Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 576
then he held up the two-cent porcelain pot,—and the way he handled it made it already begin toappear valuable in my eyes. I truly believe that Inchiecould stroke out a piece of newspaper and make it seemas rare as a bank-note. Then this little genius wrappedthe worthless blue porcelain in yellow… … Workers upon the table, he began to explain how I should sellit, and in order to describe the subtlety of the transactionI must give it in Inchies own words : Big-pocketyman come your store in England and he say, Mr.Menpes, you bought number one curio in Japan ?You say, No buy curio in Japan, but…
Art -- Japan · Japan -- Social life and customs 1868-1912
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