1,000+ Antique Japanese Netsuke - Makers Dates Types / Scarce Illustrated Book

Description

Illustrated in color and mostly black-and-white, this early out-of-print book provides an in-depth pictorial survey of approximately1,000 antique Japanese netsuke.
NETSUKE – The Collection of the Peabody Essex Museum
by Lisa A. Edwards and Margie M. Krebs, Peabody Essex Museum of Salem, MA, 1980/2000.
Approximately 1,000 Japanese netsuke are pictured in color and black-and-white with identifying captions.  Each caption includes name terse description, dimension, maker and date when known.  This book covers by chapter:  Introduction; Deities and Demons; Folk Tales; People; Masks; Animals; Plants; Replicas of Made-Made Objects; Functional Netsuke; Decorative Netsuke; Sagemono; Shop Signs; Bibliography; Appendix 1: Artists represented by signatures in the collection; and Index-Glossary.  A typical museum text, the narrative is concisely rich and the photography is superb.  This is an indispensable book for the collector, dealer, or historian of Japanese netsuke.
8.5” x 11” softback in very good condition.  160 pages.
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