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 51
nt heights from the ground and hollowed, partly enwoundby wandering and gnarled trunks and branches of pine and plumtrees. At one corner a phoenix is standing, with a blossom ofthe rock peony in its beak. The whole in bold carving, and ofgraceful, naturalistic form, in this beautiful variety of… … 68—White Jade Bowl Ovoidal and deep, with flat foot slightly recessed underneath, andflat, in-turned rim. Gray-white, translucent jade, the exteriorcarved in bold relief with three- and four-clawed dragons emerg-ing from a turbulent sea which beats upon outstanding rocks,in pursuit of the flaming…
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