A Selection of Oriental works of art
A Selection of Oriental works of art is a trade catalogue issued in London by the dealers Spink & Son, dated 1800 in its record though the photographic plates suggest a later date, aimed at collectors and dealers of Asian art. Its plates photograph individual objects against plain grounds: a handled baluster vase on a carved wooden stand, a carved stone or wood brush pot with crowded figures, a round dish painted with seated women, and a carved figure of a woman holding a child. A designer could take from them the soft sepia tonality and the rounded, sculptural silhouettes of the objects.
