Illustrated catalogue of a remarkable collection of antique Chinese porcelains, pottery, jades, screens, paintings on glass, rugs, carpets and many other objects of art and antiquity, formed by MrAWBahr, the well-known connoisseur and authority on the ancient arts of China [electronic resource] : to be sold at unrestricted public sale at the American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, on the afternoons herein stated . 70—Blie and White Sniff Bottle (Yung Clung) Cylindrical shape. Porcelain: decoration, in shaded blueon white, a finely painted fierce dragon chasing the heavenlyorb or pearl an
Illustrated catalogue of a remarkable collection of antique Chinese porcelains, pottery, jades, screens, paintings on glass, rugs, carpets and many other objects of art and antiquity, formed by MrAWBahr, the well-known connoisseur and authority on the ancient arts of China [electronic resource] : to be sold at unrestricted public sale at the American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, on the afternoons herein stated . 70—Blie and White Sniff Bottle (Yung Clung) Cylindrical shape. Porcelain: decoration, in shaded blueon white, a finely painted fierce dragon chasing the heavenlyorb or pearl and cloud motifs; covered with brilliant glaze. 77—Crystal Sni ff Bottle (Cliitn Lung) Oval section, pilgrim-bottle shape. Pure white, char crys-tal, on one side, lightly etched, are books, scrolls and waterjars. First Afternoon 78— Smoked-yellow Sni kf Bottle (Chirn Lung) Oval section, pilgrim-bottle shape. Smoked-yellow of trans-lucent quality with outer vein of rich, light spotted-amberColor utilized for the carving in relief of various animalsand birds, 79— Agate Sni*ff Bottle (Chirn Lung) Flattened pilgrim-bottle shape. Lilac-tinted gray agatewitli fine ornamental splash-vein on one side, of pure whiteand shades of No. 80 No. 81 80— Imperial Enamel Snlff Bottle (Chirn Lung).Miniature, ovoid shape. Each face with European chil-dren, surrounded by conventional ornament with a charmingaddition of two small medallions of landscapes at sides, allin the brilliant colored enamels of the period. The fourseal-characters are for articles of Imperial use only, or forpresents given by the Emperor as a special mark of favor,and this bottle is of a superior class to other enameled snuffbottles. 81— Imperial Enamki. Snuff (Chirn Lung)Miniature pilgrim-bottle shape. Each side with Europeanfigure subjects, woman and child and landscape of bottle filled with conventional ornament and all inbrilliantly colored enamels of the period. The four seal-cha
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