An Attempt to Ascertain the Resemblance which some Ornaments now used in China, Bear to those of the Most Polished Times of Grecian Sculpture and Architecture.
[by James Christie.]
London: printed by W. Bulmer & Co. Cleveland Row, St James's [n.d., c.1810].
Folio, 4pp. letterpress with loose plate engraved by P. Sansom, text watermarked 'J Whatman 1810', the plate 'Budgen'.
An examination of a Chinese cup belonging to Dorothea Banks, wife of the President of the Royal Society, Sir Joseph Banks. The text suggests that the Chinese lotus pattern of the cup derived from the Greek palmette motif. A scarce item. According to the 'Catalogue of the Library of John Dent, Esq.r.' (1825), the author was James Christie (1773-1831), a noted antiquary and scholar, who took over his father's auctioneer business in 1803.
See V&A 28109 for the plate.
[Ref: 62367] £680.00
London: printed by W. Bulmer & Co. Cleveland Row, St James's [n.d., c.1810].
Folio, 4pp. letterpress with loose plate engraved by P. Sansom, text watermarked 'J Whatman 1810', the plate 'Budgen'.
An examination of a Chinese cup belonging to Dorothea Banks, wife of the President of the Royal Society, Sir Joseph Banks. The text suggests that the Chinese lotus pattern of the cup derived from the Greek palmette motif. A scarce item. According to the 'Catalogue of the Library of John Dent, Esq.r.' (1825), the author was James Christie (1773-1831), a noted antiquary and scholar, who took over his father's auctioneer business in 1803.
See V&A 28109 for the plate.
[Ref: 62367] £680.00