Illustrated catalogue of the furniture and embellishments from the Imperial Palace, Pekin, exquisitely wrought gold ornaments from the ceremonial crowns of the former Emperor and Empress of China and numerous other objects of antiquity and distinctive artistic excellence, recently acquired by the firm of Messrs. Yamanaka & Company, New York, Japan, China [electronic resource] : to be sold at unrestricted public sale on the afternoons herein stated (1917)
American Art Association, Kirby, Thomas E. (Thomas Ellis), 1846-1924, Bernet, Otto, Yamanaka & Company, American Art Galleries · New York : American Art Association · leaf 118
d higher still long inscrip-tions penciled ill gold on the deepest of blue. Each: Length. 3 feet 2 inches; uitlth. fl/a inches. 255—Set of Forii Chixese Silk Tapestry Hangings (CAjV/i-hmg) At the base, oblong panels of deep sapphire-blue groundadorned with branches of blossoms, birds and… … Second (intf Last Afternoon •J><>—Pair Chinksk Sii.k Kmbroidkky Hangings (Chten-luny)Inscriptions in seven bold characters, embroidered in bril-liant blue on a ground of golden silk of brownish tone,with scattered flower sprays and butterflies lightly em-broidered in neutral tones along…
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