Object details

Object number

S.G.RT.FL.3.18

Creator(s)

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

Title

Catalogue of Chinese and Japanese Art: Wood Carvings, Screens, Netsuke, Sword Guards, Jades, Lacquer Inros, Cloisonnes, Ivories, Old Brocades, Old Prints, Bronzes, Stone Bird Basins

Date

1908

Medium

Printed ink on paper

Language

English

Publication Place

Boston

Binding Description

Beige paper binding with green and red printed decoration and blue lettering on front cover

Description

50 pages, 8°

Dimensions

22.5 x 15 x 1 cm (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 3/8 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed in pencil, Morris Carter's hand (title page, top): Sept. 4, 1930. / M.Tomita, gift.
Stamped in black ink (title page, top): Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 
Inscribed in pencil (title page, top center): Yamanaka & co.
Stamped (title page, bottom center):  Library of the / Museum of Fine Arts

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

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Gallery

Short Gallery

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