ARCHAIC CHINESE JADES. FROM THE EDWARD AND LOUISE B. SONNENSCHEIN COLLECTION.
Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago. 1952.
First edition. Hardcover. Very good. / Fair. Item #55943
12 1/4'' x 9 1/2''. 279pp. Numerous illustrations, one color, the remainder in b&w. Some light foxing to fore-edge. Dust jacket worn and torn. Slight mustiness. A very scarce book.
"The Sonnenschein Collection, perhaps the finest collection of archaic Chinese jades in the world...The catalogue is a handsome volume produced in a manner worthy of this munificent gift, and the difficult task of reproducing the elusive quality and design of ancient jade by photography and half-tone printing has been accomplished with remakable success."-royalasiaticsociety.
Price: $750.00