Jeffrey Hantover Text (3 results)

Hardbound. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. Vietnam and its people come alive in this visual journey behind the headlines and the preconceptions of the past. From village huts to the neon bustle of Ho Chi Minh City, Ellen Kaplowitz shows us a Vietnam where tradition still thrives in the changing social landscape. We see Vietnam at work in rice fields and on city streets, at prayer, at joyous and emotional family and communal rituals of life and death. ".centuries of Vietnam spill out of these pages." Bernard Kalb, former NY Times correspondent in Vietnam. 176 pp., 136 colour photos Size: 28 x 23 cm.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. English, Chinese and Japanese introductory texts, with captions in English and Chinese.; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued) SONG CERAMICS, sale N09189 "VORTEX" held on 16 September 2014 at Sotheby's New York, comprising 8 lots (lots 1-8), 24 x 30.5 cm, 0.7 kg, 76 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Small bumps at the edges which are slightly turning inwards. The exterior shows minor signs of wear, scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover. The lettering on spine is worn. A tiny part of the top right side of the page are bent most likely due to the bump. Remaining interior in very good condition.; "A thousand false notes" is an exaggerated exercise in humility but what rings true is that Sakamoto Goro in his career as an antiques dealer, collector and connoisseur spanning almost seventy years has achieved true mekiki, the expert's capacity to judge authenticity that goes far beyond simply having a good eye for art. A rigorously self-critical man he has learned from his mistakes. "One's failures are the foundation of success" has been a guiding principle of his life. His autobiography, first serialized in the Nikkei newspaper in December of 1996, is more a catalogue of his early failures than his considerable successes in his Tokyo shop, Fugendo, the Tokyo Bijutsu Club and auction rooms in London, New York and Paris. With dogged determination, daring, constant study and what he calls his "fighting spirit" he has bought and sold some of the finest works of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and ancient Middle Eastern art." excerpt from the introductory text by Jeffrey Hantover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. English, Chinese and Japanese introductory texts, with captions in English and Chinese.; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket - as issued).; PORCELAIN, sale HK0559 "BAIHUATING", held on 8 October 2014 at Sotheby's Hong Kong, comprising 8 lots (lots 3501-3509), 24 x 30.5 cm, 0.7 kg, 92 pages with colour illustrations.; Signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Small bumps at all edges which are turning inwards. The exterior shows minor signs of wear, scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover. The lettering on spine is worn. Some pages are bent are a tiny part at the top eges on the first few pages most likely due to the bump. Remaining interior in very good condition.; "A thousand false notes" is an exaggerated exercise in humility but what rings true is that Sakamoto Goro in his career as an antiques dealer, collector and connoisseur spanning almost seventy years has achieved true mekiki, the expert's capacity to judge authenticity that goes far beyond simply having a good eye for art. A rigorously self-critical man he has learned from his mistakes. "One's failures are the foundation of success" has been a guiding principle of his life. His autobiography, first serialized in the Nikkei newspaper in December of 1996, is more a catalogue of his early failures than his considerable successes in his Tokyo shop, Fugendo, the Tokyo Bijutsu Club and auction rooms in London, New York and Paris. With dogged determination, daring, constant study and what he calls his "fighting spirit" he has bought and sold some of the finest works of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and ancient Middle Eastern art." excerpt from the introductory text by Jeffrey Hantover.…