[COLLECTIONS—CERAMICS]
Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1976-78.

12 volumes, 390 x 280 mm. Numerous photographic color plates and black and white illustrations. Original cloth, gilt; folding cloth cases.

Comprising: Tokyo National Museum, vol. 1, 1976; National Museum of Korea, Seoul, vol. 2, 1976; Museum Pusat, Jakarta, vol. 3, 1977; Iran Bastan Museum, Teheran, vol. 4, 1978; The British Museum, London, vol. 5, 1976; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, vol. 6, 1976; Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, vol. 7, 1976; Musée Guimet, vol. 8, 1976; Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, vol.9, 1976; The Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., vol. 10, 1976; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, vol. 11, 1978; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, vol. 12, 1977.

LIMITED EDITION, mixed set, numbers 46, 171, 145, 253, 62, 54, 95, 88, 87, 98, 146, 146 of 300 copies.

1976-1978年日本講談社原盒精裝《東方陶瓷》十二冊限量300套

此書囊括了主流美術館中的東方瓷器精華：东京国立博物馆、韩国国立博物馆、大英博物馆、大維德基金会、巴黎吉美博物馆、弗利尔美术馆、波士顿美术馆和大都会博物馆......全书图片近5000张，配有年代、尺寸及窑口的说明文字，均出自舘方專家之手。

講談社這套巨著是玩家必備的工具書，因此多次再版，發行量也越來越大。本套是上世紀早期出版的珍藏品，裝幀配色無不用心，超出市面流行的普通版不知幾許。本書也只有這個版本，才夠得上“美术文献”的檔次，值得書齋珍藏。

Property from the Collection of Michael and Kay Melet

Each in overall stable condition, with each folding cloth faded at the spine.

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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.