L12308

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Lot 431
  • 431

Oriental art and architecture.

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 38 volumes, including:
  • paper
Sirén, Osvald. Les palais impériaux de Pékin. Paris and Brussels, 1926, 3 vol., 4to, folding plans, photographic plates, original printed wrappers, spines faded
Ibid. Gardens of China. New York, [1940], 4to, coloured and plain plates, illustrations, original cloth
Ibid. China and the Gardens of Europe in the Eighteenth Century. New York, [1950], coloured and plain plates, illustrations, original cloth
Ibid. Histoire des arts anciens de la Chine... Architecture. Paris and Brussels, 1930, 4to, plates, illustrations, original printed wrappers, spine slightly faded
Verneuil, Maurice Pillard. L'art a java. Les temples de la périod classique Indo-Javanaise. Paris, 1927, 4to, illustrations, original wrappers
Zimmer, H. The Art of Indian Asia. New York, [1955], 2 volumes, 4to, illustrations, original cloth
Soper, A.C. The Evolution of Buddhist Architecture in Japan. Princeton, 1942, 4to, illustrations, original cloth
with 28 others (including an incomplete copy of Audsley's La céramique japonaise, lacking c.4 plates), (38)

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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Catalogue Note

Bushnell, S.W. Chinese Art. London, 1924, 2 vols.

Boerschmann, E. Picturesque China. London

Gray, Hobson & Raphael. Th Chinese Exhibition: A commemorative catalogue of international of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Art (November 1935 – March 1936). London, 1936

Singh, M. L'Art de L'Himalaya.  Paris, 1968

Batley, C . Indian Architecture. London

McCune, E. The Arts of Korea. Japan, 1962

Skira, . Peinture Indienne. Geneva, 1936

Tetsuro, Y. Japanische Architektur. Berlin

Fergusson, J. History of Indian and Eastern Architecture. London, 1910

Blaser, W. Temples et Jardins au Japon. Paris

Forman, B. L'Art Des Pays Lointains. Prague, 1957

Glaser, C. Ostasiatische plastik. Berlin, 1925

De Coral, G. Les Arts de L'Indochine. Paris, 1938

Kitagwa, M. The Muro-Ji – An Eighth Century Japanese Temple: its art and history. Tokyo, 1954

Erivis, B. India Művészete.Budapest, 1958

Campbell, J. The Art of Indian Asia. New York, 1955, 2 vols

Maybon, A. Les Temples au Japon. Paris

De Kleen, T. The Temple Dances in Bali. Stockholm, 1952, second edition

Reau, L. Histoire universelle des arts. Paris, 1939

Dawkins & Wood, Les ruines de Palmyre. Paris, 1819

Audsley & Bowes, La Ceramique Japonaise. Paris, 1880

Glaser, C. Ostasiatische plastik. Berlin, 1925

L'art Tibetaine. Paris

Revue des arts asiatiques. Paris