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 . e dragon, phoenix and tiger, the turtle witliinthe coils of a serpent, animal masks, sundry borders and aninscription informing the user that in it she may see herself asbeautiful as the flowers, the stars in the sky—with otiicr ex-quisite h
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 . e dragon, phoenix and tiger, the turtle witliinthe coils of a serpent, animal masks, sundry borders and aninscription informing the user that in it she may see herself asbeautiful as the flowers, the stars in the sky—with otiicr ex-quisite hyperbole. Even patina of silvery tone, with light in-crustations of malachite hue and the pale brown of dry earth. Diameter, 8 inches. 103—Bevel-edge Round Bronze Mirror (Htm) Coated on both surfaces with an olive-gray patina of varying tone, incrusted and ])itted in malachite; decoration, birds and geometrical devices in outline relief, with bosses, and hatch and successive and varied angular borders. Diameter, 6 inches. 104—Bronze Foliate ]\Iirror {Tang) Round, the scalloped rim thickened as a narrow flat border forthe upper surface, whicli carries a lion and peacock decorationin bas-relief, covered witii a black patina and sundry malachiteand rusty-red incrustations, ^aried patina and incrustations on the mirror side. Diameter, 614 105—Large Broxzk Foliar Mirror (Tuiig) Circular, tliu foliatud rim htvulcd and thickoneil at tiiu top; thesmooth upper surface decorated with peony sprays modeled inrelief and engraved. Both upper and lower surface of mirrorquality; the metal of clear, ringing tone. Luminous silverypatina, with incrustations manifold and varicolored. Diameter. S)/. Inches. 106—Silvery Bronze ^Iirror (Han) Circular and heavy, and retaining much of its mirror qualityamid incrustations of malachite-green and rusty hrown hue, thelight color of the metal resulting from the (juantity of tin usedin the alloy. On the top, within a central medallion of b
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