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 26
a unicorn, recumbent, finely modeled in dense,opaque, dark green and black jade, with soft, wax-like pol-ish. Teakwood stand. Length, 5% inches. 75— Malac hite Coupe Chien-lungRichly mottled malachite of fine color, caned as a lotus leaflying flat with its edges rolling up and forming a shallowcup.… … 76— Soafstoxe Cakvinc Chien-hmg Seated figure of Kuan-yin in full robes am) holding scrolland rosary, exquisitely carved in creamy soapstonc, theembroidery of her robes delicately incised and lined in inIndia ink. On a pierced rockery base in soapstonc of bees-»rax-yellow. Silk brocade stnad.…
Decorative arts
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