Identifier: americanannualof36newy (find matches)
Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1922 (1920s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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y the carver at the back of this seat—one on the right handside to hold a green vase from which a flame seems to beissuing, while the other is a rest for a white bird—possiblya cockatoo. To make an effective picture of a figure of this sort, itdemands to be photographed directly from in front, as it isfrom this point alone that this ancient and attractive piececan be appreciated. On direct lateral view there are but twopoints best seen, and these are the profile of the person, andthe fact that the elaborate top of her seat or throne archesfar over her head, its outermost point being in about the sameplane with one an inch in advance of her left knee. The backof this piece is flat and uncarved. A very remarkable piece of pottery of Japanese manufactureis shown in Figure 2, it being a chocolate-pot, and wasprobably made for the export trade. The spout, lid, andupper half of the handle of this vessel is glazed, and of amottled sap green color, the rest being dull and unglazed and 240
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Figure i. Illustrating article Photographing Oriental Art Bits and Bric-a-brac,by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt. 24 T of a dark Prussian green, marked all over with Japanesecharacters, as though done with a blunt pinpoint. About aninch above the bottom there is a small, raised, white slabof china, pointed above and rounded below, upon whicha hair-line character is traced, which may be the trade-markof the maker. On the outer left-hand side of this pot aretwo figures of men in alto-relievo, probably engaged in playingsome game or other; they stand on ledges raised above theouter surface of the vessel, evidently placed there for theirespecial accommodation. The opposite side is plain; hence,in photographing such an object, it should be turned so thatthe spout and handle show up well, to let us see as much aspossible of the two figures that lend such a remarkable interestto the piece as a whole. The beautiful little teapot shown in Figure 3 is of Chinesemake, of a pale green color, and a piece of t

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