Title: J.H. Leung : " A New Look of Inside Painted Snuff Bottles" : Where to buy Post by: Peter Bentley 彭达理 on April 11, 2011, 02:52:29 pm Hi All
Any serious collector of Modern Inside Painted Bottles ( " IPB's" ) will very soon find - as I did - that essential reading is J. H. Leung's landmark book of 1990 : " A New Look of Inside Painted Snuff Bottles" ( " New Look" for short) This details the collecting history of Mr J.H. Leung in the period ( 1975? ) 1980 - 1990 . Mr Leung was a very wealthy HK business man , and was totally dedicated to the Modern School of IPBs. So he spared no expense to build up what must have been THE greatest collection of all time in the world of Modern School IPB's ( The Modern School IPB equivalent of the Bloch Collection ) His book is full of the detailed histories of all the current Masters of the Modern School, starting with Wang Xisan himself, as well as pictures of all the bottles Mr Leung collected. Sadly Mr Leung died in about 1993 and his collection was auctioned off. J. H. Leung's book was published in both English and Chinese versions . The English version has a few extra pages of very late additions to his collection . But both versions are now long out of print. :( However ! Second hand copies of the English version are usually available via specialist second hand book websites, in particular Abe Books www.abebooks.com . Abe Books links to various other specialist art book sites, in particular Crunruh Books You can easily google these sites . Start with Abe Books . There are currently 3 copies of " New Look" for sale at prices between US$ 140 -180. I have dealt with both Abe and Crunruh and found them 100% reliable ( and also bought 2 copies of the English version : one for spare / rainy day ) So if you want your own copy of "New Look" , you now know where to buy a copy ! I have high resolution scans of both the English and Chinese versions. I am happy to send any collector a copy of these scans free of charge if you send me a 2 GB memory stick and a USD 10 / EUR 10 cash note (bill) to cover the cost of packing and postage . You can contact me at : peterbentleyhk@hotmail.com P.O. Box 20033 Hennessy Road Post Office Wanchai HONG KONG Cheers Peter @ HK Title: Re: J.H. Leung : " A New Look of Inside Painted Snuff Bottles" : Where to buy Post by: George on April 11, 2011, 03:10:39 pm I have high resolution scans of both the English and Chinese versions. I am happy to send any collector a copy of these scans free of charge if you send me a 2 GB memory stick and a USD 10 / EUR 10 cash note (bill) to cover the cost of packing and postage . I would be super excited and gratefull to accept your offer !! :D Will email you here in a bit to get your address and send off the memory stick and cash ! Big thank you ! Title: Re: J.H. Leung : " A New Look of Inside Painted Snuff Bottles" : Where to buy Post by: Peter Bentley 彭达理 on April 11, 2011, 09:46:55 pm Hi George
I already included New Look ( and a lot of other catalogues and books) on the memeory stick I sent you ! :D :D :D :D Cheers Peter @ HK Title: Re: J.H. Leung : " A New Look of Inside Painted Snuff Bottles" : Where to buy Post by: George on April 12, 2011, 08:14:36 am Excellent !!!
Title: Re: J.H. Leung : " A New Look of Inside Painted Snuff Bottles" : Where to buy Post by: George on April 20, 2011, 12:40:14 am Received this today !
It does not want to fit into my computers USB port.. Next time I am in the city will stop by a computer store to see about an adaptor.. Thank you very much Peter !! Title: Re: J.H. Leung : " A New Look of Inside Painted Snuff Bottles" : Where to buy Post by: Peter Bentley 彭达理 on April 20, 2011, 01:11:31 am Hi George
Glad you got the stick OK Don't know why it does not fit into your computer It's a 100% standard USB stick ( have you put it in the wrong way up? ) Cheers Peter Title: Re: J.H. Leung : " A New Look of Inside Painted Snuff Bottles" : Where to buy Post by: George on April 20, 2011, 06:37:48 am I know it sure looks like it should, so pushed a little harder this morning and in did go in !
What is Yantai ? Title: Re: J.H. Leung : " A New Look of Inside Painted Snuff Bottles" : Where to buy Post by: Peter Bentley 彭达理 on April 20, 2011, 10:55:56 am Hi George
Told you so ! Standard USB stick ! Just push hard ! Yantai is a seaside town in north east China ( home territory of the Shandong / Lu School) where the Asian IPB Collectors' Association held their 2009 meeting, together with a big exhibition of Modern IPBs which I think the Yantai local govt has big part in sponsoring , because it was probably THE biggest Chinese IPB expo in the past 5 years ( maybe ever? ) I have a diary of my participation in the event, which I can email you privately on condition you never copy to anyone else ( because a lot of personal stuff in it ) Cheers Peter Title: Re: J.H. Leung : " A New Look of Inside Painted Snuff Bottles" : Where to buy Post by: George on April 20, 2011, 11:02:16 am I have a diary of my participation in the event, which I can email you privately on condition you never copy to anyone else ( because a lot of personal stuff in it ) Cheers Peter That would be nice, and yes.. You have my word.. |