Antique Jade by Oscar Luzzatto-Bilitz

Antique Jade

by Oscar Luzzatto-Bilitz

Paul Hamlyn Cameo Art Series

Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1969, colour photographic plates throughout, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, little edge and shelf wear, previous owners stamp inside front cover, price-clipped dust-jacket minor edge and shelf wear with tear to top front of spine, minor rubbing to edges and corners, minor markings (see photographs)

"The word 'jade' conjures up an image of strange carvings in a smooth green stone.  In fact jade comes in many different colour, but all the various types have a delicate beauty which has always appealed to connoisseur and craftsman alike.  In China, jade was being carved as far back as Neolithic times, even before the discovery of metals.
The 71 illustrations include examples from all these periods and the expert text, by Oscar Luzzatto-Bilitz, gives a fascinating account of the background of jade carving, no only in China but also in Pre-Columbian America and in New Zealand."