The hare with amber eyes : a hidden inheritance /
De Waal, Edmund
The hare with amber eyes : a hidden inheritance / Edmund de Waal. - London Vintage 2011 - 354 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus 2010. COSTA Biography Award 2010
264 wood and ivory carvings of animals, plants and people, none of them larger than a matchbox; apprentice potter Edmund de Waal was entranced by the collection when he first encountered it in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie. When he inherited them, he discovered that they unlocked a story larger than he could have imagined.
9780099539551 (pbk.) : 0099539551 9780099539551
De Waal, Edmund - Family
Ephrussi family
Ephrussi, Charles, 1849-1905 - Art collections
Netsukes - Private collections
Jewish families - Europe - History
Biography
The hare with amber eyes : a hidden inheritance / Edmund de Waal. - London Vintage 2011 - 354 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus 2010. COSTA Biography Award 2010
264 wood and ivory carvings of animals, plants and people, none of them larger than a matchbox; apprentice potter Edmund de Waal was entranced by the collection when he first encountered it in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie. When he inherited them, he discovered that they unlocked a story larger than he could have imagined.
9780099539551 (pbk.) : 0099539551 9780099539551
De Waal, Edmund - Family
Ephrussi family
Ephrussi, Charles, 1849-1905 - Art collections
Netsukes - Private collections
Jewish families - Europe - History
Biography