Description

Large format paperback, perfect bound. 135 pages. Auction Catalog for Christie’s New York sale (Japanese Lacquer); date Wednesday, 19 March, 1997. Sale code 8602. 239 lots including: various types of boxes, a dinnerware set, small furniture, even a military style helmet, and other objets d’art showcasing Japanese lacquer art and technique. Each lot is described and an auction estimate given in US dollars. Prices realized sheet laid-in loose. Illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs. Also laid-in loose are two 8″ x 10″ photographs [one in color] by Art Services International, of Japanese Lacquer writing boxes from the Baur Collection, Geneva. Two pages show very brief marks with colored sharpie [one page being Christie’s Specialty Departments listings]. Else a clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy. Very good.