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(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 bowed, scattered soiling and rubbing, spines toned; endleaves and final leaves moderately toned and soiled with a few frayed deckles, scattered faint dampstains to last few plates in Vol. 1; bookplates and Foyles of London bookseller's ticket; lacking dust jackets. London: Quaritch, 1911
number 58 of 1000 numbered sets of the work showcasing the finest specimens of the Kangxi period (1662-1722) to be found in private collections and museums. Among the styles included are Blue & White, Powder Blue, Famille Verte, Noire and Jaune, Enamel on Biscuit Ware. Gorer, who was based in London and New York, was among the best dealers in Chinese porcelains at the turn of the century and included Henry Clay Frick and John Pierpont Morgan among his clients. He died aboard the Lusitania during the German U-boat torpedo attack on the ship in 1915 while sailing with prominent art dealer Frank Partridge from New York to England.
