Description

Large hardcover, folio sized volume bound in blue cloth and lettered in blue and silver on spine, housed in publisher’s color pictorial slipcase. 191 pages. With Notes by various experts. Illustrated with 103 color plates, many full page, and 361 monochrome photographs, each with descriptive captions. First trade edition thus, originally published by Kodansha as part of a limited deluxe 12 volume set in 1974. Long out-of-print, this indispensable reference includes examples Japanese, Chinese, and Korean pottery and porcelain from archaeological finds dating back to the prehistoric period and up through highlights of the Edo shogunate. “Curated by noted experts Seizo Hayashiya and Gakuji Hasebe, the volume provides rigorous provenance, dating, and contextual history for each item.” No previous ownership marks. Book is clean, tight, fresh and unmarked. Spine cloth sunned uniformly to gray as per usual, with lettering still bright and unaffected. Slipcase in clean with no bumps or splits. A near fine copy in a fine slipcase. No International shipping available on this item due to size and weight. Customers desiring Priority shipment should contact us before ordering for price quote.