Page 128 - Yamanaka co Auction catalog

201-YOUNG WOMAN READING
Three-quarter length portrait of a young woman seated on
a brown lacquer stool, seen against a deep blue background.
Arms folded, she holds up before one shoulder a flexible
book, from whose reading she has turned for the pose, and
with head poised slightly over the opposite shoulder she
looks dreamily off into space behind the spectator toward
the right. She wears a transparent flowing gown of palest
blue, the color deepening in the graceful folds, and in her
black, smoothly dressed hair is a single ornament.
Height, 18 inches; width, 14 inches.
( Illu,strated)

202- LADY AT THE MIRROR
Evidently a copy by a Chinese artist of a European paint-
ing. The lady, young and fair, is seated at a lapis-blue
dressing table before a small mirror. She faces the left,
three-quarters front, with left hand resting lightly on the
table and right hand raised in characteristic gesture to
the side of her face, as though giving a final pat to the
tresses waved about her ear. Her gown of blue and bluish-
green, trimmed with lace, allows a generous exposure of the
breast, the short sleeves have flowing lace cuffs, and she
wears a lace cap set off by a pink rose. Lying on the
table before her is a miniature portrait arranged as a pen-
dant. The background is gray.
Height, 21 inches; teidth, 16 inches.
( Illustrated)

203-RAISING THE BALCONY CURTAINS
A young lady in pale rose-pink trousers with the fulness of
skirts, and a short upper garment of blue richly ornamented,
its flowing sleeves lined with pink, is seen on a balcony rais-
ing the bamboo curtains. She stands facing the right, with
left knee on a blue-cushioned seat, and head turned to the
front over her right shoulder, and her arms are extended
above her head. A green bamboo tree is growing at the cor-
ner, and two white swallows are flying low near the balcony
rail. A background of gold paper adds materially to the
airy effect, notably in the transit of light through the bam-
boo screens.
Height, 22 inches; width, 15% inches.