DOI Heft:
No. 254 (June 1914)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Artikel:Reviews and notices
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21210#0101
Reviews and Notices
full of suggestion is Plate VI representing a six-
teenth-century Persian " garden" carpet. It is
thus described : " The pattern represents a Persian
garden divided into four sections by two intersecting
streams which are bordered by cypress trees alter-
nating with bushes on which are birds. These
sections are similarly divided by smaller streams
that meet at the four pavilions of each side into
plots containing trees and flowering bushes. Four
peacocks rest above the central basin." The manner
in which the subject has been conventionalised
so as to render it thoroughly satisfactory as
a decorative scheme for carpet weaving is really
marvellous ; the carpet is, in short, a consummate
^^^^^^^SS^^^9\ T'S work of art. The Colour-plate IX, which is
supposed to illustrate a Samarkand rug, requires
"no" dress, temp, hidkvoshi
(Nishi Hongwanji sale, 1400 yen)
painted by Sanraku, all of which have been well
known as Hongwanji meibutsu, or special treasures
of the temple. There were a number of other
paintings, among which the following may be
mentioned : landscapes by Tannyu, Deer by Mori
Tetsuzan, Carp and other subjects by Maruyama
Okyo, and A Pheasant by Hoitsu by Sosen.
Harada Jiro.
REVIEWS AND NOTICES.
Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modem.
By Walter A. Hawley. (New York :
John Lane Company. London : John
Lane.) 42^. net.—This well illustrated
volume will be found of great value in
enabling students and collectors to ap-
praise the especial characteristics in
design and make of the varied pro
ductions of Eastern carpet
looms. Chapters are de-
voted to such informing
subjects as Materials and
Weaving, Designs and
Symbols, Persian, Asia
Minor, Caucasian, Central
Asian, Indian and Chinese
rugs, and to the purchasing
and distinguishing of various
makes. The illustrations
include many charming
examples, chiefly from
American collections, and
among them are eleven "no" masks forming part of a large collection belonging to the
plates in facsimile colours hongwanji temple, kvoto, and sold in the recent sale of its treasures,
L, . „ - . " the above being among those dating from the time of the great
Especially beautiful and hideyoshi
81
full of suggestion is Plate VI representing a six-
teenth-century Persian " garden" carpet. It is
thus described : " The pattern represents a Persian
garden divided into four sections by two intersecting
streams which are bordered by cypress trees alter-
nating with bushes on which are birds. These
sections are similarly divided by smaller streams
that meet at the four pavilions of each side into
plots containing trees and flowering bushes. Four
peacocks rest above the central basin." The manner
in which the subject has been conventionalised
so as to render it thoroughly satisfactory as
a decorative scheme for carpet weaving is really
marvellous ; the carpet is, in short, a consummate
^^^^^^^SS^^^9\ T'S work of art. The Colour-plate IX, which is
supposed to illustrate a Samarkand rug, requires
"no" dress, temp, hidkvoshi
(Nishi Hongwanji sale, 1400 yen)
painted by Sanraku, all of which have been well
known as Hongwanji meibutsu, or special treasures
of the temple. There were a number of other
paintings, among which the following may be
mentioned : landscapes by Tannyu, Deer by Mori
Tetsuzan, Carp and other subjects by Maruyama
Okyo, and A Pheasant by Hoitsu by Sosen.
Harada Jiro.
REVIEWS AND NOTICES.
Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modem.
By Walter A. Hawley. (New York :
John Lane Company. London : John
Lane.) 42^. net.—This well illustrated
volume will be found of great value in
enabling students and collectors to ap-
praise the especial characteristics in
design and make of the varied pro
ductions of Eastern carpet
looms. Chapters are de-
voted to such informing
subjects as Materials and
Weaving, Designs and
Symbols, Persian, Asia
Minor, Caucasian, Central
Asian, Indian and Chinese
rugs, and to the purchasing
and distinguishing of various
makes. The illustrations
include many charming
examples, chiefly from
American collections, and
among them are eleven "no" masks forming part of a large collection belonging to the
plates in facsimile colours hongwanji temple, kvoto, and sold in the recent sale of its treasures,
L, . „ - . " the above being among those dating from the time of the great
Especially beautiful and hideyoshi
81