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 . s Cup Translucent pale yellow and brown amber with notes deepeningtoward black and manifold crystalline, frost-like striations; in-tricately carved in lotus motives; engraved and highly body of the cup is a narrowed and elongate
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 . s Cup Translucent pale yellow and brown amber with notes deepeningtoward black and manifold crystalline, frost-like striations; in-tricately carved in lotus motives; engraved and highly body of the cup is a narrowed and elongated lotus bloomlying on a long stem curling in lateral convolutions, while othersteins fold and entwine about it supporting buds, blossoms anda flower with pierced seed-pod. A frog, a duck and an insectappear among the accessories. Brilliantly polished. Lenfflh. i- inches. 42—Fifteenth Century OpAauE AjutER Lotus Cup with Handle Carved in relief ami engraved. The bowl an open lotus flowerIving on an entwined bundle of stems whose open and closed blos-soms and seed-pods adorn and support the main body of thecup, the stem-ends and an extended petal forming a lateralhandle. Dense amber of a dark jasper-red with broad patchesof a pale yellow. Varied matt and lightly polished surfaces. LeiKjth, i; iiiihes. iS—A:mhkr (Jrnamentae Vase with Cover I^P^tf^. Rich brown translucent amber with occasionallight yelloAv veinings, and brilliantly polishedthroughout. Carved in representation of an ovi-form jar on a pedestal foot, with sloping shoulderand wide neck, the jar resting upon a base ofcarved rockery and upheld within the embracingarms of a peach tree in bearing, with the figuresof a woman and a boy entwined within thebranches, the boy apparently endeavoring to reachthe fruit of long life. The carving is in boldrelief and in the round, and the Avhole is in onepiece of amber with a detached cover carved incontinuation of the general motive. Seventeenthcentury. (Slight repair near lip.)
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidill, booksubjectartchinese
