Illustrated catalogue of the remarkable collection of ancient Chinese bronzes, beautiful old porcelains, amber and stone carvings, sumptuous eighteenth century brocades, interesting old paintings on glas and fine old carpets, rugs and furniture, from ancient palaces and temples of China comprising the private collection of a Chinese nobleman of Tien-Tsin . 293—Deep-blue Pear-shaped Vase {Cliicn-lung) With short neck, expanding in a trumpet lip, on a circular with a wavering glaze of Sevres-blue tone which ismarked by those straggling lines—as of a trickling waterfall—which were c
Illustrated catalogue of the remarkable collection of ancient Chinese bronzes, beautiful old porcelains, amber and stone carvings, sumptuous eighteenth century brocades, interesting old paintings on glas and fine old carpets, rugs and furniture, from ancient palaces and temples of China comprising the private collection of a Chinese nobleman of Tien-Tsin . 293—Deep-blue Pear-shaped Vase {Cliicn-lung) With short neck, expanding in a trumpet lip, on a circular with a wavering glaze of Sevres-blue tone which ismarked by those straggling lines—as of a trickling waterfall—which were characteristic of the Lang monochromes of the pre-ceding century. (So much so that it has been hailed with the conscious anachronism, A blue Lang-yao!) Ileifjht. 1314 inches. 294—Turquoise Quadrilateral Censer with Cover (Chien-lung) Oblong, on four animal-head legs with outward-curving roundedfeet; two upright loop-handles; the cover surmounted by a Fu-lion on his haunches, with head turned to one side. The entiresurface, exterior and interior, of both box and cover enameledwith a honeycomb crackle-glaze of turquoise-blue and turquoise-green of brilliant quality. Height, liy„ inches; length, 9 inches. Catalogue Nos. 313-314-315 SUPERB SPECIMENSOF CORAL RED.
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