Yamanaka & Company
active New York, Boston, London, Paris, Beijing, and Chicago, 1865 - 1936
Yamaka & Co was founded by Yamaka Sadajirô (1866-1936). During the first decade of the twentieth century several East Asian businessmen, taking advantage of the improved western relations with China, set up businesses in Europe and America. Dealers such as Tonying, C. T. Loo (q.v.) and Yamanaka all began to sell Chinese objects, including porcelain and ceramics, which were sourced in China, directly to collectors outside China. Yamanka & Co which had offices in New York, Beijing, Osaka and London from 1900, bought collections of various Manchu princes and sold the objects in their London galleries and other branches outside China. Yamaka & Co gave 46 objects to the Museum.
Yamaka & Co was founded by Yamaka Sadajirô (1866-1936). During the first decade of the twentieth century several East Asian businessmen, taking advantage of the improved western relations with China, set up businesses in Europe and America. Dealers such as Tonying, C. T. Loo (q.v.) and Yamanaka all began to sell Chinese objects, including porcelain and ceramics, which were sourced in China, directly to collectors outside China. Yamanka & Co which had offices in New York, Beijing, Osaka and London from 1900, bought collections of various Manchu princes and sold the objects in their London galleries and other branches outside China. Yamaka & Co gave 46 objects to the Museum.
W. Perceval Yetts, 'Messrs. Yamanaka and Co.', The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs , Vol. 45, No. 261 (Dec., 1924), pp. 315-316.
British Museum "Yamanaka & Co (Biographical details)" ( http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=135686. Accessed July 27, 2015)
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