Illustrated catalogue of the remarkable collection of the Imperial Prince Kung of China, A wonderful treasury of celestial art : recently acquired by the widely known firm of Yamanaka & Company
This is a 1913 sale catalogue published in New York by the American Art Association, listing Chinese art from the collection of Prince Kung, acquired by the firm Yamanaka & Company, and aimed at American collectors and dealers. The four pictures are black-and-white halftone photographs of bronze and jade vessels against plain cream backgrounds, showing carved relief patterns, handles, and a double gourd form. A designer could take from them the sculptural silhouettes of archaic Chinese vessels and their dense surface ornament.
