Yamanaka & Company (active New York, Boston, London, Paris, Beijing, and Chicago, 1865 - 1936)

Illustrated Catalogue of Antique and Modern Chinese and Japanese Objects of Art, Curios, Paintings, Prints, Textiles and Embroideries... Selected from the Extensive Stock of Messrs. Yamanaka & Company, 1905

Printed ink on paper, 21.5 x 15 x 1.5 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 x 9/16 in.)

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Object details

Object number

S.G.RT.FL.3.17

Creator(s)

Yamanaka & Company (active New York, Boston, London, Paris, Beijing, and Chicago, 1865 - 1936) - subject
American Art Association (established New York, 1883) - publisher

Title

Illustrated Catalogue of Antique and Modern Chinese and Japanese Objects of Art, Curios, Paintings, Prints, Textiles and Embroideries... Selected from the Extensive Stock of Messrs. Yamanaka & Company

Date

1905

Medium

Printed ink on paper

Language

English

Publication Place

New York

Binding Description

White paper binding with red printed lettering

Description

229 pages, 8°

Dimensions

21.5 x 15 x 1.5 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 x 9/16 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed in pencil (title page, top): Sept.4, 1930. M. Tomita, gift.
Stamped in black ink (title page, top): Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Provenance

Deaccessioned from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Department of Japanese Art.
Gift from Mr. Kojiro Tomita (1890-1976), scholar of Japanese art and head of the Asiatic Arts section of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston on 4 September 1930.

Commentary

Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

Gallery

Short Gallery

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