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 . g-ho, therare variety of soapstone which theChinese treasure so highly that its com-merce is based on the ounce. The cloakminutely engraved in hatch, wave andlotus motives, w itli ruby-red jewelscentei-ing the blossoms. Artists .signa-ture i
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 . g-ho, therare variety of soapstone which theChinese treasure so highly that its com-merce is based on the ounce. The cloakminutely engraved in hatch, wave andlotus motives, w itli ruby-red jewelscentei-ing the blossoms. Artists .signa-ture incised in the carved teak shrine is adorned infront with applied ornaments of mother-of pearl and ivory, and surmounting itis a carved dove in gold lacquer, withwings outspread. Ilciqlif. JV, iiichcx: irilli shrine. 141/4 inches. 59—Arhat with Frog—Soapstone (Ming) One of the Arhats, with breast and abdomen exposed and robebound behind his armpits by a rope girdle, is seated with oneknee raised, holding up to his shoulder a frog—his admired andinseparable companion—that is biting the large ring in hisdeep-lobed ear. His mouth is opened in a merry smile. Hisblack hair is tonsured and his robes are engraved with cloudforms and flowers and a border of waves. The stone has aneven, ivory-brown tone throughout. Heiqht. i THE NEW YORKPUBLIC library! A8T«R, LEN«ZTILBEN FOUNDATION* 60—SoAPsTOXE RECrJim:XT Groip—Akhat and Liox {Ming) One of the Eighteen Arhuts, liis flowing and tasseled robes finelyengraved with cloud-scroll ornamentation, reclines on a crouchingFu-lion upon whose upturned head he is looking down. The yel-lowisii-brown stone, turned on some of tlie surfaces to a ripemeerschaum-brown, is marked on the lions shoulder by notes ofred, and the engraved ornamentation wliieh represents gold em-broidery on tlie robes retains in places tiie original gilding. Length, 5 hirhix. 61—SoAPSTONE Statiette OF KuAx-Yix (Ming) The Chinese Goddess
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