Catalogue de Luxe of the Art Treasures Collected by Thomas E. Waggaman, Washington, D.C.
New York: The American Art Association, 1905. Hardcover. Forest green library binding with gold spine lettering; unpaginated with approx. 627 unnumbered pp. and bw tipped in plates within text. Good museum ex-lib. sticker on lower spine; BUT two pages of plates in the Asian section have been cut out, and plate 69 (The Frugal Meal by N. Neuhuys) has been removed from the page. Item #139224
Catalogue of the extensive Waggaman collection, sold over several days between January 25th and February 3rd, 1905. Thousands of pieces described in all genres. This volume is Subscriber's Copy No. 23/100. Each work described with artist, dates, title and a few lines of text. Very thorough catalogue heavy on Asian art, including Netsukes, Japanese Pipes (Kiseru), cases and tobacco pouches, Japanese writers' portable desks, Inros, snuff bottles, cabinet pieces in agate, crystal and stone, Sake saucers, lacquers (both Japanese and Chinese), carvings in wood, bamboo and ivory, carved jade, panels by Ritsuo and others, Buddhistic shrines and other things; Cochin-Chinese pottery and stoneware, Hang, Sung and other Chinese pottery, antique Chinese bronzes, decorated Asian porcelains, white porcelains, Korean pottery, sword knives, knife handles, tsuba, swords, Chinese cloisonne enamels, antique Japanese pottery from provinces of Awaji, Bizen, Buzen, Chikuzen, Chikugo, Harima, Higo, Hizen, Kameyama, Utsutsugawa, Karatsu, Mikawachi, Kutani, Kaga, Kii, Kairakuyen, etc.
Price: $125.00