Symbol and Substance in Japanese Lacquer: Early Laquer Boxes from the Collection of Elaine Ehrenkranz
by Okada, Barbra Teri
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0834803216
- ISBN 13
- 9780834803213
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Weatherhill, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. large format hardcover, quarto bound in navy blue cloth and in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 191 pages. Glossary, Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with fifty-five examples of Japanese laquerwork from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, most often with several full color photographs of each piece. Stated first edition, first printing with no other printings listed. A visual appreciation of the skill and artistry of pre-nineteenth century Japanese craftsmen, high-lighting the most important examples of their art assembled in the Ehrenkranz Collection, including scroll and document boxes, inkstone boxes, mirror boxes, incense containers, and a complete set for the incense ceremony. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Dust-jacket shows incidental nick to bottom front tip at fold, else like new. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018440
- Title
- Symbol and Substance in Japanese Lacquer: Early Laquer Boxes from the Collection of Elaine Ehrenkranz
- Author
- Okada, Barbra Teri
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0834803216
- ISBN 13
- 9780834803213
- Publisher
- Weatherhill
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Japanese Lacquer Work, Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Arts and Crafts;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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Glossary
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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