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 28
twined by leaves and stems in relief; on one leaf a ladybug.Cloudy translucent grayish and greenish jade, brightly polished. 25—Rock Crystal Water-cup Compressed-globular form, with flat foot and small circularmouth. Brilliant polish. Carved with an earth dragon in highrelief on one side of the… … 26—-White Jade Incense Box Carved as a plump little bird seat-ed on the ground, with tail curleddown and head well drawn in,looking wise, content and undis-turbed. The feet, down to thetiny claws, are carved in low re-lief, the tail is undercut, and thefeathers, carefully carved in tan-gible…
Art, Chinese · Art, Japanese
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