Illustrated catalogue of the important collection of antique Chinese porcelains, Sung and Ming potteries, ancient stone sculptures, carved jades and other hard stones, snuff bottles, Mandarin necklaces, bronzes, enamels, palace furniture and wall panels and a number of rare and fine ancient Chinese paintings of the Sung and Ming periods [electronic resource] : all of which are to be sold at unrestricted public sale by direction of the Chinese expert, Lee Van Ching of Shanghai on the afternoons herein stated . 881—Ovoid Jar (Ming) Wide mouth with short straight lip. Emerald-green glaze, mot-tle
Illustrated catalogue of the important collection of antique Chinese porcelains, Sung and Ming potteries, ancient stone sculptures, carved jades and other hard stones, snuff bottles, Mandarin necklaces, bronzes, enamels, palace furniture and wall panels and a number of rare and fine ancient Chinese paintings of the Sung and Ming periods [electronic resource] : all of which are to be sold at unrestricted public sale by direction of the Chinese expert, Lee Van Ching of Shanghai on the afternoons herein stated . 881—Ovoid Jar (Ming) Wide mouth with short straight lip. Emerald-green glaze, mot-tled, and an incised decoration glazed in rich yellow and touchedwith aubergine, consisting of four imperial dragons within foliatemedallions, the eight Buddhistic emblems of happy augury, andtwo borders. Under foot : Ta Ming Wan Li nien chih. Height, 7 inrhet. 332— Globular Bottle-shaved Vase (Yung Cheng)Peachhloom decoration depicting a three-clawed dragon amidextensive lotus scrolls. (Lip chipped.) Height, 11 >4 inrhet. 333— Globular Bottle-shaved Vase (Yung Cheng) Low body with deep foot and graceful neck. Decorated indelicate peachhloom pink with an imperial dragon and phoenixover an extensive and rich peony-blossom scroll. Height, lift inrhet. Second Afternoon. 334— Pair Skmi-erckiikm. Bowls (Yung Clung) Delicate translucent musical porcelain. Brilliant white the exterior a scholar seated in a garden with an attendantat hand, in underglaze and ovcrglaze decoration of rich colorquality, within the rim a lattice border interrupted by butter-flies, and at the bottom of the interior a fungus branch. Diameter, 7% inches. 335— Pair Ovom Bowls On the exterior in brilliant underglaze and overglaze colors anelaborate decoration picturing waves, flying-fishes, shell-mon-sters, blossom scrolls and tlie eight trigrams of divination. Onthe interior a medallion with an inner wave border, enclosing theyang-yin symbol edged with flames. I ndcr foot: Ta Ming ChinChing n
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