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Property of a Lady, from
the Private Collection of
a Distinguished Scholar,
acquired prior to 1996
(Lots 352-366)
352 W
A Scholar’s Library of Chinese
Art and Literature
Including: RJ Gettens et al, The Freer Chinese
Bronzes vol. I & II, Smithsonian Museum
Washington 1967-9; W.P. Yetts, Cull Chinese
Bronzes, Courtauld Institute 1939, no. 51/350
signed by author; Early Chinese Art Cunliffe
Collection, Bluett’s & Son’s Ltd 1973; N.
Palmgren, Selected Chinese Antiquities from
the Collection of Gustaf Adolf Crown Prince
of Sweden, Stockholm 1948; Historical
Relics Unearthed in China During the Cultural
Revolution, album one, 1972; The Chinese
Exhibition: A Commemorative Catalogue of
the International Exhibition of Chinese Art,
Royal Academy of Art, Faber & Faber 1936;
D. Morgan & W Hung, Chinese Jade from the
Mu Fei Collection, Bluett’s and Son’s 1990; H.
Hansford, The Seligman Collection of Oriental
Art vol. I, Arts Council 1957; B. Gyllensvard,
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe
Collection, Stockholm 1953, no. 346/1000;
further volumes on archaic bronzes, painting,
ceramics, jade and Chinese Art overviews;
a number of auction, museum and dealer’s
catalogues including Frederick M. Mayer
Collection of Chinese Art, Christie’s 24-
25/06/1974, and Collection of the British Rail
Pension fund, Sotheby’s 1989; Transactions
of the Oriental Ceramics Society vols. 28-
56, 58, covering 1921-1994; a selection of
English and German translations of Chinese
literature, drama and poetry, and other literary
criticism; volumes on the arts of Japan, India
and Korea. (over 280).
£1,000 - 2,000
CNY9,500 - 19,000 HK$12,000 - 24,000
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