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Property of Ann A. Kidney Trust daughter of D.C. Property from a Private Seattle Collection
Ashley Antiques on Union Street, San Francisco
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8301 Forty-eight volumes of the Chinese Art Society
S.W. Bushell, M.D. of America
Oriental Ceramic Art, Collection of W.T. Walters Published by the Asia Society, Inc., New York: volumes I to XIX
Appleton, New York, 1897, first edition, number 14 of limited edition (1945-1965) published under the name Archives of Chinese Art;
of 500, with one hundred and sixteen plate in color and over 400 subsequent volumes XX to XLVII and L to LI (this lot lacking volume
reproductions in black and white. XLIX) published as Archives of Asian Art (some spines frayed, three
A complete set in ten folios, each individually bound in original yellow slip cases in fair condition).
quarter cloth, the five pairs enclosed in cardboard and green cloth 12 1/2in (32cm) high [dimensions inclusive of slipcases]
protective cases stamped with the characters Tao Shuo; illustrating $8,000 - 12,000
the collections of Chinese art collected by William Thompson Walters
(1820-1894), now housed in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 8303
Maryland; the text written by Stephen Wootton Bushell (1844-1908) Shina Nanga Taisei
(fading and wear to the cases, toning to paper). [10] 16 volumes on Chinese painting, edited by Kawai Senro and others;
23 x 17 1/4in (58.5 x 44cm) each protective case Tokyo, Kobunsha, 1935-36. The present lot was assembled from two
$8,000 - 12,000 different sets, volumes 1-6 and 9-10 fitting in five Chinese-style blue
cloth and cardboard covers with clasps; volumes 7,8, 11 and 12 and
Set number 92 of this very rare and limited edition of 500 sold in the oversize volumes 13-16 with their original blue cloth and paper
Bonhams, London, Sale 17859, 11 November 2010, lot 217. covers (all in good condition except volume 4, which is badly wormed).
22 1/2in x 15 1/4 (50.9cm x 38.8cm) the largest volume
$8,000 - 12,000
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