Catalogue of Mrs. J. O. Blanchard's Collection of Old Japanese Curios, Netsukes, Snuff Bottles, Lacquers, Bronzes and Other Oriental Objects

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Excerpt from Catalogue of Mrs. J. O. Blanchard's Collection of Old Japanese Curios, Netsukes, Snuff Bottles, Lacquers, Bronzes and Other Oriental Objects: To Be Sold at Unrestricted Public Sale at the American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, on Thursday Afternoon, April 6th, 1916, at the Conclusion of the Sale of Mrs. Blanchard's Notable Collection of Japanese PrintsOn arriving in Japan my husband and I planned to buy no 01) jets d'art until we had acquired some knowledge of Japanese art, but we found that this knowledge could only be acquired through buying the object, keeping it for a period of time, and then testing its value by the amount of pleasure it gave us.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.