GULIK, Robert van.

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Chinese Pictorial Art as Viewed by the Connoisseur. First edition, number 537 of 950 copies only, in better condition than usually encountered and complete with the booklet of original paper samples in the end pocket. This impressive monograph remains an important reference for scholars and collectors.Van Gulik's diplomatic postings in East Asia afforded ample opportunity for acquiring Chinese and Japanese scrolls, and he gathered further material for this work during visits to the workshop of his favoured restorer and scroll-mounter. He was one of the last researchers "able to conduct a conversation on the various topics of Pictorial Art with a passing generation of Chinese scholars who knew late Qing art and society at first hand" (p. 240).

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