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           A LARGE GROUP OF REFERENCE         ORIENTAL CERAMICS, THE WORLD’S     A SELECTION OF CATALOGUES AND
           BOOKS ON CHINESE AND ORIENTAL      GREATEST COLLECTIONS               REFERENCE BOOKS ON CHINESE ART
           CERAMICS                           11 volumes, comprising: Tokyo National   Including: O. Du Sartel, La Porcelaine
           Including: a number of volumes on Chinese   Museum, vol. 1; National Museum of Korea,   de Chine, Morel, Paris, 1881; W. Cosmo
           Porcelain of specific periods, including J.   Seoul, vol. 2; Museum Pusat, Jakarta, vol.   Monkhouse, Catalogue of Coloured Chinese
           Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British   3; Iran Bastan Museum, Teheran, vol. 4; The   Porcelaine, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London,
           Museum, London, 2001; Jorg, C. J. A., Famille   British Museum, London, vol. 5; Percival   1896; a quarter leather bound set of sale
           Verte: Chinese Porcelain in Green Enamels,   David Foundation of Chinese Art, vol. 6 ;   catalogues of the Eumorfopoulos and Harcourt
           Belgium, 2011; a small group of publications   Musée Guimet, vol. 7; Museum of Far Eastern   Johnson Collections, including Eumorfopoulos
           on 20th century porcelain, including van Oort,   Antiquities, Stockholm, vol. 8; The Freer Gallery   Collection: Exhibition of the Chinese Pottery
           H. A., The Porcelain of Hung-Hsien: A Study   of Art, Washington, D.C., vol. 9; Museum of   and Porcelain available for private purchase,
           of the Socio-cultural Background and Some   Fine Arts, Boston, vol. 10; The Metropolitan   Bluett & Sons, London, 1935; B. Gyllensvärd,
           Characteristics of the Porcelain Produced   Museum of Art, New York, vol. 11 [sold lot   Chinese Gold, Silver, and Porcelain: The
           at Chingtechen During the Imperial Reign   subject to no return] (11).  Kempe Collection, The Asia Society, New York,
           of Yüan Shih-kʻai (1916), De Tijdstroom,                              1971; together with five further sale catalogues
           1970; Chou, M., A Discourse on Hung Hsien   £1,500 - 2,000            including the Kempe Collection; and four Peter
           Porcelain, Niles, 1987; van Oort, Chinese   CNY13,000 - 18,000        Wain catalogues, including Heavenly Pieces,
           Porcelain of the 19th and 20th century, 1977;   HK$16,000 - 22,000    1993, and Awaiting Spring, London, 1998.
           Kwan, S. The Muwentang Collection Series:                             [sold lot subject to no return] (qty).
           Chinese Porcelain of the 20th century, Hong
           Kong, 2008; and a number of volumes on   148  •  TP                   £1,500 - 2,000
           Chinese ceramics technology, including   A GROUP OF CERAMIC AND ORIENTAL   CNY13,000 - 18,000
           Needham, J. (ed), Kerr, R. and Wood, N.   ART PUBLICATIONS            HK$16,000 - 22,000
           Science and Civilisation in China, Vol. 5:12,   Including: Transactions of the Oriental
           Cambridge, 2004; Sir Percival David, Chinese   ceramics Society, Vol. 1 (1921-6), Vol.
           Connoisseurship: The Essential Criteria of   2(1926-32), vol. 22 (1946-47), vol. 23 (1947-
           Antiquities, Being a Translation of the Ko Ku   48) and a complete run of vols. 26-79; over
           Yao Lun with a facsimile of the 1388 text,   25 catalogues of Exhibitions of the Oriental
           New York: 1971; Bushell, S. W. and Zhu, Y.,   Ceramic Society between 1946 and 2016;
           Description of Chinese pottery and porcelain;   Far Eastern Ceramic Bulletin, vols. 1-6 (1948-
           being a translation of the T’ao shuo, Oxford,   1954) and vols. 7-12 (1955-60); a number
           1910; and a group of books on the Chinese   of publications about or by the Percival
           Collector, including Davids, R. and Jellinek, D.   David foundation; and a number of Asian Art
           Provenance: Collectors, Dealers and Scholars:   magazines including Orientations and Arts of
           Chinese Ceramics in Britain and America”,   Asia, [sold lot subject to no return]. (over 70).
           2011 [sold lot subject to no return] (over 250).
                                              £1,000 - 1,500
           £3,000 - 5,000                     CNY8,800 - 13,000
           CNY27,000 - 44,000                 HK$11,000 - 16,000
           HK$33,000 - 55,000


           For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
           please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.  ASIAN ART - PART I  |  57
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