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The Bishop collection investigations and studies in jade
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bishop Collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bishop, Heber R. (Heber Reginald), 1840-1902--Art collections--Catalogs.
- Bishop, Heber R.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)--Catalogs.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).
- Jade--Private collections--Catalogs.
- Jade.
- Genre:
- Catalogs
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 volumes) frontispiece (portrait), illustrations (some color), 93 plates (some color, including map), 2 diagrams
- Other Title:
- Investigations and studies in jade.
- Place of Publication:
- New York Privately printed [The De Vinne press] 1906
- Contents:
- v. 1. General introduction. Jade in China: Introduction. Yü shuo. A discourse on jade. (Translation) Yü shuo. A discourse on jade. (Chinese text) Yü tso t'ou. Illustrations of the modern manufacture of jade. Jade as a mineral. Methods of working jade. Worked jade. Bibliography (pages 257-260)
- volume 2. Catalogue: Brief introduction, with explanatory statement as to the arrangement. Mineralogical synopsis. Archaeological synopsis. Ancient or tomb pieces from China. Art objects, historical period
- Notes:
- Title vignette
- Illustrated with woodcuts, copperplates and lithographs, many coloured
- Includes bibliographical references (volume 1, pages 257-260)
- Print version record
- Other Format:
- Print version Bishop Collection. Bishop collection
- OCLC:
- 1411715842
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