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 . sentationof a recumbent Fu-lion with a smaller one playfully sprawling on his back, and variously engraved with scrolls. Length. 4 inches. 47—Clouded-amber Coupe In the hue of lightly-browned meerschaum, carved in the shapeof a poppy flower
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 . sentationof a recumbent Fu-lion with a smaller one playfully sprawling on his back, and variously engraved with scrolls. Length. 4 inches. 47—Clouded-amber Coupe In the hue of lightly-browned meerschaum, carved in the shapeof a poppy flower forming the cup, embedded in a mass of leaves,stems and buds, all brightly polislied. Fifteenth century. Length. 414 inches. 48—Tall Amber Stupa Carved from a single stick of translucent amber in tlie form ofa conical pagoda six stories higli, with dome or lantern andtorch, the walls etched in the form of regularly laid quadrangularstone blocks, with the cornices of the several stories successivelyreceding toward the apex. In each of the first four stories arefour recessed windows, a seated Buddha with clasped hands inalto-relievo in each. In the two upper stories the windows areblind. Amber of yellow-brown and deep red-brown tones andsmooth soft polish. On a teakwood pedestal. Seventeenthcentury. Height, 8% inches: irith pedestal. lO/i ?;««Ky5^ 49—Fifteenth Century Image of Kuan-yinIN Flecked and Mottled Ambee withMatrix Tlif goddess sits in ^Lidonna-likc .ittitudeagainst a rock slirinc or back, the infantBuddlia on her knee upliolding a book. Carvedin dense opaque amber and matrix in therich, mellow brown tones of a meerschaum pipeof long and honorable service, the back exhibit-ing a surface as of porcelain with a crackle-ghize in beautiful warm brown tones. Withstand. Height, 4/, inches: with stntid. ti-^ inches. OBJECTS IN CARVED SOAPSTONE, JADE ANDOTHER HARD STONES 50—Buddhistic ^Madonna (Sung) Seated figure of Kuan-yin, Chinese goddess of mercy, embrac-
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