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 . paw above it. Mod-eled with remarkable skill and proportion, with the coats repre-sented by consecutive waved and concentric lines deeply incised inthe paste. The whole glazed in malachite-green, so treated amongthe striations defining the p
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 . paw above it. Mod-eled with remarkable skill and proportion, with the coats repre-sented by consecutive waved and concentric lines deeply incised inthe paste. The whole glazed in malachite-green, so treated amongthe striations defining the pelts as to suggest there a tawny hue,elsewhere on the botlies and all about the plinths and pedestalsrevealing mottled malachite tones of rare beauty and with interesting revelations of the effect of time. ReKj>ectiv(! heights, 9 liic/icv; length, Oy^ and 6% inches. 366—Sung Pottery Statuette of Kuan-yix, Chinese Goddess ofMercy^Modeled in bold lines, the face with delicate refinement of fem-inine beauty; in augustly draped robes, and seated with one footraised on a projecting rock, a hand on the elevated knee, andholding on her other knee the infant Buddha. Covered with athick, fluent glaze of creamy tone—spoken of as Sung white—displaying a fine crackle in brown lines over various parts of the surface. Height, ISVj 368 THE NEW YORK PUBUC LIBRARY A»T»K, ttHmXTILBfiN FOUNOATlONi
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