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Photographic Album of Korean Bells: Takahashi Kenji, 1910
Photographic Album of Korean Bells — 1910
A photographic album of the ancient bells of Korea, compiled by Takahashi Kenji and published in 1910. The work assembles a pictorial record of the great cast-bronze temple bells of the Korean peninsula — among the most celebrated achievements of East Asian metalwork, prized for their form, their ornament, and the deep resonance for which they were renowned.
Compiled by a serious student of the field, the album presents these bells as objects of art and antiquity, recording their shapes, decorative friezes, and inscriptions in photographic plates at a time when systematic visual documentation of the peninsula's antiquities was still in its early years. As a primary visual source it preserves the appearance of these works of sacred bronze as they stood at the opening of the twentieth century.
A genuine and uncommon photographic record, of clear interest to students of Korean and East Asian art, of metalwork and casting, and of the history of bells — well suited to a serious collection of Japanese and East Asian art and aesthetics.
Offered by KT Vintage, drawing on decades of trusted international sales to discerning collectors and institutions across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.
Description & Historical Context
Photographic Album of Korean Bells — 1910
A photographic album of the ancient bells of Korea, compiled by Takahashi Kenji and published in 1910. The work assembles a pictorial record of the great cast-bronze temple bells of the Korean peninsula — among the most celebrated achievements of East Asian metalwork, prized for their form, their ornament, and the deep resonance for which they were renowned.
Compiled by a serious student of the field, the album presents these bells as objects of art and antiquity, recording their shapes, decorative friezes, and inscriptions in photographic plates at a time when systematic visual documentation of the peninsula's antiquities was still in its early years. As a primary visual source it preserves the appearance of these works of sacred bronze as they stood at the opening of the twentieth century.
A genuine and uncommon photographic record, of clear interest to students of Korean and East Asian art, of metalwork and casting, and of the history of bells — well suited to a serious collection of Japanese and East Asian art and aesthetics.
Offered by KT Vintage, drawing on decades of trusted international sales to discerning collectors and institutions across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.
Collation
| Category | Books |
|---|---|
| Condition | acceptable |
| SKU | N0000006819 |
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