Isbn: 9789627287575 - the chester beatty library, dublin: chinese snuff bottles (3 risultati)

Hardcover. dj. Quarto, 372 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket has slight edge wear, smudges on rear panel. Boards in black cloth. Illustrated: color plates. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in quarto column. 1414257. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 25 x 35 cm.; 2.8 kg.; 372 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The dust jacket shows signs of wear, edge wear, scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover, the front cover is slightly faded and shows some wrinkles at the top. Interior with minor signs of wear.; The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin: Chinese Snuff Bottles presents highlights from the snuff bottle collection of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968), the noted bibliophile and collector. By trade a mining engineer and financier, Beatty was fascinated all his life by the ways Chinese artisans of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) selected and carved precious minerals and organic materials into containers for powdered tobacco. Snuff bottles were among his earliest purchases as a young collector in New York around 1900. At the time of his death in 1968, there were 942 bottles in the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, including some of Japanese and European origin. In this book, the New York-based expert, Michael C. Hughes, has catalogued several hundred of the finest and rarest examples by type. Hughes's carefully researched descriptions are accompanied by fine new digital photography. This volume fulfils Chester Beatty's wish, expressed almost a century ago, that his collection should be published.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. 372 pages : color illustrations ; 36 cm. Among the archives of the Chester Beatty Collection is a handlist dated 2 march 1914, where the incredible number of over 1600 bottles is already listed in his collection. Almost half of these are mineral examples .Beatty was acquiring on average an incredible number of almost 90 bottles a year if indeed he did start collecting c.1868 when a student. Unfortunately the handlist describes material only and it is impossible to identify with certainty more then a few bottles in the collection today. It is now known that Beatty disposed of a third of his collection through a London dealer prior to his move to Dublin in 1950. He was also known to have given generous gifts of bottles to family members and friends. This book comprises of 275 pieces of snuff bottles in jade, quartz, other stones, organic, glass, porcelain, metal and enamel materials which are all in full color photos with English description.…