Author: WATSON, WILLIAM,
Title: Sculpture of Japan. From the Fifth to the Fifteenth Century. [First edition].
Description: London, The studio, 1959. Folio. Original cloth, gilded tile on spine. 216pp., incl. 80pp. of monochrome plates with detailed expert descriptive text on facing pp. [page 40-211], featuring bronze, stone- and woodcarving art of Japan through the ages, preceded by a table of contents, list of illustrations which include names of collectors and collections, introducttion and rather detailed information about art-periods [pp. 11-39], notes on Iconography, bibliography. English language lavishly illustrated publication about various forms of antique japanese sculpture, which includes rather detailed information on subsequent periods, e.g.: The Asuka Period, Early Nara Period, Laer Nara Period, Heian Period, Kamakura Period. Very good copy. NO DUSTJACKET.

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