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 . 508 THE NEW YORKUBUC LIBRARY MT»H, LEM«XTiLDEN FOUNDATION*. / 490—AxTKHE Chinese [Mat Soft, deep, compact pile. Oblong field of deer-skin ground, inwhich are worked seven horses, willow and other trees, in one of*^ jO * which two birds porch
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 . 508 THE NEW YORKUBUC LIBRARY MT»H, LEM«XTiLDEN FOUNDATION*. / 490—AxTKHE Chinese [Mat Soft, deep, compact pile. Oblong field of deer-skin ground, inwhich are worked seven horses, willow and other trees, in one of*^ jO * which two birds porch, mountains and moss-spotted rocks, all in^ cobalt and sapphire-blue, salmon-pink, white, pale-yellow and different shades of brown: an unusual and individual decorationaccomplished in an interesting manner: the horses in differentattitudes and no two alike in color. Broad border of foliarscrolls in similar hues, following a narrow border of key-fret inwhite (111 blue. Seventeenth century. Linijih. () /((/ 1 iiii-h: iriilfh. 3 ffat 2 inches. ^H-0 491—Exceptional Axtkhe Chixesk Rug Short, dense pile, and rare ornamentation. Narrow-selvage sidesand fringe-ends. A tawnj-yellow throughout, with dragon deco-ration. A central medallion displays a dragon and scrolls intwo tones of blue; two flanking medallions two dragons each, in a^ yellow or yellowish-brown tone deeper than the body-color of therug, with lik
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