CHINESE AND ORIENTAL CERAMICS - Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd., 1976-77. 12 volumes, large 4to (364 x 260mm). Text in English and Japanese, mounted coloured plates, monochrome illustrations. Original silk boards gilt, turquoise slipcases (partly faded). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 41 OF 300 COPIES. The collections, to each of which a separate volume is dedicated, are at the following museums: 1) Tokyo National Museum, Japan, 2) National Museum of Korea, Seoul, 3) Museum Pusat, Jakarta, 4) Iran Bastan Museum, Teheran, 5) The British Museum, London, 6) Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 7) The Percy David Foundation of Chinese Art, London; 8) Musée Guimet, Paris, 9) Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, 10) The Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 11) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and 12) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Only part of the lot is illustrated. (12)
