May 07, 2014 - Sale 2349

Sale 2349 - Lot 30

Price Realized: $ 4,608
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
(CHINESE ART.) Gorer, Edgar; and Blacker, J. F. Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones. 2 volumes. 254 color plates of rare Chinese gems and glyptic art divided into 12 categories, some folding, with French and English descriptive text, opposite. Large, thick 4to, publisher's gilt-pictorial cream cloth, slightly cocked, scattered soiling, spines toned; endleaves and final leaves moderately toned and soiled with a few blanks frayed, hinges reinforced with cloth tape, more noticeable on Volume 1; lacking dust jackets. number 75 of 1000 numbered sets of the work showcasing finest specimens to be found in private collections and museums. London: Quaritch, 1911