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 65
ith a slightly ovoidal contour, with narrow shoulder andshort neck which shows a slight molded enlargement shortlyabove the shoulder. Rich and very brilliant crackled glazein the varying deep and lighter fluid tones of the sang-dc-hwttf, and the darker clottings and changed tones of thecoagulating… … 142—Bronze Statuette (Ming) Standing figure of a Lohan, on a hexagonal base. He isin flowing robes bordered with incised embroideries, his armsfolded under them, and holds a ju-l sceptre against his liftarm. His powerful head is turned to his left. Patina ofgolden-bronze tone, greenish-brown, and…
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