Author: Hentze, C.
Title: Les figurines de la ceramique funeraire. Matériaux pour l'étude des croyances et du folklore de la Chine ancienne. I. Texte; II. Planches. [TWO VOLUMES].
Description: Hellerau bei Dresden, Avalun, & Leipzig, Karl W. Hiersemann, N.d. (ca. 1925). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Two volumes. Quarto. I. Text Volume. Pp. viii, 105. II. Plate Volume. consists of title leaf and 114 single-sheet collotype plates. Both volumes placed in the original cloth portfolio with some wear to extremities and a few repairs at folds inside. Both volumes are in fine condition, plates are exceptionally well preserved. ~ FIRST EDITION. Beautifully illustrated Collotype is one of the most accurate and attractive methods of photomechanical tonal printing processes. Highly skilled and expensive process, it cannot produce more than a limited number of impressions. It has been used for single-sheet prints and luxury portfolios, and since the 1950s has been abandoned by all except a few small specialist firms. X-8 .

Keywords: ART HISTORY MODERN CULTURE SCULPTURE SCULPTURES BURIAL FUNERARY STATUETTE STATUETTES GRAVE GRAVEYARD CEMETERY CEMETERIES RITES RITUAL RITUALS CUSTOMS URN CEREMONIES TOMBS DEAD DEATH CREMATION GROUND CAVE CAVES RELIGION HOLY SHRINE SHRINES TEMPLE TEMPLES R


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