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 . 281—Imperial Gingek Jar {Kang-hsi) With carved teakwood cover. Pure white, dense porcelain, cov-ered with a glaze of Imperial 3ellow hue, and having a carvedjade dragon medallion, in openwork, in the carved openwork cover. Height, S
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 . 281—Imperial Gingek Jar {Kang-hsi) With carved teakwood cover. Pure white, dense porcelain, cov-ered with a glaze of Imperial 3ellow hue, and having a carvedjade dragon medallion, in openwork, in the carved openwork cover. Height, Sy., inches. 282—TuEduoisE Bottle (Chkn-lung) Tlie graceful gourd-sliajied hody. on a low circular foot, taperingto a tubular neck. Clear white hard paste, invested with aglaze of soft, delicately mottled turquoise-blue, which extendswithin the interior of the neck and underneath the foot. Height. 11 inches. 283—Cherry-red Globular Bottle {Kang-hsi) With tubular neck. Coated with a monochrome glaze of mirror-quality in cherry hue, the rim and interior of the neck glazedin pure white. Has carved teakwood stand embellished with green ivory. Height, IQi/, inches {with sUind, 13l^ inches).. 284—Mottled Lapis-blue Globular Bottle-shaped Vase {Kang-hsi) Pure white sonorous porcelain, coated with a fluent glaze ofwaved and mottled blue in lapis-lazuli tones and markings fromthe white-glazed rim to the perfect foot. At the base of theneck the glaze discloses a circle of gray-moss-agate quality,streaked with the darker blue mottlings. Penciled beneath thewhite-glazed foot: Ta-Ming Kang-hsi nicn-chih. Heiyht, 11% inches. 285—Dark-blue Bottle-shaped Vase {Cliieu-hing) Ovoid body, with sloping shoulder and short tubular neck. Cov-ered with a glaze of deep, dark, purplish-blue, varying to azureand marked on one side by mottlings of malachite and the greenof the washed turquoise. The glaze continues over the interiorof the neck. Height, 13 inches. 286—BuRXT-oRAXGE Glojular Bottle-
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