Chinese Japanese Porcelains Jades Lacquer Swords Other Weapons Objects Of Art PDF Download

Excerpt from Chinese and Japanese Objects of Art: Japanese Swords and Daggers, Prints, Carvings and Lacquers, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes, Cloisonnes, Potteries and Porcelains, Collected by the Late Thomas E. H. Curtis The series of porcelains, mainly decorative, contain a consider able number of remarkable specimens which we have tried to characterize as such in our descriptions. Among the bronzes are several important specimens, we may mention particularly the big Chinese elephant carrying a crystal globe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.