Illustrated catalogue of a remarkable collection of ancient oriental imperial treasures of rare artistic distinction, recently procured in China and Japan, to be sold at unrestricted public sale by direction of the well-known firm of Messrs. Yamanaka & Co. .. (1916)
Yamanaka & Company, American Art Association (New York, N.Y.), Carroll, Dana H · New York, The Amer. Art Assoc. · leaf 135
l outer coat, on the doll, is a peculiarbrocade in a rich and soft-toned green. The screen, in sixfolds, is of the Kano School of the same period as the dolls,and displays on a gold ground color paintings of peach, plum,pink and peony sprays, and flying phoenixes, or howo birds, witha sprig of iris… … 239—Two Imperial Dolls (About 1750) Large seated figures of an emperor and empress, each screenedby a kicho, or hanging curtain to prevent a draft, of silk brocadeornamented with birds and butterflies and a lattice. Dolls ofsuch large size are very rarely seen and were restricted to richand noble…
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