illustrated_catalogue_of_the_furniture_and_embellishments

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2、EASURESFROMTHEIMPERIALPALACEPEKINTOBESOLDBYDIRECTIONOFMESSRS.YAMANAKA&COMPANYATUNRESTRICTEDPUBLICSALE.ATTHEAMERICANARTGALLERIESONFRIDAYANDSATURDAYAFTERNOONSJANUARY26thAND27th,1917BEGINNINGAT2.30O'CLOCKILLUSTRATEDCATALOGUEOFTHEFURNITUREandEMBELLISHMENTSFROMTHEIMPERIA

3、LPALACEPEKINEXQUISITELYWROUGHTGOLDORNAMENTSFROMTHECEREMONIALCROWNSOFTHEFORMEREMPERORANDEMPRESSOFCHINAANDNUMEROUSOTHEROBJECTSOFANTIQUITYANDDISTINCTIVEARTISTICEXCELLENCERECENTLYACQUIREDBYTHEFIRMOFMESSRS.YAMANAKA&COMPANYNEWYORKJAPANCHINATOBESOLDATUNRESTRICTEDPUBLICSALE

4、ONTHEAFTERNOONSHEREINSTATEDTHESALEWILLBECONDUCTEDBYMR.THOMASE.KIRBYANDHISASSISTANT,MR.OTTOBERNET,OFTHEAMERICANARTASSOCIATION,MANAGERSNEWYORK1917NK1133THEAMERICANARTASSOCIATIONDESIGNSITSCATALOGUESANDDIRECTSALLDETAILSOFILLUSTRATIONTEXTANDTYPOGRAPHYASMALLCOLLECTIONOFDI

5、VERSIFIEDINTERESTNothingcouldbefartherfromtheroutineofartcollectionsformedfortheauctionmarketthanthesuccessiveaggregations,betheysmallorlarge,broughttogetherandofferedwiththesucceedingyearsbytheMessrs.Yamanaka&CompanytoloversandadmirersofOrientalartinNewYorkanditstr

6、ibutaries—.thesubstantialcommunitiesofthewideUnitedStates.Andtherecognitionofthefacthasbeenspontaneousandcontinuous,somuchsothataninclusiverangeoffriendsawaiteachseasonwithconfidenthopethedisplaytowhichtheylookforward.Theknowledgehasspreaditself—Ithinkithasnotbefore

7、beencommentedon—thatthesesalesarenever"stockriddances"butinvariablyofferingswhichthepurveyorsareabletoputforwardwiththeassuredbeliefthattheywillaffordartisticpleasuretospectators,collectors,andthoughtfuldecoratorsandfurnishersofthehomealike.FortheYamanakashaveavarie

8、dcorpsofsearchersatworkintheOrientthroughouttheyear,asidefromtheannualvisitsmadetoChinabyNewYorkrepresentativesandmembersofthehomehouseinJ