The hare with amber eyes : a hidden inheritance
by
De Waal, Edmund.
Title
:
The hare with amber eyes : a hidden inheritance
Author
:
De Waal, Edmund.
ISBN
:
9780099539551
Personal Author
:
De Waal, Edmund.
Publication Information
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London : Vintage, 2011.
Physical Description
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354 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, map, portraits ; 21 cm
Contents
:
Paris 1871-1899 -- Vienna 1899-1938 -- Vienna Kovecses, Tunbridge Wells, Vienna 1938-1947 -- Tokyo 1947-2001 -- Tokyo, Odessa, London 2001-2009.
Abstract
:
264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox: potter Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie.
Personal Subject
:
De Waal, Edmund-Family.
De Waal, Edmund. (OCoLC)fst00424801
Subject Term
:
Jewish bankers -- Europe -- Biography.
Jewish businesspeople -- Europe -- Biography.
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Europe -- Biography.
Netsukes -- Private collections -- England -- London.
Art -- Collectors and collecting. (OCoLC)fst00815195
Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
Jewish bankers. (OCoLC)fst00982671
Jewish businesspeople. (OCoLC)fst00982678
Netsukes -- Private collections. (OCoLC)fst01036209
Geographic Term
:
England -- London. (OCoLC)fst01204271
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
Genre
:
Biography.
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686