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Timeless beauty : traditional Japanese art from the Montgomery Collection / essays by Edmund de Waal ... [et al.].

Title
  1. Timeless beauty : traditional Japanese art from the Montgomery Collection / essays by Edmund de Waal ... [et al.].
Published by
  1. Milano : Skira ; New York : Distributed in North America and Latin America by Abbeville, 2002.

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Additional authors
  1. De Waal, Edmund
Description
  1. 377 p. : col. ill., map; 31 cm.
Summary
  1. Containing lengthy essays on religion, folk art traditions, the production of utilitarian and religious objects, textiles, ceramics, masks, and metalwork, as well as the history of the Montgomery Collection itself, this volume provides a thorough grounding in the use and context of this art. Nearly 300 pieces are reproduced here in full-page color plates with short captions.
Subject
  1. Montgomery, Jeffrey > Art collections > Catalogs
  2. Decorative arts > Japan > Catalogs
  3. Folk art > Japan > Catalogs
Genre/Form
  1. catalogs (documents)
  2. Catalogs
  3. Catalogues.
Contents
  1. 'Art without finish': Japanese arts in the west / Edmund de Waal -- The making of the Montgomery Collection / Rupert Faulkner -- Objects, sculptures, lacquerwares, paintings, and furniture / Annie M. Van Assche -- Ceramics / Rupert Faulkner -- Masks / Gregory Irvine -- Metalwork / Gregory Irvine -- Textiles / Anna Jackson.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-364) and index.