Catalogue of Chinese art objects : including porcelains, potteries, jades, bronzes, and cloisonné enamels collected by Edward R. Bacon
A privately printed 1919 catalogue by John Getz, issued in New York for V. P. Bacon, recording the Chinese art collection of Edward R. Bacon, including porcelains, potteries, jades, bronzes and cloisonné enamels. The plates are black-and-white photographs of vases shown in groups of three or as single pieces against plain grounds, with the scans rotated sideways. A designer could take their dense, symmetrical surface patterns of scrolls, figures and key-fret borders as reference for ornament.
