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 126
Second and Lmt Afternoon … 268—Pair CHIKS8X Silk Velvkt Hangixus (K/nnj-hxi) Warm cherry-brown velvet with a delicate |>ale-rubv slum;cloth-of-gold ground. Lotus border in velvet on the gold. Within the oblong field, two four-clawed dragons withflaming pearls and cloud-scrolls, and sea waves, shown inthe gold ground.…
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