The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance (Hardback)
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Short Description for The Hare With Amber Eyes Presents photographs of the celebrated netsuke collection - 264 Japanese wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox. From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de siecle Paris, from occupied Vienna to post-war Tokyo, the author traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his family.
Full description- Publisher: CHATTO & WINDUS
- Published: 17 November 2011
- Format: Hardback 432 pages
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- Categories: Oriental Art | Art History: c 1900 - | Carvings: Artworks | Individual Architects & Architectural Firms | Biography: General | Biography: Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN 13: 9780701187163 ISBN 10: 0701187166
- Sales rank: 7,957
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Full description for The Hare With Amber Eyes
This is the definitive illustrated edition of the international bestseller with gorgeous new photography of the celebrated netsuke collection, and sumptuous full-colour images hand-picked by Edmund de Waal from his family archive 264 Japanese wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger 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 story far larger and more dramatic than he could ever have imagined. From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de siecle Paris, from occupied Vienna to post-war Tokyo, Edmund de Waal traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century.
