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NOTT, STANLEY CHARLES. Chinese Jades in the Stanley Charles Nott Collection. Color frontispiece portrait; 118 photographic plates. Thick folio,

NOTT, STANLEY CHARLES. Chinese Jades in the Stanley Charles Nott Collection. Color frontispiece portrait; 118 photographic plates. Thick folio, gilt-stamped green cloth. Prospectus for Nott's book Chinese Culture in the Arts laid in. West Palm Beach, 1942

  • Notes: first edition. one of 1000 numbered copies. inscribed and signed by nott on half-title verso. This volume is an illustrated descriptive record reviewing the symbolic ritualistic appurtenances of Chinese jades and their various sacrificial usages. It describes the involved formulas underlying Chinese religious services, the altar equipment, superstitious practices, etc. regarding Chinese jades throughout the ages. Sinkankas 4805.

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