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FOLK ART OF KOREA. Covers Embroideries Tobacco Boxs Combs Furniture Books
rif. 20011202Seoul 1978 National Museum. Stiff color wrs. very good text in both Korean and English 12 color 379 b.w.n photos unpaginated ca. 150p. full list of plates with description for each of the 379 objects 19 x 26 cm.a superb catalogue. . . . A STUNNING LIST OF 379 ITEMS FROM KOREA'S NATIONAL MUSEUM . A major and highly useful reference shows the breath and width of Korean creativity and artistic skill in a variety of areas. Articles displayed include textiles folk painting and tigers flowers animals ceramics ink stones tea pots and related cooking ware metal locks shoes braziers spoons boxes smoking pipes lams furniture house-hold articles baskets wood lacquer &c. . Illustrated with 19 color plates 369 b.w. photo plates. With separate English list of plates descriptions showing item name date period size and owner or collection name. . Text also in Japanese Chinese & Korean. . Color photos are posted to our website. . CONDITION: The book is bound in the publisher's stiff color pictorial wrappers. The book is firmly bound clean and solid. . There is a few tin foxing spots to the back cover & a small closed tear as well. Else the front cover and contents are clean bright and without issue. A better than average example. . . unknown
