Illustrated catalogue of the furniture and embellishments from the Imperial palace, Pekin. Exquisitely wrought gold ornaments from the ceremonial crowns of the former Emperor and Empress of China and numerous other objects of antiquity and distinctive artistic excellence recently : Acquired by the firm of Messrs. Yamanaka & Company (1917)
American Art Association, Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919, former owner. DSI-F · New York : American Art Association · leaf 138
Second and Last Afternoon … 268 — Pair Chinese Silk Velvet Hangings {K'ang-lisi) Warm cherr j-brown velvet with a delicate pale-ruby sheen ; cloth-of-gold ground. Lotus border in velvet on the gold. Within the oblong field, two four-clawed dragons with flaming pearls and cloud-scrolls, and sea waves, shown in the gold ground.…
Yamanaka & Company
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