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 142
, 5 feet 2 inrhen: width, - feel 1 inrhen. .iOi—Axtiuik Chinese Hi t; (Chien-lung) Rectangular field of pinkish apricot with soft sheen, sprin-kled with sprays of plum, chrysanthemum and peony, andclusters of citron, peaches and pomegranates, amongstwhich conventional butterflies are scattered, all… … SOB—An-tiqpe Chinese Ri g (Kang-hxi) Short silky pile. A soft apricot field is threaded by a foliar scroll in light golden yellow, on which are implantedlarge conventional peony figures in turquoise and sapphireand a richer golden yellow. Swastika border in sapphireon apricot, and soft brown…
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