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 156
ered in gold, and theface and figure now covered with a rich brownish-black patinafrom incense smoke. Total height, 33 inches. 333—Amida Buddha (Early Tokugaiea) Standing figure in the preaching attitude, on a lotus throne.Carved wood, gilded; the black underground appearing in variousplaces in the… … \ No. 330 Second Afternoon 334—Portrait Statue of Shotoku-Taishi {Middle Fujiwara) Standing figure of the Crown Prince Shotoku at the age of threeyears. He was the son of the Emperor Yomei, was born A. D.574, and had much to do with the establishment of Buddhismin Japan. The figure is of carved…
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