Page 131 - Yamanaka co Auction catalog

204--LADY IN BLUE
Three-quarter length figure of a young mandarin lady,
seated and facing front, her left hand raised to her chin,
with elbow resting on a dark teakwood table, and right arm
crossed before her to reach the table also. Her head is
poised over her right shoulder and her face seen almost full,
turned just enough to display an elaborate hair ornament
in form of a chrysanthemum flower with pendants. She
wears a mantle of solid blue, lined with pink, and bordered
in black with white embroidery, and a vermilion collar en-
circles her throat. Background, a turquoise-sky blue.
Height, 21% inches,' width, 15% inches.
(Illustrated in Color)

205- LADY WITH ROSE
A young lady of mandarin rank is portrayed at three-
quarter length, seated beside a teakwood table, facing the
spectator and turned very slightly to her left. With right
elbow resting on the table, she holds in her right hand be-
fore her breast a pink rose, and her left hand is raised grace-
fully to her head, in the familiar attitude of women putting
imaginary touches to their carefully arranged tresses. Her
head is inclined with a certain wise coyness toward the left
shoulder, and her direct gaze and mystical smile have in-
spired some admirers to find in her a Celestial Mona Lisa.
She wears an inner robe of rich vermilion, and an outer
mantle of variable blue with turned-back cuff's of the ver-
milion hue delicately embroidered. She has one gold and
one jade bracelet, and is seen against a background resem-
bling a veiled turquoise-blue sky.
Height, 25% inches,' width, 17ljf,l inches.
(Illustrated in Color)