1029 - 1346 ORIENTAL and TRIBAL ARTS - ART REFERENCE
- Backwr. sl. rubbed. Otherwise a very fine copy.
Noor, F.A. and Khoo, E. Spirit of Wood. The Art of Malay Woodcarving. Works by master carvers from Kelantan, Terengganu and Pattani. Hong Kong, Periplus, 2003, 176p,, richly illustrated, orig. boards w. dustwr., large 4to. - AND 1 other: A. LE BONHEUR, La sculpture indonésienne au Musée Guimet. Catalogue et étude iconographique (Paris, 1971, 1st ed., num. ills., orig. faux hleather, obl. 8vo).
- Bookblock loosening.
Steinilber-Oberlin, E. Les Sectes bouddhiques japonaises. Histoire - Doctrines philosophiques - Textes - Les sanctuaires. Paris, G. Crès et Cie, 1930, (6),XVIII,347p., photogr. ills., orig. wr. pres., contemp. giltlettered hvellum, cl. slipcase. Snellgrove, D.L. The Image of the Buddha. Paris/ Tokyo, UNESCO/ Kodansha, 1978, 482p., num. (full-p.) (col.) ills., orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 4 others, i.a. E.D. SAUNDERS, Mudra. A Study of Symbolic Gestures in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture (London, 1960, 1st ed., 26 monochr. plates, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and K. WITH, Buddhistische Plastik in Japan (Vienna, 1920, 2nd ed., 230 monochr. plates, orig. cl. w. mounted plate on frontcover, 4to. Upper joint weak).
= Reprint of the ed. 1991.
Kaufmann, C. Vanuatu. Kunst aus der Südsee. Basel, C. Merian, 1997, 168p., num. ills., orig. boards. - AND 1 other.
= Interesting work on the function and deeper meaning of repairs made to African ritual, religious and artistic ethnological objects. Rare.
Tagliaferri, A. Pomdo, Mahen Yafe et Nomoli. Paris, Johann Lévy, 2003, XVII,58p., 50 illustrations, orig. wr., 4to. Geoffroy-Scheiter, B. and Galbert, A. de. Voyage dans ma tête. La collection de coiffes ethniques d'Antoine de Galbert. Paris, Fage/ Maison Rouge, 2010, 256p., richly illustrated, orig. wr. - AND 4 others, i.a. E. DE DAMPIERRE, Harpes Zande (Paris, 1991, ills., orig. wr.) and M. GRIAULE, Arts de l'Afrique noire (Paris, 1947, (col.) ills., orig. gilt clothbacked boards).
- Bookseller's stamp on first blank. A few small reddish inkstains on backwr.; wrappers sl. fingersoiled..
= Rare and important catalogue, showing the collection of Kunstzaal Van Lier and as such it is an important reference tool for collectors of African tribal art and for the influence of African art on modern Western art.
Zayas, M. de. African Negro Art. Its Influence on Modern Art. New York, Modern Gallery, 1916, 44p., 32 plates, later hcl. w. orig. frontwr. laid down on frontcover.
- Bookseller's stamp on first free endpaper. Otherwise fine. = Very rare.
AND 2 others similar: C. EINSTEIN, Negerplastik (Munich, 1920, 108 plates, orig. hcl., 4to. Covers sl. rubbed; lower joint splitting) and AFRIKAANSE KUNST IN NEDERLAND (Leyden, 1947, plates, orig. wr.).
- Corners and spine-end(s) of dustwr. trifle rubbed. Otherwise fine.
- Plates occas. sl. foxed (mostly in margins). Backcover of vol.2 stained in lower third. Fine copy.
= One of 25 copies of the DELUXE EDITION bound in full vellum with the plates on india paper (our copy numbered "8"). Provenance: Charles William Dyson Perrins (bookplate on upper pastedown of both vols.). Richly illustrated catalogue of the collection of Japanese art amassed by Michael Tomkinson, i.a. inro, ceramics, ivories, swords, textiles, lacquers, kakemono, makemono, ehon etc. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVII.
- Backcover of vol.1 a few sl. rubbed spots. Fine copy.
= Richly illustrated catalogue of the collection of Japanese art amassed by Michael Tomkinson, i.a. inro, ceramics, ivories, swords, textiles, lacquers, kakemono, makemono, ehon etc.
- Paper ticket at top of spine.
Hentze, C. Bronzegerät, Kultbauten, Religion im ältesten China der Shang-Zeit. Antw., De Sikkel, 1951, 2 vols., text vol.: XIX,(1),273p.; plate vol.: (4) textp., 53 plates, orig. unif. wr., 4to. Ackerman, P. Ritual Bronzes of Ancient China. New York, The Dryden Press, 1945, VI,(2),114p., num. ills., orig. cl., 4to.























