Illustrated catalogue of a remarkable collection of antique Chinese porcelains, pottery, jades, screens, paintings on glass, rugs, carpets and many other objects of art and antiquity, formed by MrAWBahr, the well-known connoisseur and authority on the ancient arts of China [electronic resource] : to be sold at unrestricted public sale at the American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, on the afternoons herein stated . Second A j\crnoon 248—Rake Imperial Birthday Plate (Katig Kri) Hard translucent, semi-eggshell porcelain covered all overwith ii brilliant, ptire white glaze. The flat of plate
Illustrated catalogue of a remarkable collection of antique Chinese porcelains, pottery, jades, screens, paintings on glass, rugs, carpets and many other objects of art and antiquity, formed by MrAWBahr, the well-known connoisseur and authority on the ancient arts of China [electronic resource] : to be sold at unrestricted public sale at the American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, on the afternoons herein stated . Second A j\crnoon 248—Rake Imperial Birthday Plate (Katig Kri) Hard translucent, semi-eggshell porcelain covered all overwith ii brilliant, ptire white glaze. The flat of plate isetched with five-claw dragons and cloud effects, and roundrim with lotus flowers. This decoration is so delicatelydone that it mast be closely examined. Round rim, withinetched lines, is the rare border formed of bats side-by-sideand in a bright bunit-sienna red in two shades. In center,in low relief, are the characters for longevity and happi-ness. Under glaze of base are the reign characters in bluewithin double circle. This plate was made for the Kinperor Kang Hsis (50th birthday. Diameter, 10 inches,249 ( Decorated Deep Howl (Kaity Jlxi) Deep ovoid sec-tion with expand-ing r i m a n dstraight porcelain, cov-ered with bril- «, 1 i a n t luminous tSwT^ in i d glaze—sur- rounding ox-__^Hjjr^ J*r-i^^^ terior, is decora- tion of the Po-huor I lundrcd An-tiques rep re-senting vases of different sizes and shapes with coral andfungus, writers utensils, censers, hooks, handscrolls, jn-iscepter, fan and symbolical ornaments, all in brilliant en-amels of the famille rerte class, aubergine, yellow, green andred but no blue. A few objects, similarly decorated, atbase of interior of howl. Indcr base, glazed white withtwo large circles and potters mark in blue. Dmuirter. S inrln 2)0—Rake Famille Yertje Spill-holder (Kang Hsi) In circular open work formed of bamboo stalks with fungus,pronus blossom and leaves intertwined. Hard porcelain,coated with brilliantly
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