Lot 174
China.- National Palace Museum & National Central Museum Taichung. Three Hundred Masterpieces of Chinese Painting in the Palace Museum, 6 vol., ink gift inscription to Sir Hugh Casson from Chiang Fu-tsung, Taiwan, 1975.
Hammer Price: £300
Description
China.- National Palace Museum & National Central Museum Taichung. Three Hundred Masterpieces of Chinese Painting in the Palace Museum, 6 vol., text in Chinese and English, plates, some colour and mounted, captioned tissue-guards, ink gift inscription "To Sir Hugh and Lady Casson with the compliments of Chiang Fu-tsung, Taipei, 10.27 1978" in English and Chinese to vol. 1 Chinese title, original stitched navy limp cloth, paper label on upper covers, few very light marks, housed in 2 original cloth folders with clasps (little soiled), folio, Taiwan, 1975.
⁂ One of 1000 copies of the Taiwan reprint of 1975, the work first published in 1959, as stated in Chinese on the colophon leaf. This copy is inscribed to architect and interior designer Sir Hugh Casson by Chiang Fu-tsung, who served as director of the National Palace Museum in Tapei and National Central Library. Sir Hugh served as president of the Royal Academy from 1976 to 1984. His wife Margaret was also an architect, designer and photographer.
Description
China.- National Palace Museum & National Central Museum Taichung. Three Hundred Masterpieces of Chinese Painting in the Palace Museum, 6 vol., text in Chinese and English, plates, some colour and mounted, captioned tissue-guards, ink gift inscription "To Sir Hugh and Lady Casson with the compliments of Chiang Fu-tsung, Taipei, 10.27 1978" in English and Chinese to vol. 1 Chinese title, original stitched navy limp cloth, paper label on upper covers, few very light marks, housed in 2 original cloth folders with clasps (little soiled), folio, Taiwan, 1975.
⁂ One of 1000 copies of the Taiwan reprint of 1975, the work first published in 1959, as stated in Chinese on the colophon leaf. This copy is inscribed to architect and interior designer Sir Hugh Casson by Chiang Fu-tsung, who served as director of the National Palace Museum in Tapei and National Central Library. Sir Hugh served as president of the Royal Academy from 1976 to 1984. His wife Margaret was also an architect, designer and photographer.
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