Chinese Art (2 volumes, 1907 + 1909)
London, England: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1907. See notes. Hardcover. Green publishers cloth with gilt and black embossed designs. Volume 1: 156 pp., with 104 illustrations in bw. Volume 2: (by The Late S.W. Bushell, &c., 1909)xiii, 153 pp., 135++ bw plates and illustrations. VG, previous owner name in both volumes. Item #166817
The author was a member of the Council of Royal Asiatic and Royal Numismatic Societies. The first volume covers scupture, architecture, bronzes, carvings in wood, ivory, horn, etc, lacquer, and carvings in jade and other hard stones. The second volume covers pottery and porcelain, glass, enamels, jewellry, textiles, and pictorial art. While showing different publication dates, the two volumes appear as a matching set of volumes upon the shelf. Victoria and Albert Museum Art Handbook. Chinese Art by Stephen W Bushell, CMG, BSc, MD. Board of Education, South Kensington, Victoria and Albert Museum, Volumes 1 and 2. Volume 1 Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office by Wyman and Son Ltd, London and Volume 2 by Eyre and Spottiswoode. Volume 1 is 1907 reprint (first printing in 1904) and Volume 2 is marked as Second Edition Revised from 1909.
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