Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty
Leiden: E. J. Brill LTD, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xvi, 339pp., 75 plates. Original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Green endpapers. Publication of the East Asian Committee of the American Museum of Natural History – The Jacob H. Schiff Chinese Expedition. "The main bulk of the pottery forming the basis of the present paper was collected by me in Hsi an fu, Shensi Province, in August, 1903, while on mission in China for the American Museum of Natural History. The material is supplemented by a number of other pieces received on loan from private collectors." (Laufer). The book is illustrated with seventy-five plates of lithographic reproductions of photographs of Chinese pottery, with up to five items represented per page, an in-text drawings. Contains contains Chinese characters on some illustrations and in the text. index at rear. Binding with very light wear along edges and lightly rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Endpapers partially sunned and one brief pencil note in margin. Very good condition. Item #49681
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