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 30
, the othersquatted at his feet. The standing bird, on one foot, with headturned over his back, holds in his beak a sprig of the peachesof longevity, carved in bold relief, and beneath him is a tangledgrowth of the sacred fungus, in undercutting and openwork,on which he poises the foot that is… … 30—Elaborate Incense Box in White Jade Carved as a tall, standing phcenix, amid twisted growths of thesacred fungus so treated as to yield also a rockery effect, inundercutting and openwork. This treatment is carried up mid-way of the birds deep body, where at breast and drooping tailstems of the…
Art, Chinese · Art, Japanese
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