
The Hare With Amber Eyes A Hidden Inheritance
About this book
Traces the parallel stories of nineteenth-century art patron Charles Ephrussi and his unique collection of 360 miniature netsuke Japanese ivory carvings, documenting Ephrussi's relationship with Marcel Proust and the impact of the Holocaust on his cosmopolitan family.
Subjects
Jewish businesspeopleJewish bankersArtNetsukesTravelCollectors and collectingBiographyPrivate collectionsArt, private collectionsArt, collectors and collectingBankersBusinesspeople, biographyJews, biographyJewish familiesPotteryArt pottery, britishnyt:paperback-nonfiction=2011-08-21New York Times bestsellerFamilyArt collectionsHistoryFamiliesKunstsammlerNetsuke