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 158
lied figuresof apostles, carved in relief. The all-seeing eye in the fore-head is of rock crystal, carved, and in the headdress is a bril-liant sphere of the clear crystal. The figure is a perfect pieceof modeling, and the quality both of the lacquer black and thegold is particularly rich, the… … No. 334 Second Afternoon 337—Shinto Carving (Late Momoyamd) Portrait of Sugawara Michizane, a ninth century noble deifiedunder the name Tenjin Sama as god of caligraphy; he was agreat poet and is famous in story; his life was most romantic.He is portrayed seated, in Court dress, holding the…
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