[Rarebooks] FS: Several Early Oriental Arts Auction Catalogs

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

>From our newly published catalog #305,
AUCTION CATALOGS of the 19th-20th CENTURIES
<http://www.joslinhall.com/Catalog_305.htm>

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"Catalogue of Arms and Armor of Old Japan. Examples of the Famous
Miyochin's, and others Celebrated for Their Work in Metals. Also Sword
Guards, Knife Handles, Pewter, Carvings, Brocades and other Objects on
Interest to Amateurs and Connoisseurs gathered on a Recent Visit to Japan
by Bunkio Matsuki"

New York; American Art Association: February 10-11, 1905.

An auction sale at Thomas Kirby's American Art Association, featuring
material gathered by Bunkio Matsuki, the Japanese monk/dealer who, working
with Edward Morse, helped popularize Japanese arts in America in the last
decades of the 19th century. This catalog includes material he claimed to
have purchased from some of Japan's leading daimyo families, as well as
blades and other objects purchased with the help of Choga Imamura,
director of the military museum at Tokyo. Softcover. 6.25"x8.5", about 80
pages, 502 lots, 16 b/w plates; pictorial covers; light soil, slight
spotting to some of the plates, a little overall wear, but a very nice
copy. [30587] $150.00

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"Illustrated Catalogue of the Remarkable Collection of Ancient Chinese
Bronzes, Beautiful Old Porcelains...Fine Old Carpets, Rugs and Furniture,
from Ancient Palaces and Temples of China Comprising the Private
Collection of a Chinese Nobleman of Tien-Tsin and Objects Procured by the
Senior Member of Messrs. Yamanaka & Co. and his staff during a recent
visit to Ancient Cities of China, some of which have heretofore been
unexplored by Foreigners"

New York; American Art Association: January 29-31, 1914.

An auction of a remarkable selection of ceramics, jades, bronzes, carpets
and furniture. One notable aspect of this catalog is that, unlike many
catalogs of the period, a very large percentage of the items are
illustrated, many one-per-page. The color plates illustrate a Shang bronze
ritual vessel, a K'ang hsi Imperial celadon vase, three superb Yung Cheng
coral-red vases, a K'ang hsi apple-green crackle-glaze jar, a K'ang hsi
Sang-de-boeuf vase, and a pair of portraits on glass. If you like Chinese
arts, this catalog will please you. Card covers. 7"x10.5", 519 lots, about
150 pages plus 6 color plates with tissue guards and 38 b/w plates and 1
b/w double-page plate. Light wear, a little soil. Binding slightly shaken.
[31192] $150.00

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"Rare and Valuable Japanese Color Prints. The Noted Collection Formed by A
Distinguished French Connoisseur of Paris"

New York; The Walpole Galleries: January 20-22, 1921.

The auction sale of a very fine early collection, begun in the last
decades of the 19th century, and cataloged here by Frederick W. Gookin.
Card covers. 7"x9.75", 220 pages, 692 lots; b/w illustrations;
paper-covered pictorial card covers; covers very worn, spine perished and
front cover detached; paper covering chipped and torn; contents with some
pencil notes; several pages with some adhesion roughness at the top
margin, not affecting text or lettering. [30357] $150.00

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"Old Japanese Color Prints of Rarity and Distinction, Collected and Owned
by the Well Known Connoisseur Carl Schraubstadter, formerly of Japan and
St. Louis"

New York; American Art Association: February 10-12, 1921.

The auction sale of a collection formed during visits to Japan starting in
1908. An unusually well illustrated catalog for this period. Softcover.
6.5"x10", about 250 pages, 931 lots, 102 b/w plates; covers soiled, corner
chip; light wear and soil. [30358] $125.00

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To see all of Catalog #305, go to-
<http://www.joslinhall.com/Catalog_305.htm>

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