RARE \"Sinologist\" W Perceval Yetts Signed Album Page W/ Ancient Characters For Sale

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RARE \"Sinologist\" W Perceval Yetts Signed Album Page W/ Ancient Characters:
$489.99

Up for sale a RARE! "Sinologist" W Perceval Yetts Signed Album Page W/ Ancient Characters Dated 1940.

ES-9726

Walter Perceval Yetts (25 April 1878 –

14 May 1957) was a at Reading, England, he was educated at Bradfield College, London

University and Lausanne University. He entered the Royal Navy Medical Service

in 1903 and retired with the rank of staff surgeon in 1912. He was acting

medical officer at the British legation in 1913 and served in the Royal Army

Medical Corps during World War I. From 1920 to 1927 he was a medical officer in

the Ministry of Health. In 1930 he made a major career change when he was

appointed the first lecturer in Chinese art and archaeology at the School of

Oriental Studies at London University. In 1932 he became Professor of Chinese

in 1946.

Yetts's special fields of study were the

Chinese bronzes and jades of the prehistoric period. He wrote numerous

articles, while his books included:

In 1929 he contributed three volumes to

the monumental catalogue of the collection of Asian art of George

Eumorfopoulos.

RARE "Sinologist" W Perceval Yetts Signed Album Page W/ Ancient Characters

$489.99

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