CHINA - JAPAN. - Lot 68

CHINA - JAPAN. Meeting of four books including: - COLLECTION S. BING COLLECTION. Works of art and paintings from Japan and China. Reunion of six folio catalogs, in lace-up wallets entirely decorated with a full-color Japanese motif, featuring over 250 black-and-white illustrations. Includes the sale catalog for the collection presented from Monday May 7 to Saturday May 12, 1906, in the Durand Ruel galleries at 11 rue Lepelletier and 16 Rue Laffitte in Paris. Dimensions: 42x30 cm. - After Ding Guanpeng Fa Jie Yuan Liu Tu 丁观鹏法界源流图. Accordion book reproducing the famous "Buddha scroll" in color. Titled in ink on the cover. China, first half of the 20th century. Size: 27.5x18 cm. - An erotic accordion book, the orange cover imitating shagreen. Reproductions of scenes painted during the Qing dynasty. China, first half of the 20th century. Dimensions: 18.5x11.5 cm. - Accordion photo album featuring some fifty photographs of Japan. The book is double-sided, with one side showing views and landscapes (Tokaido, Osaka...), and the other showing portraits and genre scenes. The boards are trimmed with geometrically patterned cloth. Japan, circa 1900. Dimensions: 17.5x11.5 cm. (Stains, accidents, wear).