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 141
light and dark blue. Dot andfret borders. Length, 1 fret I inrhm: u-iilth. I fret 2 Imoktl, Second ami Last lifter noon HO2—Antique Chinese Mat (Chien-lung) Soft, loose pile. A field of swastika lattice in dark sap-phire on a ground of grayish turquoise is broken at thecentre by a large medallion,… … iUKi—Antique Chinese Mat (Chien-lung) Soft, thick pile. Peach-red field with downy sheen, havinga decoration in sapphire and turquoise blue, golden yellow,white and chocolate-brown, of fruit clusters, flower spraysand butterflies, and a central medallion and peony corners.Conventional peony scroll…
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