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: AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, 1917

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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: AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, 1917
Original cloth binding with 'YAMANAKA COLLECTION 1917' on the spine. With numerous photographic illustrations and hand written information on the price realised and buyers' names aside each lot. The front page is stamped with 'LIBRARY YAMANAKA & CO. NEW YORK' in blue ink. The book is attached with original copies of contemporaneous newspaper clippings on this particular sale.

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Yamanaka & Co. New York Library (according to stamp on front page)

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This catalogue is very rare and of historical significance as it was once possessed directly by the vendor of the particular sale, namely Yamanaka & Co. New York, with complete information on the price realised and buyers' identities, as well as original copies of contemporaneous newspaper articles reporting the sale.

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