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Hobson, R.L. Ecke, Gustav
Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: An Account of the Potter’s Art in China Chinese Domestic Furniture
from Primitive Times to the Present Peking: Henri Vetch, 1944
London: Cassell and Co., 1915 First limited edition to 200 copies, original blue cloth folding case, paper
First limited edition, 2 volumes, quarto, hand-numbered 779 of 1,500, labels on upper cover and spine, bone clasps, 161 uncolored plates
original gilt pictorial cloth, numerous plates, including several in color; unstitched as issued, illustrating 122 pieces, including 21 measured
former owner’s signature, reading ‘W.S. Williamson, Egypt, May 1917’. [2] drawings.
10in (25cm) high 15in (38cm) high
$1,200 - 1,800 $5,000 - 7,000
Provenance: Provenance:
Private California collection Private California collection
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