Hare with Amber Eyes

Description:

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 businesspeople,  Jewish bankers,  Art,  Netsukes,  Travel,  Collectors and collecting,  Biography,  Private collections,  Art, private collections,  Art, collectors and collecting,  Bankers,  Businesspeople, biography,  Jews, biography,  Jewish families,  Pottery,  Art pottery, british,  nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2011-08-21,  New York Times bestseller,  Family,  Art collections,  History,  Families,  Kunstsammler,  Netsuke,  Sammlung,  Familj,  Konstsamlingar,  Judiska släkter,  Historia,  Privata samlingar,  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

People: Ephrussi family,  Edmund De Waal,  Charles Ephrussi (1849-1905)

Places: Europe,  England,  London