Catalog: the valuable Oriental art collection of the late William D. McCann, sold by order of the trustees, including antique porcelains, and potteries of the Han, T'ang, Sung, Ming, and Tsing Dynasties. Bronzes, enamels, embroideries, carvings, lacquers, jade, marbles, stone, leather, ivories, brocades, paintings, screens ... on exhibition February 10th, 11th and 12th ..
Auction catalogue for the sale of William D. McCann's Asian art collection, issued by Basch Galleries in San Francisco in 1920 for dealers, collectors and bidders. Halftone photographs show individual objects staged against plain gallery walls: carved altar tables, bronze incense burners, seated Buddhas and standing attendant figures, lidded porcelain jars and a crowned Guanyin bust, all usable as cut-out object silhouettes or grainy monochrome texture.
