Alfred Baur, Pioneer and Collector

prima edizione Title: Alfred Baur, Pioneer and Collector Author: Crick, Monique (et al) Price: = Eur325,00.- ISBN: 9788874396931 Description: Milano: Five Continents, 2015. 29cm., hardcover, 426pp., 250 color illus. Summary: Published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Alfred Baur's birth and the 50th anniversary of the Baur Foundation, Museum of Far Eastern Art, this book presents one of the major collections of Asian art through an opulent selection of the arts of China and Japan, housed in an elegant private mansion in Geneva. Alfred Baur, Pioneer and Collector combines the history of the Far East with that of the man who founded A. Baur & Co. Ltd. in Colombo (Ceylon) in 1897. Descrizione libro: 5 Continents editions, Milano, 2015. Condizione libro: NEW. Milano: 5 Continents editions, 2015 9788874396931 1209 455 p. : ill. col. ; 25 cm. The Baur Foundation, Museum of Far Eastern Art in Geneva, Switzerland, houses one of the most important collections of Asian art in the world: some 9,000 works from China and Japan. This new book celebrates the 50th anniversary of the museum and the 150th birthday of Alfred Baur (1865-1951). Lavishly illustrated with stunning new photographs, the book showcases the diversity and quality of Baur's collections, which span netsuke, lacquerware, saber fittings, prints, jades, imperial ceramics, textiles, and much more. The Baur Foundation, Museum of Far Eastern Art in Geneva, Switzerland, houses one of the most important collections of Asian art in the world: some 9,000 works from China and Japan. This new book celebrates the 50th anniversary of the museum and the 150th birthday of Alfred Baur (1865-1951). Lavishly illustrated with stunning new photographs, the book showcases the diversity and quality of Baur's collections, which span netsuke, lacquerware, saber fittings, prints, jades, imperial ceramics, textiles, and much more. Codice libro della libreria 009396 - Language : english text Size: 280 X210 mm.