15-1/2”. Vellum with gilt gold rules.
$7,500.00
Number five of 250 copies printed. Three volumes complete with green cloth slipcovers. Sumptuous catalogue of one of the finest collections of Chinese ivories ever assembled. Sir Victor Sassoon, wealthy banker, real estate tycoon and builder of the magnificent Peace Hotel in Shanghai in the 1920’s formed the collection while in China during the fall of the Qing dynasty. This set, number 5 of 250 printed was owned by Sir Victor personally and bears his engraved bookplate from the Sassoon Library. The Sassoon family motto, “candide et constanter” appears on the book plate. A truly outstanding set of this scarce and rare work. Extremely fine overall. Item #10885
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Wang, Shixiang and Wan, Go Weng. Bamboo Carving of China. New York. China House Gallery, China Institute in America. 1983. 143 pages. 86 blw & full color plates, 55 figures, chronology and map 8.5” x 11”
$75.00
First Edition. Soft Cover. Very good condition. Item #10092
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