Ars Orientalis: The Arts of Islam and the East (v. 4), Smithsonian, 1961, VG

Bosch, Gulnar K., et al. Ars Orientalis: The Arts of Islam and the East, Vol. 4 (Washington, D.C.; Ann Arbor, MI: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution; Fine Arts Department, University of Michigan, 1961).

English, German, and French (none of the texts are bilingual), Very Good, HC, 4to, 12" x 9 1/2," 462 pp., including illustrations.

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Text in English, German, and French (none of the articles are bilingual). Very Good beige cloth-covered boards with dark brown lettering on front and spine. Covers have slight bumping to tips and head and tail of spine and light age toning, else clean and intact, binding tight. Pages have light age toning, else pristine and intact. Replete with black-and-white plates, some of which are folding plates. "Smithsonian Publication 4431." Volume 4 of Ars Orientalis, a series about the arts of Islam and the East. Contains several Articles and Notes by different authors. This volume includes articles about subjects relating to countries and cultures in the Middle East and Asia. A sampling of the subjects addressed herein are scribes and their writing implements; Arabic writing; iconography of a Kashan luster plate; the staircase minaret; Peter's Siberian gold; animal deities in Luristan, Tibet, and Italy; Tibetan t'ankas; Chinese paintings with inscriptions from the Sung Dynasty; architectural landscapes attributed to Chao Po-chu; the Chinese painting, T'ang Ming-huang's Journey to Shu, Shitennoji albums of painted fans, and Netsuke carvers of the Iwami School.  Also contains book reviews.