[COLLECTIONS—PORCELAIN]
Gu Gong Cang Ci (Porcelain of the National Palace Museum), Hong Kong: Cafa Company Ltd, 1961-1969.

33 volumes, 392 x 276 mm. Color plates throughout with descriptions in Chinese and English. Original cloth, pictorial dust jackets.

1961-1969年《故宮藏瓷》原版初印33冊全

这套巨作编辑于1965年之前，当时臺北故宮还没有成立，所以由故宮和中央博物馆兩院具名主編，交由香港開發股份有限公司精印。在此之前故宮的瓷器收藏從未完整地編目，這套書不僅是臺北故宮最早發行的圖錄之一，還是故宮文物自1935-36年倫敦展會后首次大規模出版。

全書以“故宮藏瓷”為總名，自宋至清，且編且印。成書20輯33冊，精心甄選自二萬件名瓷，附以中英文說明與器底細圖，器身內外色彩不同者，一並兼印，便於研究。

Property from a Prominent Chicago Collection

Overall in good stable condition. Sixteen volumes with original slipcases, some splitting. All retaining original pictorial dust jackets, some with tears at seams and corners, a few examples faded. The internal contents and original cloth in good to fine condition, showing some marking an spotting. Extreme examples of condition issues shown in additional photos available upon request.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.