DOI Heft:
No. 305 (August 1918)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21265#0103
Stndio-7alk
should be—and the result proves that legibility ^ I ^OKYO.—At the public sales in Japan
is not inconsistent with decorative attractiveness. during the past year the art objects
In the form of the casket again he has made a sold realized in all no less than
iHE-GTYAXD
OF i*^c
1
departure from the common practice by adopting 21,000,000 yen (equal to more than
the cylindrical shape instead of the usual £2,000,000 sterling). At the Tokyo Fine Art
rectangular box, as more appropriate for a scroll. Club alone there were forty-nine sales, which
yielded a total of 12,000,000 yen, establishing a
record hitherto unknown in Japan. It may be
remembered that the Higashi Hongwanji in
Kyoto (the main temple of a Buddhist sect)
sold its art treasures nine years ago and realized
500,000 yen. This was the first of the great
art sales, and it was then considered a startling
event. The Nishi Hongwanji (the principal
Buddhist temple in Kyoto of another sect)
followed suit five years ago and raised 1,150,000
yen, creating quite a sensation. When, how-
ever, Count Date, a former feudal lord, disposed
of his treasures two years ago and realized
1,380,000 yen, a new record was established,
and this again was surpassed by two of the
three great art sales which took place during
1917: Viscount Akimoto's, which realized
1,500,000 yen, and Mr. Akaboshi's first sale,
which at 3,930,000 yen established the biggest
record yet reached in Japan.
dunfermline
burgess ticket
written and
illuminated by
a. samuel, a.r.c.a.
Although grave questions now confront the
nation the prospects for this year also are good,
The cylindrical body is ■ Rivj 1 . - /i IJJfc
of copper, as is the base ■ Hi | .§,•'. ... ..4jtet.v1.gJ L.
below, resting on a ma- B dt^B^W"W
hogany slab ; all the rest ^SHSs^^S
is of silver—the two ends iii^feSSiSi
with the arms of the City
and of the recipient re- BH
spectively in enamel, the
presentation plate on top, •. . """"^^^B^i
and the supporting pillars ^^^^Bl^B^HBi^^^^^^^^^MI^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
moonstones being intro- dunfermline burgess casket, designed and executed in silver,
duced at intervals. copper, and enamel by andrew samuel, a.r.ca.
97
should be—and the result proves that legibility ^ I ^OKYO.—At the public sales in Japan
is not inconsistent with decorative attractiveness. during the past year the art objects
In the form of the casket again he has made a sold realized in all no less than
iHE-GTYAXD
OF i*^c
1
departure from the common practice by adopting 21,000,000 yen (equal to more than
the cylindrical shape instead of the usual £2,000,000 sterling). At the Tokyo Fine Art
rectangular box, as more appropriate for a scroll. Club alone there were forty-nine sales, which
yielded a total of 12,000,000 yen, establishing a
record hitherto unknown in Japan. It may be
remembered that the Higashi Hongwanji in
Kyoto (the main temple of a Buddhist sect)
sold its art treasures nine years ago and realized
500,000 yen. This was the first of the great
art sales, and it was then considered a startling
event. The Nishi Hongwanji (the principal
Buddhist temple in Kyoto of another sect)
followed suit five years ago and raised 1,150,000
yen, creating quite a sensation. When, how-
ever, Count Date, a former feudal lord, disposed
of his treasures two years ago and realized
1,380,000 yen, a new record was established,
and this again was surpassed by two of the
three great art sales which took place during
1917: Viscount Akimoto's, which realized
1,500,000 yen, and Mr. Akaboshi's first sale,
which at 3,930,000 yen established the biggest
record yet reached in Japan.
dunfermline
burgess ticket
written and
illuminated by
a. samuel, a.r.c.a.
Although grave questions now confront the
nation the prospects for this year also are good,
The cylindrical body is ■ Rivj 1 . - /i IJJfc
of copper, as is the base ■ Hi | .§,•'. ... ..4jtet.v1.gJ L.
below, resting on a ma- B dt^B^W"W
hogany slab ; all the rest ^SHSs^^S
is of silver—the two ends iii^feSSiSi
with the arms of the City
and of the recipient re- BH
spectively in enamel, the
presentation plate on top, •. . """"^^^B^i
and the supporting pillars ^^^^Bl^B^HBi^^^^^^^^^MI^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
moonstones being intro- dunfermline burgess casket, designed and executed in silver,
duced at intervals. copper, and enamel by andrew samuel, a.r.ca.
97