Original title :Art indonésien. Spécimens sélectionnés d'art ancien et moderne...1901
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PLEYTE, C.M. Indonesian Art. Selected Specimens of Ancient and Modern Art and Handwork from the Dutch Indian Archipelago. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1901. First edition. Large folio, 48 x 35 cm, 60 pp. & 24 fine collotype plates (plate n°25 missing). Cloth-backed board portfolio, slightly rubbed on corners, interior clean. Survey of the Dutch East Indies colony featuring ancient Javanese…
PLEYTE, C.M. Indonesian Art. Selected Specimens of Ancient and Modern Art and Handwork from the Dutch Indian Archipelago. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1901. First edition. Large folio, 48 x 35 cm, 60 pp. & 24 fine collotype plates (plate n°25 missing). Cloth-backed board portfolio, slightly rubbed on corners, interior clean. Survey of the Dutch East Indies colony featuring ancient Javanese sculpture and ethnographic artifacts from throughout the archipelago. Published to coincide with the colonial exhibition in Amsterdam. Plates depict wooden statuettes, gold and bronze Buddhas, idols, weapons, shawls, cotton paintings, puppets and other objects from Bali, Java, Sumba, Damar and Borneo.
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