[Rarebooks] FOR SALE: S. BING ORIENTAL COLLECTION

[Norman Kane]

[ORIENT].  COLLECTION S[IEGFRIED] BING...SONT LA VENT...DANS LE GALERIES DE MM. DURAND-RUEL...  PARIS, [1906].  Six parts, folios in original printed wrappers. The group in the original decorated boards, protective cover with ties. Cover and wrappers have light wear; same pages loose, but complete. Profusely illustrated throughout showing the objects in this notable oriental collection of sculptures, lacquerware, porcelain, china, bronzes, armor, accessories, netsuke, pipes, fans, cloth, paintings, &c. (While best known as a dealer and collector of oriental antiquities, Bing was active in other fields; he wrote a report on "La Culture Artistique en America" for the French government, opened the first salon of international art nouveau, and had close connections with William Morris, Whistler and Louis Comfort Tiffany.)  $250.00

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