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The Radiance of Jade and the Clarity of Water: Korean Ceramics from the Ataka Collection
by Itoh, Ikutaro and Yutaka Mino
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG. Dust jacket shows wear along edges, sunning along bottom edge. Cloth shows sunning along top edge. Owner's sticker on ffe
- ISBN 10
- 1555950655
- ISBN 13
- 9781555950651
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New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1991. Hardcover. VG/VG. Dust jacket shows wear along edges, sunning along bottom edge. Cloth shows sunning along top edge. Owner's sticker on ffep, otherwise clean.. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Pale illustrated dust jacket, blue lettering. 158 pp. 24 bw and 289 color plates. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago, November 23, 1991 to February 3, 1992. Features 793 examples of Korean ceramics (considered the highest achievement of Korean civilization) in the collection - one of the greatest collections of its type anywhere.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32955
- Title
- The Radiance of Jade and the Clarity of Water: Korean Ceramics from the Ataka Collection
- Author
- Itoh, Ikutaro and Yutaka Mino
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG. Dust jacket shows wear along edges, sunning along bottom edge. Cloth shows sunning along top edge. Owner's sticker on ffe
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 1555950655
- ISBN 13
- 9781555950651
- Publisher
- Hudson Hills Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Asian Decorative Arts ; Ataka Collection; Korean Ceramics ; ;
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About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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