THE CONNOISSEUR

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Contents.

February, 1932.
Vol. LXXXIX.
No. CCCLXVI
(Thirty-first Year of Publication. )
THE ARTISTIC “ ENTENTE CORDIALE. ” By C. Reginald Grundy. (With eleven illustrations and six
plates in colour and double-tone) - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 75 WHY FRENCH? THE WESTMINSTER “ RICHARD II. ” By Charles R. Beard. (With one illustration) 81 NEW LIGHT ON BATTERSEA ENAMELS. By W. B. Honey. (With sixteen illustrations) - -- -- --- -- -- - - - - 82 BINDINGS IN SHREWSBURY SCHOOL LIBRARY. By J. B. Oldham. (With ten illustrations) -- --- --- --- --- - - - 90
Continued on page VI.
By Appointment to H. M. the Queen

JOHN

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CHINESE

WORKS OF ART

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Fine pottery Lion, covered in iridescent green glaze. Extreme height and length, 16 in.
Han Dynasty, 206 B. c. — a. d. 220.