American Art Association
Published: 2017-10-26
Total Pages: 378
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Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of the Entire Extensive Collection of Rare and Valuable Antique Oriental Art Treasures: Belonging to the Art House, Incorporated In this single color group will be found the greatest distinction of the collection, which includes, however, besides the porcelains, glass of the Ch'ien-lung period, jades, agate, wood carvings, bronzes, cloisonn and other enamels, and such a collection of Chinese ivory carvings as has probably not before been offered for sale in New York - these in the higher realms; besides, very many Japanese netsuke and other small carved utilities and ornaments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.