. Rare and beautiful Oriental art treasures of supreme quality. bothexterior and interior and underneath the foot with a glazeof sky-gray, softly luminous, uniform in quality and incolor throughout. It is broadly crackled, on all surfaces,in cafe-au~lait of slightly varying tone. This soft, delicategray in porcelain glaze was made in representation of thecolor in the ancient Sung-Ko ware. Under the foot is theimperial seal of Chien-lung in brilliant underglaze teakwood stand in the lotus motive. Height, 121/0 inches. 80—Tall Celadon Jar: Crackled {Ming) Ovoidal with sloping shoulde
. Rare and beautiful Oriental art treasures of supreme quality. bothexterior and interior and underneath the foot with a glazeof sky-gray, softly luminous, uniform in quality and incolor throughout. It is broadly crackled, on all surfaces,in cafe-au~lait of slightly varying tone. This soft, delicategray in porcelain glaze was made in representation of thecolor in the ancient Sung-Ko ware. Under the foot is theimperial seal of Chien-lung in brilliant underglaze teakwood stand in the lotus motive. Height, 121/0 inches. 80—Tall Celadon Jar: Crackled {Ming) Ovoidal with sloping shoulder and short, constricted neckwith full, thick lip. Dense stone-weight porcelain, clear andvibrant, coated on exterior and interior with a luminousceladon glaze of varying tone, running from the delicatesea-green tint to the brownish-gray of surging shallows atthe shore line. It is marked in dark lines by a giant crackleand a lesser, reticulate crackle, and is further crackled ina warm cafe-au-Iait. Teakwood stand with five carved legs. Height, 14y^ 81—Two Lapis-lazuli Blue Imperial Globular Bottles{Chien-hing)The bodies are of imposing proportions and graceful out-line, and support short wide necks. They are of vibrantporcelain, which is coated with a lustrous glaze of deeplapis-lazuli blue, the glaze surface exhibiting misty mirrorproperties. Underneath the foot the imperial seal ofChien-lung is found in brilliant underglaze blue. The bot-tles have carved teakwood stands. Height, 211/2 inches. 82—Pair Imperial Decorated Jars with Their Own Orig-inal Covers {Chien-lung)Oviform with high shoulder, the body gently contractingbelow, and presenting the semblance of a short c^lindricalsection on approaching the foot. Above, the shoulderrounds abruptly to a short neck, in which the outline re-curves to a slightly thickened lip. The cover is hat-shaped,with a lotus bud as button, or knob-finial, and a protuber-ant cylinder within and below fits into the narrow neck ofth
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