Blue & White: Early Japanese Export Ware
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978. Softcover. Black & color illustrated stapled wraps. [72] pp. 80 bw plates. G+. Some wear to covers. A bit of highlighting on first few pages and owner's name inside front cover, remainder of catalogue is clean. Item #169691
Issued in conjunction with several 1976-1978 exhibitions "of Japanese blue and white export porcelains. ... Of special interest as it permits comparisons between blue and white wares of similar design from the Orient and Europe, and calls attention to the vital function of the European maritime nations, particularly Portugal and Holland, in the transmission of aesthetic concepts between East and West." (director's intro) Martin Lerner's lengthy essay is followed by 80 annotated entries with illustrations. May have some ballpoint pen underlining in essay, otherwise VG.
OCLC: 260044525
Price: $29.97