Catalogue of Chinese Paintings, Tang and Sung Potteries, Rare Porcelains, Tapestries and other Works of Art : Collected by Thomas R. Abbott, a Permanent Resident of Peking brought to America by Frederick Moore
A 1917 auction catalogue from the New York Anderson Galleries, listing Chinese paintings, Tang and Sung potteries, porcelains and tapestries collected by Thomas R. Abbott, a Peking resident, and brought to America by Frederick Moore. The pictures are plain monochrome photographs of ceramic vessels, each set on a dark carved wooden stand against a pale ground. A designer might take their restrained tonal shading, glazed surfaces and simple vessel silhouettes as reference for minimal product or still-life photography.
