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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 . )art clear and limpid, part clouded withlighter yellow; finished with a soft polish. Iliiillit. 314 2i) 22—Red Amber Coupe Shallow circular form with expanding rounded sides and widemouth, and a delicately defined foot. Clear, trans
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 . )art clear and limpid, part clouded withlighter yellow; finished with a soft polish. Iliiillit. 314 2i) 22—Red Amber Coupe Shallow circular form with expanding rounded sides and widemouth, and a delicately defined foot. Clear, transparent amber,bnghtly polished in its entirety. Seventeenth century. Ditnneter, 3 inches. 23—Twelfth Foik-sidkd Amber Cip In hopper form, or invfrtod pyramid shape, with dragon sidehandles and four low pedestal feet, the tops of the sides alternatelyconvex and concave. Transparent amher of ricli tortoise-shellhue, and nashiji lacquer aspect due to sparkling crystalline struc-tural variations. Archaic dragons carved in the round for thehandles, their hodies extended over incised Sliou characters. The whole brightly polisjied without and within. W Id III. 31,4 inches. 24—Seventeenth Century Carved Amber Lotus Flower Orna-ment A triangular piece of clear, rich brown translucent amber, in-geniously carved, worked and engraved in the form of a beauti-fullv modeled lotus blossom in high relief, on a veined leaf, with stems. Lrixjlh. 31/. inches. 2
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