Item #165979 Substance and Symbol in Chinese Toggles: Chinese Belt Toggles from the C.F. Bieber Collection. Schuyler Cammann.
Substance and Symbol in Chinese Toggles: Chinese Belt Toggles from the C.F. Bieber Collection
Substance and Symbol in Chinese Toggles: Chinese Belt Toggles from the C.F. Bieber Collection
Substance and Symbol in Chinese Toggles: Chinese Belt Toggles from the C.F. Bieber Collection
Substance and Symbol in Chinese Toggles: Chinese Belt Toggles from the C.F. Bieber Collection
Substance and Symbol in Chinese Toggles: Chinese Belt Toggles from the C.F. Bieber Collection
Substance and Symbol in Chinese Toggles: Chinese Belt Toggles from the C.F. Bieber Collection
Substance and Symbol in Chinese Toggles: Chinese Belt Toggles from the C.F. Bieber Collection
Substance and Symbol in Chinese Toggles: Chinese Belt Toggles from the C.F. Bieber Collection

Substance and Symbol in Chinese Toggles: Chinese Belt Toggles from the C.F. Bieber Collection

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1962. Hardcover. Light blue boards with gilt spine lettering. Black illus dj with white lettering. 256 pp. 230 bw illus of catalogued items. 5 color illus. VG/G. Dj shows fading, scrapes, and small tears. Contents are clean and tight, with slight bumping to spine top and bottom. Previous owner's name on ffep. Item #165979

"The toggles discussed in this book are small, personal ormaments, usually carvings in wood, ivory, or semi-precious stones, that men used for securing various objects to their belts. The Japanese belt toggles known as netsuke have long been popular with collectors, but the Chinese toggles, which preceded the netsuke, are still almost unknown. This is the first book in any language to describe them." - dj.

OCLC: 519811

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