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 . graceful neck. In the pasteis lightly incised a decoration ofdragons and leaf scrolls, the wholebeing covered witli a glaze of the char-acteristic Yung-cheng white and deli-cately beautiful. Underneath the foot,penciled in blue within the bl
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 . graceful neck. In the pasteis lightly incised a decoration ofdragons and leaf scrolls, the wholebeing covered witli a glaze of the char-acteristic Yung-cheng white and deli-cately beautiful. Underneath the foot,penciled in blue within the blue doublering: Ta-ching Yung-chcng nien-chih(^lade in the reign of Yung-cheng ofthe great Ching dynasty—the dynasty recently dethroned). ?219 Height, 4% inches. 221—Paee MrsTARD-YEixow Bottle (Chicn-htng) Globular, with tubular neck, on a short foot, the shoulder definedby a low molding. Coated with a light glaze in the bright yellowof flowering mustard-seed, embodying a pin-head and fish-roecrackle with a slightly larger crackle beneatli the rim. Height, 5/, inches. 222—^loTTLED Turquoise Vase (Chii-ii-hiiig) Globular body with slender neck and trumpet mouth, on a lowcircular foot. Invested with a brilliant glaze of mottled orclouded turquoise-blue, minutely crackled. Height, 5l^ inches. 22!3- -Rose-di-Haury \ask (Yiukj ihiny). aa4- Witl) tubular mik, on a pctkstal-convcxfoot, ^lountcd with silver-gilt sidu-handlcsin the form of scrolled dragons, spriiigiiigfrom a ncck-rim with whicli, as witli a foot-rim, the vase has been provided. Coveredwith the rare rose-pink glaze known as therose-dii-Barrij, of even color-((ualitv andorange-peel surface. Ilclyhl, j inches. -ROSE-SOUFFLK {Chull-I ini(j) Ovoid body with tubular neck; covered witha rose-souffle glaze on white ground, the roseappearing in generous deep fleckings and in-finitesimal spots. Iltlifh/. (i iiirlirs. —Delicate Pea-greex Bottle (Yung Chiny) The globular-ovoidal body, on a low foot, t
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