國寶 Kokuho. National Treasures Sculptures in the Imperial Museum at Nara W/ 123 PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES

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$950 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

First edition

Nara : 奈良帝室博物館 Nara Imperial Museum , 1910-1917. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Original decorative green silk portfolio with gilt-lettered label on the front cover and bone fasteners. Interior flaps speckled in gilt. Housed inside are 123 of 125? loose plates of beautifully printed b/w colotype images showing acclaimed and revered works of Japanese Buddhist sculpture, located in various temples around the

• Binding: Hardcover

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