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Lot 438
Sale 913 - Japanese & Korean Works of Art
Mar 26, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$300 -
500
Price Realized
$438
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Lot Description
[METALWORK & LACQUER]
A group of thirteen reference works about Japanese art, particularly sword-making and lacquer, comprising:
A group of thirteen reference works about Japanese art, particularly sword-making and lacquer, comprising:
Japanese Sword Guards: Some Tsuba in the Collection of Sir Arthur H. Church. Privately printed, 1914.--JOLY, Henri and Inada Hogitaro. The Sword and the Samé. London: Tuttle, 1962.--HAWLEY, W.M. Japanese Swordsmiths. Vol 1-2. Privately printed, 1966-7.--SHIBATA, Mitsuo. Hyaku hito kyahu ken. Tokyo: Tokumashoten, 1966.--JAHSS, Melvin and Betty. Inro and other miniature form of Japanese Lacquer Art. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1971.--LUZZATO-Blitz, Oscar. Oriental Lacquer. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969.--Chrisite's London, Fine Japanese Swords and Sword-Fittings, 10 October 1978.--YUMOTO, John M. The Samuri Sword: A Handbook. Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo: Tuttle, 1965.--GUNSAULUS, Helen C. The Japanese Sword and its Decoration. Field Museum: Chicago, 1924.-- ROBINSON, Russell. A Short History of Japanese Armor. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1965.--ROBINSON, B.W. The Arts of the Japanese Sword. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle, 1961.--CHU, Arthur and Grace. Oriental Antiques and Collectibles: A Guide. New York: Crown, 1973.
Together 12 works in 13 volumes.
Property from the Collection of Kevin Evensen, Chicago, Illinois