The Bishop collection : investigations and studies in jade : [volume one]

Bishop Collection · 1906 · New York : Privately printed [The De Vinne press] · 120 pictures

The Bishop Collection is a privately printed 1906 New York volume cataloguing the jade collection of Heber R. Bishop, issued by The De Vinne Press for collectors and scholars of Chinese jade. Its photographs and plates show carved vessels and stands in close, even lighting, with fine carved surface detail and smooth polished stone that a designer could study for sculptural form and ornament.

Bishop, Heber R. (Heber Reginald), 1840-1902 -- Art collections · Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · Jade -- Private collections

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