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 . 167—Large Tripod of Three VrcTiMs (Han) Sacrificial bronze jar with cover, for meat offerings. Splicricalform with broadly flattened poles and raised equatorial girdle,hexagonal legs with monster-head knees, and side handles ofmythical monst
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 . 167—Large Tripod of Three VrcTiMs (Han) Sacrificial bronze jar with cover, for meat offerings. Splicricalform with broadly flattened poles and raised equatorial girdle,hexagonal legs with monster-head knees, and side handles ofmythical monsters. Encircled below the middle by a band ofincised fret and scroll pattern that is repeated on the cover,which supports near its outer rim three recumbent animals,perhaps oxen or sheep, symbolic of the worship of the threeanimals—the cow, the sheep and the wild boar. Entire exteriorsurface covered with a rich patina, varying from a dark oliveto a pale gray-green—here of solid, there of mottled aspect—with incrustations, the incrusted interior presenting tones of deepcobalt. Height. S/, inches: diumeter. 9% 168—Bronze Ovifokm Vaise with Dragox Handles (Hem) Wide, slightly-spreading neck. Encircled b> three bands ofangular and sinuous incised scroll, and carrying two fixed handlesin the form of highly conventionalized dragons modeled in theround, the decoration executed with considerable patina of rich mahogany, olive-brown, dark green, yel-low and deep blue mottling, with thin incrustations. Height. H inches. 169—Globilar Bronze Vase (Han) With short contracted neck and banded lip, on short circularfoot; two loose-ring handles depending from loops sustained bj-animal-masks in low relief. Coated over its entire surface withan olive, turquoise and mahogany richly mottled patina. Height, IS/j inches.
Size: 1263px × 1979px
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidill, booksubjectartchinese
