Illustrated catalogue of an exceedingly important collection of artistic Oriental objects and decorative art, which the owners have been three years in assembling [electronic resource] : to be sold at unrestricted public sale by direction of the owners, the well-known house of Yamanaka & Co., New York, Japan, China, London, on the afternoons and evening herein stated (1921)
American Art Association, Kirby, Thomas E. (Thomas Ellis), 1846-1924, Bernet, Otto, Parke, H. H, Yamanaka & Company, American Art Galleries · New York : American Art Association · leaf 202
d ceremoniouslya deep cup or jar. Painted in polychrome now toned to lowkeys and showing a soft patina and light incrustations. Height, 11 inrhe*. 621— Korean Wood Carving Hi-chaoSeated figure of a Lohan, on a low rounded base representa-tive of a mat. He sits cross-legged, with right hand… … 622—Buddhist Shrine with Ima(;e Chien httfg Elaborate teakwood shrine caned and pierced in the designof trees of the peaches of immortality in bearing, with theemblematic bats of happiness appearing among them, andfurther enriched with inlays of gold and silver. The back aplate of translucent…
Decorative arts
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