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Audsley, George Ashdown and James, Lord Bowes ‘The Keramic Art of Japan’

Offered by: Wick Antiques LTD

Description
Audsley, George Ashdown and James, Lord Bowes ‘The Keramic Art of Japan’, Liverpool and London, Henry Sotheran, 1875. 2 volumes, first edition hardback folio including 41 coloured and gilded chromolithographs and 12 pages of marks and monograms, in a green morocco binding, lettered and pictorially stamped in gilt with a flying crane and a kiku-mon, all edges gilt, each from the library of Maurice Champoud, Lausanne, Switzerland and Johannis Naylor, with his engraved armorial bookplate.

More Information

Origin:	England
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Paper
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1875
Styles / Movements:	Asian, Traditional
Patterns:	Asian/Oriental
Incollect Reference #:	518732

Message from Seller:

Wick Antiques was established by Charles Wallrock in the early 1980s. Having grown up in the Antiques world Charles developed an extensive wealth of knowledge. Starting out as a ‘man with a van’ he quickly gained a good reputation and embarked on a longstanding relationship with Harrods. He was later joined by his wife, Caroline Wallrock. Caroline having completed a Persian degree, went on to study at Christie’s fine art and then joined Sotheby’s specializing in Islamic and Japanese works of art