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 21
jht with hum. !>% inchft, 42— Fei-tsYi Jade Oknam i:nt In form of a goose standing among blossoming lotus plants,one wing raised and its head turned high over its hack, billopen. Body hollowed as a box or incense holder, the backlifting off as a cover, and the throat pierced for the passingof… … 43—Jewel Treasury An octagonal box with hinged cover, gilt, set with seventeenpanels of rich fei-tstti jade, and jeweled with rubv-coloredbrilliants and seed pearls. Formal floral decoration onexterior of bottom and interior of cover.
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