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Sat, Aug 28, 2021 12:00PM EDT
Lot 271

[CHINESE ART]. The Art of the Chinese Potter from the Han D...

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[CHINESE ART]. The Art of the Chinese Potter from the Han Dynasty to the End of the Ming. Edited by R.L. Hobson and A.L. Hetherington. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. 4to. Colored frontispiece, 152 plates (some in color), each interleaved with descriptive letterpress on tissue guard. Original half red niger over marbled boards, spine lettered (gilt completely rubbed clean), top edge gilt (edges of boards lightly rubbed, slight toning to margins, previous ownership signature to front flyleaf). LIMITED EDITION, number 877 of 1500 copies, of which only 500 are reserved for the U.S.