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 76
heights, set into an elaborated pedestal base, the wholeof carved wood coated with brown and gold lacquer. The postsand brackets are carved in high relief with winding grapevinesin bearing, and at the angle of the taller post is the traditionalsquirrel nosing a bunch of the grapes. The base is… … No. 107 First Afternoon 108—Ivory Bird Cage with Bracket (Chien-lung) Cylindrical, rounding in to a flattened top crowned by a globefinial of sky-blue enamel ornamented with a gilt lotus scroll inrelief. Skeleton-cupola of mellow brown ivory, with a white jadecanopy of inverted-saucer shape,…
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