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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 . 217—Starch-blue Ovoid Jar (Kang-hsi) With short everted lip. Dense, pure wjiite porcelain covered inmonochrome with a glaze of slate or starch blue, of liquid, opaquequality. Diameter, 3y., inches. 218—RoBixs-EGG SorFFLB (Chicn-lim
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 . 217—Starch-blue Ovoid Jar (Kang-hsi) With short everted lip. Dense, pure wjiite porcelain covered inmonochrome with a glaze of slate or starch blue, of liquid, opaquequality. Diameter, 3y., inches. 218—RoBixs-EGG SorFFLB (Chicn-limg) Conventional form with pronounced taper and very slightly re-curving at the foot. Exhibits the curious glaze in a markedlyeven distribution, a great deal of deep blue intermingling withthe robins-egg green; of unctuous surface and dull luster. Height, 41/2 inches. 219—Smali. Turquoise Bottle (Chie»-hnig). Ovoid, with short, straight with a luminous glaze of deli-cate turquoise-blue, minutely crackled. Height, -tVa incites. 220- Wi Be -Pair Exquisite(Yung Cheng) Ovoid body on Hat foot, with gentlysloping, almost flat shoulder, and tall,slender, graceful neck. In the pasteis lightly incised a decoration ofdragons and leaf scrolls, the wholebeing covered witli a glaze of the char-acteristic Yung-cheng white and deli-cately beautiful. Underneath the foot,penciled in blue within the blue doublering: Ta-ching Yung-chcng nien-chih(^lade in the reign of Yung-cheng ofthe great Ching dynasty—the dynasty recently dethroned). ?219 Height, 4% inches. 221—Paee MrsTARD-YEixow Bottle (Chicn-htng) Globular, with tubular neck, on a short foot, the shoulder definedby a low molding. Coated with a light glaze in the bright yellowof flowering mustard-seed, embodying a pin-head and fish-roecrackle with a slightly larger crackle beneatli the rim. Height, 5/, inches. 222—^loTTLED Turquoise
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