[INKSTONES]
Komeiken (Famous Ancient Inkstones). Tokyo: Nigensha, 1976-76.

5 volumes, 418 x 350 mm. Chiefly illustrations in color and black and white. Original brick red silk cloth, gilt lettered spinesembossed to the center. Original folios.

LIMITED EDITION number 492 of 1000 copies.

A fine copy of a rare work extensively documenting the Chinese inkstones held in Japanese public and private collections.

1975-76年二玄社《古名硯》 5冊全

这是二玄社在昭和五十年限量发行的精装圖錄。本套编号492，暗紫苑紅布面箱函，燙金書冠，牙黃書簽，極古逸。二玄社是以印刷出名的，這套硯譜又遍收日本藏界中囯古硯之絕品，原寸精印，石質之妙淋漓畢現。全書共五冊：第一、二冊端硯，共152方；第三冊洮河、綠石，45方；第四冊歙硯62方；第五冊澄泥、諸硯88方。每冊卷末附尺寸、重量、銘文、拓片、著錄等釋文，以供藏家索驥。

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[INKSTONES]
Komeiken (Famous Ancient Inkstones). Tokyo: Nigensha, 1976-76.

Property from a Prominent Chicago Collection

Chinese and Southeast Asian Works of Art

[INKSTONES]
Komeiken (Famous Ancient Inkstones). Tokyo: Nigensha, 1976-76.

[INKSTONES]
Komeiken (Famous Ancient Inkstones). Tokyo: Nigensha, 1976-76.

Chinese and Southeast Asian Works of Art

[INKSTONES] Komeiken (Famous Ancient Inkstones). Tokyo: Nigensha, 1976-76.

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[INKSTONES] Komeiken (Famous Ancient Inkstones). Tokyo: Nigensha, 1976-76.

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Komeiken (Famous Ancient Inkstones). Tokyo: Nigensha, 1976-76.

[INKSTONES]
Komeiken (Famous Ancient Inkstones). Tokyo: Nigensha, 1976-76.