Hare with Amber Eyes (Illustrated Edition) A Hidden Inheritance

Name: Hare with Amber Eyes (Illustrated Edition) A Hidden Inheritance
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ISBN: 9780374168285

ISBN-10: 0374168288

ISBN-13: 9780374168285

Edition: 2012

Authors: Edmund de Waal

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The definitive illustrated edition of the international bestsellerTwo hundred and sixty-four Japanese wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox: Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in his great-uncle Iggie’s Tokyo apartment. When he later inherited the netsuke, they unlocked a far more dramatic story than he could ever have imagined.From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de siècle Paris, from occupied Vienna to postwar Tokyo, de Waal traces the netsuke’s journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century. With sumptuous photographs of the netsuke collection and full-color images from de…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 11/13/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 9.40" wide x 13.60" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 2.464
Language: English

Edmund de Waal's porcelain is shown in many museum collections round the world and he has recently made installations for the VandA and Tate Britain. He was apprenticed as a potter, studied in Japan and read English at Cambridge. He is Professor of Ceramics at the University of Westminster and lives in London with his family.