Page 132 - Yamanaka co Auction catalog

206-A EUROPEAN LADY
In this painting the Chinese artist has sought to portray
a lady of Europe, with interesting results; for while she
wears European dress, and the hands are treated in the
European manner, it has been impossible for the painter
to avoid the celestial suggestion in the face. She is seated,
seen at rather more than half length, facing slightly to the
right, and she holds in one hand one of the heavy gold
watches of the day, open, and in the other a strange sort
of key. Her blue bodice, with low corsage and edged with
lace, is laced in a "white V down the front, its upper sleeves
are short and loose, and from them fluffy pink undersleeves
round the elbows and end in flowing lace cuffs. A vermilion
scarf which has partly vanished, winding about her waist
and over one arm, is effectively completed by the gold back-
ground which has been supplied.
Height, 17% inches; width, 13% inches,