Jan 29, 2019 - Sale 2497

Sale 2497 - Lot 78

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(CHINESE PAINTING.) Three Hundred Masterpieces of Chinese Painting in the Palace Museum. 6 volumes in 2 portfolios. Chinese and English text. introduction by Wang Shih-chieh and an essay by Chia-Luen Lo. 300 of tipped-in color plates and printed collotypes from the former Imperial Palace of the Ch'ing Dynasty, with biographical data and critical commentary in Chinese and English. 437x317 mm; 17 1/4x12 1/2 inches, original Chinese sewn brocade silk wrappers; housed in two navy cloth folding cases with faux bone clasps and printed cover labels; internally near fine but for some very gentle occasional foxing to fore edges. number 627 of 1000 sets. Taiwan, Taichung: National Palace Museum and National Central Museum 1980