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 86
e. Among the various cups for food andwater are two in blue and white porcelain, one of white jade andone in Chien-lung cloisonne enamel decorated with lotus flowersin polychrome on a turquoise-blue ground. The worm-tongs, incarved ivory of mellow tone, present again the melon motive.Dragon-head… … No. 119 First Afternoon 121—Black Lacquer Bird Cage with Standard {Chien-lung) Deep dome-shape, arching to a composite knob finial of cinnabarlacquer and an ivory carving of blossoms and pomegranates,some of the fruits cut open, in high relief and undercutting;the cinnabar ring is part of a knob…
Art, Chinese · Art, Japanese
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