Keramic Art of Japan

Keramic Art of Japan Audsley, George Ashdown (September 6, 1838 – June 21, 1925) and Bowes, James Lord (21 June 1834 – 27 October 1899)

Folio. (11.5" x 15.625")1875. Audsley, George Ashdown and Bowes, James Lord Liverpool. London. Published for Subscribers, Henry Sotheran. 2 volumes. Author inscribed. Half green pebbled leather with generous corners, double gilt rule to leather edges, over marbled boards. Spine with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title to fancy gilt rule bordered second compartment, gilt authors/contents to fancy gilt bordered fourth compartment, fancy gilt frames with centered gilt filigree device to each other compartment, gilt rule to head and foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Armorial bookplate of Laundy Waters to front pastedown. Neat old ink gift inscription to half-title page dated July 1875 "With the compliments and kind regards of the Authors." Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with small loss to tips. Extremities rubbed, joints with loss of color, spines sun-faded to a pleasing chocolate brown.

From Wiki: George Ashdown Audsley (September 6, 1838 – June 21, 1925) was an accomplished architect, artist, illustrator, writer, decorator and pipe organ designer who excelled in many artistic fields but is perhaps best known today for having designed the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia. In 1875 Audsley collaborated with his friend James Lord Bowes, a wealthy Liverpool Wool Merchant and collector of Japanese art, to produce The Keramic Art of Japan. This was one of the first and most important books on Japanese art to be produced in the English language and, like many of Audsley's works, it continues to be a popular classic publication still in print. James Lord Bowes (21 June 1834 – 27 October 1899) was a wealthy Liverpool (UK) wool broker, art collector and patron of the arts, author and authority on Japan and its art, and benefactor. In 1888 he was appointed the first foreign-born Japanese Consul in Great Britain, a post he held until his sudden death in 1899 at the age of 65. In 1890, in the grounds of Streatlam Tower, his home in the Toxteth area of Liverpool, he opened to the public the first dedicated museum of Japanese art in the western world. James Lord Bowes immersed himself in the commercial and artistic life of Liverpool – he was several times both Vice President of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce and President of the Liverpool Art Club. In 1872 he commissioned the building of the imposing Streatlam Tower, 5 Princes Road, Liverpool by architect George Ashdown Audsley, with whom he shared a passion for Japanese art, particularly ceramics. From circa 1867 he had collected Japanese art works of all kinds and organised an exhibition of them in the Liverpool Art Club. Arising from this event he co-authored the Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese Lacquer ware of the Bowes Collection. 1875, and The Keramic Art of Japan. London: Sotheran & Co. 1875, 1881, both with Audsley. Sending a copy of The Keramic Art of Japan to the Emperor Meiji in 1891 resulted in a reply from the Minister of the Imperial Household, Tokudaiji Sanetsune / (Sanenori) that the Emperor had sent him, in return, an Imperial gift of two bronze vases. In 1888 Bowes was appointed the Honorary Japanese Consul at Liverpool, the first such appointment in the UK. In 1890 he erected a private museum in the grounds of Streatlam Tower which he opened to the public. All the proceeds from this were directed to the benefit of his chosen charities within Liverpool. In April 1891 he hosted a Japanese Fancy Fair in the museum, attracting 20,000 people in six days and raising £5,290 (£580,000 in 2012 values, ref: Safalra.com) for Liverpool charities. In May 1891 he was awarded the Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure, fourth class and in February 1897 he received the third class rank of the same award.

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